{"id":3293,"date":"2015-01-02T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2015-01-02T15:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=3293"},"modified":"2015-01-02T10:53:02","modified_gmt":"2015-01-02T15:53:02","slug":"recap-curls-studios-year-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/recap-curls-studios-year-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: Curls Studio’s Year of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. I can’t believe 2014 is over and we’ve recently rang in 2015. Last year was pretty crazy and ended so quickly. I wanted to highlight some of 2014’s best moments.\u00a0<\/span>
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\nOverall 2014 brought us around 16 full days exhibiting at comic conventions. I did elect to cut back on some tour dates this year and concentrate on work, but looking at the list now it seems we only took out one that required travel and expanded to shows that are closer to the homebase.<\/span>
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\n2014 TOUR<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

FEB 13-28 \u2022 cARToons Exhibit at UDC<\/a>
\nMAR 8 \u2022 Smudge! Expo<\/a><\/span>
\nAPR 18-20 \u2022 Awesome Con DC<\/a><\/span>
\nMAY 3 \u2022 Free Comic Book Day Big Planet Comics\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
\nMAY 10 \u2022 ANS Sci-Fi & Comic-Con<\/a><\/span>
\nMAY 17 \u2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival<\/a><\/span>
\nMAY 31 \u2022 Cartoonists Draw Blood<\/a><\/span>
\nJUL 20 \u2022 SuperNoVa Comicon<\/a><\/span>
\nJUL 26 \u2022 Signing at Fantom Comics<\/a><\/span>
\nSEP 5-7 \u2022 Baltimore Comic-Con\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
\nSEP 13-14 \u2022 Small Press Expo<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\nOCT 9-12 \u2022 New York Comic Con\u00a0<\/a><\/span>
\nOCT 18 \u2022 Annapolis Comic-Con<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>
\nOCT 22 \u2022 Design & Doodle Workshop<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The main highlights for me in 2014 included:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Fun energy at Awesome Con DC in April<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Being voted (for the second year in a row) as runner-up for Best Visual Artist by Washington City Paper<\/i> readers<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Taking part in the second “Cartoonists Draw Blood” blood drive with the American Red Cross at Seekers Church in May<\/p>\n

\u2022 Having a published Adventure Time <\/i>#29 cover<\/p>\n

\u2022 Editing issues #8 and #9 of Magic Bullet<\/i>, Washington, DC’s comics newspaper<\/p>\n

\u2022 I now have Instagram<\/a> and Vine<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 New York Comic-Con was our biggest and most successful show ever
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\n\u2022 Asked to lead the Design & Doodle Workshop during DC Design Week<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2022 Amber Love and I will have a comic in RISE: Comics Against Bullying<\/i>, geared to be distributed free by organizations such as GLAAD, Stand for the Silent, and Prism Comics
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\n\u2022 The Carolyn & Joe Show<\/a> podcast also recorded a new episode for each week of 2014 and we now have over 300 episodes<\/span><\/p>\n

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My goals for 2015 are to focus and not get distracted by outside forces (see 2015 New Year’s Resolutions from Panel Patter<\/a> and Pals). I hope to be more active in social media because I spent a full year not posting to any outlet during weekdays because of a demanding job. I’m still working full-time, but I now have more freedom to think and contribute to the world and plan to use that liberty. Thanks for keeping up with Curls Studio and our activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I hope you had a great holiday season and let’s see each other in 2015 and beyond!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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