Free Comic Book Day 2008

This Saturday May 3rd I will be at Richard’s Comics and Collectables here in Greenville, SC.

The Greenville News did a nice little story about it the event. You can read it online here for you out of townies. Here’s a little part:

J. Chris Campbell, a local artist and creator of the comic Zig Zag , will be present as well, signing his books and drawing free sketches throughout the day, along with Tracy Yardley, current artist of Sonic the Hedgehog and Archie Comics.

Campbell grew up reading comic books and going to comic book conventions.

Seeing and talking to publishers and artists made the art form seem really accessible, he said.

He always loved to draw, but didn’t think he’d be able to make a career out of it. So he majored in marketing at Winthrop University and minored in art.

In 2000, Campbell had the opportunity to see his original comic strip, The Aging Disease, published in a local publication. One thing led to another and soon Campbell started his own publishing company, Wide Awake Press, and published an anthology of comics by local artists

See you at Richard’s!!