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Collin Simpson / Contributing Writer
Located at the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, the FIU Comics Club is where students who are comic book lovers can meet and converse about upcoming events in the comic book and fantasy world.
“The FIU Comics Club is an award winning club since its inception. It won the most outstanding club of FIU two years running. Our mission is to create a community where the reading of comic books and graphic novels is encouraged,” said Fernando Ottati, faculty advisor of the Comics Club.
In addition to organizing trips to various conventions, the FIU Comics Club designs and promotes its very own FIU Comic-Con on campus. As the fall session begins, the Comics Club is hard at work planning their next comic convention with President Javier Diaz and Ottati taking the helm. This will be their third convention.
Last year’s Comic-Con was a smashing success, with guest artists from Marvel and DC Comics, as well as dozens of vendors, peddling items from comic books and video games to decorative jewelry. This year’s Comic-Con will take place on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 4 pm at Panther Square, located in the Wolfe University Center on the Biscayne Bay Campus.
According to the coordinators for this event, volunteers are needed between 8 am and 10 am with set-up and transport of items from the loading dock to Panther Square. Volunteers are also needed anytime from 10 am to 4 pm for assistance and the distribution of free items available during the event.
“All students who are willing to volunteer are going to receive an exclusive event Comic Con T-shirt with the Comic’s Club logo on it,” explained Ottati.
The FIU Comics Club promises an action packed day for all who attend this event. This convention is free and open to both students and the public.
With more than 20 vendors in attendance, this year’s Comic-Con is hoping to draw a record-breaking crowd. Retailers will be selling an array of products including comic books, memorabilia, pop culture items, posters and video games.
“We will be giving away comics for free, as well as tote bags and buttons. We will also have artists from Marvel Comics attending, similar to what we did last year,” said Ottati.
Included in this year’s Comic-Con is a cosplay contest, with prizes from the Florida Supercon and Tate’s Comics, as well as exclusive posters of superhero movies such as Ant-Man.
If students can’t wait until November to get their comic book fix, the club is currently planning an array of activities including attendance to Wizard World Fort Lauderdale and Animate-Miami.
The club’s first meeting for this semester is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept. 15 in WUC 159 on the BBC Campus at 1 p.m. All students are welcome to attend.
At this meeting, club members will begin discussing events for the fall, such as the yearly Potluck and trivia events for DC and Marvel Comics. Also in the works is a trip to Tate’s Comics, the most popular comic store in South Florida, on October 24 for their annual Halloween Sale.
The FIU Comics Club can be contacted on their Facebook page, where students will find posts of photographs from their recent events, news articles about off-campus comic book conventions, as well as comic book television and film adaptations.
To volunteer or to get more information on the Comic-Con, contact the Comics Club through their email at comics@fiu.edu. They can also be contacted at any of the following sites listed below:
Official Website: https://orgsync.com/69252/chapter
Facebook: Comics Club FIU
Twitter: ComicsClubFIU
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