The Geek of Oz: 2010 - A Geek Odyssey

Ryan Huff from Sydney, Australia has interviewed Brian Michael Bendis, Deb Aoki, Victor Gischler, Irish Emmet, Carolyn Belefski, Jeff Parker, Christopher "Great" Scott, and Chris Samnee about the year 2010 and what we look forward to in 2011.


Read all the interviews here: http://www.geekofoz.com/2010/12/2010-geek-odyssey.html

In addition to this interview, I want to point out that my answer for "What would you like to find in your Christmas stocking?" is a current storyline in my Curls Webcomic: http://www.curls-studio.com/curls/?p=903

Crafty Bastards (Oct. 2) and Capicons (Oct. 3)

Visit Curls Studio at two different events next weekend - - Crafty Bastards on Saturday and Capicons on Sunday.


Crafty Bastards Arts & Crafts Fair
Visit Curls Studio at Tent 80
Saturday, October 2 -- 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
The fair is outdoors on the grounds of the Marie Reed Learning Center at 18th & Wyoming in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. We will be sharing a tent with Spiderbite Boutique. See the map image above to find us at Tent 80.

Now in its 7th year, Crafty Bastards is an exhibition and sale of handmade alternative arts and crafts from independent artists presented by the Washington City Paper.

Admission: FREE!

You can also vote for Curls Studio in the The Craftiest Bastard Contest! Thanks in advance. Feel free to spread the word to your friends.


Capicons Comic Book & Pop Culture Con
Guests Carolyn Belefski and Matt Dembicki
Sunday, October 3 -- 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Hall
2148 Gallows Road
Dunn Loring, Virginia


OCTOBER 2010 GUESTS:
- Carolyn Belefski, Curls Studio Artist/Publisher and 2010 Lulu Award Nominee!
- Matt Dembicki, Artist/Publisher and Editor of Trickster: Native American Tales: A Graphic Collection
- DC Conspiracy, a collective of DC comic creators, writers, publishers and artists

Admission: $3 - Kids FREE!
FREE admission for those in costume. Costume Contest starts at 1:00 PM.

VOTE CURLS - 2010 Lulu Award Nominee

I found out today that I'm a nominee for the Friends of Lulu Awards. The award category I'm up for is the Kim Yale Award for Most Talented Newcomer. This is a very exciting opportunity and thank you to anyone who nominated me for this honor. I am thankful to be recognized for my comic efforts.

The Lulu Awards showcase the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women.

Friends of Lulu is a non-profit, national charitable organization in the United States, founded in 1994 to promote readership of comic books by women and the participation of women in the comic book industry.

I looked up Kim Yale on the internet and found out this information about her: Kim Yale was an American writer and editor of comic books for multiple comic book companies, including Marvel Comics, DC Comics, First Comics and Warp Graphics. She was heavily involved with the Friends of Lulu, working as a member of the board, an organization promoting women in comics. The award for the Best New Female Comics Creator has been named in her honor. Yale died of breast cancer in 1997, aged 43. (via Wikipedia)


On a related note, the image above is a Curls sketch card I did for the Comics for Cures Sketch Card Benefit Auction for The American Cancer Society in 2009.

Vote for your favorite contenders here - http://occasionalsuperheroine.blogspot.com/2010/09/friends-of-lulu-voting-starts-today.html

Voting is open to the public. One vote per person, per email address. Votes are due September 27th. The Lulu Awards will be held October 29th at Long Beach Comic Con.

Please feel free to repost and promote the voting information on your blog, tweet about it on Twitter or tell your friends on Facebook. Curls needs your vote! Thanks in advance.

XOXO,
Carolyn