Events

Join us for an evening with award-winning Graphic Journalist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine (1996), Footnotes in Gaza (2009), Safe Area Goražde (2000), and The Fixer (2003). Sacco will be in conversation with Chris Brayshaw from Pulp Fiction Books and Roxanne Panchasi from SFU’s History Department.

The annual Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University is like an exclusive club. Only the best authors out there can meet the requirements for membership. On Nov. 3, graphic novelist Carol Tyler will present a craft talk titled “Writing and Drawing the Graphic Novel” from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Room 169 (Three Top Mountain) of the Plemmons Student Union. She will read from and show her work at 7:30 p.m. in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall, TCVA-1102. The Lecture Hall is accessible through clearly marked double doors on the back side of the Turchin Center...

JOIN THE MUSEUM OF ART FOR A LECTURE WITH ARTIST PETER BAGGE IN THE MUSEUM GALLERY Thursday, November 3 at 6pm Meet one of the Northwest’s most celebrated alternative cartoonists, Peter Bagge, as he weaves listeners the story of the Northwest alternative comics scene and how he developed his career as a young cartoonist through establishing a relationship with notorious underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. After serving as Weirdo magazine’s managing editor Bagge went on to create his own series of comics such as Neat Stuff, the ‘grunge comic’ Hate, and more recently Apocalypse Nerd. Bagge is a recipient of numerous...

The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, Jewish Book Council, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage present an evening of discussion between graphic storytellers subverting centuries of antisemitic depictions of Jews in cartoons and propaganda by twisting those same art forms to tell their own narratives of Jewish history and identity Thursday, November 3, 2016 beginning at 7:00 PM at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Moderated by political cartoonist Eli Valley, Ink Bleeds History: Reclaiming and Redrawing the Jewish Image in Comics represents a new generation of artists illustrating the Jewish narrative around the world, featuring...

Short Run Marathon Reception Friday, November 4, 6:00 to 9:00 PM Exhibition continues through November 10, 2016 Featuring: Vanessa Davis,  Trevor Alixopulos, Dash Shaw, Ines Estrada, Phoebe Wahl, Hatem Imam, Brendan Kiefer, and Tom van Deusen Dash Shaw will give a short preview of his new film, and Tom Van Deusen reads an excerpt from his new comic!

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Despite ever increasing rents, rats, and reduced L service, Brooklyn remains a hot bed of cartooning talent. And to show off that talent, Comics Art Brooklyn returns to the Mt. Carmel Gymnasium in the Williamsburg neighborhood on Saturday, November 5th. Special guests include: Charles Burns Dame Darcy Drew Friedman Richard McGuire Leslie Stein Adrian Tomine plus hundred of exhibitors! Gorgeous show poster designed by Dame Darcy

Get ready for a signing event that'll blow your socks off: Steven Weissman (Looking for America's Dog) and Dash Shaw (Cosplayers) have teamed up for a one-night comic extravaganza at Secret Headquarters in LA!