One day of FCBD not enough for you? -- - Check this out . . . . . . .

EDITOR’S NOTE:  Wish the day could be just a little longer, and I would visit all these places in addition to helping at my local comic shop.  Sigh.  I shouldn’t complain — I’ve been enjoying these events for years.

THE COMIC BOOK SHOP at 1855 MARSH ROAD in WILMINGTON, DE also does a bang-up job with FCBD — and they extend it into Sunday for those who can’t get enough!

Saturday May 6th 10a-8p  *  Sunday May 7th 12p-5p

Special FREE COMICS for everyone!

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Two days of Guest Creators & Vendors

DE Ghostbusters SATURDAY* Plum Pit Food Truck SUNDAY

Scission Espresso Truck BOTH DAYS

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Kids’ Workshops!

Saturday at 3pm: Designing & Drawing Aliens with Dawn

Sunday at 2pm: Create Your Own Little Golden Book with Michelle

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COMICS ON SALE 25% – 50% OFF!

Free Comic Book Day WEEKEND 2017 Details

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SATURDAY GUESTS!     SCROLL DOWN for SUNDAY

Erica Schultz 

Comic book writer, letter, editor, publisher, and sometimes animator. Inaugural class of DC Talent Development Workshop.

• Writing includes: Charmed (Dynamite, ongoing 2017), Hawkgirl:Weapons of War (DC Talent Showcase), Revenge: Secret Origin of Emily Thorne (Marvel/ABC), The Unofficial Biography of Winston Churchill: a Documentary (Vices Press), and M3 (Vices Press).

• Art/Animation includes: “Gifted” Astonishing X-Men Motion Comic, Superman vs. Muhammad Ali re-release

• Lettering includes: Swords of Sorrow, Red Sonja, and others (Dynamite), Batman: Zombie(Batman: Black & White, DC), The 27 Club: A Comic Anthology (Red Stylo Media)

 

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Dawn Griffin

  

Cartoonist, Illustrator, Graphic Designer. Definitely an 80s kid!

When she’s not updating the design for Superpretzel, Icee, and other Philly-area favorite snacks, Dawn can be found at almost every comic con in the region, introducing kids to the world of comics and entertaining adults with her spunky, stylized comics & wares.

Dawn also is a cover artist and  contributing illustrator to the RISE: Comics Against Bullying Kickstarter project. The comic was distributed free to national schools and libraries. Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics,
and Stand For The Silent. Copies are available at The Comic Book Shop!

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Dave Ebersole

Playwright, comic book writer, director, amateur mixologist, and sometimes-actor in the Philadelphia area. Dave is a member of The Dramatist Guild and has had his plays produced around the country.

Co-creator and writer of DASH, an ongoing comic book series published by Northwest Press. In 2015 he began a horror anthology series ONE SHOT HORROR with artist Sam Fryer. THE CASKET GIRLS is their first book.

Philly native launches new comic book series “Dash”

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Kurt Brugel

Classic Artist, Local Author, Art Professor at Delaware College of Art & Design

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Nerd Kitten & Dr. Krinkles

Artists, Designers, Video-Game Makers, Convention Hosts

 

 

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SUNDAY GUESTS!     SCROLL UP for SATURDAY

Claire Connelly –  cartoonist / artist

  

– Off-beat mini comics. Writer and artist of Here: a Sci-fi Epic, the mini series Black Eyes, Down with the Ship: a collection of Comics, The Long Year, and Bird Song.
– Artist on the series Animals, written by Eric Grissom, and The Unauthorized Biography of Winston Churchill: a Documentary, written by Erica Schultz.
– Illustrator for several short stories for mini comics and anthologies.
– Artist on several covers and pin-ups for comics floating the comic-verse.

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Paige Connelly –  thINK Illustration!

Illustrator & character designer from Asbury Park N.J., specializing in graphite drawings and digital illustrations. Her work can be seen in RPG game magazine Wayfinder and in the gallery of Dungeon and Dragon’s Against the Slave Lord book reprint.

Paige’s first sketchbook Songs of Fablewood was successfully Kickstarted of 2015.

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Briana Higgins

Letterer: Hero Cats, Designer: Waracle: Ancient Adventures

A super geek through and through, she is an enthusiastic fan of many things including comics, video games, RPGs, fantasy, science fiction, social studies and world history.

Aside from Hero Cats, Briana leads the design and development for an upcoming tabletop RPG, Waracle: Ancient Adventures. Her work has been featured at the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum and in Knights of the Dinner Table.

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Kurt Brugel

Classic Artist, Local Author, Art Professor at Delaware College of Art & Design

 

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