Our first Teen ComicFest ever!
Graphic novel and Manga loving teens will converge on the library Saturday, May 13th from 11am to 4pm in Meeting Room A/B @ the Beaverton City Library.
Their will be contests (costume, ID the superhero, and more!), displays (we have lots of new manga & graphic novels!), a comic book swap (bring your excellent condition comics & swap 'em!), door prizes, a free comic to every teen, the Dark Side Troopers (a Star Wars costumed group from Portland), workshops, and giveaways (from Dark Horse, Bridge City Comics, & more!)
Schedule of Events:
11am Doors Open
*12pm Randy Emberlin, Drawing Manga Workshop
*1pm Steve Lieber, Comic Art Workshop
*2pm Steve Lieber, Comic Art Workshop
*3pm Michael Ring, Manga Past, Present, & Future
3pm Costume Contest
4pm Doors Close
Contests, door prizes, Dark Side Troopers & more throughout the day.
*Pre-registration REQUIRED. Call 503-350-4001
Beaverton City Library
12375 SW 5th Street
Beaverton, OR 97005
(located @ SW 5th & SW Hall)
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It is nice to see it encouraged in the teen bracket, because they have enough trouble getting art classes to be paid for in the public schools of our "art friendly" city. Lbraries seem to have that tendancy to pick up where the governments fail time, and time again.
Yay comics!
Yay Manga!