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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.

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.

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 18^th 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

Sunday, 12 October 2014

The 2015 Birmingham Comic Festival -A New Event For The Midlands

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