Some of the UK and Ireland’s leading comic artists and writers – including PJ Holden, John McCrea and Declan Shalvey – will touch down in Derry next weekend for the first ever ComicCity Festival.
The two-day festival, which is being run in partnership with CultureTech, the Millennium Forum and the Nerve Centre, will celebrate comics, illustration and the creative arts.
The festival is free to enter and will be held in the Millennium Forum venue in Derry on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th September, and will showcase some of the world’s best creative talent, including some of the comic industry’s top writers and artists.
These special guests, exhibitors and dealers will be in attendance throughout the weekend and there will also be a full programme of talks, workshops and activities.
In addition, comic fans will also have the opportunity to attend Invasion Derry, which will be running alongside ComicCity (but do note there is a cover charge for the Invasion Derry event).
This event is being hosted by The Emerald Garrison, Ireland’s premier costuming club, who will be bringing their hugely popular Star Wars show to the city for the first time, featuring interactive sets, props, replicas and over 40 costumed characters.
• For more information visit www.comiccityfestival.com | Find ComicCity on Facebook | Follow the ComicCity festival on Twitter @comiccityfest | Or email: info@comiccityfestival.com
• Check out the ComicCity podcast on Twitter @Comiccitycast
ComicCity Festival Flyer by Sarah Bowie
ComicCity Guests
Confirmed so far are
JORDIE BELLAIRE
Eisner Award winning Colourist/Artist: Injection, Moon Knight, Magneto, Hawkeye
DECLAN SHALVEY
Artist: Injection, Moon Knight, Deadpool, Groot, Thunderbolts
MARC LAMING
Artist: Planet Hulk, Fantastic Four, All New Invaders, Kings Watch
JOHN McCREA
Artist: Deadpool, Batman, Judge Dredd, Mythic, Section Eight
DAVE HENDRICK
Writer/Journalist: Granuaile, Queen Of Storms, The Symptoms
JOHN ALLISON
Artist/Writer: Bad Machinery, Giant Days, Scary Go Round
PJ HOLDEN
Artist: Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper, Robocop/Terminator, Numbercruncher, Gunsuits
MAURA McHUGH
Writer: Witchfinder: Mysteries of Unland, Róisín Dubh, Jennifer Wilde
STEPHEN MOONEY
Artist/Writer: Grayson, Half Past Danger, CSI, Angel, A-Team
MICHAEL CARROLL
Writer: Judge Dredd, Jennifer Blood, New Heroes/Quantum Prophecy, Double-Crossing,
RUTH REDMOND
Colourist/Artist: Storm, Uncanny X-Men, Deadpool, New Warriors
RYAN BROWN
Artist/Digital Painter: Judge Dredd, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Simpsons, V Wars
STEPHEN DOWNEY
Artist: Torchwood, Turok, How to Train your Dragon, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Jennifer Blood, Noe
PAUL BOLGER
Artist/Writer/Animator/Director:
Hound, The Pirates!, Arthur Christmas, Land Before Time, All Dogs Go To Heaven
PHILIP BARRETT
Artist/Writer/Designer/Educator: Blackshapes, Matter, Where’s Larry, Stray Lines, RTE, Irish Times
SARAH BOWIE
Artist/Writer:The Comics Lab, Mall Life, A Clock or a Crown, O’Brien Press
DEBBIE JENKINSON
Artist/Writer/Designer:The Comics Lab, Remorse, Stray Lines
LIGHTNING STRIKE
One of Ireland’s leading independent publishers
NATHAN STOCKMAN
Artist: Reyn, I Love Trouble, Anti-Hero
MARTIN HAYES
Writer: Abominable Glory, Project Luna: 1947, Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste
JOE CAMPBELL
Artist/Writer: Invisible Man, Amelia Earhart, Columba’s Cross
DAVY FRANCIS
Artist/Writer: Oink, Spare Rib, paradox Press, Fantagraphics Books, Red Dwarf Smegazine, Brain Damage, Ut, Gas, Electric Soup, Hoof Hearted.
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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