Storybox Comics Fair day 1 pictures

 I missed getting Sierra Barnes using a washing machine as a podium, but she was commanding while doing so. I'm afraid I also missed the cartoonists set up with booths. Tomorrow!

 Here's the press release with my photos below:

STORYBOX Comics Fair Brings Local Comics Creators Together for a Second Year


SILVER SPRING, MD— DWIGHTMESS Cartooning & Comic Arts, a gallery and arts compound devoted to experimental and cutting-edge independent comics and illustration, is proud to announce the 2024 STORYBOX Comics Fair, now in its second year of convening of capital-area comic creators. Events will take place on  Saturday, June 22nd at Dwightmess, and on Sunday, June 23rd at Third Hill Brewing Co. from 12-4pm. Admission to Saturday’s event is free. 
Admission to the expo at the brewery on Sunday is $10.

 
The first day of events will be led by our Special Guests; DC-based artist Sierra Barnes, author of “Hans Vogel is Dead,” released by Dark Horse Comics; DC-based Dana Jeri Maier, New Yorker Shouts artist and author of “Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaint About the Creative Process” and Baltimore-based artist Ben Claassen III, former Washington City Paper cartoonist of the long-running comic, “Dirt Farm.”
 
Visitors can expect to encounter a selection of exhibitors showcasing their self-published comics, illustrations and swag, and participate in discussions and workshops surrounding the craft of making comics. Events include a show of Dana Jeri Maier’s illustration in our secret tiny gallery, an opening reception & BBQ for SWAMP MESS, the gallery’s annual DC-comics creator summer show, featuring artwork by Ben Claassen III, Andrew Cohen, Chris Combs, Liam Crooks, Brandon Geurts, Art Hondros, Marcie-Wolf Hubbard, John Kinhart, and Dale Rawlings, plus an opening reception for Halcyon Scene, our vintage boutique offering sleek 1980’s furniture and decor. (IG: @_halcyon_scene_)
 

Ben Claassen III

 

Ben Claassen III & Adam Griffiths

 

  

Adam showing the layout sheet he uses, which he got from Paul Karasik.

The non-Claassen parts of the exhibit:

 

Marcie-Wolf Hubbard

Dana Jeri Maier's chat with Adam:

Dana and Adam went to MICA at the same time, and Believe it or not, neither of them studied sequential or comic art!

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 2 - floors 5 through 8

 Artomatic ends tomorrow, so you theoretically can rush through and see these artists, as well as those featured in part 1.  Some of these people identify as cartoonists, but many of them are just influenced by the prevalence of comics and animation in modern life. Or historical images, in the case of the tattooist reinventing Rosie O'Neill's Kewpies. More captioning to come, hopefully someday.

 

 

Flash Gordon reimagined by?

 

 

 

 

K.S. Brenowitz actually makes comics:

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Claassen III had a major presence

 

 

I'm interested in this new medical material he's working on...

 

 

8th Floor, iirc:

DC Conspirator Michael Auger was tending bar.

 

 

I'm not sure where they got all the comics to tear up for their backgrounds and furniture. Lots of X-Men though... Anyone know?

 

Dave from http://branddave.com

 

Jughead

There's a John Byrne X-Men panel in there

 

 

 

I am (stained glass) BATMAN!

 

 

 

D. Feng was just selling on the 3rd floor, not exhibiting, 

but I bought her comic book and hope to have an interview soon.

and finally the Rosie O'Neill I mentioned at the top, also in the shop area on floor 3 from Sun Estes aka @sun.pokes