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Toledo
Library Announces 2nd Annual
Glass City Black Comix Arts Fest
The Glass City Black Comix Arts Fest (#GCBC) celebrates and
supports black comic book creators from around the world in
their effort to tell compelling, uplifting and fantastic
stories. The Festival aims to educate comic book fans about
the amazing work created by black artists and to spread the
word that all audiences deserve meaningful representation in
the comic arts and popular culture.
In addition to the programs listed below, invited vendors
will be on hand all day selling their books, graphic novels,
and more in the GCBC Marketplace located in Main Library's
Huntington Room.
Glass City Black Comix Arts Fest
Saturday, Feb. 10 | 11 a.m.
Main Library, 325 Michigan St.
FREE and open to the public! |
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE 11:00 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Welcome to the 2018 Glass City Black Comix Fest!
with Martini Rox and Imani Lateef
11:00 a.m.
Location:
Huntington Room
Panel discussion and Q & A with Michelene Hess, Ashley Woods
and Jamar Nicholas. **
Moderated by Martini Rox
11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Location: Huntington
Room
UCreate Comics Workshop with Victor Dandridge
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Location:
The Metro
White Scripts Black Supermen
Q & A with Sean Mack, Imani Lateef and Michael Watson.
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Moderated by Darryl McCullough
1:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
Location: Huntington
Room
Presentation: Discovering Black Comic Books and Graphic
Novels for Young Readers **
Presented by Terreece Clarke and Books 4 Buddies
2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Location:
Huntington Room
ACTIVITIES AND DROP-IN PROGRAMS 11 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Screening of documentary film
White Scripts Black Supermen
Jonathan Gayles, Ph.D.
Through interviews with prominent artists, scholars and
cultural critics along with images from the comic books
themselves, this film examines the degree to which early
Black superheroes generally adhered to common stereotypes
about Black men. From the humorous, to the offensive, early
Black superheroes are critically considered.
Location:
McMaster Center
Comic Book Workshops and Activities
with Various Comic Book Creators *
1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Location:
Creativity Lab
*Kid Friendly, interactive workshop
**Great for Parents and Educators
(The program schedule is subject to change without notice.
All events listed chronologically.)
Giveaways and prizes have been generously provided by
Penguin Random House.
Meet Our Heroes!
Michelene Hess – comic
book illustrator, publisher: Born and raised in New York
City, Micheline started her professional comic book career
in the early 90s with Milestone Comics as a colorist. She
has several creator-owned works such as the award-winning
fantasy-adventure comic, book series
Malice in Ovenland, The Anansi Kids and the All Saints’ Day
Adventure, and the children’s book
The Island Cats of Cunga Ree.
Ashley Woods – comic book illustrator,
publisher: A Chicago native, Ashley A. Woods got her start
self- publishing her action-fantasy comic series
Millennia Wars while attending the
International Academy of Design and Technology. She began
working for actress, Amandla Stenberg and Stranger Comics on
NIOBE: She Is Life which went on to sell
tens of thousands of copies and lead the movement of
representation in comics, as well as with writer, Delilah S.
Dawson on
Ladycastle for BOOM! Studios. Her most
recent work includes Dark Horse Comics'
Tomb Raider.
Jamar Nicholas – comic book illustrator,
publisher, educator: An award-winning, Philadelphia-based
artist and educator, Jamar has taught and lectured on the
topic of comics creation at numerous institutions,
dedicating his career to empowering young people to create
their own cartoons and comics, and helping them realize the
power of visual narrative. His works include adapting and
illustrating Geoffrey Canada's
Fist Stick Knife Gun; the serialized
full-color comic strip,
Detective Boogaloo: Hip-Hop Cop; and
Leon: Protector of the Playground.
Andre Batts – comic book illustrator,
publisher: Detroit-based illustrator, writer and founder of
Urban Style Comics.
Terreece M. Clark – children’s book author,
journalist, marketing consultant: Terreece has written for a
variety of websites, magazines and newspapers including
MyBrownBaby.com, Columbus Parent Magazine, and is a YA and
children's book reviewer for Common Sense Media. Her first
children’s book
Olivia’s Potty Adventures has spent weeks as
a #1 Amazon New Release comes out February 13, 2018.
Victor Dandridge – comic book illustrator,
publisher: Writer of
The Samaritan,
The Trouble with Love, the
Origins Unknown series, and the anthology
novel
8 Mins, Victor is a leading, new voice for
innovation and production within the self-publishing market.
Sean Mack – publisher, Short Fuse Media
Group: Born and raised in Detroit, Sean is the founder and
publisher of Short Fuse Media Group, a full-fledged
creator-owned comic book publishing company releasing over
thirty titles from various indie creators across the United
States.
Darryl E. McCullough – author, filmmaker,
podcast host: A self-published author and award-winning
independent filmmaker, Darryl is the founder of the
National Podcast Power Conference, and the
co-creator and host of the
Full Circle
podcast.
Michael Watson – comic book illustrator,
publisher: A Cleveland native and graduate of Cleveland
School of the Arts. He received his bachelor’s degree in
Fine Arts with a focus in illustration from the Columbus
College of Art and Design. Michael has been creating comics
for over 10 years and established
Freestyle Komics (FSK) in 1999 as his own
independent publisher.
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