Oct. 11: George R.R. Martin at Beyond Comics

George R.R. Martin, author of the best-selling series of novels that HBO adapted into the hit TV show Game of Thrones, will be visiting Beyond Comics at the Gaithersburg, Md., on Friday, Oct. 11 at 1 p.m. Nuff said! (Keep up to date on the event through the store's Facebook event page.) BTW, Meathouse Man, an e-comic adaptation of Martin's short story of the same name, will be available for Kindle readers on Oct. 15. 

Noguchi at Artisphere on Oct. 3 and 5

Cartoonist Jamie Noguchi will be the artist in resident tomorrow at the Artisphere in Arlington, Va., as part of the D.C. Conspiracy’s Comics Making Workshop in the Works in Progress Gallery. Jamie will be there from about 6:30-9ish p.m. (depending on how long it takes him to finish his chalkwall drawing, which each resident artist has done each week). Jamie will also be there on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Below is a recent episode of his online comic Yellow Peril.

Courtesy of Jamie Noguchi

The Post on the (lack of) popularity of comics

The Washington Post ran an article about how comics characters are popular, but comics themselves…not so much. Quoted in the piece is Lina Krueger of Washington, D.C., who is a contributor to the comics blog Girls Read Comics, Too (Comics From a Female Point of View).

Mills/Hondros team to tell a tale of a terrible tsar

Local cartoonist Art Hondros has teamed with cartoonist/writer Scott Mills (a former Marylander) on a historical comic about tsar Ivan Vasilyevich, aka Ivan the Terrible. "In an effort to combine my love of Russian history and old Gold Key comics I’ve joined forces with artist Art Hondros to create Terrible: Tsar Ivan IV," Scott writes on the blog he created for the comic. The book will comprise 10 six-page chapters "detailing what I see as the most salient–or at least most interesting–aspects of history’s most notorious tsar." The first chapter is up online today, and Scott also posted some of Art's black-and-white drawings for the project. 
 

Image courtesy of Scott Mills/Art Hondros

15 days to get submissions in for the Berryman Award

CLIFFORD K. AND JAMES T. BERRYMAN AWARD FOR EDITORIAL CARTOONING

Open to editorial cartoonists of newspapers, websites, magazines and blogs in the U.S. for  printed or animated work that exhibits power to influence public opinion, plus good drawing and striking effect. The winner will receive a $2,500 prize and an engraved crystal vase.

To learn more, CLICK HERE

Fantastic Forum on DC Conspiracy's exhibit at Artisphere

DC Conspiracy Comics Making Workshop at Artisphere
Ulysses Campbell
Fantastic Forum· Sep 28, 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQS6Ax7n8E&feature=youtu.be

Matt Dembicki, Evan Keeling, Eric Gordon and Jake Warrenfeltz of TheD.C. Conspiracy talk about the group during the artists' reception for its Comics Making Workshop at Artisphere in Arlington, VA.

Darn, I'm sorry I missed this. September is just too busy in DC.

Rob Steibel's new Kirby column

Jack Kirby: Behind the Lines

"I'm Gonna Open Sealed Door to Negative Zone!"

BY Robert Steibel Sep 30, 2013
http://www.tcj.com/im-gonna-open-sealed-door-to-negative-zone/

Galifianakis wants to draw your dog

Washington Post cartoonist Nick Galifianakis is participating in a fundraiser for the Cesar Millan Foundation, which helps to rescue, rehabilitate and find a home for abused and abandoned dogs. Bid to have your favorite Galifianakis drawing (from his website nickandzuzu.com) redrawn using you dog's image. Bidding ends on Oct. 8.

Photo: CharityBuzz.com

Yonder at Big Planet Oct. 5

Local artist Carl Yonder, artist and co-creator of Pirate Eye (Action Lab Entertainment), will be signing at Big Planet Comics at its Vienna, Va., store on Oct. 5 from 1-3 p.m. Pirate Eye is a "new spin on crime drama told through a series of one-shot adventures for pirates and noir detective fans," according to BPC.

Oct 3: Jonathan Lethem at Politics and Prose

 He's written about comics, and he wrote an Omega the Unknown miniseries for Marvel.

Jonathan Lethem - Dissident Gardens

• Fiction

Start: Oct 3, 2013, 7 p.m.

End: Oct 3, 2013, 8 p.m.

Lethem's tenth novel is a sweeping look at American life and politics from the 1930s to today as experienced by Rose Zimmer of Sunnyside, Queens, and her daughter, Miriam. Both women are passionate activists, and Lethem tells both a national and a family story as Rose's communism gives way to the unorthodox movements of the 1960s.

