About Us
2D, the Northern Ireland Festival was conceived as an exciting way of extending and promoting the comics related work that the Verbal Arts Centre has undertaken over the last two and a half years. The Centre initially used some short comic workshops as a way of improving literacy skills in young males.
Following the success of these sessions, the Centre decided to expand its range of projects and employ an artist in residence with knowledge of the comics industry in order to add to these workshops, provide illustrations for Centre projects and develop a comic festival that would bring some of the top creative talent in comics to the North West. This resulted in 2D - the Northern Ireland Comics Festival, which was held in the Verbal Arts Centre and Sandinos Bar in April 2007 and proved to be a great success.
The festival is different from most comic conventions as it is a completely free event offering free admission to workshops, panels and the open day. By making all parts of the event free of charge, the Centre is trying to make the festival as accessible and inclusive as possible, continuing its work in promoting comic book culture and celebrating the artform.
