Save the Date for the 7th Annual Kids Comic Con on 3/2!
Lake Erie Ink will be hosting its 7th Annual Kids’ Comic Con Saturday, March 2, 2019 from 9:30am-3pm. At this all day event, youth of all ages will have the chance to attend workshops with well-known comic creators. Workshops will cover both aspects of comic creation – drawing and writing – as well as the ever-popular “create your own comic character in clay.”
Doors open at 9:30am, and workshops begin at 10am. Costumes are encouraged! Admission is $10 at the door, and scholarships are available. Lunch will be sold on-site or kids may bring their own. Comics, graphic novels and t-shirts will be for sale. Adults are welcome if accompanied by a child; teachers are welcome with a staff ID. Register at lakeerieink.org/register or by calling 216-320-4757.
This year Lake Erie Ink is pleased to welcome (or welcome back!) these fabulous writers and artists:
Kate Atherton (Illustrator and comics artist)
Sequoia Bostick (Illustrator, children’s author, and founder of Vagabond Comics)
Juan Jose Fernandez (Cartoonist and comics maker)
John G (Illustrator, comics creator, and head of Shiner Comics, Inc.)
Michelle Littlejohn (Mixed media artist)
Miguel Hernandez (Illustrator and designer)
Kelly O’Grady (Writer, cartoonist, and illustrator)
Angela Oster (Artist and author of “Little Vampire Girl” Comic
Don Peoples (Graphic designer, cartoonist, photographer)
Gilberto Rivera (Illustrator, graphic designer & content creator
Lee Smith (Founder of Prosperity Graphics–Comics for the Classroom)
Shawny Walthaw (Freelance graphic designer and illustrator)
Click Here for the full schedule of workshops for the day.