Hawthorne High Comic Con: Hawthorne, NJ: May 7th

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Hawthorne High School Comic Convention Celebrates 70 years of American Comic Books

 

Hawthorne High School Comic Con

 

The comic book industry has been a large part of American culture for at least the past seven decades. In honor of this on-going tradition, the Hawthorne High School Cartooning Club is starting to create a tradition of its own. Following in the footsteps of last year's convention, the club will now be holding an annual Hawthorne High School Comic Book Convention every year on the first or second Saturday in May. This year's convention will take place on May 7, 2005.

Students from grades 9-12 will be using this event as a fund-raiser for the art program at Hawthorne High School, under their advisors and art teachers, Danielle Russo and Allan Rosenberg. Last year's convention helped the department to purchase new equipment to be utilized in every type of art class. Mr. Rosenberg served as the founder and co-organizer of the Ramapo High School Convention for many years, and continues to work as the "Talent Coordinator" for Big Apple Conventions in New York City. Attendees to the Hawthorne Con can expect the same amount of professional talent and special features as any of the New York conventions.

Celebrating 70 years of comic books, this year's convention will feature creators from the Golden Age to creators from the Modern Era. Scheduled to make appearances are "big name" comic creators like:

Walter Simonson

Denny O'Neil

James Romberger

Mark Texiera

Chris Eliopoulos

Buddy Scalera

Jamal Igle

Joe Staton

Bob Pinaha

Paul Bonanno

John Workman

Tania Del Rio

Howard Simpson

Crazee Comics

Arnold Drake

Damion Scott

Ed Meares

Rachel Kadushin

Danny Fingeroth

Ramona Fradon

Buzz

Tom Palmer

Scott Roberts

Jim Salicrup

Scott Kress

Julio Caesar

Charles Barnett III

Ken Gale

Mike Bair

Louis Small Jr.

Arthur Lewandowski

Mark Sparacio

Ian Dorian

Guy Dorian

Mike Bair

Michelle Witchipoo

Julio Picallo

Joe Giella

 

In addition to these creators, MOCCA, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art will also be in attendance.

There will also be art lessons, panel discussions, and an auction, proceeds from which will benefit the Hawthorne High School art department.

 

Plus, dealers will be on-hand, ready to sell, trade, or buy comics, toys, original artwork, anime, DVDs & Videos, non-sports trading cards, video games, and more!

 

Hawthorne High School is located at 160 Parmelee Avenue in Hawthorne, N.J., 07506, just 30 minutes outside Manhattan and accessible by bus and train. Directions can be found on Mapquest.

 

Admission to the convention is only $3, and the show's hours are 10am to 4pm on May 7th. We hope that all those interested will be able to attend this day of excitement and adventure.

 

For more information, visit the Big Apple Comic Con website (www.bigapplecon.com) and click on the Hawthorne High School link.