A celebration of Pittsburgh creators - meet the writers, artists and actors of the Steel City independent comic book scene.
It's the third annual COMICSBURGH DAY!
Noon to 5 pm at Phantom of the Attic Comics, 411 S. Craig St. in Oakland. All ages welcome. Free admission. There will be snacks!
Meet the following creators from Comicsburgh:
- Marvin Wynn, writer and creator of The Edge, an action-packed superhero series about a drug which gives select individuals super powers, but slowly destroys them the more they use it. Up to 10 issues of The Edge will be available for the creator to sign!
- Grant Lankard, writer and creator of Beowulf (a fantasy featuring the modern reincarnation of the famous Germanic hero), Memoirs of the Morbid (an EC Comics-styled horror anthology series), and the exciting new series League of Cryptids (secret monsters defend the Earth against an alien invasion). Beowulf trade paperbacks, 2 issues of Morbid, and 3 Cryptids issues will be available for the writer to sign!
- William Glover, writer and creator of Trillion from Cataclysm Comics. His comic series is about a woman who is saved from an accident and given superhuman power, but then she owes her benefactors...you guessed it...a trillion dollars!
- Heroineburgh, a live-action episodic television show and comic book series about a fantastic version of Pittsburgh where 30 women gain superpowers in a meteor explosion. Meet the superheroine Savanna (the feline fury), slinky Sintilla (the city's greatest thief) and villanous Mesmera (mistress of hypnotism) and get their signed photos. Four issues of Heroineburgh Comics will also be available for the creator to sign!
You can also meet the cover artist for Heroineburgh:
- Jason Wright, the cover creator for all four issues, is also a prolific colorist for DC Comics (over 700 issues!) and 9 Lives Comics (Starlight Cats, Inglorious Rex, Annatomic).
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