Cork Comic Expo: A chance to meet Ireland’s top artists

The Cork Comic Expo will gather the nation’s top talents, writes Don O’Mahony

NEXT month sees the inaugural Cork Comic Expo take place at Mahon Point shopping centre. Organised by Cork illustrator Will Sliney, who last year became the first Irish artist to be offered a full-time contract from the leading comics brand Marvel, it will see a number of the country’s top comic book artists and enthusiasts gather for the first event of such a scale in the southern city.

Recent years have seen a number of Irish comic artists and writers make inroads into the comic industry. Hailing from Ballycotton, Sliney proved that one could make it in the business while still being based in Ireland.