Las Vegas comic book festival attracts young, old
Izabella, left, and Dalayla, right, both eight, make drawings during at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pj Perez, right, talks to Angelica Brozoto, 21, at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Boxes filled with comic books wait for fans to arrive at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Lego Jewelry made by Kellee Reid hangs on display at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Reid has been making jewelry out of Lego Characters for four years, selling them on Etsy through her business Bricks Rock. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Amy Chu, right, a comic book writer who has written for Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman and Red Sonya, signs a comic for Sal, left, at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Jean Munson, 31, with Plot Twist Publishing, a Las Vegas based comic book publisher, teaches a class on drawing at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Comic books from Plot Twist Publishing, a Las Vegas based publisher, sit on display at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Heath Randall, 39, right, buys a comic book from writer Greg Boucher, left, at the tent for the Las Vegas based Plot Twist Publishing at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Kellee Reid, left, talks to customers at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Reid has been making jewelry out of Lego Characters for four years, selling them on Etsy through her business Bricks Rock. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Comic books with stories set in Las Vegas sit on the Table of Pj Perez at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Tyler Moir, 28, cosplays as Batman at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Moir is part of the charity Critical Car Comics, which delivers donated comic books to sick children in hospitals while dressed as superheroes. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Amy Chu, right, a comic book writer who has written for Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman and Red Sonya, signs a comic for a fan at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Eleven-year-old Jack Carlson searches through boxes for Civil War II comic books at the ShimpSonS Comics tent during at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Pj Perez talks to a customer at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Comic book fans dig through boxes of comic books at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Comic book fans talk to artists and sellers at the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival at the Clark County Library in Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018. Brett Le Blanc Las Vegas Review-Journal
Fans flocked to the Clark County Library on Saturday for the 11th annual Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival.
The festival included panel discussions, presentations by comic artists and writers, opportunities to meet artists and comic book creators, games, music performances, a cosplay how-to and retailers selling comics and collectibles.
One of the panel discussions on Saturday featured contributors to “Where We Live,” a benefit anthology conceived by Las Vegas artist J.H. Williams III and Wendy Wright-Williams for victims of last year’s Route 91 Harvest festival shooting.
Other speakers and discussions covered topics such as “How to Draw Anything,” “Wonder Woman: Bondage and Liberation” presented by Ben Saunders; “Can Comic Books Save the World?” presented by Benjamin Morse, visiting professor of new media at UNLV and former editorial director of digital media at Marvel Entertainment and “Write On! Comics by Creators of Color,” with comic creators Taneka Stotts, Amy Chu and Gene Ha.
