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Major fantasy art show set to debut in Kansas City

Spectrum Fantastic Art Live logo
Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! is scheduled to bring dozens of celebrated fantasy artists to Kansas City in May 2012.

A major fantasy art show has been scheduled for May 2012 in Kansas City. According to the promoters, Arnie and Cathy Fenner, Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! will be the Midwest’s first convention focusing solely on fantasy, science fiction, and all other forms of fantastic art, paintings and sculpture.

From physical to digital, Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! will celebrate the creativity and talent of dozens of renowned artists. Special guests include fantasy art and comic luminaries Brom, Phil Hale, Andrew “Android” Jones, Iain McCaig, and Mike Mignola. Other confirmed exhibitors include, Michael Whelan, Boris Vallejo and Julie Bell.

A natural extension of the art anthology, Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art, Spectrum Fantastic Art Live! will take place on May 18-20, 2012, in the Grand Ballroom of Kansas City’s Bartle Hall. It will feature more than 200 exhibitors and is expected to attract more than 5,000 attendees.

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Free State Comicon planned for September

2011 Free State Freecon
The 2011 Free State Comicon is scheduled for September 10th in Lawrence, Kansas.

Plans continue to come together for the annual Free State Comicon. Promoter Craig Klotz is currently seeking established comics creators. “We’re soliciting comic book creators to come as guests to this year’s Lawrence show, Klotz wrote on the Kansas City Fan Conventions page on Facebook. “If you’re an established comic book creator or cartoonist, please drop us a line.”

Klotz has held the convention annually since 2006. Last year’s guest list included more than 25 creators, including Ande Parks (Union Station, Green Arrow), Jai Nitz (Tron, The Green Hornet), Kevin Mellon (Gearhead, S.H.I.E.L.D.), and Stephen Sanders (Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age, S.W.O.R.D.)

The 2011 Free State Comicon is scheduled for September 10th. It will be held in Building #21 of the Douglas County Fairgrounds at 2110 Harper Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Admission is $3.00.

Here’s a video from last year’s event.