Friday, October 14, 9am-6pm, Hale Hall [Martin Luther King Jr. Room 132], 154 W. 12th Ave.

The Mighty SÕL-CON, The Brown and Black Comics Expo, roars to life for year two with its patented Friday on-campus expo, panels, and workshops. There will be “Brown and Black Lives Matter” talkbacks with Hector Rodriguez, Keith Knight and Lalo Alcaraz; K-12 friendly ’zine, cartoon, comics, and digital animation workshops; panels on topics such as creating indie-cons, issues of race, gender, and futurism; and fandom in Latino and African-American comics.

Join some of the best and brightest creators in the country in a high-energy creative atmosphere.

Free and open to the public; there will be workshops for K-12 participants.

Contact: Frederick Luis Aldama, 510-367-9112