Theme: " The Black Age is the indie-alternative".

Dates: Oct. 9th, Oct. 10th, and Oct. 11th, 2009

Location: Kenwood Academy HS

5015 so. Blackstone ave. Hyde Park, Chicago,

Obamatown USA. (on the Lake Park side and entrance.)


Admission: $5.00 Adults $2.00 Kids


Program: Oct. 9th Eric Battle, that Black Age great and illustrator for DC Comic's Spectre and Batman along with other amazing projects will be signing his books and kickin' it with fans, collectors, students, and everybody else at the Graham Crackers Mega Comic Book Store at 77 East Madison Ave. in downtown Chicago and later that day at the First Aid Comic Book Store in Hyde Park. The next day he will be featured in workshops and the like at the Kenwood location from 9:30am to 4:30pm.


Oct. 10th. "BLACK AGE XII" will be at the Kenwood location as listed above. It will feature Doc & the INTER-FAN crew doing a presentation on the late legendary Black Age Underground Comix master creator and innovator, Grass Green. They will also be holding it down for the radical indie-alternative comic book crowd. There will be an indie video competition and a viewing of the first onYX CON DVD from Atlanta and the Chicago Comic Con this past summer. www.inter-fan.org


Onli will present a "State of the Black Age" lecture followed with a Q&A session. www.onlistudios.com


Fans and collectors will be able to buy directly from the indie publishers and artists on hand. Students, educators, and emerging professionals will find this group of creative folks very inspiring.


Expect to meet vendors, indie-publishers, artists, & writers. Like Ashley A. Woods, Barbara Jenkins, LaMorris Richmond, Tim Jackson, Eric Battle, N. Steven Harris, Juan Arevalo, Raymond Leonard, Moe, Nino Meserina, Joe Currie, Spicey, Terry Huddleston, Yaound' Olu, Mike Smith, Punkin, Ernest Posey, Rod Jenkins. Robert Boyd, Kim Moseberry, onli.......and many more.


The University of Chicago's radio station WHPK will be on site to interview fans and will vendor, artists, writers to get there spin on the Black Age movement.


Oct. 11th. Signings will be scheduled at Afri-ware and the Azizi book stores. TBA


VENDOR INFO: Contact onLI STUDIOS at onli@sbcglobal.net while they last!!!!


Lodging nearby: Ramada Lakeshore 773-288-5800


International House of Chicago ( U of C campus )

773-753-2270

Hey Lance-you might want to correct the Topic heading.
GJ

Yeah I see but can't edit that. Anyway…
n Saturday IF will give out it's second Fandom Hall of Fame Presentation to Richard "Grass" Green's widow Janice, hopefully will have some art of his to show.
Turtel who is running the show will also be starting the big push to get folks out.  He wrote me "The word has been out in several medias all along.  But invitation postcards by the thousands will be circulated, a spot on CAN TV 19 on the 23rd at 7pm or 7:30pm.
Quite a stew of energies to attract a large crowd.  Even free admission with any worn costume and a 贄.00 prize for the best costume.  Cosplay, fans, students, collectors, and creative folks.  I like our chances."

I sure wish I could attend, but all my $$$ is tied up in my upcoming books right now!
GJ

Well you'll be there in spirit, did you work with "Grass" at all? You'll be getting a copy of the video.