• SPACE 2013: Matt Dembicki, J.M. Hunter, The Outhousers
• Awesome Con Brings Comics and Pop Culture to D.C.,Tiarra Joslyn, PopCults
• Awesome Con DC!, Emily S. Whitten, ComicsMix

Announcements:

• Authors at 2013 National Book Festival. Inlcudes Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez.

Free Comic Book Day events (May 4):

• Matt Dembicki, S.G. Artley and Michael Cowgill at Big Planet Comics,  Vienna, Va.
• Andrew Cohen and Evan Keeling  at Big Planet Comics, Washington, D.C.
• Art Hondros at Big Planet Comics, Bethesda, Md.
• Troy-Jeffery Allen and Matt Rawson at Fantom Comics, Washington, D.C.
  
• Jacob Warrenfelt?z at Third Eye Comics, Annapolis, Md.
• Rafer Roberts and John Shine at Beyond Comics, Gaithersburg, Md.
  
• Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo at Laughing Ogre Comics, Fairfax, Va.
• Rob Anderson at Laughing Ogre, Lansdowne, Va.
• Cary Nord, Brandon Seifert, Greg LaRocqoue, Joe Keatinge, Mike Moreci, Steve Seeley, Marc Hempel at Collectors Corner, Baltimore, Md.
  

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 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.
• April 20: Idiots’ Books, 3:30 p.m., Politics & Prose, Washington, D.C. (Idiots’ Books are more comics-adjacent, but good people.)
• April 25: Growing Up with Graphics panel with Eleanor Davis, Nathan Hale, Andrés Vera Martínez, and Mark Siegel and moderated by Michael Cavna, 7 p.m., Politics & Prose, 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.

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me! Submit no later than Monday at 9 p.m. for inclusion each Tuesday, but the earlier, the better! More information is here. I’m still taking FCBD events.

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.

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me! Submit no later than Monday at 9 p.m. for inclusion each Tuesday, but the earlier, the better! More information is here.

• Curls Studio on Asbury Park Comic Con

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 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.

Not quite comics:

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

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me! Submit no later than Monday at 9 p.m. for inclusion each Tuesday, but the earlier, the better! More information is here. I would especially love any Free Comic Book Day events!

• A Day in the Life of a Milk and Cookies Food Truck, Josh Kramer, Washington City Paper
• The Grown-Up Behind a Tween Phenomenon: ‘Dork Diaries’ by Rachel Renée Russell, Leslie Kaufman, New York Times

Publications:

• Magic Bullet #6 is now available. Visit the Magic Bullet blog for more details and locations

Events:

• Now through Aug. 18: ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
• March 30: Savage Skullkickers Launch Party, with Jim Zub and Edwin Huang, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Third Eye Comics, Anapolis, Md.
• March 30: Asbury Park Comic Con, Asbury Park, Md. Con will feature several D.C. area creators.
• March 30: Steve Conley, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Cards, Comics and Collectibles, Baltimore. Md.
• April 13: Annapolis Book Festival, The Key School, Annapolis, Md. Features comics programming, artists and activities.
• 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.

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me! Submit no later than Monday at 9 p.m. for inclusion each Tuesday, but the earlier, the better! More information is here. I would especially love any Free Comic Book Day events!

News/reviews/interviews:

• What “Fox Guy” Had to Teach Us, Art Hondros, Washington Post Magazine.
• Comic art takes center stage at Chadds Ford Elementary, Wm. Shawn Weigel, Daily Local News. Features John Gallagher.
• Bookworm: Keyed up For Annapolis Book Festival, Theresa Winslow, Capital Gazette.
• Marvel, circus producer Feld Entertainment to team up on live superhero arena show in 2014, Associated Press

Event news:

• SPX exhibitor registration ignites Table-geddon, Heidi MacDonald/The Beat
• SPX Apologies for Sunday’s Registration Collapse, Tom Spurgeon/The Comics Reporter

Event coverage:

• I held a Mini-Comics Day Saturday

Publications:

• Magic Bullet #6 is now available. Visit the Magic Bullet blog for more details and locations

Events:

• Now through Aug. 18: ZAP! POW! BAM! The Superhero: The Golden Age of Comic Books, 1938-1950, Jewish Museum of Maryland, Baltimore, Md.
• March 30: Savage Skullkickers Launch Party, with Jim Zub and Edwin Huang, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Third Eye Comics, Anapolis, Md.
• March 30: Asbury Park Comic Con, Asbury Park, Md. Con will feature several D.C. area creators.
• April 13: Annapolis Book Festival, The Key School, Annapolis, Md. Features comics programming, artists and activities.
• April 18: Dash Shaw & Tim Krieder, 7 p.m., Atomic Books, Baltimore, Md. Facebook event page.
• 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.

Have comic news or events related to the D.C. area to share? Email me! Submit no later than Monday at 9 p.m. for inclusion each Tuesday, but the earlier, the better! More information is here.