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!

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!!!