5:00 pm
Film Screening
Independents: A Guide for the Creative Spirit (2007): 77 minutes
Directed by Chris Brandt
A documentary about comic books, featuring interviews with 24 comic book artists, writers and enthusiasts.
http://www.independentsdoc.com/
7:00 pm�
Author Presentation and Book Signing with Scott McCloud�
Presentation followed by a Q&A session and a book signing
Author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1994), Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form (2000), and Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels (2006)

**Free and Open to the Public**