For Immediate Release Destiny City Comics Contact: Michael Fitzgerald Phone: (253) 234-7112 Email: DCCFestival@gmail.com Website: DestinyCityComics.com <http://www.destinycitycomics.com> Destiny City Comics & Arts Festival 2019 at Alma Mater Tacoma Event Date/Time: July 27, 1-7 p.m. Tacoma, WA July 27, 2019: This July, Destiny City Comics is bringing together over 30 regional comics creators and artists at the Destiny City Comics & Arts Festival 2019. Creators will showcase creative works, chat with festival goers about their creative process, and sign and sell locally crafted comics, zines, books, art prints, posters, and a variety of artistic “swag” (stickers, pins, buttons, etc). It is a free and public event, intended to highlight the breadth and high caliber of artistic talent among regional comics and art creators. The Comics & Arts Festival will take place from 1 – 7 p.m. on July 27, in the outdoor space at Alma Mater Tacoma. Festival Goers will have opportunities to connect with 33 different artists, illustrators, writers, publishers and creators. There will also be music playing throughout the afternoon, including a live DJ from Jankuland, a local consignment and record shop located in Stadium district, Tacoma. Special guests at the festival include comics creator, writer and illustrator Sloane Leong, whose work includes Prism Stalker (Image Comics) and A Map of The Sun (First Second); Rob Sheridan of the popular sci-fi comic book High Level (DC/Vertigo) and former creative director of nine inch nails; Dana Simpson, creator of Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Ozy and Millie; David Lasky, creator of Boom Boom and The Carter Family (Abrams ComicArts, Eisner Award recipient 2013) and graphic novel instructor at Richard Hugo House; Roberta Gregory, creator of Naughty Bits (Fantagraphics) and Bitchy Bitch (Fantagraphics); Matt Sheean, co-creator of Ancestor (Image Comics) and Expansion (AdHouse Books); and Zack Soto, creator of The Secret Voice (Study Group Comic Books), and Study Group Magazine. The festival also includes creations by Michael Koehler, ALLDIRTNOSPARKLE, Blue Cat Co., Colin Andersen Illustration, Bricker-Down Productions, Chris Buckley Art, Maida and Maila Cervania, Nolan Christensen, The Art of Lori Collins, Masha Fikhman, Delia Gable, It’s Gud Comix, Cameo Hunter, Invisible Dot, Kalen Knowles, Stacy LeFevre, Microverse Press, Murd Comics, Rock Paper Riso, Rododo, Sushi You Can Hug, Two-Headed Tiger, Wayward Studios, and Zach Curtis Art. In addition, Jankuland will have clothing and vinyl records available for sale throughout the event. Tacoma Art Museum will also have a representative on-site to chat with festival goers about ongoing museum programs. Honey, a café located at Alma Mater Tacoma, will be open throughout the festival, with food and drinks available for purchase. Matriarch Lounge, an on-site restaurant, will open at 4 p.m. For Immediate Release