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"Northern Ireland&amp;#039;s 2D Comics Festival will return next weekend. The entirely free event will be held in the Verbal Arts Centre, Derry, from June 2-4. Mark Chiarello, who is DC Comics&amp;#039; vice president of art direction and design, Mick McMahon, David Hine, Mike Collins, Glenn Fabry, Denise Mina, Dave Taylor, Garry Leach, Rufus Dayglo, Rob Davis, Gary Erskine, Will Simpson, Phil Winslade and D&amp;#039;Israeli are on the lineup. 2D is organised by the Verbal Arts Centre, which initially began using comics workshops as a way of improving literacy among young men. This led to the launch of the convention in 2007, which has been held annually since then. The centre has more recently expanded its comics-related work with Verbal Publishing, supporting creators with its in-house printing press and producing anthologies through its 2D Collective.  &amp;gt; Read our latest Comics news "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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