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Strip Search, Episode 59 — Return of the ALYAC Fest

Artists of the future, have we got the event for you. In this episode of Strip Search, we talk to Meena Jain, director of the Ashland Public Library in Massachusetts, and   c artoonist and author   Deanna Soukiasian   about the   Ashland Library Young Artists Comics Fest   coming March 21. (Including about how kid creators can participate with their comics, and sell them too, for cash money.) Also, Dave and Pete have book recs, an update on their upcoming chapter book "Freddy Peeves and the Scoop on the Sinking School," and a rundown of upcoming events. Listen and/or watch below: The ALYAC Fest is coming to Ashland Library, 66 Front St., Ashland, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, March 21. In addition to the Young Artists tables and headliners Kayla Miller and Franklin Peirce, the event will feature comics character cosplayers, comic and drawing workshops, food trucks, a calmer space and quiet drawing area, and ASL interpreters available. Full schedule is avai...