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No Kings Comic Con combines pop culture + voting information

The free online event will feature G. Willow Wilson, Greg Pak, Ethan Sacks, ChrisCross, an animated ‘Justice League Unlimited’ reunion, Star Trek guests, Minor Threats creators and more, alongside information about early voting.

Comics creators and pop culture guests will come together Thursday, Oct. 15, for the first-ever No Kings Comic Con, a free virtual event organized by Comix Action and Hands Off NYC that will combine conversations about comics and entertainment with voter information ahead of November’s midterm elections.

Running from 7 to 9 p.m. Eastern, the event will be co-hosted by comics writers Greg Pak and Ethan Sacks, co-founders of Comix Action. The program will feature actors, writers, musicians and artists discussing their work, with information about the No Kings: Vote Early initiative.

Comix Action describes itself as a group of New York-area comics creators and industry professionals working to support colleagues and communities. Hands Off NYC is a coalition of community, labor, faith and advocacy organizations.

“Comic book creators who draw and dream about superheroes who fight for truth, justice, and a better tomorrow and the actors who play those characters on screen want to contribute to those ideals, too. This is our opportunity to help out on an important cause and have some fun doing it,” Sacks said.  

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Oni Press launches voting information site — with comics, of course

‘Draw Out the Vote’ provides guidance and resources for registering to vote — along with a comic for each state.

Comics have always been a natural medium for political commentary and perspectives, whether its political cartoons or even comic books like Captain America and the X-Men. So this new site from Oni Press seems like a natural outgrowth of that decades-old relationship: Draw Out the Vote seeks to educate voters about their state’s voting laws through webcomics.

Each state is represented on the site, along with Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., and each gets it own comic from a different artist. Contributors include Arigon Starr, Jarrett Williams, Melanie Gillman, Rashad Doucet, Janet Lee and many more. In many cases, the cartoonist is from or currently lives in the state they drew a comic for. And in addition to a comic, the page for each state includes links to register to vote and other resources.

“Voting is the first step in civic engagement and something that should be relatively easy for every citizen, but that’s obviously not always the case,” said Oni Press Publisher James Lucas Jones. “With DrawOuttheVote.com, we want to give a platform for cartoonists to explore their passion for participating in the political process and to give voters a quick and easy starter guide on getting registered and making a plan to get their ballot in the box this November.”

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