Fairfax Comic Con is August 23-24, 2025

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by on August 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Join us at Dulles Expo Center (4320 Chantilly Shopping Center, Chantilly, VA 20151) this August 23-24, 2025 (SAT 10:30AM-5PM (VIP 10AM), SUN 10AM-4PM) for Fairfax Comic Con. 

Comic creators Joe Carabeo and Carolyn Belefski will be exhibiting with Curls Studio — please swing by to say hello and browse the merchandise. 

All weekend: Kids Love Comics will host an activity and coloring table with coloring sheets, how-to’s, crayons and markers, kids and their parents are invited to let their inner artist explore! 

1PM on Saturday “Comic Costume Academy with Carolyn Belefski”

Every hero needs a logo! Join artist and designer Carolyn Belefski (Curls) and learn how to incorporate graphic design elements to create an icon and establish your own powerful visual identity. Kids can then place the logos on the provided capes, and… up, up, and away!

Kids Love Comics does not guarantee kids will actually fly

Children 10 and under get in free and must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Parking is free. Hope to see you there!

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Recap: Pickle Party 2025

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by on August 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Would you believe it? I won Best Pickle in the first annual Sloppy Mama’s BBQ homemade pickle contest at their Pickle Party. I entered two types of pickles inspired by my Curls comic strip: dill and watermelon rind, and the dill was dill-licious enough to win first place. It was so great — they even had pickle ice cream! They asked me to be a contestant next year to defend my title, so look for more pickle news in 2026!

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Recap: Tidewater Comicon 2025

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by on July 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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We are back from Tidewater Comicon in Virginia Beach! Curls Studio had a great time and enjoyed catching up with fellow exhibitors. Our booth was next to Ben Bishop, who we first met in 2008 at our very first New York Comic Con. It was great to reminisce with him and also say hello to the Kids Love Comics crew and even enjoy their programming (see pencil photo that matches my nail polish choices perfectly).

We did get to spend a short amount of time at the beach before the show on both days — even after waking up early to enjoy that experience it was definitely HOT! It’s always a cool opportunity to sell comics within walking distance to the Atlantic Ocean.

As with shows they must go on and roll with the punches — one of the main guests Alan Tudyk could not appear due to plane flight issues with American Airlines. I didn’t see any of the celebrities, but did get to walk around a bit to see the show floor. Big thanks to the crew and organizers of Tidewater Comicon — we hope to be back in the future.

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Tidewater Comicon is June 28-29, 2025

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by on June 16, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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Good vibrations coming to Tidewater Comicon on June 28-29, 2025 at the Virginia Beach Convention Center with celebrity guests, comic book creators, voice actors, and much more. Children 10 and under get in free with the purchase of an adult pass. Excited for Curls Studio to exhibit at Tidewater Comicon to celebrate their 11th year!

Virginia Beach Convention Center
1000 19th Street, Virginia Beach, VA 23451

SHOW HOURS
Saturday: 10:30am-6pm (VIP entry 10am) Sunday: 11:30am-5pm (VIP entry 11am)

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World Press Freedom Day Celebration 2025

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by on June 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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On May 5 many DC area cartoonists gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day with a panel of legendary cartoonists out on the front lines of free speech — and for the announcement of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award by Cartoonists Rights.

The award was given to Zehra Ömeroğlu, a Turkish cartoonist who appeared on screen via pre-recorded video. She has been the target of criminal prosecution for a pandemic sex humor cartoon published in 2020 and faces a three year prison sentence (to give you an idea of the content think about a loss of taste and smell joke). I was surprised to not know about this cartoon and the cartoonist’s work/life impact… until five years later and it’s still going on.

Panel participants included Barry Blitt (The New Yorker) Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher (The Economist), Joel Pett (Tribune Content Agency), and Signe Wilkinson (Philadelphia Inquirer). The moderator was Roslyn Mazer (SU Alumna and Free Expression Champion).

Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) delivered a keynote address.

Event sponsored by: Cartoonists Rights, Committee to Protect Journalists, Freedom Cartoonists, The Herb Block Foundation

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