Comic Con 2022 Pictures!
Enjoy pictures from the 2022 Kids’ Comic Con! Pictures are from Saturday, 3/5, from 1-4 PM. enjoy snapshots from one of the oldest and largest Kids’ Comic Cons in the country! Lake Erie Ink’s 10th Kids Comic Con offered a hybrid experience for comic lovers of all ages! At this year’s event, participants had the chance to attend workshops and conversations with experienced comic creators and guest artists from across the country both virtually and in person.
What’s Your Story? College Essay Workshops
What’s YOUR story? Join Erin Horan and find out in Lake Erie Ink’s new program for teens that takes a new, more self-directed approach to the college essay! As Erin notes, “I want participants of all ages to gain confidence. I think that’s a big part of writing the college essay: feeling confident in your voice, your identity, and yourself.” Join a What’s Your Story workshop to experiment with writing exercises that will help you explore your identity and get in the right mindset to write your College Essay (or just join for fun to explore personal writing)
Lake Erie Ink’s 10th Annual Kids’ Comic Con!!!
Running Thursday afternoon through Saturday evening, Lake Erie Ink’s 10th Kids Comic Con is offering a hybrid experience for comic lovers of all ages! At this year’s event, participants will have the chance to attend workshops and conversations with experienced comic creators and guest artists from across the country both virtually and in person. We will be offering over 20 unique workshops for comic lovers! Keep Scrolling to learn more!
What’s Happening at Comic Con?
No Walk-Ins. Preregister before March 2. If you are interested in registering a youth-serving group to attend any of the above events click here!
Who’s coming to Comic Con?
Superhero Project (Lisa Kollins) – 50Fifty Comix (Lynnesha Hamilton) – Gilberto Rivera – Juan J Fernanadez – Kate Atherton – Brad Ricca – Jay K from Messed Comics – Marc Sumerak – Terri Libenson – Vagabond Comics (Sequoia Bostick) – Matt Haberbusch – Michelle Littlejohn – Miguel Hernandez – Od Perry-Richardson – Valentino Zullo – Samantha Green – Justin Reynolds – Toni Isabella– Shawn Kerns– Jeff Sornig (Nickelodeon Studios)- Lindsey J Bryan
Cost & Logistics
We are so happy to be able to offer all virtual Comic Con events at no cost to kids and families because of our partners and generous sponsors. Our cost for attending in-person Comic Con workshops or the Teen Afterparty separately is $10 for each, or $15 if you register for both. All attendees must pre-register for the event.
Lake Erie Ink believes in ensuring everyone has a chance to be a part of our programming. If you need additional accommodation to participate, please email us at staff@lakeerieink.org or call us at 216-320-4757. Sign language interpreters are available for some programs upon request by Feb. 22nd.
Participants are encouraged to bring a water bottle. Masks are mandatory (Covid style, not superhero). We will be using the entrances at the front of the building, to the right of the flagpole. They will be clearly marked 3rd-5th and 6th-12th.
COVID Protocols
We will be following the health guidelines suggested by health officials. Space is limited, and participants will be spaced out as much as possible. We are limiting registration for all workshops to 18. All Lake Erie Ink staff will be vaccinated. Masks are mandatory (Covid style, not superhero).
Additionally, some elements and policies that are typically a part of Comic Con will be different this year due to COVID Protocols. Changes include:
- We are not providing any lunch, but you are welcome to bring a water bottle with you (we will have some here as well)
- There will be no artist alley. Books by guest artists will be available at Mac’s Backs Bookstore for purchase.
- Participants will be asked to stay with the workshops they pre-registered for to prevent larger groups gathering than necessary.
- We are keeping workshop sessions small in number
Please call us at 216-320-4757 if you would like more information.
Thank you to our event sponsors!
