THIS IS THE BIG EVENT!  

FRIDAY: Drink and Draw.  Draw live Models, have a beer and listen to great music.  5 - 8pm.


SATURDAY - COMIC CON, WORKSHOPS, PANELS AND BLOOD DRIVE.  11am - 6pm.  


Welcome to the 4th Annual Bronx Heroes Comic Convention at the Bronx Museum of the Arts.  
Join our free community event where you can meet independent comic artists, writers and  publishers.  Network with creative professionals, and listen in to what they are saying on how to break into the comics industry in both mainstream and independent markets.  Bronx Heroes teams up with the New York Blood Center to provide a space where Bronx Heroes attendees can donate blood.  Become a Bronx Hero, Save a life!

Donate blood on the day of the Bronx Heroes Comic Con and you'll be saving a life.  
Sponsored by the NYC Blood Drive. All Donors must RSVP before the event.  You'll receive a free "Bronx Heroes Saves Lives" T-shirt for your generous contribution along with loads of free snacks! 


 

Saturday, November 19, 2011 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (ET)Bronx.

 NYAs part of Comitee Noviembre at the Longwood Art Gallery,  Ray Felix, creator of Bronx Heroes Comic Convention, "Bronx Heroes Comic", and "A World Without SuperHeroes", will instruct this free workshop that includes hands-on drawing exercises. During the workshop he will analyze the role history and his Puerto Rican-Columbian heritage has played influencing his comic and character Runaway Slave. In this workshop Felix will show students how historical research can lead to compelling character design and inspiration.
This workshop is brought to you by the Longwood Art Gallery, a program of the Bronx Council on the Arts.
Click here to register for the drawing workshop!

As part of "Comitee Noviembre", at the Longwood Art Gallery, Ray Felix, creator of Bronx Heroes Comic Convention, and writer of "Bronx Heroes: Runaway Slave", will instruct this free workshop that includes hands-on writing exercises and will expand on the historical aspects of research. Themes that will be covered during this session are culture, diverstiy and ways comic book writers break cultural barriers within comics.
Click here to register now for  the writing comics course!  

Ray Felix, will talk about his comic Runaway Slave while being a guest on the panel: 
Our Voices: Writing and Teaching Afro-Latin@ Perspectives. 
During the Afro Latin@s Now! Festival
Saturday, November 5, 2:00pm-3:30pm
@ El Museo De Barrio 
1230 Fifth Avenue 
 New York, NY 10029

Afro-Latin@ published writers of fiction, poetry, and prose discuss why and how they approach race and ethnicity in their work.  What can Black Latin@ writers do to raise awareness of our issues through youth literature and in the schools? What is involved in the creation of accurate portrayals of Afro-Latin@s and their personal and social challenges? What aspects of Afro-Latin@ literary work generates the most lively responses among diverse reading audiences?

AFRO-LATIN@S NOW!Saturday, November 5, 201112:00 pm - 5:30 pmEl Taller

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The Saturday programming of the the Afro-Latin@s Now! Conference is inter-generational day highlighting the matters of Afro-Latinidad and expressions of identity, visibility and empowerment. Afro-Latin@s Now! is a three-day international conference that will gather scholars, community leaders and artists to advance a dialogue on issues of importance to Black Latin@s in the United States as well as foster positive relations between Latin@s, African Americans, and other peoples of color.

ADMISSION TO THIS PROGRAM IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. To register for the entire 3-day conference and get additional information, visit: www.afrolatinoforum.org