The D.C. Area Comics Scene for April 16

News/reviews/interviews/etc.

• 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.