Dissident Gardens (Hardcover)

By Jonathan Lethem

$27.95

ISBN-13: 9780385534932
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Doubleday, 9/2013

Other Editions of this Title

 

Colleen Clark featured in Huffington Post

D.C. artist Colleen Clark, who is a student at the Columbus College of Art and Design (Ohio), is featured in Huffington Post. Her new comic deals with the “coming of age experience, and the constant commentary women receive about their body parts.”

Image used courtesy of Colleen Clark

Ryan Holmberg takes another look at manga's origins

The Name Garo: Shirato Sanpei and the Indo-Manga Connection

BY Ryan Holmberg Sep 27, 2013
http://www.tcj.com/the-name-garo-shirato-sanpei-and-the-indo-manga-connection/

More to Come podcast on March

More To Come 62: MLK and The Montgomery Story Interview Special
Produced by Kate Fitzsimons
on 09/27/2013
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=149
   
In a More To Come interview special, Calvin speaks with Andrew Aydin, Rep. John Lewis's staffer and his coauthor on the graphic novel March Book One about the book as well as the historical impact of the 1957 comic Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Story about MLK, nonviolent disobedience and how that strategy and the comic spread around the world.

Jen Sorensen's RFK Journalism award photos

I forgot to get a picture of her with the bust, but here's a few shots of Jen Sorensen at the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award ceremony. She won for editorial cartooning and I was one of the five judges.

V.E. Schwab's superhero novel Vicious booksigning

On Sept 27 2013, One More Page bookstore hosted Victoria Schwab (aka V.E. Schwab) "at a book signing for Vicious, a twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal and super-powers, set in a near-future world." I just finished the novel and enjoyed it. 

Here's a recording of her reading and Q+A in which Ms. Schwab declares herself for Marvel over DC. Here's more photographs.

Richmond Zine Fest Oct. 5

The Richmond Zine Fest on Oct. 5 will feature some local cartoonists and (fairly local) small press publishers, including AdHouse Books (Chris Pitzer), Joe Mochove & Rusty Rowley, Rachel Scheer and JTW. Admission is free. 

Tonight: Victoria Schwab - Launch Party for Vicious

Fri, Sept 27 at 6:30 pm
Victoria Schwab - Launch Party for Vicious

We celebrate with Victoria Schwab at a book signing for Vicious, a twisted tale of ambition, jealousy, betrayal and super-powers, set in a near-future world. Danielle and Lelia have been waiting a long time for this event -- can't wait to see their costumes!

Come dressed as your favorite supervillain and win prizes! 

Remember, in addition to street parking, there is limited retail parking available in the WestLee garage while you are shopping at One More Page.  Follow the store signs to our back door, ring the buzzer and we'll welcome you in.

We are 6 blocks from the East Falls Church Metro!  Go to the right as you exit the Metro station and then go right on 19th Street.  As the road curves, the name changes from 19th street to N. Westmoreland Street. Our store is on the left hand side of the street.  Click here for directions from the Metro or if you are coming by car. 

Please call (703) 300-9746 or Email if you have any questions.  

Cloudy Meatballs 2 reviewed in The Post

Leftovers with a bitter aftertaste ['Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2' movie review]

By Sean O'Connell, 

Washington Post September 27 2013, p. Weekend 36

http://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/cloudy-with-a-chance-of-meatballs-2-movie-review/2013/09/25/04136730-246b-11e3-ad0d-b7c8d2a594b9_story.html

Rechin art in new kid's book

A new 32-page kid's book featuring the illustrations of Arlington-based cartoonist Kevin Rechin is out. Check out the trailer for The Tumbleweed Came Back (Rio Chico), written by Carmela LaVigna Coyle.

 

Jen Sorenson to get RFK Award for editorial cartooning tonight

She's tweeted In DC for the RFK Book & Journalism awards ceremony tonight. Today's task:  transforming from "rumpled artist" state to "Kennedy-worthy"

Information is on the RFK Award site.

Horse_eComics interview in Wash Post

The horsing around comes to an end [online as Popular @Horse_ebooks inspired a webcomic that has just lost its comedic engine]

By Michael Cavna,

Washington Post September 26 2013, p. C4

http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/horse_ebooks-isnt-a-horse-of-course-or-a-spambot-whats-next-for-the-art-it-inspired/2013/09/25/1cb1cf08-25f0-11e3-b3e9-d97fb087acd6_story.html