Jill Thompson Comes to Baltimore Comic-Con 2020

Jill Thompson Comes to Baltimore Comic-Con 2020 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND - January 22, 2020 - Come to the Inner Harbor's Baltimore Convention Center on October 23-25, 2020 for the 21st annual Baltimore Comic-Con. We are proud to announce the addition of Jill Thompson, making her Baltimore Comic-Con debut! Tickets for the show are now available. Jill Thompson is a ten-time Eisner Award-winning comic book creator. She is best known for her creations The Scary Godmother and Magic Trixie, her award-winning graphic novel Wonder Woman: The True Amazon, as well as her collaborations with Neil Gaiman on The Sandman, Grant Morrison on The Invisibles, Will Pfeifer on Finals, Evan Dorkin on Beasts of Burden, Mick Foley on Tales From Wrescal Lane, and many more. Jill's comic work has been translated into many languages and she loves to travel around the world to appear at comic conventions and festivals to meet her wonderful fans! The Scary Godmother has been adapted to the stage as a play, and then to television for Cartoon Network! Jill is actively working to create more Scary Godmother in every form for everyone to enjoy! You can follow her on Instagram @thejillthompson or Twitter @thejillthompson. You can buy beautiful Scary Godmother dolls and other cool stuff at www.thescarygodmother.com  "We are thrilled that Jill will be joining us this year," said Marc Nathan, show promoter for the Baltimore Comic-Con. "This is a creator with a huge following, a very distinctive style, and amazing work to her name. This is going to be a big year with Jill at the show, we're honored to have her with us, and her fans are going to be excited to meet her." TICKETS General Admission and VIP Package tickets for Weekend, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday are now on sale! Visit our tickets page for more information and to purchase your advanced tickets now, and as always, kids 10 and under get into the show free with a paid adult General Admission! Click to Buy Tickets In addition to on-site CGC grading, this year's confirmed guests for the show include: Marty Baumann (Disney/Pixar), John Beatty (Secret Wars), Brian Michael Bendis (Action Comics), Brett Breeding (Superman), Howard Chaykin (Hey Kids! Comics!), Cliff Chiang (Paper Girls), Frank Cho (Harley Quinn), Becky Cloonan (Dark Agnes), Katie Cook (Nothing Special), Alan Davis (Tarot, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Shane Davis (Metal Men), Kristina Deak-Linsner (Vampirella: Roses for the Dead), Mitch Gerads (Mr. Miracle), Greg Hildebrandt (Wolverine), Jamal Igle (Wrong Earth), Tom King (Batman), Scott Kolins (The Flash, courtesy of Hero Initiative), Joseph Michael Linsner (Red Sonja), Bob McLeod (New Mutants), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Richard Pace (Second Coming), David Petersen (Mouse Guard), Brandon Peterson (Sinestro: Year of the Villain), Afua Richardson (Omni), Louise Simonson (Power Pack), Walter Simonson (Ragnarok: The Breaking of Helheim), John K. Snyder III (Killers), Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), Timothy Truman (Grimjack), Robert Venditti (Hawkman), Mark Waid (Dr. Strange), and Gene Luen Yang (Superman Smashes the Klan). In the coming weeks, look for more announcements from the Baltimore Comic-Con. We are looking forward to highlighting our guests, the Ringo Awards, industry exclusives, and programming. The latest developments can always be found on our website, Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages, and follow us on Snapchat.     Contact Information Please use the following e-mail addresses to contact the Baltimore Comic-Con: press@baltimorecomiccon.com - for any general press inquiries or to be added to our PR distribution promoter@baltimorecomiccon.com - for requesting exhibitor, publisher, and Artist Alley applications registrar@baltimorecomiccon.com - for inquiries about submitted registrations general@baltimorecomiccon.com- for general Baltimore Comic-Con inquiries    About The Baltimore Comic-Con The Baltimore Comic-Con is celebrating its 21st year of bringing the comic book industry to the mid-Atlantic area. For more information, please visit www.baltimorecomiccon.com.

Feb 22: Black Excellence Book Launch! The UnCommons at Fantom Comics

FEB 22 2020

Black Excellence Book Launch! The UnCommons

https://www.facebook.com/events/510149582974225/

· Hosted by Fantom Comics

• Saturday at 4 PM – 6 PM

• Fantom Comics 2010 P St NW, 3rd Floor, Washington D.C. 20036

Graphic Novel: A (North) Korean Story reviewed in City Paper

I'm still not sure how much this actually has to do with comic art, but...

With Graphic Novel: A (North) Korean Story, Song Byeok's Bombastic Paintings Are on Full Display

The exhibition concludes this weekend at Lost Origins Gallery.

