Comedian guide legend Bob Layton provides signatures to followers at Cube & Comics Cafe (DCC) in jap Seoul, Aug. 3, 2023. Courtesy of DCC
Seoul Comics Week returns for its second yr, bringing collectively some highly effective names within the business throughout a four-day occasion hosted at Cube & Comics Café (DCC) in jap Seoul.
“The occasion celebrates the rising inventive trade between
Korean and worldwide comedian scenes, spotlighting artists who’ve labored throughout each
Okay-comics and American comics industries,” Joey Croner, proprietor of DCC and organizer of Seoul Comics Week, stated in a web-based invitation.
The VIP listing consists of about 14 comics creators from Korea and overseas.
This consists of artists Derek Hunter (“Journey Time” and “Bat-Fam”), Ryan Benjamin, Agnes Garbowska (“My Little Pony” and “Teen Titans Go”), Jung Min-ku, Lee Jee-hyung, Park Jae-kwang (“Batman: The World” and “Joker: The World”), Danny Kim, Dexter Soy (“Nightwing” and “Purple Hood”), Travis Moore (“Nightwing”), Tokitokoro (“Jeff the Landshark”), webtoon artists Joanne Kim and Kangto Lee, in addition to author Jeon In-pyo (“Batman: The World” and “Joker: The World”) and comedian guide legend Bob Layton (creator of the fashionable “Iron Man,” “Conflict Machine” and “Ant-Man” titles, amongst many extra).
Issues kick off Thursday with a Drink & Draw occasion, a format that was launched to Korea by Layton in 2023. Artists and followers are
invited to collect for a relaxed night of creativity and group throughout an open sketch night time and networking occasion the place they might discover themselves sitting throughout the easel from a number of the most influential graphic artists of this technology.
Friday will function personal signing classes with Hunter, a comic book artist and animator. Members can have dinner with the artist and obtain reward luggage.
The 2-day mainstay Artist Alley occasion will run on Saturday and Sunday, giving attendees an opportunity to fulfill the artists, buy authentic
paintings and books, and expertise stay sketching classes and signings.
Individuals learn comedian books in the course of the first Seoul Comics Week at MetaGround MegaBox in jap Seoul, August 2023. Courtesy of DCC
“Seoul Comics Week highlights the rising collaboration between Korean creators and the
world comedian business, offering an intimate venue for connection, inspiration and discovery,” Croner stated. “From fan-favorite illustrators to rising unbiased voices, the occasion celebrates the complete spectrum
of comics as an artwork kind uniting East and West by means of visible storytelling.”
Go to linktr.ee/diceandcomics for extra info.
