What’s Clip Studio Paint got that Photoshop doesn’t? Jerzy Drozd (The Warren Commission Report, Science Comics: Rockets) will lead a demonstration on the basic tools of Clip Studio Paint and explore some of the unique ways it solves the problems of making comics digitally.

Part of the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) 2019 events. FREE and open to the public.

CXC’s second peer-to-peer presentation of the festival features Nomi Kane, a native Berkeleyite, and an alumna of The Center for Cartoon Studies. Designer at Super7 by day, adjunct faculty at California College of the Arts MFA in Comics by night, and an editorial cartoonist at all times. She will be presenting on character design and wants to remind you that “participants should bring sketchpads and their favorite drawing utensils!”

Legendary artist P. Craig Russell is quietly one of the most significant creators in comics. He’s an incredible visual artist, particularly as a painter, and a beloved adventure comics cartoonist. His adaptations of short stories and opera stand alongside the most sophisticated comics for adult, literary readers. In this session he walks us through the act of adaptation, in particular the choices an artist makes working with an artist.

Straight from CM Campbell, Assistant Professor of Comics & Narrative Practice (CCAD) here in Columbus: “We will take a look at how horror works in storytelling; exploring the visceral human response to the unknown. Using examples from literature and film for contrast, we take a deep look at Junji Ito’s Uzamaki to understand how he created the most terrifying comic.”

SÕL-CON: The Brown and Black Comix Expo brings together Columbus area youth, as well as industry insiders, indie comic creators and exhibitors, for a comic convention unlike any other. In a two-day expo and workshop extravaganza, K-12 youth, Ohio State students, and general public will meet and learn from African American and Latinx creators.

In addition to the grand expo space where you will encounter the most innovative comics by creators of color, you can attend workshops to learn how to create comics, flip-books, Zines, storyboards, and animation.

SÕL-CON is intended as both a celebration of current creative minds and as a means to open doors for youth of color to learn how to express their stories through the comic book storytelling arts. SÕL-CON serves as a forum for the Columbus and Ohio State community to learn from today’s giants in the comic book industry.

Every Fall, SÕL-CON takes place at Ohio State’s Hale Hall and this year will be expanded to Sullivant Hall. SÕL-CON works in partnership with the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum and CXC/Cartoon Crossroads Columbus and the CXC Symposium.  (no symposium in 2019)

SÕL-CON: The Brown and Black Comix Expo will take place on September 25 at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Sullivant Hall for The SOL-CON Graduate Symposium, September 26-27 in Hale Hall for a lecture and reception, and September 28-29 as part of CXC, at the Columbus Metropolitan Library with panel discussions and exhibitors. All events are FREE and open to the public.

SÕL-CON 2019 Schedule

Come join us in celebrating the present, the past, and the future of comics.