Post: Comic Book Mania 2014

This past weekend I was at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin, IL for Comic Book Mania. It was the fifth year of this show and the attendance just keeps on growing. A lot of great comic creators showed up including Art Baltazar, Serena Guerra, and Hilary Barta. They had face painting for kids and writer pal, Russell Lissau, and I did a panel for kids on Making Comics. It was a fun comic show and it's always a great time chatting with kids about comics. See you next year!

 

Comic Book Mania! 2013

Hi folks,

This weekend at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin is Comic Book Mania! Come out and enjoy a free comic show from 10am-5pm! Comic friends Art Balthazar, Kurt Wood, and Russell Lissau will be there too!

Drawing When I Was Little!

Hi all,

This Monday I will be at the Gail Borden Library in Elgin for the first ever, Drawing When I Was Little.  I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Cassinnelli at this past year's Comic Book Mania Convention and wanted to put together something with the library.  We came up with this event where I would show kids how to make their own When I Was Little pages.

I will be doing two workshops one at 9:30am and a second one at 11am.  I will also be selling some books and coloring books and the kids will go home with one of  these nifty activity sheets I made this past week.  So come on down!!!!  Can't wait to meet everyone.

- Justin

Post: Comic Book Mania!

This past Saturday was the Comic Book Mania Convention at the Gail Borden Library out in Elgin, IL.


The convention was such fun and today I had to ride solo with Nic being on a family weekend. I really liked the library back drop. It was such a comfortable atmosphere and the flow of people coming in was steady. I did not expect the huge turn out of kids and the Yu-Gi-Oh and Magic Tournaments. It was cool to see the amount of participation with the young crowd. It got me thinking of getting into card collecting....and I've already got an idea planned.

The sketch requests were kind of light but it was surely a button crowd. The kids responded well to the When I Was Little button sets.


I met with Bob Cassinelli, who organized the event, and we discussed a possibility to get together for a future event.

All in all it was such a great time and definitely one for the kids. I look forward to more!

Afterwards my brother, Serena, and I took in some dinner and saw the film, Horrible Bosses. It was hilarious.



Up next: Derby City Comic Con!

Comic Book Mania!

Hi kids,

Hope you had a great Fourth of July holiday. After some much needed relaxation my convention season picks up again with Comic Book Mania! I'll have my three books on hand, my 8x10 prints, buttons, and I'll be doing bag n' board sketches all day. Since it's at a library, I'll be giving away my When I Was Little bookmarks so stop by my table and pick one (a few) up. You can even get a sketch done on the back! Thank's to Bob Cassinelli for letting me be part of the amazing show and to Keith's Komix for the invite.

Here's all the info:


Comic Book Mania! Convention 2011

Saturday, July 9

Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Avenue, Elgin, Il 60120

10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Admission: FREE (AWESOME)