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Tampa Bay Comic Con Recap
What an epic weekend! Tampa Bay Comic Convention 2024 was truly amazing. Once again, FanExpo has done a spectacular job at hosting such a dynamic and well-planned event.
We were honored to host, not one, but two workshops this weekend!
The titles were “The Comic Book Genius Project” and “create Your Own Comic Book Workshop.” Both sessions were filled to capacity, standing room only. When we saw that all of the seats were filled, Mannie and I both said a silent prayer of thankfulness.You can work so hard at your passion for years, and years, pushing through the challenges — believe it that the day will come when everything falls into place. Well, this event definitely fell into place, in a major way.
We were thrilled for our first presentation at the Atlanta Comic Convention back in 2023. Then the year that followed was truly a doozy. We experienced a house fire that really flipped our lives upside down, in more ways than one. But we’ve been blessed every step of the way.
And now, we can officially say that our experience this weekend was even more awesome than last time.
Photo from the first day of our workshop.
What great workshops!
In our presentations, we explored the creative process of story telling, the development of engaging characters, and comic books being a key to unlocking genius in exceptional minds!Our attendees were a diverse group of people of all ages, and everyone was fully engaged in our presentation. They were able to ask such great questions, and share their insights on what makes for rich character creation, setting, and more.
Shout Outs
We met some super amazing people this weekend— A professor of animation from Egypt, parents who appreciated our mission of creating epic reads with a sound moral compass, and other creators who have been working hard at their passions. However, one gentleman came as quite a surprise! DMC (of the legendary hip-hop group Run DMC) was in the house!
He was promoting his comic book company “Daryl Makes Comics” and his new cookie company “Daryl Makes Cookies.” Absolutely brilliant. We also got to catch his interview. It was candid, moving, and inspirational.
Mannie with DMC. This was great.
We also want to send a special shout out to our crew! Our four daughters, Amirah, Asha, Asanti, Amaziah — and our niece, Akeba — all did so much to help make this week a success. Thank you ladies for working as our photographers, videographers, and overall helpers. We couldn’t do this without you!
We also want to thank our Flowing Rivers parents who believe in our mission, and have supported us in changing the world one comic book, and one kid at a time!
One more thank you goes out to Croix and the entire team at FanX Events for hosting such and epic weekend!
Stay tuned for more exciting news!
Peace, Love, and Comics,
Zee and Mannie
