COMIC BOOK LAUNCH AND CONVERSATION: "Nitelite" by Treyton Blackburn

Join us in celebrating College of Fine Arts and UK Art Museum gallery attendant alum Treyton Blackburn as he launches his new comic book, Nitelite. 

Nitelite follows the story of an aimless young park ranger named Herbie Wallace. Herbie's life just hasn't been the same since the death of his Papaw Wallace and his Granny Naomi can't seem to shake him out of his stupor. All this grief is compounded by the fact that a local coal baron is trying to buy Granny's land to mine a mysterious undiscovered mineral. Everything changes one day when a mysterious fog overtakes Herbie in the woods of Green Valley State Park, transforming him into the shining superhero: Nitelite!

Treyton Blackburn is a comic writer and theatre artist originally hailing from Pike County, Kentucky. As a creator, Blackburn is devout in his commitment to telling Appalachian stories to his community and to the world beyond the mountains. His first comic Silver was published by Shades of Vengeance Comics in their 2022 New Year, New Stories anthology. Alongside his writing work on Nitelite, Treyton directs often with Artists Collaborative Theatre in Pike County. He currently resides in Lexington with his wife Tara and their cat Luna.