Recap: DC Zinefest 2012

Aug09
by on August 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM
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On July 28, 2012 I exhibited at DC Zinefest. I believe DC has had zinefests perhaps over a decade or longer ago, but as far as I know this has been the 2nd year of this version of the DC Zinefest. You can read last year’s recap here. This year was similar in terms of location and the same time of year, which is good to build a steady presence as event promotion. A highlight as an exhibitor was that the organizers were kind enough to collaborate with Everlasting Life Cafe to provide free vegan lunch to all exhibitors. Getting a free lunch doesn’t happen very often, so I was excited that the event planners were able to arrange this.

I got to chat with Liz Suburbia, Katie Omberg, Deanna Echanique, Full Sanction, Rob from Panel Patter (here is his DC Zinefest Recap), and a bunch of new faces. There seemed to be a lot of zinesters from Philly and other cities that made the travel to DC for the show.

Another highlight was premiering the brand new issue of Magic Bullet #5, Washington, DC’s comics newspaper. This is the first time the issue had a theme – and since it’s 2012 – we all did a spin on “The End of The World.” Joe Carabeo and I did a Black Magic Tales story on the center spread in color. Be on the lookout for the newspaper around town. Curls Studio will have them at Baltimore Comic-Con, SPX, NYCC, and a bunch of future events we plan to be at. I have some more announcements to make soon about future issues of Magic Bullet. Stay ‘tooned.

Thanks to Rusty from Full Sanction for the photograph.

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Audio – Comics in the District: A Discussion with Local Creators

Aug08
by on August 8, 2012 at 11:47 AM
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For episode 186 of The Carolyn & Joe Show podcast, we posted audio from last month’s “Comics in the District: A Discussion with Local Creators” panel. The panel moderator was Mike Rhode and the panelists were Carolyn Belefski, Steve Conley, Evan Keeling, Andrew Cohen, and Matt Dembicki.

Take a listen to the show here: http://carolynandjoeshow.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/1351/

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District Comics book signing on August 19, 2012

Aug03
by on August 3, 2012 at 4:18 PM
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Join us for a District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, DC signing event on Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 3PM. The collection, edited by Matt Dembicki, includes works by twenty-two local writers/artists and we’ll try to gather as many as we can for this signing event.


Joe Carabeo and I have a story in the book called “Spytini” about Elizabeth Bentley (The Red Spy Queen) and her hangouts around Georgetown, which include Matin’s Tavern and Georgetown Pharmacy. Above is a preview of some of the pages in the story.

Order the book on Amazon for $15.08 now (list price $24.95).

I will be at the book signing and hope to see you there! Here is the Facebook event page so you can RSVP and tell your friends.

One More Page Books
2200 North Westmoreland Street #101
Arlington, VA 22213

XOXO,
Carolyn

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Curls syndicated in “The Funnies”

Aug03
by on August 3, 2012 at 3:30 PM
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My comic strip, Curls, is now being published monthly in a newspaper called “The Funnies” based out of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. You can pick up a copy and one of the locations below or if you are interested in a subscription of $18.50 for 12 issues, email me at info[at]curls-studio[dot]com and I will pass on more information on how to order.

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Recap: Team Cul de Sac Book Signing at Politics & Prose

Aug03
by on August 3, 2012 at 1:01 PM
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On July 11, 2012, I attended the second book signing for Team Cul de Sac at Politics & Prose in Washington, DC (read more about the first signing and launch party here).

If you don’t know about Team Cul de Sac, you can read more about the project in their blog here, but it is a group of cartoonists lead by project organizer, Chris Sparks, who created some cartoons and illustrations to honor Richard Thompson and his comic strip, Cul de Sac. Richard is a great cartoonist… so great even that he won the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for “Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year” in 2010! Unfortunately, he has also been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

All of the original art for the Team Cul de Sac book was auctioned off earlier this year thru Heritage Auctions. You can still purchase the lovely Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson’s book thru Sparking Design or Amazon to help the cause because the team is connected to the Michael J. Fox Foundation and some of the proceeds go toward Parkinson’s research.


The second signing included a presentation by Chris Sparks and speech by Nick Galifianakis. I was happy Richard was also there in attendance. We signed books for almost two hours and really enjoyed meeting everyone who came to support. Thanks to Barbara Sutliff for the photo of the contributors sign and Steve and Kathy Artley for the photo of the team signing books.

If we do any more events, I’ll be sure to let you know about them. For now, enjoy this photo gallery from this event: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151047817727381.451263.50763422380&type=1

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