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Justin Colussy-Estes on Comics at the Decatur Book Festival
posted August 16, 2008
 

Here's a forthcoming comics-related event that's off-the-beaten-path, as it were:

The 3rd annual Decatur Book Festival (www.decaturbookfestival.com) on Labor Day weekend (August 29-31) here in Decatur, Ga.

From their website: "The Atlanta Journal Constitution Decatur Book Festival is an annual, free book festival that takes place over Labor Day weekend in Decatur, Georgia at several venues located in and around the downtown Decatur Square. Conceived in 2005 and launched in 2006, the festival brings more than 200 authors to Decatur for the holiday weekend. The authors give readings, talks, and panel discussions. The event is free and open to the public.

"Authors include Pulitzer Prize winning and best-selling authors of fiction in many genres and nonfiction on diverse topics. The authors come to Decatur from across the country and international points as well."

The reason I wanted to bring this to your attention is that, in addition to several cartoonists (Hope Larson, Rich Tommaso, Andy Runton, Ben Towles, Steven and Megumi Cummings, Patrick McDonnell) and Top Shelf attending, Skip Williamson will be there and will have a gallery event as well.

Last year Peter Kuper remarked that he loved this festival and was so glad to come to it rather than something like DragonCon (which takes place the same weekend), where he wasn't a good fit for that venue.

Full disclosure: I helped consult on graphic novels and cartoonists to bring to the festival.