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Because you’re tired of the same routine...
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Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
BECAUSE YOU’RE TIRED OF THE SAME ROUTINE…
BE DOWNTOWN
Find something fun to do with our calendar of downtown events.
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Free Comic Book Day
Saturday, May 6, 2023 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
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Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, May 6 encourages patrons to support the comic book industry and independent comic book stores. The Main Library will be hosting programs:
Events ongoing from 10 am-4 pm:
Free Comic Book Day (Atrium)
Free comics for all ages (while supplies last). Enter for a chance to win prizes too.
Community Comic Creating (Opportunity Space @ Patterson)
Join other comic book lovers in creating your own story using our large comic panel templates.
Super Crafts (Community Room 2B)
Make crafts using re-purposed comic pages.
Kids Picks Cartoons (Community Room 2A)
Watch a selection of cartoons featuring animated friends while making a super craft.
Happening throughout the day:
Make Yourself a Hero (Green Screen Room)
10 am-2 pm
Play with props, backgrounds, and green screen technology to place yourself in the story.
Power Play: Superhero Escape Room (Conference Room 3A)
10-11 am, 11:30 am-12:30 pm, 1-2 pm, and 2:30-3:30 pm
You wake up in a room as your secret identity, without your superpowers. If you don’t escape in the next hour, they’ll be gone forever! Fun for adults and families with children age seven and older. Registration required.
Multiverse of Movies (Forum)
- 10:30 am-12:30 pm: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
- 1-3 pm: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
How to Use Comics to Tell a Story (Conference Room 1A)
11:00 am-12 pm
Presented by Sparkle Comics, Dayton’s own comics publisher, learn how to use comics as a medium to tell great stories, from getting started to the basics of self-publishing.
Make Your Own Comic Book (Conference Room 1A)
12:30-2 pm
Using premade comic panels, create a comic book. Binding materials and instructions are available.
Comic Book Collecting with Tony Woltermann (Conference Room 1B)
1-2 pm
Woltermann is a long-time collector who will take patrons through the basics of creating, maintaining, and evaluating a comic book collection. Learn about things that impact the value of comic books, review methods of tracking collections, and learn tips for inexperienced buyers and sellers.
For more information and to register if required, visit DaytonMetroLibrary.org or call the Library’s Ask Me Line at 937.463.2665.