Simmons Says: Supporters Send Kids Comic Con/Color of Comics to Africa

By
Alex Simmons
– Posted on October 26, 2010
Second Attempt Raises the Necessary Funds Kids Comics Con and the Color of Comics exhibit will be going to Senegal,...
Second Attempt Raises the Necessary Funds
Kids Comics Con and the Color of Comics exhibit will be going to Senegal, Africa, thanks to supporters who helped raise $5,201, passing the needed goal of $5000. Alex Simmons said the fundraiser continues
until Tuesday, October 26th, at 6 PM (http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2018979378/kcc-expo-2-africa), so additional funds are still welcome.
“We love that our colleagues, comic fans, and supporters believe, like we do, that answering the call and sharing our art is worth supporting,” Simmons said. “When we were asked to bring the Kids Comic Con to children and teens in Senegal, we wanted to say yes but the funding wasn’t there. Now it’s very satisfying that so many friends agreed with us and made sure this beautiful international moment will happen.”
Expect more news about this unique, exciting, first ever experience in the coming weeks!

 

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About Alex Simmons

Over the past 20 years Alex Simmons has written (and in some cases also created) a number of juvenile mysteries under a variety of pseudonyms for many well-known publishers. He has also penned two educational documentaries and several stage plays. One of his plays, Sherlock Holmes & the Hands of Othello, received critical praise and was published in Black Thunder: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Drama, published by Signet/Mentor Books. Simmons has written three movie novelizations for Disney and three biographies for Steck-Vaughn, including one on Denzel Washington. As a voiceover talent, Simmons can be heard on a wide range of projects from O'Henry Bars, to podcasting financial information for DeLoitte and Touche. Simmons has traveled the country as a guest speaker and teaching artist. He has developed and conducted creative writing workshops (prose, comics, journalism, and playwriting), as well as consulted on a number of creative arts programs and curricula for children. Currently, Simmons is serving as the Arts In Education Director for the Children's Art Carnival(NYC); and he sits on the board of the New York State Alliance for Arts and Education. He is affiliated with the Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art, and is also a member of the New York Writer's Workshop.