NYPL, BronxHeroes® Comic Con, Cosmoda and BX Comic Con/ Lone Wolf Comics present:
The 13th Annual Women® in Comics Confence.
It's been 13 years since Bronx Heroes Comic Con/ Women in Comics Con began their journey to introduce and encourage literacy through the reading of comics and graphic novels to Bronxites. Its aim to highlight the indie comic scene to the Bronx and wider New York area has encouraged other creators to spawn comic conventions all throughout New York City. This year we are partnered with BX Con/ Lone wolf Comics, and Cosmoda: Cosplay Runway, to bring you the most interactive experience at our Comic Book Conference. We will also be launching our very first award ceremony titled, "The Queen of Comics Award". This award is given to entrepreneurial women in the comics, film, video game, and community based fields. We want to thank and recognize all those who strive to make the Bronx and New York City a better place to live through their artistic and community based endeavors.
Join us for a day of comics, workshops and panels to celebrate the art form of comics. No politics, just fun for the entire family.
FREE ADMISSION
Join us for a day of comics, workshops and panels to celebrate the art form of comics. No politics, just fun for the entire family.
FREE ADMISSION
Host/ Moderator: Catherine Gruenwald Schuller
Catherine Greunwald Schuller, AICI, CIP is the go-to person in the image industry for all things on style and fashion for the full figured woman. She began as a former Ford Model and became a spokesperson for the industry, a retail editor for Mode magazine and wrote the highly acclaimed how to guide The Ultimate Plus Size Modeling Guide which has helped thousands of young women who want to enter into the plus size modeling field. Catherine is currently spear heading the The Cosplay movement with Dan Hort with their COSMODA: Cosplay Runway events.
Women in Comics 2022 Guests
Erica Friedman: Author/ Writer
Erica Friedman is the Founder of Yuricon and has run the world's oldest and most comprehensive blog on Yuri, Okazu, since 2002. She has edited manga for JManga, Seven Seas, and Udon Entertainment, most recently Riyoko Ikeda's epic historical classic, The Rose of Versailles.
Rica Takeshima- Manga artist
Rica Takashima (Japanese: 高嶋 リカ, Hepburn: Takashima Rika) is a prolific pop artist and manga artist who has had exhibitions and shows in museums and galleries in New York City and as well as across Japan. Rica Takashima was born in Shinjuku Tokyo, Japan and lived in Suginami-ward Tokyo. After graduating with a Design Degree from Tokyo University of the Arts, Takashima worked as a stage set artist and a freelance illustrator.
Alitha E. Martinez- artist/ writer
Alitha Martinez is an Eisner Award winner and veteran comics artist. Her work can be found in issues of Black Panther: Marvel's World of Wakanda, Iron Man, Spider-Girl Battle book: Streets of Fire, Shi, X-Men: Black Sun, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and NBC’s "Heroes". and more recently Alitha's work can be found in DC comics Nubia.
Seanne Catedral
Seanne Catedral is a Filipinx-American New Yorker who has been an active member of the introverted artists social club since before it was cool. She created the webcomic "Bodega Dreams" published online under Maglomaniac that stretched six issues with the last being a short animated video entitled Dream A Little Dream (New York I Love You). Her most notable project, now published, illustrating for author Julian Voloj's graphic novel about the art and life of the (in)famous Clayton Patterson titled “CLAYON: Godfather of Lower East Side Documentary” (2020)
Fly Orr
Elen Orr, known as Fly, is a comic book artist, illustrator, activist, and teacher whose art has been published in various magazines and fanzines, including Slug and Lettuce, Maximum Rock 'N' Roll, World War 3 Illustrated, and The Village Voice, among others.
Christian S. Aluas
Christian S. Aluas is a NYC-based Canadian illustrator of indie comics and author of books on freelancing and how to draw manga. He’s also a course creator at www.MasterpieceArtSchool.com
Women in Comics Events
Women in Comics® Convention is Back
in 2021!
Women in Comics returns!
Women in Comics® Convention is now looking to fill positions for the Summer 2021. We are looking to form an all female team to manage, organize and inspire the Women in Comics movement. The positions available are President, Vice President, Six Board members, and a Treasurer. Like the Phoenix, Women in Comics® Convention will rise for Summer 2021.
Women in Comics® Convention is now looking to fill positions for the Summer 2021. We are looking to form an all female team to manage, organize and inspire the Women in Comics movement. The positions available are President, Vice President, Six Board members, and a Treasurer. Like the Phoenix, Women in Comics® Convention will rise for Summer 2021.
The 5th Annual Bronx Heroes: Women In Comics Con moves to the Queens Museum for 2019.
WOMEN IN COMICS CON MOVES TO BROOKLYN LIBRARY in 2018!
WOMEN IN COMICS CON returns to the Bronx Library Center 2017.
Bronx Heroes Comic Con returns with their 3rd Anniversary of Women in Comics Conference and Convention on March 25th, 2017 @ the Bronx Library Center on Kingsbridge Road in the Bronx..
Women in Comics 2016.
Special Guest
Alitha is a diverse comic artist and inker who has worked on a variety of comic book titles which range from selected issues of "Dc's new 52- Batgirl", Marvel's Iron Man ,Thor, Graphic Illustrators "My Boyfriend is a Monster" series and Twisted Journey's # 12 " Kung Fu Masters". Alitha also illustrates and writes her own self published Manga series, "Yume and Ever" and is currently freelancing with Archie Comics/ Red Circle, illustrating "The Crusades".
After graduating with a Design Degree from Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, Takashima worked as a stage set artist and a freelance illustrator before she founded and launched the avant-garde street art show troupe and studio Aozora Art on Tokyo’s Harajuku Pedestrian Street. In 1995, Takashima started drawing the semi-autobiographical manga Rica 'tte Kanji!?, which initially ran in Anise, a Japanese magazine for lesbians. Rica 'tte Kanji!? was compiled and released as an English-language graphic novel by ALC Publishing.
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Fly teaches Comix Art Classes at the Lower Eastside Girls Club and recently established the LES Girls Comix Club. Fly is a member of the World War 3 Collective and is a comics artist, illustrator, painter, writer, musician and longtime squatter and activitst in the Lower East Side. She has been making zines since 1985 and comix since 1990. Other Projects include PEOPs, a collection of Portraits and Stories of People, collected in numerous zines and books, and UnReal Estate, A History of Squatting in the Lower East Side. Fly has been doing workshops and teaching at the Lower Eastside Girls Club since 2005 and loves nothing better than encouraging creativity and comics to a new generation of young women.
to get Fly Art Prints online ::: http://wall27betasite.virb.com/fly-of-new-york-city [email protected] • peops.org • flyspage.com 
Wi-Moto Nyoka (Creator)- is a performer and a new playwright. Her credits include: Tanzhaus NRW Interdisciplinary Works, Puffin Foundation grant recipient, The Brick’s Comic Book Theater Festival 2014 selected librettist for her project Hero How To and Indie Boots Theater Festival Finalist 2015. She will be attending Brooklyn college MFA program for Performance & Interactive Media Arts this fall.
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