News/reviews/interviews: 

• Israeli graphic artist talks about technique and style, Eric Hal Schwartz, Washington Jewish Week

Event coverage:

• Politics & Prose Panel, Laura Lee Gulledge
• National Book Festival 2013, A Good Stopping Point (comics coverage toward the end)
• Small Press Expo, Urban Sketchers Washington D.C.
• Photo sets one and two from Making Comics Workshop reception at Artisphere.

Multimedia:

• Podcast: Dollar Bin #314: Baltimore Comic Con and SPX 2013 Recaps
• Video: Art and Style of Comics at Politics and Prose
• Video: Fantastic Forum feature on DC Conspiracy Comics Making Workshop at Artisphere

Debut comic:

• The Dorothea Manjob Mysteries, Jon Milstein

Kickstarter:

• Mechanaflux #2 – All-Ages Fantasy Comic Book by Shawn Padraic Murphy

Events:

• Now through Nov. 3: Comics Making Studio with Members of the DC Conspiracy, Artisphere, Arlington, Va. Residencies every Thursday.
• Now through Nov. 10: Awake in the Dream World: The Art of Audrey Niffenegger, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
• Oct. 5: Carl Yonder, artist and co-creator of Pirate Eye, 1 to 3 p.m., Big Planet Comics, Vienna, Va.
• Oct. 5: Locust Moon Comics Festival, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Philadelphia, Pa.
• Oct. 5: Richmond Zinefest, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Richmond, Va.
• Oct. 10: Paul Pope, 7:30 p.m., Takoma Park Library, Takoma Park, Md. Sponsored by Politics & Prose.

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me by 4 p.m. Tuesday. More information is here.

News/interviews/reviews:

• Carver grad, graphic novel artist recalls his creative motivation on former Maryland resident Orpheus Collar, by Jon Meoli, The Baltimore Sun

Event coverage:

• Photos from Richmond Zinefest 2012 by Rusty Rowley
• Panel Patter: Richmond Zinefest 2012 Write-up by Rob McMonigal (His photoset on Flickr)
• Rafer Roberts on New York Comic-Con plus more photos

Kickstarter:

• PLASTIC FARM: Seasons of Growth in the Fields of Despair from Rafer Roberts. He’s looking for a very reasonable $2,000.
  

Upcoming releases:

• Remake: 3Xtra, Lamar Abrams, AdHouse Books, December 2012.

Events:

• Through Dec. 23: Fall Solos 2012, featuring Warren Craghead, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Va. Artist reception Oct. 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. One-on-one with the artists Nov. 10 from 4 to 6 p.m.
• Oct. 23: A Dose of Design Inspiration from Comic Strips, with Ross Nover, nclud, Washington, D.C., 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free with registration
• Oct. 26: Bedlam #1 Launch Party with Nick Spencer and Riley Rossmo, Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, Md., 7 to 9 p.m.
• Oct. 27: District Comics signing at Big Planet Comics, U Street, Washington, D.C., 4 to 6 p.m.
• Nov. 3: Ben Hatke signing, Big Planet Comics, Vienna, Va., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Big Planet Comics, College Park, Md., from 3 to 5 p.m.
• Nov. 3: Grace Randolph and Jerry Gaylord signing at Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, Md., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Nov. 10: Cullen Bunn signing for Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe, Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, Md., 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
• Nov. 12: SHATTERED – The Asian American Comics Anthology Book Signing and Launch, featuring editors Jeff Yang and Keith Chow with illustrator Jamie Noguchi. Busboys & Poets, 14th and V streets, Washington, D.C., 6:30 to 8 p.m.

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