Many members of National Cartoonists Society were recently interviewed on A Case For Pencils, a website featuring “a peek inside the pencil bags of New Yorker cartoonists.” We were asked: What is your favourite thing about being a member of the National Cartoonists Society?
I don’t think I’ve made much of an official announcement about it, but I was asked last year to be on the national board of NCS! Since the chapters and members are so spread out, I’m looking forward to meeting many cartoonists next month at our Reuben Weekend events.
I recently designed an album for musical artist Nicole Belanus called “The Grown Demos.”
It was fun to design the sleeve packaging and CD — plus Nicole is a great client to work with! Check out her tunes here. I like how she has tunes and I have toons. It’s a great combo.
Let’s Work Together If you are interested in my illustration and/or design skills, please view my portfolio and reach out: http://www.CarolynBelefski.com.
Catching up on a bit of old news — hopefully it may be actual news to someone reading this blog! Magic Bullet, a comics anthology newspaper based out of the Washington, DC area has published our Black Magic Tales stories. Magic Bullet #15 came out in the fall of 2017. Our story “Vacation” captures the adventures world famous criminals Roxy Monroe and Dean Casanova (and their cat, Black Magic).
The latest issue of Magic Bullet #16 premiered in February 2018. Our story “Award Season” was inspired by the #MeToo movement and Harvey Weinstein allegations. Both stories were written by Joe Carabeo and illustrated by Carolyn Belefski. Be on the lookout for your free copy! Common places to find this publication include comic book stores, tattoo parlors, record shops, and hip restaurants.
Did you know? Black Magic Tales has been published in every addition of Magic Bullet. The publication started with a print run of 500 in August of 2010. The print run for issue #16 was 4,000.
This past Friday I attended my first DC Web Fest and had a invigorating time. My day started out at the AT&T Forum for Technology, Entertainment, and Policy. Lunch was provided from Fresh Connections Catering and then I attended the podcasting panel before leading the “Writer’s Write-In Script & Blog selection chat” with Lauren Brown (Fashion Grunge) and Barrett Smith (The Morning After Zine). At the panel I was surprised to meet Dan Silverman, the creator of PoPville, the blog I nominated in the awards category. The conversation was very insightful and relatable to how we began and where technology is leading us in the future.
I also had the opportunity to experience AR technology and game demos.
After the panel a bus was scheduled to take us to the The Australian Embassy. The bus was running late, so after twenty minutes to waiting outside, I mentioned that we should walk. Only one person took me up on that, a man named Scooter, who I have not seen in probably eight years — back when I was a guest on his DC Geeks podcast. We ended up arriving when the bus arrived, so I’m glad we get to burn some calories and enjoy our time outside.
It was cool to attend the International Screening Block — we saw fantastic short films from around the globe. Alice in Paris was the first we saw and it is a delightful series that reminded me of Amélie. We were also treated to delicious food.
The DC Web Fest continued on Saturday with more speakers and an awards ceremony.
Congratulations to Otessa for creating DC Web Fest — thank you to the volunteers, sponsors, staff, attendees, and speakers.
Excited to be a guest at DC Web Fest! This Friday from 4-5PM I will be moderating Writer’s Write-In (forum 2) Script & Blog selection chat with Lauren Brown. The event will be hosted at AT&T Forum for Technology, Entertainment, and Policy (601 New Jersey Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20001)
DC Web Fest serves to entertain, educate and promote the innovative forms and diverse voices in the new media landscape. From web series to apps to games to VR, we celebrate new media in its ever changing form.
Be sure to catch the year 6 festival from April 6-7, 2018!
