BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2813@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20171020 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20171022 DTSTAMP:20170928T204808Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/victoria-gallery-museum-comic-ar t-festival/ SUMMARY:Victoria Gallery & Museum: Victoria Gallery & Museum: Comic Art Fes tival DESCRIPTION:University of Liverpool's Victoria Gallery &\; Museum announ ces Comic Art Festival\n\nA special comic art festival feature writing an d drawing workshops\, guided tours\, film screening and a Q&\;A session will take place at the University’s Victoria Gallery &\; Museum (VG &\;M) on Friday 20 and Saturday 21 October 2017.\n\nThe VG&\;M Comi c Art Festival is inspired by the exhibition of Liverpool-born comic art ist John Higgins\, who found global success as a comic book artist and wri ter for 2000AD\, DC and Marvel\, which is currently on display in the VG&a mp\;M It will include practical workshops that will give participants an i nsight into how to write for comic books and how to develop a storyboard. These sessions will be facilitated by John Higgins himself and comic book writer\, Mike Carroll.\n\nThere will also be a drawing workshop led by J ohn Higgins who will demonstrate his techniques for drawing monsters.\n\n A special Q&\;A session with John Higgins and other comic writers and a rtists will explore themes of democracy and politics in Mega-City One\, th e fictional city-state featured in the Judge Dredd comic book series.\n\nT here will also be a screening of the 2012 film\, Judge Dredd\, directed by Pete Travis and written and produced by Alex Garland.\n\nThe Festival wil l come to a close with a roundtable discussion about the comic process and the future collaboration between Judge Dredd and Razorjack\, the comic bo ok created\, written and illustrated by John Higgins.\n\nThere will be a s mall charge for some events but many events are free.\n\nPlaces are limite d and booking is essential.  Visit this webpage to find out more and to book onto individual events.\n\nIn keeping with the Festival theme\, the Waterhouse Café\, located in the VG&\;M\, will be serving superhero sa ndwiches and supervillain pizzas throughout the two days.\n\nThe exhibitio n `Beyond Dredd and Watchmen: The Art of John Higgins’ which features Hi ggins’ original art displayed alongside examples of the work of the arti sts and science fiction classics that inspired him\, is on display in the Victoria Gallery &\; Museum until February 2018.\n\n \n\nVG&\;M Com ic Art Festival Programme:\n\nFriday 20 October:\n\n11am – 1pm Comic Wr iting Workshop One | 2 – 4pm Comic Writing Workshop Two\n\n(£10 charg e for both workshops)\n\n5.30 – 7pm – Film Judge Dredd  (Cert 18)\, Leggate Theatre\n\n7.30 – 8.30pm – Q&\;A: Democracy and the Politi cs of Mega City One (£10) includes wine reception\n\nSaturday 21 October: \n\n2 – 4pm – Drawing Monsters workshop (£5)\n\n5 – 6.30pm – Fe stival Finale roundtable (free) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2017/09/VGM_ComicArtFestival.jpg LOCATION:Victoria Gallery & Museum\, Ashton Street\, University of Liverpoo l\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom GEO:53.406158;-2.966418 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Ashton Street\, University of Liverpool\, Liverpool\, L69 3DR\, Liverpool\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RA DIUS=100;X-TITLE=Victoria Gallery & Museum:geo:53.406158,-2.966418 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20170326T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR