PREVIEW: Comic City Festival
The first ever Comic City Festival will take place this month and will celebrate comics, illustration and the creative arts.
Held in conjunction with Culture Tech, the Millennium Forum and the Nerve Centre, the two day event will showcase some of the world’s best creative talent, and will include some of the comic industry’s top writers and artists.
From Eisner Award winning Colourist/Artist Jordie Bellaire to John McCrea, artist of Deadpool, Batman, Judge Dredd, Mythic and Section Eight, there will be an incredible amount of talent on display at the Millennium Forum.
Jordie Bellaire who works for Marvel, Valiant, and Image comic book publishers has coloured Pretty Deadly, The Manhattan Projects, Moon Knight, Magneto, Nowhere Men, Zero, and Hawkeye to name a few. Last year Jordie won the Eisner Award (which is the Oscar equivalent for the comic industry) for Best Colourist’ as well as being a nominee for ‘Best Cover Artist’ also.
In addition comic fans will have the opportunity to purchase commissioned pieces. Artists such as Marc Laming offer attendees the chance to book slots prior to the festival where he will draw 11x17” ink or water colour pieces. If you’re interested, best to book with these great artists soon! You can get in touch with Marc via monkeymarc.blogspot.co.uk
Comic City Festival provides a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with the industry insiders as well as offering a variety of talks and workshops.
Also taking place will be ‘Invasion Derry’ by the fantastic Emerald Garrison, Ireland’s premier Star Wars costuming club.
