David Betancourt grew up in DC reading com
ics at Big Planet on U Street. He started writing about comics for the Was
hington Post. Then Marvel asked him to write a Miles Morales story. \;
He's \;the first Puerto Rican and African American writer to contribut
e to Miles's story. \;
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A DC kid who loved Spider-Man
ended up writing Spider-Man. \;He'll \;tell you how that \;ac
tually happened. \;
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If you fill notebooks with chara
cters nobody else has seen\, this is for you. If \;you've \;been w
atching the movies and you want to find the comics they came from\, this i
s for you. If you already post your own work online and you want to talk t
o people who do this for a living\, this is for you.
COMICTROPOLIS is a& nbsp\;series of conversations at DC Public Library locations featuring&nbs p\;David \;Betancourt (The Athletic/New York Times)\, a former culture reporter at \;The Washington Post \;and writer for \;Marvel E ntertainment \;and various guest stars from the comic book industry.&n bsp\;
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This series will be aimed at Washington&rsquo\;s vibra
nt comic book reading community and led by a native Washingtonian (Betanco
urt) who still lives in DC and grew up frequenting Big Planet Comics (DC&r
squo\;s DMV chain of comic bookstores) in Georgetown and on U Street NW. B
etancourt remains an avid fan and believer in the power of comic books and
their impact on society. \;
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The series will be an i
nsider \;look into \;the world of writing comics from both Betanco
urt and guests and what it is like for all the creatives featured to work
with some of the most popular brands in pop culture. They will also discus
s what it means to go from the worlds of Marvel and DC \;Comics \;
to creating their own creator-owned comic book brands. \;
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