Woodbury library holding Comic Con
WOODBURY On the morning of May 3, Woodbury residents will be encouraged to strut around town in tights.
Library holding Comic Con
WOODBURY On the morning of May 3, Woodbury residents will be encouraged to strut around town in tights.
From 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., the Woodbury Public Library will host its first Comic Con, a free event designed to give comic book and graphic novel enthusiasts of any age a chance to mingle, trade comics, and even rub elbows with a local artist or two.
The event will feature games, food, and local comics vendors, including Frankenstein Comics and Tiki Tiki Board Games. In addition, New Jersey-based comic book writer Tony DiGerolamo — who has worked on the Bart Simpson comic series — will host a seminar on digital comic publishing at 12:45 p.m. Broadcasters from radio station More FM 101.1 will maintain a tent at the event. The library is at 33 Delaware St. in Woodbury.
As the event is being held to mark Free Comic Book Day, a national event observed by comic book vendors on the first Saturday in May each year, each attendee will receive a free comic book.
"Comic books are still 'reading,' they're just a different form," library director Jean Wipf said. "They're not Jane Austen, but we still like to promote reading any way we can."
Visitors who arrive at the event wearing a costume will receive a gift. For more information, call 856-845-2611.
- Jerry Iannelli