{"id":29516,"date":"2015-11-30T10:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T10:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=29516"},"modified":"2015-11-30T10:05:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T10:05:46","slug":"indie-comic-expo-takes-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/30\/indie-comic-expo-takes-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Indie comic expo comes to town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An alternative comic exposition is set to take stage in Cardiff just before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>On 12 December Cardiff Masonic Hall will host a public comic show focused on Welsh small\u00a0publishers and creators rather than more commercial products.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29521\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29521\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Independent Comic Expo\u2019s logo. The event features less known artists of the Welsh comic scene\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29521\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n.jpg\" alt=\"Cardiff Independent Comic Expo\u2019s logo. The event features less known artists of the Welsh comic scene\" width=\"480\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/11831648_510024885840817_3249913514847687252_n-300x125.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> The\u00a0expo\u2019s logo. The event features less known artists of the Welsh comic scene<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Event organiser Mike Allwood says that out of the expo\u2019s 35 tables only six will be dedicated to traders; the rest will be writers and artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLocal creators play a big role in the event,\u201d Mike says. \u201cThis means lots of interaction at tables, and gives the public a chance to see the creative process and a lot of titles that their local may not stock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will expand in a bigger <a href=\"https:\/\/ciceevents.wordpress.com\">Independent Comic Exposition<\/a> coming to Cardiff in the end of June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cardiff Independent Comic Expo kicks off in December<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":29522,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[3815,4556,3719,261,5164],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-29516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-comic","tag-comics","tag-cosplay","tag-expo","tag-indie-comic-expo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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