Starting Saturday November 7th and running through the 8th, the first ever ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative art will take place at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. The festival is set to celebrate some of the biggest names in comics today, including:
Nick Dragotta (Absolute Batman), Daniel Warren Johnson (Transformers), Ryan Ottley (Invincible), Eric Basaldua (Withchblade), Jim Cheung (Young Avengers), Frank Cho (Skybourne), Ace Continuado (Robyn Hood), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Megan Huang (Star Wars), Dave Johnson (Superman: Red Son), David Mack (Jessica Jones), Dustin Nguyễn (Robin & Batman), Alex Niño (Creepy), Jason Palmer (Firefly), Dan Panosian (Wolverine Paradise), Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra Assassin), Cat Staggs (John Carpenter’s Tales for a Halloween Night), William Stout (Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labyrinth), Dean Yeagle (Mandy), as well as select art dealers and other soon to be announced names.
With a limited number of tickets available, the event is designed to give attendees a chance to speak with artists in person and purchase original art from their collections.
For the event, Alex Ross has hand-painted an image of the iconic symbol of the Biltmore Hotel, the Angel. A limited hand-signed giclee print of the image will be included in select ticket packages.
Tickets are now available at https://iconartfestival.com/) More details will be released in the coming weeks. Follow the ICON Festival of Comic & Narrative Art on Instagram @iconartfestival.