Playwriting with Dobama – Second Session In Person
1/22 & 2/5 | 10:30 – 12:30 | $10 a session | Grades 2-12 | 1/22 session virtual, 2/5 session TBD
Flex your creative muscles in this two part workshop. Write an original play for submission and go through a basic revision process. This workshop will be led by veteran playwright Julia Fisher and representatives from both Lake Erie Ink and Dobama Theatre. We will prepare you to submit to the Marilyn Bianchi Kids’ Playwriting Festival!
Fisher is a theatre artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. Whether collaborating on a new work, a beloved classic, or a radical new adaptation, she is interested in work that is feminist, anti-racist, and life-affirming.
Save your seat and register today! Price is $20 at $10 a session. Register today by clicking here!
Fresh Ink Virtual Trivia Night RETURNS!
Have an inkling for trivia? Join us for Fresh Ink Trivia Night in support of young writers in our community! Click here to get your ticket!
This trivia will feature love and anti-love inspired questions as well as literary trivia.
Tuesday, February 8 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom
Fun prizes for the winning team!
The cost is $10 to play as an individual or $25 for a team up to 5 people. Please only have one person register for the team. We’ll be utilizing breakout rooms on Zoom, so you and your teammates don’t have to be in the same physical location to play together! Click here to get your ticket!
We’ll be sending the Zoom link out the day before the event.
Fresh Ink is Lake Erie Ink’s young professionals board. Lake Erie Ink is a not for profit 501(c)3 that provides creative expression opportunities and academic support to youth in the Greater Cleveland community.
LEI: Now Showing!
Evening Ink and Ink Spots
DON’T FORGET!
Our sixth anthology of writing from teens across NEO, Blur, is currently accepting submissions! Learn more and submit here!
COST:
Here is our cost break down. Scholarships are available for all programs.
What’s Your Story? – $10 a session
Inside Out, Teen Editorial Board, Fridays @ LEI, Noble & Monticello Ink Spots – FREE
All other evening Ink programs – $100
Creators Club – $120 for 1 day a week or $200 for both
Register and pay by clicking here!
Blur is OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS!
Submissions for Lake Erie Ink’s sixth anthology of Teen Writing are now open! This time, the theme is Blur.
Click here for a list of prompts!
If you are interested in submitting, here a few important things to know before you hit submit:
- Submissions must connect to the theme “Blur“. You do not, however, have to follow one of our prompts as long as what you create connects to the theme.
- You can make more than one submission.
- We are accepting fiction, nonfiction, poetry and art.
- We are only accepting submissions from teens, meaning youth in grades 6-12.
- Submissions are due by January 21
- Submissions are being accepted via jotform – see QR code below or visit our webpage.
Virtual Programs for Teens
Lake Erie Ink is offering a great selection of virtual programs for teens this winter/spring! From Inside Out, our queer writers group for LGBTQIA+ writer and allies, to Writing for Stage and Screen, our screenwriting workshop, we have something for everyone.
Register and pay by clicking here!
Lovelines: Stories of Family and Community, Coming up Soon!
11/20 | 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM | All ages | In Person | $10, scholarships available | Masks Required
Join us as we explore stories of family and community with the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers! Participants will hear stories, see a storytelling performance, and learn new ways to tell their own stories! This program will be held at the Dunham Tavern Museum, located at 6079 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, 4103. Participants are invited to attend along with family and/or loved ones!
The mission of the Cleveland Association of Black Storytellers is to promote and perpetuate the art of Black Storytelling and the African Oral Tradition. Once a stagecoach stop on Buffalo-Cleveland-Detroit post road, today Dunham Tavern Museum is the oldest building still standing on its original site in the city of Cleveland.
Want to be involved in Lake Erie Ink’s Young Professional Board?
Want to be a part of Lake Erie Ink’s young professional board? Help plan fundraisers and support your local writing space for youth while making new friends and having fun! Contact Chelsea for more information at chelsearenaefrey@gmail.com or 567-232-2581. Learn more about fresh ink by clicking here!