There’s not a whole lot in the way of details, but according to Publisher’s Weekly, the first annual Kid’s Comic Con in NYC last week was a big success. I first met the con organizer, Alex Simmons, nearly a decade ago, and while I haven’t kept in touch with him as closely as I’d have liked, I’m ecstatic to hear that his event went over so well.

Held on Saturday, April 28, at Bronx Community College, the daylong affair saw kids of all ages checking out a variety of comic books, meeting comics professionals and attending workshops on how to create their own comics.

Organizer Alex Simmons—educational outreach director at New York’s Museum for Comic and Cartoon Art and a comics scribe in his own right—said he was very pleased with how the day turned out. “Everything we did seemed really successful in a lot of ways and appreciated by the people who came,” he said.

The rest of the piece can be read here, and here’s another article on the con.

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