Indy Comic Book Week officially starts, today, December 30th, 2009! I.C.B.W. is a week-long event taking place in comic shops around the U.S. in an effort to take advantage of the lapse in Diamond Comics’ shipping schedule. The amazing people at Third Eye Comics (Annapolis, MD) and Alliance Comics and Games (Silver Spring and Baltimore, MD) have embraced this nation-wide affair and will be carrying Bamn #1 and Bamn #2 at their respective locations. If you're in the state of Maryland then stop on by and show your support for Indy Comic Book Week by purchasing a copy!
Written by TROY JEFFREY ALLEN
Penciled by JAY PAYNE
Edited by RON CRISTOBAL
Nerds vs. Jocks, Bullies vs. Misfits, the Weak vs. the Strong...Everyone loves a good underdog story, SO LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE! BAMN gets its title from the embittered main character. A surly and washed-up former pro wrestler, Bamn has spent the dying years of his career throwing up in bars. He lives out of his car and uses stolen credit cards to pay for beer. A chance encounter with a pair of local high schoolers, Art and Ian, brings him to the FWF, A backyard wrestling federation ran by the two young fans. When the school’s wrestling squad shows up to bully the kids, Bamn steps in. In a rare moment of clarity he promises all the teenagers that he’s going to teach them the most important thing they will ever learn…HOW TO FIGHT BACK ANDLOOK GOOD DOING IT!
For the uninitiated, Indy Comic Book Week is not the day that America invades Afghan stand-up comedians, nor is it the day that Harrison Ford tells dead baby jokes --- no, Indy Comic Book Week is the last week of December (12/30/09), in which, independent comic book creators around the known universe receive an opportunity to pimp their illustrated works to your local comic shop (in some cases for the first time).
Get on board, learn something new, support your local hipster, and give back to the only printed media not on its’ deathbed: http://www.indycomicbookweek.com/
All kidding aside, ICBW is a great opportunity to take advantage of what the comic industry has to offer besides the usual superhero stuff. Not to mention the fact that Bamn #2 will finally be making its’ comic shop debut at, both, Third Eye Comics and Alliance Comics and Games on December 30th2009. If you’re in DC, Maryland, or Virginia, be sure to grab a copy.
Be sure to snag these titles from The Bamn Crew on this exciting day (and if your retailer doesn’t carry them…ASK FOR THEM!):
Bamn #1
Written by TROY JEFFREY ALLEN
Penciled by JAY PAYNE
Edited by RON CRISTOBAL
Nerds vs. Jocks, Bullies vs. Misfits, the Weak vs. the Strong...Everyone loves a good underdog story, SO LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE! BAMN gets its title from the embittered main character. A surly and washed-up former pro wrestler, Bamn has spent the dying years of his career throwing up in bars. He lives out of his car and uses stolen credit cards to pay for beer. A chance encounter with a pair of local high schoolers, Art and Ian, brings him to the FWF, A backyard wrestling federation ran by the two young fans. When the school’s wrestling squad shows up to bully the kids, Bamn steps in. In a rare moment of clarity he promises all the teenagers that he’s going to teach them the most important thing they will ever learn…HOW TO FIGHT BACK ANDLOOK GOOD DOING IT!
Written by TROY JEFFREY ALLEN
Penciled by JAY PAYNE
Edited by RON CRISTOBAL
Bamn, a fallen pro wrestling superstar, has spent the postscript of his career throwing up in bars and living out of his car.
A chance encounter brings Bamn to a group of teenage fans who have long-idolized the has-been wrestler. Wanting to impress Bamn, the kids invite him to their backyard wrestling show. Unfortunately, the only audience they attract is the group of bullies that comprise their school s amateur wrestling team. Bamn arrives to end a confrontation between the kids and offers to teach the backyarders how to fight back.
Training day has begun...
24PGS.(each)/Black & White/Parental Advisory …$3.50 (each)
www.bamncan.com
The last week of December is Indy Comic Book Week, a crafty idea by independent comic creators to take advantage of the lapse in Diamond Comic's shipping schedule. (Awwww...what will we do with no Marvel crossover tie-ins for a whole week?) I'm a big advocate of not just comics but the belief that they are an ideal medium for storytelling. Indy comics are the best example of this, they can deal in broad genres without losing their intimacy (stuff like Couriers, Johnny Hiro, Surrogates, and Stuff of Legend, come to mind). You'd be missing out if you didn't stop by your local comic shop on December 30th and try something new. I'm actively trying to get some local shops here (in Maryland and DC) to take advantage of this one week event. Make sure you do the same...and tell them you want Bamn, too CLICKITY-CLICK for Indy Comic Book Week's official site: http://indycomicbookweek.com/
COMIC BOOK BOOM! (July 12th & August 27th 2010) The D.C. Conspiracy's high-flyin' summer celebration of local comics, presented at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. The event features an exhibit of original comic art and comic book reading room, showcasing the talents of local D.C. cartoonists, as well as, a pair of workshops (July 31 & August 21, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm) to teach you how to make your own comics, led by conspirators Matt Dembicki and Evan Keeling. Check out the Comic Book Boom! Facebook page for more.
SPX (September 10th & September 11th 2010): Bamn will be at the DC Conspiracy section at the Small Press Expo in 2010. SPX 2010 will be held the weekend of September 10 and 11, 2010 at the Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center in Bethesda, MD, just one mile outside the nation’s capital, Washington DC. In its fifteenth year SPX now serves as the preeminent showcase for the exhibition of independent comic books and the discovery of new creative talent. Go to SPXPO.com for more.
CCFest (October 23rd 2010): The DC Counter Culture Fest is an annual convention that celebrates (and sells) everything fringe, offbeat, and geeky --- It's like a flea market/carnival rolled into one. The fifth annual con will be held at RFD (Nice!) in Chinatown in Washington, DC. Expect to see indy comics, various fashions, jewelry, doo-dads, boobles, booze, crafts, live entertainment and The Bamn Crew there on October 23rd 2010. Go to http://www.dcconspiracy.com/ for more.
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