Comics
New York Comic Con has announced that it will have its own pavilion at the Brooklyn Book Festival in September.
Artist Phil Jimenez (The Invisibles, New X-Men) as well as veteran writers Denny O’Neil (Batman, The Question) and Tom DeFalco (Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Girl) - former editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics - have already been confirmed for the event.
The previous New York Comic Con was held in February of this year, and there will not be another until October 2010.
"[I]t's [New York Comic Con]'s mission to grow our audience," wrote the event's director of programming Peter Tatara on its blog, "and the 'our' in our audience means the audience for comics and graphic novels at large.
"We want more readers out there. We want more people picking up the latest Iron Man,Wonder Woman, Shugo Chara and Scott Pilgrim. We want to create new fans of literacy in all its forms, and the [Brooklyn Book Festival] is a giant flag that'll attract a whole new audience in a whole new borough."
The Brooklyn Book Festival will take place on September 13.
Artist Phil Jimenez (The Invisibles, New X-Men) as well as veteran writers Denny O’Neil (Batman, The Question) and Tom DeFalco (Amazing Spider-Man, Spider-Girl) - former editor-in-chief for Marvel Comics - have already been confirmed for the event.
The previous New York Comic Con was held in February of this year, and there will not be another until October 2010.
"[I]t's [New York Comic Con]'s mission to grow our audience," wrote the event's director of programming Peter Tatara on its blog, "and the 'our' in our audience means the audience for comics and graphic novels at large.
"We want more readers out there. We want more people picking up the latest Iron Man,Wonder Woman, Shugo Chara and Scott Pilgrim. We want to create new fans of literacy in all its forms, and the [Brooklyn Book Festival] is a giant flag that'll attract a whole new audience in a whole new borough."
The Brooklyn Book Festival will take place on September 13.
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