It’s finally here: the schedule for Buffalo Comic Con!

Friday 10/24 (4:00 - 7:00) Opening reception featuring Spain Rodriguez held at the Poetry/Rare Book Room at University at Buffalo. This is free and open to the public (18+ years old)

Saturday 10/24, Workshops **taking place at Central Library in the Central Meeting Room**

• 10:00 - 11:00 Crawl, Walk, Run, and Fly - Join a panel of local artists for a basic overview of how a comic book is made, from concept to final product.
• 11:00 - 12:00 Indie Comics and Self-Publishing - Featuring artist Jason Youngbluth
• 12:00 - 1:00 Character Design Workshop - Cartoonist Jason Little will lead participants through the entire process of character creation. Great for advanced students, but beginners can benefit as well!
• 1:00 - 2:00 Author talk with Spain Rodriguez. Book signing to follow.
• 2:00 - 3:00 Join presenter Alex Simmons for tips and techniques for using comics in an educational setting.

Kids Comic Con Programs **taking place at Central Library in the West Room**

• 10:00 - 11:00 Drawing 101 for Kids
• 11:00 - 12:00 Hip Hop Hero!
• 12:00 - 1:00 Sci-Tech Heroes for Kids

Movies **taking place at the Central Library in the Ring of Knowledge**

• 10:00 - 11:30 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PG)
• 11:40 - 1:00 Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (PG)
• 1:05 - 2:45 Coraline (PG)

Sunday 10/25 The traditional Buffalo Comic Con will take place at the Buffalo Marriott. This will feature a large number of artists (including Spain Rodriguez) and vendors in the traditional Comic-Con setting. Visit Queen City Books for information on the Marriott event.

Ok, folks. Here’s a rundown of Buffalo Comic Con’s events for the weekend of October 23-25:

Friday evening 10/23: Reception featuring Spain Rodriguez with brief Q & A in the Poetry/Rare Book Room at the University at Buffalo. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday 10/24: All day events (from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.) including author talk and book signing with Spain Rodriguez, Alex Simmons’ Kids Comic Con, as well as a wide variety of artists (including Jason Little, Jason Youngbluth and Emil Novak), vendors, movies and information tables.

Workshops for Saturday include:

Comics Creation A-Z

Indie Comics & Self-publishing

Advanced Illustration Techniques

Kids Comic Con Programs include:

Drawing 101 for Kids

Hip Hop Hero!

Sci-Tech Heroes for Kids

Comics in the Classroom (for educators)

All events on Saturday will take place at Buffalo and Erie County Public Library’s Central Library.

Sunday 10/25: The traditional Buffalo Comic Con will take place at the Buffalo Marriott and will feature all the traditional Comic Con-type events (for an idea of typical events, check out last year’s Comic Con website)

We’ll post more information as it comes along!

Comic-Con?

IN BUFFALO?!!?

You heard right- The Buffalo Comic-Con will be at Central Library on October 24 featuring authors, workshops and so much more! This is part of a three day event from October 23-25 with events at University at Buffalo and the Buffalo Marriott.

Stay tuned for more info!

Well, folks. The time has come. The Get Graphic! program is coming to an end. Over the course of two years, Buffalo and Western New York have had a front row seat to the amazing events Get Graphic! has offered. Visitors had a chance to hear Art Spiegelman speak, to draw panels with Gene Yang, listen to Harvey Pekar talk about his life’s work, understand why Life Sucks for Jessica Abel, and witness the lightning-fast photo presentation of comic legend Scott McCloud.

Over the past year, teens have had opportunities to work with some amazing comics artists such as Gene Yang, Scott McCloud, Forest Roth, Jason Little and Jessica Abel- all in preparation for the culminating project- Get Graphic! The World in Words and Pictures, BECPL’s own comic book.

We have also seen graphic novel collections in each library grow continually and steadily, as well as an increased interest with using graphic novels in the classroom- proven by our graphic novel classroom kits that are available for teachers.

The entire project would not have been the success that it has been if it had not been for Buffalo’s unwavering and dedicated support. We’ve had an amazing time and we hope you all did too!

Stay tuned for future events for all-things-graphic!!!

Our featured author, Jessica Abel, will sit on a panel titled “From Idea to Reality: How to Bring Your Comics to Life” along with Calista Brill (Editor at First Second Books) and Jason Little (author of both web and print comics) in the Ring of Knowledge at Central Library at 1:00 p.m.

This event is free and open to the public!