MACC-POW! will be smiling in June

Comic event MACC-POW! returns for its 3rd year bigger, bolder and brighter than before.

Within the programme for the town’s Barnaby arts festival – MACC-POW! takes place in the Town Hall on Saturday 23rd of June 2018.

This year’s line-up sees no less than 35 creators from around the world, including MACC-POW! veterans lovable Lew Stringer and perky Paul Grist, alongside David Leach, Nick Brokenshire, Laura Howell, Ilya, Emmeline Pidgen, Missed Deadline magazine, Marc and Nancy Jackson, Dick Vincent, Jessica on Paper, Rick Eades, Dr Sarah, Joe Matthews, Lyndon White, Ken McFarlane, Laura Crow, Jim Boswell, Nick Prolix, James Chapman, Colin Mathieson (Accent UK) Chris Askham, Christine Pym, Noemie Pounder, Dan Whitehead, 15 year old cartoonist Harrison Smith, Sarah Spendlove, Fox Hat and Macclesfield and Sale and Stockport’s comic shops The Nerds of Valhalla and WOW comix!

MCC-POW! will also welcome its first two international guests – Barcelona based Spanish cartoonists Lorenzo Montatore and Genie Espinosa – supported by friends from the Lakes international comic-art festival bringing their unique styles of cartooning to our already full to bursting line-up.

2017 Observer comic prize winner, Tor Freeman, will be in conversation on the day in the Cartoon-a-room along with U.S. Cartoonist Jess Smart Smiley – who will be running a drawing workshop live from his studio in Utah!

As in previous years, selected classic cartoons will be showcased on the day.

Missed Deadline editor Jessica Kemp will be in conversation with Lew Stringer and David Leach – talking about their careers and celebrating 50 years of comic events in the UK.

MACC-POW! will see the launch of a brand-new digital comic for children on the day, more info in the coming months!

This year the buzz for the event will commence early – one seeing Dennis and Gnasher cartoonist Nigel Parkinson visit Macclesfield’s library on June 21st, to launch the Summer reading challenge (this year themed around the Beano, finally connecting libraries and reading to comics!!)

A truly unique event for both comics and Macclesfield.

See you in June… MACC-POW!!