Comic Book or Manga Boot Camp

 

 

Calling All Comic Book and Graphic Novel Lovers!

 

Have you ever wanted to make comic books and/or manga?  The best way is by doing! Join the fun of creating sequential art with graphic novel writer/publisher, David Doub, and fellow creators and comickers, Saturday, September 24, from noon – 6 p.m. at the North Branch Library.

 

Publisher, Dusk Comics, and other creators (TBA) will guide you in the creation of an original comic. You’ll get to be a penciller or writer, letterer or inker and as a group you’ll make a comic by the end of this 6 hour boot camp. 

 

This program is for tweens, teens and adults. Feel free to bring snacks and a sack lunch.

 

Call 940-349-8752 to register.

 

Check back for more details in a few weeks!

 

Anime Art Contest Winners

We had over 100 entries in the Anime Art Contest this year!  Out of those, 5 winners were chosen from both the older and younger contestant’s entries.

1st Place

Younger	Older
Welcoming by Nina Kauffman	A Maiden's Heart by Mayra Puga

2nd Place

Younger	Older
Alice's Morbid Wonderland by Miriam Puga	The Mad Hatter by Tamara Manning

3rd Place

Younger	Older
Shirro by Cathleen McRitchie	Silver Hair by August Walker

4th Place

Younger

Under the Rainbow by Summer Grady

Older

Disney-kon by Emily D. Ray & Jessica L. Collins

5th Place

Younger	Older
Untitled by Kara Cherms	Team A-kon by Diana Maldonado

Mini A-Kon IV : See It To Believe It

Something Kawaii This Way Comes	The Day's Agenda
A Huge Panel Crowd	Voice Actor Autographs
Artist Table	Mini A-Kon Raffle
Funimation Panel w/ Justin and Joel	Voice Actor Autographs
Voice Actors Panel w/ Cherami and Micah	Artist Panel
Tabletop Gaming	Getting Your Game On
Cosplay Contest	Iron Cosplay
Cosplay Cataloging	Dancing Cosplayers
Anime Art Contest Wall	TV Time

 

Many more photos are available at our Shutterfly site: http://cityofdentonlibrary.shutterfly.com/pictures/1104

TODAY — Mini A-Kon IV!

Anime and Manga fans, we just wanted to make sure you had all the info you needed for Saturday’s Mini A-Kon IV.  And don’t forget, at the end of the day, A-Kon raffles off 2 free, 3 day passes to A-Kon, you may be one of the lucky two!

Here is the schedule of events:

Noon – 1pm – Justin and Joel - Funimation Panel 

 1pm – 2pm – Jrock Panel

1pm – 2pm – Autographs

 2pm – 3pm – Voice Actors’ Panel 

 Cherami Leigh

• My Bride is a Mermaid (TV) as Lunar Edomae
• Summer Wars (movie) as Mao Jinnouchi
• Peach Girl (TV) as Sae Kashiwagi
• Birdy the Mighty Decode (TV) as Natsumi Hayamiya
• Black Butler (TV) as Elizabeth

Micah Solusod

• Soul Eater (TV) as Soul Eater Evans
• Birdy the Mighty Decode (TV) as Tsutomu Senkawa
• Tsubasa Tokyo Revelations (OAV) as Kamui; Subaru
• Blassreiter (TV) as Malek Werner

Stephanie Nadolny

• Voice Actress of Dragon Ball Z Anime and Video Games

 3pm – 4pm – Artists’ Panel  (BBOA Studio and Kristen McGuire)

3pm – 4pm – Iron Cosplay Competition

4pm – 5pm – Cosplay Contest

In addition, DFWGames will be running motion gaming and a Free Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Tournament – you can win a $100 cash prize from DFWGames !

Youth Anime Art Contest

Do you enjoy drawing anime or manga characters? Have you created your own anime character or spend your free time drawing fan art? Show off your talent and your love of the art by entering the Denton Public Library’s Mini A-Kon Anime Art Contest and Gallery for teens and tweens, grades 4 – 12. The North Branch Library will showcase all entered art by February 26, 2011 as a part of Mini A-Kon IV.

Art work will be on display until April 1st, at which time participants can collect their work from the North Branch. All entries must be turned into your local Denton Public Library branch by February 20, 2011. Prizes, including anime, manga and art supplies will be awarded to select winners in varying categories. The judges are local artists from BBOA Studios. Winners will be featured on the library’s blog and social networking sites.

For rules and additional details, visit www.dentonlibrary.com and click on the Anime Art Contest button.

For more information, contact Juli Gonzalez at 940-349-8741 or juli.gonzalez@cityofdenton.com.For other news items on the City of Denton, visit our website at www.cityofdenton.com, go to Quick Information and click on Press Releases.