Aidan

March 24, 2013 7:19 pm There's a really great comicbook scene in Ireland and it's only continuing to grow by the year. I'm from Galway in the west of Ireland. We have a dedicated comic shop(Sub-City Comics) that fuels the monthly comic book scene here. There is also a dedicated Comic Book Society in the local University(NUI Galway), who in the past have teamed up with the Debate society to host evenings curated by Warren Ellis and Max Brooks. NUI Maynooth also have a comic book society who hosted JG Jones in the past plus there have been several comic book conventions in Dublin over the past few years. It also helps that Galway city itself has a large arts scene with dedicated festivals to literature, film, music and theater every year. These have often had comic book connections with past panels led by Joe Sacco and David Loyd. Generally anyone with half a passing interest in the culture scene here are all really interested in comic books. It's a pity Keelan Shanley(the interviewer) didn't do any research before speaking with the guys.