Storybox Comics Fair day 2 pictures

 It was a mighty hot day in DC, but you could get a cold beer with your indy comics at Storybox's day 2. I don't drink beer, but I did chat with cartoonists. Unfortunately I hadn't realized that exhibitors on day 1 would not be at day 2, so I missed all of them. 

Pictures below the PR. 

 From the press release:

The second day of the fair is a comics mini-expo taking place at Third Hill Brewing Co. in downtown Silver Spring. Featuring 19 DMV-region cartoonists,illustrators and makers, with book signings by our special guests and workshops led by DC-based autobio-cartoonist Athena Naylor, Washington Post comics editor Hannah Good, and Ray Orr, Former Design and Comics Editor of The Lily for the Washington Post Style Section. Special Guests: Sierra Barnes, Ben Claassen III, Dana Jeri Maier 

Exhibitor List (Sunday 6/23): All the Old Posions, Carolyn Belefski, Kat Brenowitz, Hannah Good, Hobbes Holluck, Art Hondros, Paul Hostetler, Erin Lissette, Alex Lupp, Athena Naylor, Ray Orr, Nami Oshiro, Karly Perez, Perilous Adventure Studios, Dale Rawlings, Christine Skelly, Shannon Spence.   

 Sunday, June 23rd, 12-4pm Third Hill Brewing Co, 8216 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring MD 20910 (closest to Bonifant-Dixon Garage) 

1pm: Make a Collage Comic w/ Hannah Good and Rachel Orr 

2pm: “Main Character Energy” Workshop with Athena Naylor 

3pm Special Guests Book Signings 

*$10 Admission. 

Dale Rawlings

Art Hondros

The floor

Also the floor

Joe Carabeo of Curls Studio

Alex Lupp

Perilous Adventure Studios

Dana Jeri Maier

Paul Hostetler

Ben Claassen III

Erin Lissette

People's Book table

Kat Brenowitz

Athena Naylor

Karly Perez

Hannah Good

Kat Brenowitz

Shannon Spence

Ray Orr

Hobbes Holluck

Athena Naylor

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!