Events

This Saturday, July 30th
11am to 4pm
St. Stephen's Church
1525 Newton Street NW, DC
Columbia Heights metro stop on the Green Line

The DCC will be hosting a workshop between 2 and 2:45pm
Evan is the moderator. Panelists are: Rafer, Andrew, and Michael
We will talk about comics and junk.

For details, visit:
DCZinefest.com

Saturday, August 27 · 4:00pm - 7:00pm
DC NW (secret location)

On March 29th, (6:30-8:30 The Langston Room at Busboys & Poets at 14th and V), join DC Conspiracy members Matt Dembicki, Michael Auger and Jacob Warrenfeltz for a comics panel discussing 'Trickster' - a graphic novel anthology of Native American folklore stories. (Also in attendance will be Christopher Cardinale, illustrator of 'Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush,' who will be talking about that fantastic book.) Stop by, have a drink, and chat with us about comics!

Bizarro Fiction Reading at Big Bear Cafe on Monday, Nov 29 with novelists John Edward Lawson and Jeff Bagato, and comic book author Rafer Roberts

Bizarro is a genre of underground writing that combines elements of surrealism, science fiction, horror, and pulp fiction.

John Edward Lawson--John Edward Lawson is an author, editor, and publisher living just outside Washington, DC. He was born in 1974 and enjoys traveling. His story collection "Discouraging at Best" won the Wonderland Award for best Bizarro Fiction. His poetry collections include "The Horrible" and "The Scars Are Complimentary"; other fiction includes the novel "Last Burn in Hell," seven chapbooks, and the collection "Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades." While serving as editor-in-chief of Raw Dog Screaming Press and "The Dream People" webzine, John has also been editor of the anthologies "Tempting Disaster," "Sick," and "Of Flesh and Hunger."
http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/
http://www.johnlawson.org/

Jeff Bagato--A musician and writer living near DC, Jeff Bagato will be reading from his latest novel, "Kill Claus!," a Bizarro treatment of the Christmas legend, set in a world where The Claus preys on the last surviving humans. The author of "Mondo DC: An Insider's Guide to Washington, DC's Most Unusual Tourist Attractions," Jeff has also written the fiction collection "Savage Night and Other Stories," and two books of poetry. His experimental music projects include Tone Ghosting and Mercury Fools the Alchemist.
http://www.panicresearch.com

Rafer Roberts--A member of the DC Conspiracy underground comic book collective and author/publisher of the comic "Plastic Farm". "Plastic Farm" follows the life of a man named Chester and his slow descent into complete insanity and chronicles how that madness reshapes the world around him. Chester has had a rough childhood, has a magic cowboy that rides a dinosaur living inside of his head, and is now, late in life, sitting in a nameless airport bar during a blizzard telling his life story to a group of people who really couldn't care less.
http://www.plasticfarm.com

Free
7pm, Monday, November 29
Big Bear Cafe
1700 1st Street, NW
between N Florida Ave & N R St
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 470-5543

http://bigbearcafe-dc.com/blog/

"In Between the Panels: D.C.'s Emergence on the Graphic Novel Scene" Nov. 17, 6-8 p.m. at Busboys & Poets (5th and K Sts.) in Washington, D.C. Panelists include Matt Dembicki, Carolyn Belefski, Molly Lawless and Mike Rhode. Sponsored by the Women's National Book Association. Stop by, chat about comics, have a few drinks!