Right, I've had a few problems downloading PRs from the organisers but I'm getting there!
Be interesting to see how this event goes -and the others that are rumoured to be starting in 2015 though I do wonder just how many one country can support. But Steve Tanner, of Time Bomb Comics fame, is leading the way with this one so fingers crossed.
An International Comics Festival in the Heart of the
Midlands
Edgbaston Stadium, home to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club since 1882, and the second largest venue of its kind in the UK, is to play host to the City of Birmingham’s inaugural Comics Festival on Saturday April 18th 2015.
Taking place within the ground’s exhibition hall, with the capacity to cater to over 2,000 visitors, the event promises to encompass an international spectrum of the comics book world with special guests and publishers from across the breadth of Europe, the United States of America, and Great Britain itself; some rarely witnessed at conventions before and others that will be making their UK debut.
With over 100 exhibitors being scheduled to attend the diverse range of publications, rare books, original art, plus the latest titles hot of the press alongside convention exclusives will ensure that collectors and fans of all ages will find something to put a smile on all their faces.
The Comics Festival of the City of Birmingham 2015 will be a day not to be missed and wherever you’re coming from you won’t need to worry about parking as the venue has a huge car park, catering for over 600 vehicles – More importantly will parking will be FREE to those attending the event (Subject to availability) And if you forget those sandwiches and bottles of water, fear not, because the cafeteria within the venue will have both hot and cold food and drinks on sale all day. The disabled friendly facility has washrooms and there is seating upstairs for you to chill and relax during your visit. For more information about our venue please visit http://www.edgbastonstadium.com
Edgbaston Stadium, home to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club since 1882, and the second largest venue of its kind in the UK, is to play host to the City of Birmingham’s inaugural Comics Festival on Saturday April 18th 2015.
Taking place within the ground’s exhibition hall, with the capacity to cater to over 2,000 visitors, the event promises to encompass an international spectrum of the comics book world with special guests and publishers from across the breadth of Europe, the United States of America, and Great Britain itself; some rarely witnessed at conventions before and others that will be making their UK debut.
With over 100 exhibitors being scheduled to attend the diverse range of publications, rare books, original art, plus the latest titles hot of the press alongside convention exclusives will ensure that collectors and fans of all ages will find something to put a smile on all their faces.
And there will be a
whole lot more to do besides, based on comprehensive surveys
undertaken to find out exactly what the public wants plus some
extra special surprises thrown in for good measure! Events
that can be revealed so far include a range of panel discussions
including interviews with star guests and creators, professional
critiques from publishers and editors, through to competitions and
activities for all – with cosplayers expected in full regalia and
an all-important inclusivity guaranteed to make sure kids aren’t
left out of on having any of the fun!
The Comics Festival of the City of Birmingham 2015 will be a day not to be missed and wherever you’re coming from you won’t need to worry about parking as the venue has a huge car park, catering for over 600 vehicles – More importantly will parking will be FREE to those attending the event (Subject to availability) And if you forget those sandwiches and bottles of water, fear not, because the cafeteria within the venue will have both hot and cold food and drinks on sale all day. The disabled friendly facility has washrooms and there is seating upstairs for you to chill and relax during your visit. For more information about our venue please visit http://www.edgbastonstadium.com
Edgbaston
Stadium, The County Ground, Edgbaston, Birmingham B5
7QU.
All images and
information contained on this site are Copyright © The Comics
Festival 2014 and their respective owners. All rights
reserved.
Lucio Parrillo’s began his career some 15 years ago in his native Italy, where work within magazines such as Città, Color, and Lanciostory or the newspaper Il Cavatore may be unknown to Anglophiles, although they may have come across his work without quite being aware of it, for in the last decade he has painted, and produced interior art and character designs for video and role playing games such as Forgotten Realms and Magic the Gathering, the latter also being one of the companies he illustrated trading cards for while also producing interior work for Dungeons & Dragons books.
Meanwhile, his comics work began appearing across Europe in Germany, France, Italy and Sweden as he crafted graphic novels such as L’Empire Eternel and One Shot for Soleil Productions and produced art for pan-continental publishers such as Panini.
More recently his work has begun causing a sensation among the English speaking peoples, with Lucio being sought by major USA publishers including Marvel Comics to produce art for The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Dead Pool, Death’s Head,
The Siege, What if? and Thor, an extensive range of covers for Dynamite featuring Red Sonja, Vampirella, Tarzan and John Carter: Warlord of Mars among others, as well as work for Heavy Metal Magazine and SKP Art Books.
The Birmingham Comics Festival on Saturday 18th April 2015 will mark the debut appearance of the acclaimed artist Lucio Parrillo at a UK comics related event.
For more about Lucio : www.lucioparrillo.com
Growing
up in a tough Philadelphia neighbourhood had some bearing on
Jonathan Maberry’s future development: taught martial art from
the
age of six he went on to
became an instructor himself, similarly he worked in the security
industry (combining both as the Philadelphia District Attorney’s
office expert witness for murder cases involving martial arts). A
part-time freelance writer since the late seventies, he contributed
articles and
educational material on
such related matters and wrote a series of books on the martial
arts during the nineties, then wrote several books on folklore, and
belief in the occult and paranormal.
Those latter books proved the catalyst for him to turn novelist, winning the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel with Ghost Road Blues, and his novelisation of The Wolfman received far more critical accolades than did its silver screen equivalent, reaching number 35 on The New York Times Best Seller List. His various novels now appear in some 24 different countries.
Writing for comics, Marvel Zombies Return also proved to be a New York Times bestseller with Marvel Universe Vs The Punisher, Marvel Universe Vs Wolverine and Marvel Universe Vs The Avengers establishing a theme for his work that was broadened with Captain America: Hail Hydra, Black Panther: Power, Doomwar and others. He also wrote the vampire miniseries Bad Blood for Dark Horse and is now writing V-Wars for IDW Publishing that is also scheduled to be a television series debuting in 2015.
For more information on Jonathan Maberry visit:
www.jonathanmaberry.com
Those latter books proved the catalyst for him to turn novelist, winning the 2007 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel with Ghost Road Blues, and his novelisation of The Wolfman received far more critical accolades than did its silver screen equivalent, reaching number 35 on The New York Times Best Seller List. His various novels now appear in some 24 different countries.
Writing for comics, Marvel Zombies Return also proved to be a New York Times bestseller with Marvel Universe Vs The Punisher, Marvel Universe Vs Wolverine and Marvel Universe Vs The Avengers establishing a theme for his work that was broadened with Captain America: Hail Hydra, Black Panther: Power, Doomwar and others. He also wrote the vampire miniseries Bad Blood for Dark Horse and is now writing V-Wars for IDW Publishing that is also scheduled to be a television series debuting in 2015.
For more information on Jonathan Maberry visit:
www.jonathanmaberry.com
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