Welcome to the Comics Salopia shop
Although the festival is free to enter giving you unlimited access to our exhibitors, events in the library and all of our star guests there is also a chance to book tickets for our incredible range of educational, recreational and inspiring live arts events.
And if you think you’d like to enjoy a range of events without having to book lots of tickets you can save money with our package deals.
A family pass gives you and your family access to all of the kids events, such as workshops and Jedi Training.
A Superfan Pass give you full unlimited access to all daytime events including portfolio reviews for aspiring artists and our special classes, workshops, talks, the Walking Dead interactive exhibition and exclusive live interviews.
And for those of you who want the ultimate festival experience there are our VIP Tickets that offer everything from a Superfan Pass plus access to our VIP evening events rubbing shoulders with the stars.
These are for over 18s only as they include our Saturday Evening Party in the Buttermarket night spot with live music featuring local superstar singer song writer Dan Owen.
What ever your budget and what ever your tastes, there is something for everyone at Comics Salopia”.
Featured Products
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- Special Packages
- Special Festival Membership Pass
- £200.00
- This special pass includes all of the VIP privileges plus invitations to secret member only events, exclusive offers and a goodie bag of exclusive items including the Comics Salopia Souvenir Programme, and the Comics Salopia T-Shirt, featuring artwork by Charlie Adlard and Dan Berry. (Over 18s Only)
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- Special Packages
- VIP One Day Pass Saturday
- £85.00
- In addition to full access to all of the events across the festival for the whole weekend this special pass includes access to the VIP party on the Saturday Evening (Over 18s Only) Saturday Only
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- Special Packages
- VIP One Day Pass Sunday
- £85.00
- In addition to full access to all of the events across the festival for one day this special pass includes access to the VIP party on the Saturday Evening (Over 18s Only) Sunday Only
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- Special Packages
- VIP Weekend Pass
- £110.00
- In addition to full access to all of the events across the festival for the whole weekend this special pass includes access to the VIP party on the Saturday Evening (Over 18s Only) Also includes access to editors for portfolio reviews
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- Special Packages
- Super-Fan Day Pass Saturday
- £35.00
- Full Access to all of the day time events, including workshops, talks and panels across the whole festival for one day. Also includes access to editors for portfolio reviews Saturday Only
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- Special Packages
- Super-Fan Day Pass Sunday
- £35.00
- Full Access to all of the day time events, including workshops, talks and panels across the whole festival for one day. Also includes access to editors for portfolio reviews Sunday Only
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- Special Packages
- Super-Fan Weekend Pass
- £65.00
- Full Access to all of the day time events, including workshops, talks and panels across the whole festival for the whole weekend. Also includes access to editors for portfolio reviews
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- Special Packages
- Family Weekend Pass
- £65.00
- Gives access to all of the kids events for a whole day for up to two adults and two children, a great cheap day out for the whole family.
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- Special Packages
- Family Day Pass Sunday
- £35.00
- Gives access to all of the kids events for a whole day for up to two adults and two children, a great cheap day out for the whole family Sunday Only
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- Special Packages
- Family Day Pass Saturday
- £35.00
- Gives access to all of the kids events for a whole day for up to two adults and two children, a great cheap day out for the whole family Saturday Only
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Tickets
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- Image Comics & The Importance of Creator Owned Comics
- £5.00
- Join Leonard Sultana as he hosts a panel with Publisher Eric Stephenson, writer Kieron Gillen and artist Charlie Adlard as they talk about how creator owned comics have changed the face of the industry and look to the future of comics publishing in these challenging times ahead.
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- Snikt! Bam! Comics are Loud Learning! – with Dr. Lars Wallner
- £5.00
- In this talk Dr Lars Wallner will show how comics can be used in classrooms from primary to secondary school. Combining text and image makes comics a different kind of reading, which is entertaining, provoking, and educational.
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- Chip Kidd presents: ‘Don’t Know Where, Don’t Know When: Creating a Classic Batman and Robin story
- £10.00
- Mr. Kidd will take you through the entire creative process of making a ten-page comic book story featuring Batman, Robin, The Joker, and the Man of Steel.
