News/reviews/interviews/etc. (both of these are related):

• Local student publishes graphic novel set during the Holocaust, Eric Hal Schwartz, Washington Jewish Week
• Korean-American Christian teen teaches the Shoah, Debra Rubin, The Times of Israel

Event announcements:

• Awesome Con D.C. announces programming

Kickstarter:

• Super Art Fight: The ART Book

Events:

• Now through Aug. 18: ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
• April 13: Annapolis Book Festival, The Key School, Annapolis, Md. Features comics programming, artists and activities.
• April 13-14: Small Press and Comics Expo, Columbus, Ohio, with several D.C. area creators. The event will also feature a “District Comics: An Unconventional History of Washington, D.C.” Original Artwork Exhibit and at “Putting History into Panels” panel with Matt Dembicki and several other District Comics contributors.
• April 15: Gilbert Hernandez lecture and signing, 5:30 p.m., Johns Hopkins University, 101 Mattin Center, Baltimore, Md.
• April 16: Ben Katchor, 7 p.m., Sixth & I Historic Synagogue. Tickets are $12. Get two tickets for free with purchase of book. More information
• April 18: Dash Shaw & Tim Krieder, 7 p.m., Atomic Books, Baltimore, Md. Facebook event page.
• April 18: Matt Dembicki signing and talk, 5 to 7 p.m., Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco, Calif.
• April 20-21: Awesome Con D.C., 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. (April 20) and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (April 21), Washington Convention Center, Washington, D.C.
• May 4: ThinkGeek’s Super Awesome Super Art Fight, 5 p.m., Jammin Java, Vienna, Va. Tickets are $10 general admission; ages 13 and older.

Not quite comics:

• Countdown to Yuri’s Night, April 13 in Arlington, Va. In conjunction with Voltron’s Corpse exhibition.

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