South Shore Art Center is presenting the first South Shore Comic Con with over 20 comic artists who will be at tables, signing and selling their zines, original art, and talking about the craft of comic book story telling. Panels and workshops will be in the art Studios throughout the day. The event was initiated by the Art Center’s cartoon instructor Tak Toyoshima, who discovered many of his students had never set foot in a comic book store. Tak is the artist behind the syndicated daily cartoon Secret Asian Man, and is a Hanover resident and his day job is the Creative Director for Rustic Marlin.
South Shore Comic Con will be held at South Shore Art Center, 119 Ripley Road, Cohasset MA. It will be held on Saturday, December 3 from 10am to 4pm. It is open to the public and admission is a suggested donation of $5.
The first 20 kids get a free South Shore Comic Con tee shirt thanks to Goodwin Graphics, the perfect item to get autographed by artists at the show.
Confirmed artists are:
· Barrington Edwards and Cagan Luse
· Jesse Lonergan, jesselonergan.blogspot.com
· Dan Mazur, The Boston Comics Roundtable
· John Carvajal and Brittney Sargent
· Tony Sedani
· Jimmy Curtis and Joe Daxberger
· Brian Connolly
· Mike Doherty
· Kat Klockow, www.katklockow.com
· Brendan Tobin, brendantobin.blogspot.com
· Patt Kelley
· Joey Peters, superwizard.net
· Jerel Dye and Jesse Lonergan
· Jon Dorn
· E. J. Barnes
· Kyri Lorenz, kyrianne.com and Daniel Welch
· Frankie B Washington, frankiebwashington.com
· Jessica L Metcalf and Joshua Falkenburg, Books By Bella
Workshops & Panels In the Studios
11am to noon (Workshop)
Drawing from Reality for Fantasy
Barrington Edwards
Studio tips and techniques as well as hands on workshop drawing models, sculptures, and objects and how to use them to shape a more fantastical comics world.
Noon to 12:30pm (Panel)
The Boston Comics Roundtable
Dan Mazur, E.J. Barnes, John Carvajal, Jesse Lonergan, Jerel Dye
Discussion on the importance of community and collaboration.
2pm to 3pm (Workshop)
Intro to Manga Drawing!
Kat Klockaw
Fun hands on drawing lesson on the basics of one of the most popular comic styles in the world: Japanese manga.
3pm to 3:30pm (Demo)
How to Make Comics ... Not Just Draw Them
Kyri Lorenz and Mike Doherty. Demo on how to expand your comics beyond the traditional stapled together booklet.
On view in the Bancroft Gallery, Out of Order, juried by Fitchburg Art Museum’s Nick Capasso and in the Dillon Gallery, Small Works by Gallery Artists. All pieces in the Small Works show are priced from $50 to $500, perfect for holiday giving. Manning Lobby features the works of Ann Conte.