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- From Batman to Swamp Thing – An Interview with Yanick Paquette
- £5.00
- DC Comics Exclusive artist Yanick Paquette has worked on some of the most iconic and well known characters in American Comics including Batman, Superman and Swamp Thing. Join our host Leonard Sultana as he lifts the lid on the Canadian artists incredible career.
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- “Christian Ward Stripped Down” – an Interview by Hassan Ostmane Elhaou
- £5.00
- Join our host Hassan Ostmane Elhaou as he brings his in depth probing to the working methods of Marvel and Dark Horse Comics creator Christian Ward in this exclusive interview.
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- Un-Life Drawing – Session 1 (Saturday)
- £10.00
- An important part of learning to draw is drawing from life. There really is no substitute for drawing the things around you to develop the skills of observation and visualisation that you need to become a competent artist in any artistic profession or even if it's just for fun.But what if you want to be a comic artist and draw…
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- Comics & The Art of Visual Communication – with Scott McCloud
- £10.00
- Comics is finally coming of age as an artistic and literary form. Now this once-maligned medium of expression is poised for new opportunities, thanks to a mutating media environment and a potential revolution in visual education.
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- The Fabulous Fantasy Cosplay Parade
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- Let’s be fabulous together and raise money for our charity Share Shrewsbury! Please join us for our fantastic and FREE festival cosplay parade through town on Sunday June 2nd at 2pm. We are walking in support of Share Shrewsbury, who will be accepting public donations during the parade. We will be presenting prizes to the best dressed adult, the best…
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- The Comics Salopia Zombie Walk
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- Be part of the festival and make your self into one of the undead for our fun zombie walk through the town. The best zombies will be awarded special prizes by Walking Dead artist and co creator Charlie Adlard. To enter you simply take a selfie of yourself made up as a Zombie at the Castle with our banner in…
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- Manga Workshop with Sonia Leong – Saturday
- £10.00
- Being held at the wonderful Shropshire Wildlife Trust on Abbey Forgate, young budding artists are invited to Join Manga artist Sonia Leong to create their own anthropomorphic manga characters based on the animals indigenous to Shropshire.
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- The Power Of The Graphic Novel – with Bryan & Mary Talbot
- £5.00
- Kicking off the festival main events are Costa award-winners Bryan and Mary Talbot talk about the books they've done together and what the graphic novel form brings to their storytelling. Talking about their collaborative work to date, they demonstrate the power of the graphic novel to communicate complex material in an accessible way. Emotionally charged biographical details, tangled historical events…
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- How Do I Become A Professional Comics Writer?
- £10.00
- Join TV sensation and live stand up comedian Jamali Maddix as he quizzes a top international panel of comics writers comprising of Green Arrow and James Bond's Andy Diggle, Batman by Design's Chip Kidd, Incursion's Alex Paknadel and Star Wars writer Pierrick Colinet.In what is sure to be a lively, fascinating and fun discussion about creating stories for comics, Maddix…
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- The Origin of Super Species – with Dr. James Carney
- £5.00
- In this fascinating talk Dr James Carney will argue that super hero literature is a cultural response to the cognitive problem of living in large groups. Specifically, living in large groups is convenient because it allows specialisation, but keeping track of what group members think (and what they think about what other members think) is very difficult. And yet, the…
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- Celebrating 25 Years of Hellboy and the Mignolaverse
- £5.00
- Join special guests Ben Stenbeck, Duncan Fegredo, Laurence Campbell and host Ollie MacNamee as they mark 25 years of Hellboy and the BPRD in this exclusive "Mignolaverse" panel.
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- “From Hellboy To Baltimore” an interview with Ben Stenbeck
- £5.00
- Join Host Leonard Sultana as he interviews the guest who has travelled further than any other to join us here in Shrewsbury. Hellboy, Baltimore and BPRD artist Ben Stenbeck is joining us all the way from New Zealand.
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- Writing for Comics and TV with Christos Gage
- £5.00
- Some of the best writers in the entertainment industry today work in multiple mediums, including film, TV, Games and of course Comics. Christos Gage and Ruth Fletcher Gage have between them worked with all of the these mediums to great acclaim. Their credits include the first Daredevil TV series for Netfilx, a recent Spider-man Game for Marvel, Buffy The Vampire…
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