Pocket Con 2012!

July 7, 2012 at 12-6pm!

Pocket Con is a single day convention for Chicago Teens. It focuses on work by artists of color, particularly African American authors and artists, as well as comics with a primary character who is Black. Pocket Con also features work in the comic genre by other underrepresented groups, such as women and LGBT authors/characters, as well as topics of related interest, such as small-budget film-making, radio drama, and zines.

Our mission for this event is primarily to promote literacy using the graphic novel format, reflect on the history of race and gender portrayal in comics and film, and introduce characters, writers and authors who have a different voice than the primarily white, primarily male, primarily straight characters written by generations of comic authors (themselves primarily white, straight, and male). We would also like to empower young writers and artists by introducing them to the collaborative process that is comic creation, and encourage them to produce and submit work of their own for contests at the con.

 

Pocket Con is completely FREE to all teens and adults accompanying them. However, the content of most of the talks and presentations are geared toward teens and are not well suited to younger children.

Please do take a moment to register so we know that you are coming. We will allow people to register on the day of the event, but we may run out of space.. Also, the first 100 teens to register will get an awesome looking official Pocket Con button!

To Register, Click here!