Kriston Capps

Washington City Paper Feb 19, 2020

https://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/arts/museums-galleries/article/21116893/with-graphic-novel-a-north-korean-story-song-byeoks-bombastic-paintings-are-on-full-display

Chinese dissident cartoonist Badiucao profiled in The Post

Dissident artist known as 'China's Banksy' takes aim at Beijing — from Australia

By Casey Quackenbush 

Feb. 19, 2020 

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/dissident-artist-known-as-chinas-banksy-takes-aim-at-beijing--from-australia/2020/02/18/b5df07fa-5144-11ea-80ce-37a8d4266c09_story.html

Greg Pak at Fantom Comics - the Guthrie photos

Bruce's photos are here - http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2020_02_16D_Pak

I'm sorry I missed the event, but I didn't realize it was going to be a talk as well.

David Bishop is the co-owner of Fantom Comics, and the man in the red shirt.

Susan Nasif interviewed in Post on virology comics

Vaccines are like a giving your body's defenses a cheat sheet [in print as Vaccines: Clever allies in our war on disease].

By Jason Bittel

Washington Post February 17 2020

online at https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/kidspost/vaccines-are-like-a-giving-your-bodys-defenses-a-cheat-sheet/2020/02/14/df89dce6-4ce5-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

“Graphic Novel: A (North) Korean Story” on display in DC

I'm not sure about the content of this, but am posting it solely due to the exhibit title.

In the galleries: Song Byeok

By Mark Jenkins 

Washington Post Feb. 16, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-artist-explores-how-castoff-materials-can-be-a-venue-to-enlightenment/2020/02/13/9b4221e0-4c29-11ea-b721-9f4cdc90bc1c_story.html

That darn Mike du Jour

Letters to the Editor

'Mike Du Jour's' very bad day

David R. Robie, Falls Church

Washington Post Feb. 15, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/readers-critique-the-post-a-picture-of-all-thats-wrong-with-our-affairs/2020/02/14/708f9496-4dc8-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

Cavna on drawing Democratic prez candidates and Trump's impeachment

Cartoonists share their secrets to drawing the Democratic candidates, from Bernie's hair to Klobuchar's smile

Michael Cavna 

Washington Post Feb. 15, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/02/15/cartoons-democratic-candidates/

Cartoonists are having a tougher time with Trump's impeachment than with Clinton's. Except when it's easier.

Michael Cavna 

Washington Post Jan. 18, 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/01/18/impeachment-cartoons-trump-clinton/

Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley

Feb 28: Animezing!: The Wonderland

Enjoy a FREE animated film at the JICC!

Animezing!:  The Wonderland Friday, February 28th at 6:30 PM A film adaptation of the children's fantasy novel Chikashitsu kara no Fushigi na Tabi (Strange Journey from the Basement) directed by HARA Keiichi of Summer Days with Coo, Colorful, and Miss Hokusai!  Featuring stunning character designs from the famed Russian illustrator Ilya Kuvshinov who is currently working on projects like the upcoming Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045. Akane is a shy, young girl. On the day before her birthday the enigmatic and fabled alchemist Hippocrates suddenly emerges along with his apprentice Pipo from the magical basement of an antique store. He reveals that this world is in danger, and as the "Green Goddess" it is Akane's destiny and duty to save them all. The only problem? She just wants to go home! Starring MATSUOKA Mayu, Anne, ICHIMURA Masachika In Japanese with English subtitles | Not Rated | 2019 | 115 min | Directed by HARA Keiichi Registration required Images: © 2019 Sachiko Kashiwaba, KODANSHA/2019 Birthday Wonderland Committee Eleven Arts has given the JICC an exclusive opportunity to screen The Wonderland a few weeks after its cinematic release in the US! Animezing!: The Wonderland Friday, February 28th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM JICC: Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan 1150 18th Street, NW Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20036-3838  REGISTER HERE This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required. In the event of a cancellation, please contact us at jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp. Program begins at 6:30PM. Doors open 30 minutes before the program. No admittance after 7:00PM or once seating is full. Registered guests will be seated on a first come, first served basis. Please note that seating is limited and registration does not guarantee a seat. The JICC reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any event sponsored by JICC without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. 1150 18th Street NW, Suite 100 | Washington, D.C. 20036-3838 TEL: 202-238-6900 | FAX: 202-822-6524 | jicc@ws.mofa.go.jp © 1981-2020 Japan Information & Culture Center, Embassy of Japan

Black Tribbles' podcast about Rosarium's BOX OF BONES with John Jennings and Ayize Jama-Everett

Black Tribbles February 13 2020

418 - BOX OF BONES w John Jennings and Ayize Jama-Everett

N. Steven Harris

https://soundcloud.com/black-tribbles/418-box-of-bones-w-john-jennings-and-ayize-jama-everett

N. Steven Harris wants to know who's killing who. JOHN JENNINGS and AYIZE JAMA-EVERETT scare the bejeezus out of the Tribbles with horror-tinged history graphic novel BOX OF BONES (Rosarium). Plus, the time to return to OCTAVIA CITY has arrived!