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Shof - Keynote Presentation

Toledo Comic Arts Festival

2023-11-04 15:00:00 2023-11-04 16:00:00 America/New_York Shof - Keynote Presentation Special guest Shofela Coker (New Masters) talks about being born and raised in Nigeria, moving to the US, becoming an artist, and co-creating the Image series New Masters with his brother Shobo. Main Library - McMaster Center and Lobby

Saturday, November 04
3:00pm - 4:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-11-04 15:00:00 2023-11-04 16:00:00 America/New_York Shof - Keynote Presentation Special guest Shofela Coker (New Masters) talks about being born and raised in Nigeria, moving to the US, becoming an artist, and co-creating the Image series New Masters with his brother Shobo. Main Library - McMaster Center and Lobby

Main Library

McMaster Center and Lobby

Special guest Shofela Coker (New Masters) talks about being born and raised in Nigeria, moving to the US, becoming an artist, and co-creating the Image series New Masters with his brother Shobo.

TolCAF special guest Shofela Coker (New Masters) talks about being born and raised in Nigeria, moving to the US, becoming an artist, and co-creating the Image Comics series New Masters with his brother Shobo.

Presented in partnership with Image Comics.

Shof is a comic book artist and director in animation born and raised in Lagos, Nigeria. He co-created the African futurist series NEW MASTERS and kickstarted the comic OUTCASTS OF JUPITER. He was the art director for LIYANA, an animated documentary, which won several awards including Best Documentary at the LA Film Festival and Grand Prize at the New York Children’s Film Festival. He previously worked in video games as a character designer and art director and is currently directing a Nigerian sci-fi animated short film with Triggerfish and Disney titled MOREMI.

Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since become the third largest comics publisher in the United States, publishing comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre and style imaginable.

AGE GROUP: | All Ages |

EVENT TYPE: | Performances/Special Events |

TAGS: | tolcaf | bigidea |

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