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Tables for the 4th Annual Counter Culture Festival are sold out.
30 vendors will sell their wares on Sunday, May 24th, at The Soundry in Vienna, VA. Below are write ups and Web links to several of them (the ones that responded to the request for info.)

8th Street Soaps are made from scratch in small batches with quality natural ingredients and a dash of whimsy. Based in DC, our goal is to make the world a better-smelling place. Visit www.8thStreetSoap.com.

Arty4ever.com offers offbeat artwork by Michael Auger. Discover an assortment of animals, crazy characters, mythical monsters, and more. Many of his unique paintings and gifts react to blacklight or glow in the dark. All are guaranteed to provoke a smile and are perfect for kids and kids-at-heart. Visit www.arty4ever.com.

August Adams is the author of National Darkroast Day, a satirical novel about a coffee company that tries to conquer America. He is also the author of the comic story 'Froggie.' Visit www.nationaldarkroastday.com

Bamn is the underdog tale of a down-and-out professional wrestler written and illustrated by the team of Jay Payne, David Dean, and Troy Jeffrey Allen. Surly and homeless, Bamn finds purpose when he decides to mentor a group of bullied high school misfits. The comic has been featured in The Gazette and The Washington Post. Visit www.BamnCan.com.

Andrew Cohen is the maker of Howzit Funnies, a collection of hijinx, rhythms, doodads and jazz, all put to a comic book beat. More information on his Funnies and other projects at howzitfunnies.blogspot.com.

Curls Studio's Carolyn Belefski and Joe Carabeo will be selling original comics, greeting cards, handmade stuffed character dolls and more. The self-published comics include Curls, Kid Roxy, Black Magic Tales,and The Legettes. Visit www.curls-studio.blogspot.com

John Bintz is wherever technology meets sequential art. He writes and draws two all-ages comic stories: A Moment of Clarity, the highly praised humor/slice-of-life comic adventure, and Dawn's Dictionary Drama, an experiment in forced creativity and utter silliness. He also works on the Inkscape and ComicPress projects, and he creates tools to speed up the production of Web and print comic projects.
A Moment of Clarity - http://claritycomic.com/
Dawn's Dictionary Drama - http://www.dawnsdictionarydrama.com/
WordPress Plugins for Webcomic authors - http://www.coswellproductions.com/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/

Jerry Carr is a local cartoonist who co-created the popular all-ages comic Cryptozoo Crew (currently in development as a major motion picture) with writer Allan Gross. Jerry is currently working with his cohorts in Badmonkeybrain Studios, and is developing two new comic properties--TikiMonkeyGirl and Brew Lagoon.

Full Sanction hates describing itself. It's a comic, it's a lifestyle, it's a friendship, it's a rivalry. It's black and white in a world of grays. And it has grays. Visit www.fullsanction.com.

Just for Jake: Hi! My name is Jake! I am a very happy 5 year old boy who has two rare conditions: Angelman Syndrome (AS) (caused by missing a part of chromosome 15) and agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) (absence of the major nerve cord in my brain). For more info about me and these conditions, please take a card and check out my website www.justforjake.org.
My Mom and Nana started making jewelry to raise money for my equipment and many therapies that will help me learn to walk and talk. I am making a lot of progress in big part with help from people like you! I can now walk with one supporting hand and can say "Mama" and "Papa."

Jen-A-Fusion Fashion Accessories offers hand-crafted fashion accessories, made from recycled, reclaimed, vintage and new materials. Visit jenafusion.blogspot.com

Steve Loya is an art teacher in the Northern Virginia area who also enjoys making some of his own art. He can be found dabbling in curious line drawings, paint splotch monsters, acrylic turtle portraits and creepy custom toys--whatever interests him at the moment. Visit http://steveloyaart.blogspot.com/

Brian Maze is the independent comic book creator of the supernatural themed Freak Central starring Monkeygoatboy and the fishmarket tale Flounder. More information can be found at www.monkeygoatboy.com

Shayne Rioux and her cat Patsy are the evil mistressminds behind Novelty Kitten. They offer silly cards and pins, Mustachio the puppet and more.
Shayne can be found online at noveltykitten.com, transcraftinental.com and geekcrafts.com.

Rebecca Simms is the creator of the sassy ninja comedy, Girl Ninja. Join Girl Ninja 'Sazumi' as she battles her way though demon and zombie foes from one end of the mall to the other, in this one-two punch, dark assassin comedy. Book one comic is available along with new mens and womens fitted tee shirts at the DC Counter Culture Festival IV. Free GN stickers will be handed out when you stop by the table. Visit www.myspace.com/girlninja

Skulls for breakfast, brains for lunch, we only want your fun stuff. Visit skullsforbreakfast.com.

Spaghetti Kiss is a company that features the apparel design and graphic novel work of Baltimore based artist, Michael Bracco. Visit Spaghettikiss.com

Three Crows Press is the self-publishing outfit of Matt Dembicki. Its comics include the awarding-winning Mr. Big, the space opera Spadefoot, the sci-fi thriller Liquid Revolver and the soon-to-be published Xoc. Visit threecrowspress.blogspot.com

tiny ghosts is a creepy, melancholy, sometimes depressing, sometimes darkly humorous, weekly, photo Web comic. Each comic is a combination of two sentences of a story and two photographs. The viewer is encouraged to use this fragment as a seed and develop the rest of the story in their own minds. http://www.tinyghosts.com