Magic Bullet, a large format comics anthology newspaper based out of the Washington, DC area, has published our latest Black Magic Tales story in issue #18, written by Joe Carabeo and illustrated by Carolyn Belefski.
In Magic Bullet #18, which was just released, we follow the desires of “Big Shot” as he attempts to hunt down the treasured The Jade Dragon sculpture. We are also introduced to “The Twins” and other villains and thieves from our universe. The print run for this issue was 3,000.
Be on the lookout for your free copy! Common places to find this publication include comic book stores, tattoo parlors, record shops, and hip restaurants.
Did you know? Curls Studio has been printed in every edition of Magic Bullet (#1-18 so far).
2018 is a very good (and exhausting) year and we are excited to recap some of the highlights for you. We made several comic show appearances this year with a total of 18 days behind the table exhibiting comics. We celebrated Free Comic Book Day at our local store and hit up major conventions including Awesome Con, Small Press Expo, Baltimore Comic-Con, and New York Comic Con. We ended the year with a Cartoon Art Exhibition at Ridgetop Coffee and Tea Gallery.
In January, Carolyn launched her second Kickstarter campaign to participate in Kickstarter’s Make 100 incentive. She illustrated 100 original Sad Fish and produced a limited edition book of 100 thanks to the success of supporter pledges.
In May, Carolyn participated in Cartoonapalooza!, a public event hosted by the Free Library of Philadelphia during the Reuben Awards Weekend. She also had the opportunity to visit the Philadelphia Children’s Hospital and take part in the Cartooning for Kids program where cartoonists from National Cartoonists Society drew for children and their families.
At Baltimore Comic-Con, the Mine! Anthology Carolyn was a part of won for Best Anthology at the Ringo Awards. Carolyn also was ask to participate in the yearbook featuring Terry Moore creations, where she contributed a page with Strangers In Paradise characters rocking out with a punk Curls.
In October, Carolyn and Joe both took part in Inktober for the second time. They both drew with ink and posted a new image every day during the month on their socials. Joe’s theme was Burlesque Dancers and Carolyn’s theme was Dessert Desert Creatures.
Also during October, Carolyn organized the sixth annual Cartoonists Draw Blood event with American Red Cross and then the Washington, DC chapter of National Cartoonists Society where four local cartoonists drew for donors as a “thank you.” We also created our second Cartoonist Draw Blood comic book anthology, “Monsters.” The Manhattan chapter of National Cartoonists Society was also able to start their first Cartoonists Draw Blood event this year, so it was exciting to see this event expand to other territories.
Black Magic Tales was published in Magic Bullet, Washington, DC’s comics anthology. Issues #16 and #17 were released this year.
Joe challenged himself to make a short film for each month of the year, and he was successful in completing all 12 films! Carolyn helped design titles and set decorations for a few of the films. Go to www.joecarabeo.com to watch the films!
If you want to read more and see photos the experiences we’ve had in 2018, please look in the blog archives. We hope to create more for you in 2019 and all the years to come.
A few months ago Magic Bullet, a large format comics anthology newspaper based out of the Washington, DC area, published our latest Black Magic Tales story in issue #17. Many people were able to pick up this edition at Small Press Expo earlier this year.
Our story “Help Roxy Plan A Heist” captures the adventures world famous criminals Roxy Monroe and Dean Casanova (and their cat, Black Magic). We took a different approach to the comic this time around and made a maze puzzle with many traps such as “Drowning In Self Doubt” and “Lost Sight and Focus” as the readers travel through Roxy’s brain. Once the puzzle is solved, readers are encouraged to email a photo of the completed page to us to receive a small prize reward.
Did you know? Curls Studio has been printed in every edition of Magic Bullet (#1-17 so far).
A new exhibition by Carolyn Belefski is open at the Ridgetop Coffee and Tea Art Gallery (21631 Ridgetop Circle, Sterling, VA). The show features 16 “Curls” comic strip prints and 15 original ink art pieces that will be on display until November 30.
A “Meet The Artist” event will take place on November 18 from 9AM to 12 Noon and will feature comic books, original art, buttons, prints, and other rare items available for purchase. Carolyn will be available to autograph items and visitors will have the opportunity to buy affordable art and gifts in advance of the holiday shopping rush.
Please connect with Ridgetop employees if you are interested in purchasing art directly from the walls.
I’m realizing that I did not post about last year’s Inktober on the blog, but last year I did a theme of “Turtles” and it was my very first Inktober. I ended up making a small book of all the illustrations and titling it “31 Turtles” and had the book premiere last month at Small Press Expo.
Now with my second year of Inktober, the theme I selected is “Dessert Desert Creatures” for 2018. I’ve been posting them up on Instagram and you can purchase the original art online from my store at www.CarolynBelefski.com/store.
New creatures will be added as the month continues as I’m playing a bit of catch up after New York Comic Con, Cartoonists Draw Blood, and life. My goal is to finish all 31 by the end of the month, so stay ‘tooned to the socials to see the posts.
