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Baltimore Comic Con 2014: Fulcrum Publishing Heads to the Show

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Fulcrum Publishing is debuting a new series of nonfiction graphic novels on September 5-7, 2014 at the Baltimore Comic-Con at Booth #2302! Fulcrum strives to create books which provide the tools for forward motion and learning. Their graphic novel collection will serve as a visual and engaging medium through which to inform and shape minds. Fulcrum graphic novels draw history to life!

Artists

Matt Dembicki is the editor of Wild Ocean, Trickster, District Comics, and Captive of Friendly Cove to be published Winter 2015. Joel Christian Gill is the author of Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History and the forthcoming Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth, to be published October 2014. Jason Rodriguez is a contributor to District Comics and editor of the forthcoming Colonial Comics to be published October 2014.

Teaching with Comics Panel:

Friday, September 5th 3:00 pm- 4:00 pm: Joel Christian Gill, author of Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History and the upcoming Bass Reeves: Tales of the Talented Tenth, and Jason Rodriguez, editor of the forthcoming Colonial Comics: New England 1620-1750 will be conducting a panel about teaching history through comics. These two authors will be discussing the art of constructing a nonfiction graphic novel and how they can be used as educational tools.

Baltimore Comic-Con will be held Friday, September 5 through Sunday, September 7, 2014, at the Baltimore Convention Center, which is located immediately across the street from the historic Camden Yards sports complex (which includes Oriole Park and Geppi’s Entertainment Museum). Tickets, a full guest roster, and additional information is available on the convention’s website.

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Preview – Xoc: The Journey of a Great White

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Xoc: The Journey of a Great White

Writer/Artist: Matt Dembicki
Colorist: Evan Kheeling
Format: Hard Cover 6″x9″, Full Color
Page Count: 120
Price: $19.99
Genre: Adventure / Nature
Age Rating: All Ages
ISBN: 1-934964-85-9
Diamond Code: MAR121143
Release Date: July 25th, 2012

Xoc explores the ocean’s wonders through the eyes of a great white as it treks from the Farallon Islands off the coast of California to the warm waters of Hawaii some 2,300 miles away. Along its journey, the 17-foot shark encounters natural prey and predators—from skittish seals to brazen orcas—as well as man-made impediments that threaten not only the giant fish, but the balance of ocean’s ecology.

SDCC 2012 – Oni Press Panels At SDCC 2012

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Oni Press has released their panel plans for San Diego Comic-Con 2012.  You can check them out at booth #1833.

Panel Times & Descriptions:
Saturday, JULY 14 2012
6:30-7:30 Oni Press Ted Naifeh and the 10th Anniversary of Courtney Crumrin: You’ve spent ten years with the always sassy, never sissy Ms. Crumrin and there’s always been one question burning at the back of your mind that you thought would never be answered. Think no more! Ready your Qs, mind your Ps, and join Courtney Crumrin creator and New York Times Best Seller Ted Naifeh as he relives every moment of Courtney’s journey and talks about the thrill of seeing it in color!
Friday, July 13 2012
12:00-1:00 Oni Press – RevolutiONIze Comics: Often imitated but never duplicated! Get up close and personal with trend setting indie comic powerhouse Oni Press. Join in the Q&A with your favorite Oni creators Brian Hurtt, Cullen Bunn, Rich Stevens, Scott C., Matt Dembicki, Brahm Revel and get a sneak peek of upcoming Oni projects with news on Oni Press fan initiatives. They’ll be free Oni comics, prizes and more! Guaranteed by Oni Press’ totally biased employees to be “the most fun you’ve ever had at a panel.”

In Between the Panels: DC’s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene

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Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2010, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Busboys & Poets, 5th & K Streets, Washington, DC
Cost: FREE and open to the public!

The Women’s National Book Association, DC Chapter will sponsor a panel discussion on the DC graphic novel scene. The panel for the event, to be held at Busboys & Poets in Mt. 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.

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

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

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

Mike Rhode, panel moderator, is co-author of the comics research bibliography, editor of Exhibition and Media Reviews for the International Journal of Comic Art, and a contributing writer for Hogan’s Alley. In 2008, he was named Best (Comics) Art Blogger by the Washington City Paper for his Comics DC blog. Rhodes edited Harvey Pekar: Conversations, a book of interviews with the late underground comic book writer and author of American Splendor published by the University Press of Mississippi. He has written for the Comics Journal 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.

This event is FREE and open to the public!