This is Comic Geekspeak, Episode 189.

Welcome to Comic Geek Speak. I'm Brian Deamer.

I'm Matt. I'm Brian Christman. I'm Shane Kelly. I'm Jamie Dee.

And I'm Peter Rios.

And this episode of Comic Geekspeak is sponsored by Explorium of Lexington's ExplorerCon.

It's a family comic book convention 440 West Short Street, Lexington, Kentucky.

It is October 28th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

It's a family-friendly version of the huge comic book conventions in Chicago and San Diego.

It features an amateur comic book art show for artists under the age of 21.

Central Kentucky's young people can sculpt an action figure, paint a superhero portrait,

draw a nine-panel comic page, or use their favorite graphic software to create a cover design, anything that they can imagine drawing inspiration from manga, graphic novels, or comic books. In addition to the art show, there will be workshops in creature illustration, an artist's alley with artists offering original artwork for sale, a demonstration

on designing a web comic and a panel discussion with local comic industry professionals.

Admission is $5, kids 12 and under who come in costume will receive a dollar discount

off regular admission.

In addition to the typical programs, ExplorerCon will also feature a live action battle between superheroes and villains performed by the known world players.

For full schedule, check out www.explur-I-U-M dot com.

That's E-X-P-L-O-R-I-U-M dot com or www.myspace.com slash Explorium and their phone

number is 859-258

3253. Again, that's October 28th

from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

And we're going to take

a look at

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