World of Comics Demos

Saturday, Nov. 14, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m., Kids’ Comic Con

Comic artists and other pros discuss and exhibit on comics and graphic novels. Artists: Mark Mariano, Jerzy Drozd, Dawud Anyabwile

Author(s) and Guest(s)

Dawud Anyabwile

Dawud Anyabwile is the co-creator and illustrator of Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline, a pioneering African American comic book that has influenced a generation of artists and writers while selling more than 750,000 copies without the help of a major publisher.

Jerzy Drozd

Jerzy Drozd is a cartoonist, teaching artist and author of the graphic novel The Front. He is a contributing editor of Sugary Serials, an anthology of all-ages comics serialized online and collected in print. He recently led a professional development workshop for teachers at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and he is co-organizer of the Kids Read Comics Convention.

Mark Mariano

Mark Mariano is an all-ages cartoon novelist. His first full-length book is Happyloo: Friends, Foes, and Fun (MyPalMark). He’s currently at work on his next cartoon novel, Flabbergast, about a team of Kung-Fu Science Adventurists. He’s also the creator of the first ever reader-built webcomic, Gork Gakk.

Schedule
Saturday, Nov. 14, 10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Free

Location

Miami Book Fair International * Miami Dade College
300 NE Second Ave., Miami, FL 33132
Kids’ Comic Con

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