A one day event celebrating and exploring the small press and self-publishing comics and zine community of Pittsburgh and its connection to the larger world.
Saturday, April 20th
10am-5pm
Carnegie Museum of Art Theater (lower level)
4400 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Moderators will be Bill Boichel from Copacetic Comics and Caitlin McGurk from the Billy Ireland Collection at OSU.
Schedule
10:00-10:30am: Meet & Greet; tabling
10:30-11:15am: Panel 1
11:30-12:15pm: Boulet presentation
12:15-1:00pm: Big Feminist But presentation
1:15-2:00pm: John Porcellino presentation
2:15-3:00pm: Panel 2
3:15-4:00pm: Dash Shaw presentation
4:15-5:00pm: Panel 3
Panel 1: The Pittsburgh Scene, Bill Boichel moderator
Andy Scott
Nate McDonough
Lizzee Solomon
Paulette Poullet
Panel 2: Self-Publishing, Caitlin McGurk moderator
Ramsey Beyer
John Porcellino
Bill Boichel
Rachel Masilamani
Panel 3: A Career in Comics, Caitlin McGurk moderator
Jim Rugg
Ed Piskor
Frank Santoro
Dash Shaw
There will be tables packed with locally produced zines and books for both perusal and sale, as well as new releases from our out-of-town artist guests and a selection from around the world.
Drawing Power is sponsored by the Sprout Fund
And then there’s more!
The official Drawing Party Afterparty is:
Santoro Con 3, with special guest, Dash Shaw.
When: Saturday, April 20, 7:00pm to 11:00pm
Where: The Copacetic Comics Company
3138 Dobson Street - 3rd floor
Pittsburgh PA 15219
Frank Santoro and his band of comics cognoscenti will be on hand to talk shop, share comics legend and lore, expound on comics trends.
This time around we welcome special guest, Dash Shaw and celebrate the conclusion of Drawing Party, held earlier this day at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theatre.
Dash will be signing copies of his three - count ‘em - New publications:
New School
3 New Stories
New Job
Come one, come all – this event is open to everyone, not just Drawing Power attendees - and join in Pittsburgh’s definitive comics salon.
