KIDS’ COMIC CON: “KCC TEAM TITANS” APRIL 20TH) IS DRAWING NEAR!

NEW YORK (MARCH 26, 2019) – We’re rapidly moving towards Kids Comic Con (KCC) the annual children’s outreach event. It’s slated for Saturday, April 20th at the Bronx Community College from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Our theme is, TEAM Titans! And the team is growing large and strong.

• In just the past few weeks many wonderful names and extras have been added to our role call. For example:

• Gregory Andersen-Elyse
• Robert Garratt (Award winning comic creator/publisher)
• Monique Henry-Hudson (SimplyRobotix, “Exploring animation one post at a time”)
• The Broussard Brothers (creators of the Battle___ comics)
• And …
• ThriveCollective, bringing their mural-making-magic to our event, where kids will get to paint the first-ever KCC super-size, superhero mural!

So come join:

• Alex Simmons (KCC founder, playwright, comics writer: Archie, Tarzan, Scooby Doo, Blackjack)
• Jamal Igle (illustrator/creator/writer of MOLLY DANGER, as well as artist for Marvel Comics, DC and more)
• Chris Lucas author of the book top Disney, as well as a performer of the show about Disney, “Of Mouse and Man”)
• Tao Bennett (super talented teen puppeteer for Sesame Street, and more)

And don’t forget about:

• East Coast Avengers: your favorite costumed superhero characters
• The Lair: the Bronx’s premiere comics and gaming store! Coming at you with role-playing card game tournaments featuring Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon and Magic, the Gathering. The fun-for-all-ages competition is open to various player levels. The Lair will also have plenty of supplies on hand for KCC attendees to stock up on all their gaming needs.

“Kids’ Comic Con has always been about the power of imagination, discovery, and cooperation,” declared KCC founder Alex Simmons. “Now more than ever, kids need to see examples of how they can work together to make a difference, no matter what their backgrounds. And what better way to show this than by celebrating one of the most collaborative and creative arts of all – comics!”

Exhibitors with questions can send them to KCC founder, Alex Simmons at Alex@KidsComicCon.com.

The 2019 KIDS COMIC CON is set for April 20th at Bronx Community
College, 181st Street and University Avenue, Bronx, NY from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Up-to- the-moment updates on additional programming and guests for KCC TEAM TITANS can be found on our main site (www.KidsComicCon.con) as well as our Facebook page: www.Facebook.com/KidsComicCon.

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Paul Castiglia

Paul Castiglia has been editor and writer on a series of comic books including various Archie titles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures and Sonic the Hedgehog. He was the head writer on all 34 issues of Archie’s Weird Mysteries/Archie’s Mysteries and was a contributing writer to several issues of The New Little Archie Digest Comic Magazine. Over a span of 20 years, Castiglia had an editorial hand in all 12 volumes of the Archie Americana Series and various collections of vintage Archie stories, including volumes featuring the various Mighty Crusaders, and Josie & the Pussycats. Paul has also written for DC Comics, Dark Horse, Antarctic Press and Cracked Magazine, on a variety of characters including Tex Avery’s Wolf & Red and Droopy Dog, and Superman’s pal Bibbo. Non-fiction projects include TwoMorrows’ The MLJ Companion, co-written with Rik Offenberger and Jon B. Cooke and charting the history of Archie’s superheroes; and the upcoming Scared Silly – a compendium of reviews of classic horror-comedy movies. Paul is also a film historian who speaks at classic film screenings, a movie producer of a documentary about the Dead End Kids, and an animation script-writer who has worked on Thomas & Friends Adventures for Mattel Toys as well as upcoming episodes of Cocoa Talk for Minno.

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