COMIC BOOK UNIVERSITY

The first Saturday of May is monumental at Comic Book University. Don’t miss Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 4. Celebrating its 18th year, Free Comic Book Day offers a variety of comic books to ensure that readers of all ages can find something to stir their imaginations.  For a list of this year's FCBD offerings, go to:  www.freecomicbookday.com In addition to free comics, CBU will be having its annual FCBD Sale. Take advantage of 30% OFF Statues, 20% OFF Hardcovers & Softcovers, 10% OFF Toys & Funko Pops, and 50% OFF Back Issues. We’ll also be stocked with creators from the comic book industry. Appearing this year will be Kyle Starks, Gavin Smith, Jackie Crofts, Dan Schkade, Lee Cherolis, Ed Cho and Mark Brayer. Free Comic Book Day kicks off at 10 a.m. and runs until 9 p.m. at The U.

Kyle Starks is the Eisner nominated creator of Sexcastle. He’s also written and drawn a bunch of other great stuff like Rick and Morty, Invader Zim and Mars Attacks. His new book Assassin Nation with Erica Henderson is a bombastic, side-splitting murder-fest. Kyle hails from Southern Indiana where he is married to the most wonderful woman and lucky father of the most fantastic girls.

Gavin Smith lives in Indianapolis and is currently the artist on The Accelerators for Blue Juice Comics. Last year Gavin’s artwork was featured in FCBD 2018 Starburns Presents #1, Ghost in the Shell Neural Network and Dan Harmon’s Gregory Graves! His next project, Dead Legends, published by Wave Blue World is poised to be a breakout hit. Gavin is a 2011 graduate of the Kubert School.

Jackie Crofts is an Indianapolis based illustrator currently working alongside writer James F. Wright on Action Lab Entertainment’s Nutmeg. In addition to comic illustration, doing art for games is her second passion (next to gardening). She has worked on several educational games as well as her personal project, a point-and-click mystery game called Stranger Dreams.

Dan Schkade is a freelance comic book writer and artist from Austin, Texas currently residing in Indianapolis. This year, Dan’s artwork is featured in FCBD 2019 Starburns Presents #2! His credits also include Will Eisner's The Spirit, Battlestar Galactica: Gods and Monsters and San Hannibal. Also check out his weekly mystery/adventure webcomic Lavender Jack.

Hoosier Mark Brayer has been working professionally in the art/design business for over 30 years creating art for corporate logos, greeting cards, comic strips, comic books, children’s books, book covers, character design, etc. Mark also produces artwork for Officially Licensed Star Trek products.

Lee Cherolis is an Illustrator, Cartoonist, Graphic Designer and bass player for The Shake Ups. He’s responsible for everything visual with Scout Comics Little Guardians including character designs, pencils and inks. Lee also organizes Indianapolis’ local comic artist and writer meetup, the Indy Webcomics Group.

Ed Cho is the writer for Little Guardians and created a webcomic inspired by his cats at www.alandscout.com. He is an active member in Indy Webcomics Group, and was featured in their anthology entitled: Welcome to Indiana, with his story Skeletons in the Elevator. Ed is also guitarist for The Shake Ups.