SATURDAY - JULY 11
1:00 PM
Brian Michael Bendis in Conversation
Cleveland Public Library
4:00 PM
Cedar Lee Theatre
Details & registration coming soon
SUNDAY - JULY 12
9 AM - 6 PM - Maltz Museum & Mishkan Or, Beachwood, OH
PANELS
Award-winning creators & scholars on Superman, comics history and graphic storytelling
WORKSHOPS
Family-friendly cartooning & hands-on creative activities
ARTIST ALLEY
Meet artists, writers, and independent creators
EXHIBITON
Icons in Ink: The Jewish Experience
What is
Icons Fest
Join the Maltz Museum for two days of conversations, workshops, artist meet-and-greets, family activities, and special events inspired by the exhibition Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience.
Most festival programming will take place at Congregation Mishkan Or, located next door to the Museum, and attendees can easily walk between the two campuses throughout the day.
Schedule
Featured Guests
Headliners
• Brian Michael Bendis, Award-winning writer, Ultimate Spider-Man
• Terri Libenson, New York Times bestselling author and creator of “Pajama Diaries”
• Peter Kuper, New Yorker cartoonist and creator of Spy vs. Spy
• Danny Fingeroth, Former Marvel editor and writer
• Jon Bogdanove, Superman artist and co-creator of Steel
• Phillip Johnson Kennedy, Acclaimed Superman writer and author
• Marc Andreyko, Award-winning writer and co-creator of Torso
Featured speakers & Creators
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Joe Rubinstein, Legendary comic artist and inker
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Gary Dumm, Award-winning artist and longtime collaborator of Harvey Pekar
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Amy Kurzweil, Acclaimed graphic memoirist and author of Flying Couch
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Matt Horak, Comic book artist for Spider-Man and Deadpool
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Ben and Max Berkowitz, Comic creators and co-authors of The Writer
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Joshua Sky, Creator and illustrator of educational comics and graphic novels