Magic Bullet #9 Announcement

Howdy!

Please mark your calendars for the next Magic Bullet deadline -- July 1, 2014. The theme will be WESTERN. For more information on the submission process and specs, visit: http://magicbulletcomics.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html

We look forward to your comic submission!
Carolyn

D.C. Conspiracy Meet-Up

The next Meet-Up is Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Buffalo Billiards (1330 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC) starting at 5:30 PM. We will also be distributing Magic Bullet #8 bundles to everyone helping with distribution.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/202670673274842/

Magic Bullet #8 Cover and Contributor List

I am delighted to present to you Steve Loya's cover for Magic Bullet #8. Magic Bullet is Washington, D.C.’s free comics newspaper published by D.C. Conspiracy, a comics creators’ collective in the capital region. 

Thanks to El Jefe Design for the design of our masthead, which we started using in Magic Bullet #6. This issue is open-themed and has been sent to print with a run of 5,000. It will be hitting the streets in early February. Be sure to look for it around town and pick up this free publication.

Here are the contributors who made the cut for print publication in Magic Bullet #8:

Jeff McClelland
Rachel Scheer
Matt Dembicki
Sean Hill
R.M. Rhodes, Evan Keeling
Terry Flippo
Dale Rawlings
Zarmina Sulaiman, Jacob Warrenfeltz
Rafer Roberts
Troy-Jeffrey Allen, Matt Rawson
Art Hondros
Mark Lindblom
Michael Neno
Steve Loya
Kevin Panetta, Brooke A. Allen
JTW
Eric Gordon
Paul Zdepski
Bizhan Khodabandeh
Aaron DeLaRosa, Mark McMurray
T.R. Logan
Andrew Cohen
S.G. Artley
Daniel Rosa
Jason E. Axtell
Michael Cowgill
Jerry Carr
C. Michael Hall
Santiago Casares
Adam McGovern, Ellen C. Stedfeld
Joe Sutliff
Joe Carabeo, Carolyn Belefski

Thank you to all who submitted and we urge you to submit your comics to be considered in future editions.

I plan to bring several hot-off-the-press bundles to the D.C. Conspiracy Meet-Up next Sunday, February 9, 2014 at Buffalo Billiards (1330 19th Street, NW, Washington, DC) starting at 5:30 PM. We will also be distributing Magic Bullet to local establishments in DC, MD, and VA (places like book stores, restaurants, theaters, tattoo parlors, record shops, etc.).

We also plan to have Magic Bullet #8 at the cARToons exhibit opening reception on Thursday, February 13, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM at University of the District of Columbia Campus (4200 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20008 in Gallery 42, Building 42, Room A-12).

Magic Bullet contributors will be distributing the newspaper for free at many of their convention appearances in 2014. 

Stay 'tooned for more information about where to find Magic Bullet #8 as well as details about advertising and comic submission for the next issue, which will be announced shortly.

Your Pal,
Carolyn Belefski

Jeff Smith and Magic Bullet at SPX

Hey Guys and Gals,

Here's a photo Joe Carabeo took of Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL, Tüki Save the Humans) with Magic Bullet after Joe presented him with a copy of our Halloween issue (Magic Bullet #7) at Small Press Expo 2013 earlier this year.

We are currently planning our next issue. The deadline is January 15, 2014. Please check out the specs and guidelines by clicking the "Submit Your Comic" tab at the top of the website.

Thanks,
Carolyn

2013 Best Local Comics from Washington City Paper

Magic Bullet is listed as a comics highlight of the year by Washington City Paper. It is a honor for the publication to be recognized.

You can read more about it here and view the other comics the Washington, DC area has to offer: http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/books/2013/12/12/scrawl-minded-the-years-best-local-comics/#more-104196

Thanks to Michael Rhode for the write-up!

Magic Bullet #7 Thank You Card

Matt Rawson illustrated our Halloween issue thank you card, which was recently mailed to all advertisers and others who helped towards the success of the newspaper. His style is based off his chalkboard drawings done at the Comics Making Studio Artisphere exhibit, which ends November 3.

Almost all 5,000 issues have been distributed. We had them at New York Comic Con, Small Press Expo, the October Capicons show, Baltimore Comic-Con, Artisphere, and several other outlets. For a complete list of places you might still be able to pick-up a free copy, please look at our "Magic Bullet Locator" tab link.

Several comic contributors will be distributing the last remaining copies of Magic Bullet #7 to Trick-or-Treaters on Halloween evening, this Thursday.

You may also get a free copy if you sign up to give blood next Saturday, November 2, 2013, in an event I'm organizing with the American Red Cross called "Cartoonists Draw Blood." More information on how to donate your blood can be seen here: http://www.curls-studio.com/curls/?p=2408

Grab one of the last remaining copies of Magic Bullet #7 if you can. Good luck on the hunt and thanks again to Matt Rawson for illustrating our thank you card.

Happy Halloween!
Carolyn

Noguchi @ Artisphere

Jamie Noguchi will be the artist in resident tomorrow at the Artisphere in Arlington, Va., as part of the D.C. Conspiracy’s Comics Making Workshop in the Works in Progress Gallery. Jamie will be there from about 6:30-9ish p.m. (depending on how long it takes him to finish his chalkwall drawing, which each resident artist has done each week). Jamie will also be there on Saturday from 1-4 p.m. Below is a recent episode of his online comic Yellow Peril.