Creating Independent Comics with Brian Middleton

Brian Middleton of Colesmith Comics joins us on April 1st, as part of our special "1st Wednesdays" with Teen Book Club and Young Writers Group. All Ages are welcome for this event, where Brian will speak about developing and creating an independent, creator-owned comic, including pitching to and working with independent publishers. Followed by Q&A. 

Brian Middleton has been telling stories in one form or another for his whole life. His first comic book (published by his brother's 4th grade teacher and the school's copy machine) sold out at the distributor level. After that there was no looking back! He continued drawing as the years went on but developed other creative interests besides comic books.  He started a ska band with his brothers and eventually self-published a fantasy novel. Years passed. Eventually he married the woman of his dreams and together they started a family. At this point his mind began to drift back to his first creative passion: comic books. After dipping his toe in the water with a handful of self-published and work-for-hire comics he decided to take the deep dive and create his first series, Wulfborne. The three issue mini-series, published by Scout Comics, released in February 2019 to rave reviews. Reading With A Flight Ring called the book "an understated masterpiece of fiction" and called Brian "a madman, a fool and a genius", which, as far as anyone knows is all true. With the creation of Wulfborne complete Brian has turned his creative attention toward his next project, an all-ages adventure story featuring a lion named Poiko. The rest of his attention is focused squarely on his one wonderful wife, two beautiful daughters and six (insert adjective of your choice here) cats.