{"id":854,"date":"2010-11-09T01:36:15","date_gmt":"2010-11-09T06:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/?p=854"},"modified":"2010-11-09T01:36:15","modified_gmt":"2010-11-09T06:36:15","slug":"nov-17-comics-panel-at-busboys-and-poets-5th-k-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curls-studio.com\/curls\/nov-17-comics-panel-at-busboys-and-poets-5th-k-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"NOV 17 Comics Panel at Busboys and Poets, 5th & K Streets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nHi everyone! I was asked to be on a panel and now I’m asking you to join me. Please pass this on on anyone you think would be interested. Did I mention – it’s FREE to attend. ALL are invited to…<\/p>\n

In Between the Panels: DC\u2019s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene<\/span>
\nWednesday, November, 17, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
\nBusboys and Poets, 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC
\nCost: FREE and open to the public! <\/p>\n

The Women\u2019s National Book Association, DC Chapter<\/a> will sponsor a panel discussion on the DC graphic novel scene. The panel for the event, to be held at Busboys & Poets<\/a> in Mount Vernon, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., will include Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless, Matt Dembicki, and Mike Rhode. The event is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n

Carolyn Belefski<\/span> is the mastermind behind the web comic Curls<\/span>. She is also one of the creators of several other comic books: Kid Roxy<\/span>, Black Magic Tales<\/span>, and The Legettes<\/span>, and an indefatigable (nightly) poster to her blog, Sketch Before Sleep<\/span>. Her work has appeared in USA WEEKEND<\/span> Magazine, The Commonwealth Times<\/span>, Virginia Living<\/span> Magazine, Magic Bullet<\/span>, CROQ<\/span> Zine, and The Pulse<\/span> on COMICON.com. Ms. Belefski is a nominee for the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer for 2010.<\/p>\n

Matt Dembicki<\/span> is a DC-based cartoonist whose work includes the award-winning nature parable Mr. Big<\/span>, The Great White Shark Story<\/span>, Xoc<\/span>, and The Brewmaster\u2019s Castle<\/span>, about legendary DC brewer Christian Heurich. His latest anthology, Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection<\/span>, has received rave reviews from Booklist<\/span>, Publishers Weekly<\/span> and School Library Journal<\/span> and has been nominated as one of the Young Adult Library Services Association\u2019s 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens. In addition to his own work, Dembicki also hosts kids\u2019 workshops in the DC area and beyond on making comic books.<\/p>\n

Molly Lawless<\/span>, a Boston native, moved to the DC area in 2005. She has self-published mini comics as well as a compilation, Infandum! Ad Infinitum<\/span>. She is currently working on a full-length graphic novel for McFarland Publishing titled Hit by Pitch<\/span>. She is an avid blogger and includes stories about her family in her daily posts.<\/p>\n

Mike Rhode<\/span>, panel moderator, is co-author of the comics research bibliography<\/span>, editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art<\/span>, and a contributing writer for Hogan\u2019s Alley<\/span>. In 2008, he was named Best (Comics) Art Blogger by the Washington City Paper<\/span> for his Comics DC blog. Rhodes edited Harvey Pekar: Conversations<\/span>, a book of interviews with the late underground comic book writer and author of American Splendor<\/span> published by the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for the Comics Journal<\/span> and was selected as an RFK Journalism Awards judge for the editorial cartoon division of Comics Journal in 2009 and 2010. Rhodes currently writes about comics for the City Paper<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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