So with that in mind here are the guests who are joining us for the day and the workshops they'll be offering:
Kelly Kanayama Kelly Kanayama is a comics critic and scholar conducting PhD research into American and British comics at the University of Dundee. Originally from Hawaii, she has been living in the UK since 2007.
Fighters and Winners: Creating Games How to get started making games! This workshop takes you through the game creation process to give you the skills to develop your own games. Expect competition, the thrill of victory, and something we like to call....Wizard Battle.
Sha Nazir Sha Nazir is Art Director & Publisher at BHP Comics and Festival Director at Glasgow Comic Con. He says, "Drawing comics keeps me sane and a bit crazy all at the same time. I collect odd action figures, read too much, love dodgy bronze age comic covers and watch Star Trek when no one is looking."
Intro to Comics. You will learn how Comic Books and Graphic Novels are created by doing creative writing and drawing exercises to set their imaginations free, test their creativity, and learn basic story structure. You develop and illustrate their own short story.
Clare Forrest
Clare Forrest is an illustrator and art tutor, and created The Mighty Women of Science Alphabet Book. Clare is also involved with Team Girl Comic, a Glasgow-based group for comic creators.
Illustration: A workshop in learning to illustrate -- how can art be used beyond comics, and what are different ways of doing illustration? You'll get to try out some new ideas.Plus joining us a again for the panel is James McCulloch is a film blogger, musician, and comic book writer from central Scotland. He writes horror comics and plays bass in Bat Country Massacre.
