PORTLAND — The Maine Comics Arts Festival returns to Portland this May to celebrate the comic book art form. More than 100 comic writers, artists, publishers and cartoonists are expected to attend and exhibit at the sixth annual event on Sunday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Portland Company Complex at 58 Fore St. in Portland.
Show organizers Rick Lowell and Laura O’Meara of Casablanca Comics in Portland started the festival in 2009 as a way to promote comics and provide the public with an opportunity to meet the creative talent behind the comics. Admission is free for those 12 and younger. Many of the artists will be in attendance, with their own work on display and available for sale. Programming will be running all day, including cartooning workshops and a cartooning competition.
For more information, visit http://mainecomicsfestival.com or call 780-1676.
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