Events

Join graphic novelist and Underground Comics legend Kim Deitch and jazz critic and historian Gary Giddins for a discussion of the factual and fictional New York geography created by Deitch in his latest book, Reincarnation Stories (Fantagraphics, 2019). With settings ranging from Central Park to the surface of the moon, and a cast of characters including a feline jazz pianist, cartoonist Spain Rodriguez, Jesus Christ as an intergalactic conqueror, Frank Sinatra, and Deitch himself, Reincarnation Stories blends the familiar with the fantastic. This event is part of our Core Conversations series. To view all the programs in the series, click here. About the Speakers: Kim Deitch got his start doing comic strips for The East Village Other in 1967...

The Bindery hosts pioneering cartoonist, illustrator, graphic novelist and screenwriter Daniel Clowes for the oversized deluxe Fantagraphics Studio Edition Daniel Clowes: Original Art. He'll be in conversation with Rina Ayuyang (Blame This on the Boogie). Please join us! Please note: This is a ticketed event, to be held at The Bindery (1727 Haight St.). The price of admission may be applied, at the event, toward the purchase of Original Art: Daniel Clowes, or to a beverage at The Bindery's bar. Advance tickets are highly encouraged -- tickets are not guaranteed to be available at the door. ** Please note ** - This event will be held at The Bindery, 1727 Haight. ...

We are hugely excited to welcome the one and only Daniel Clowes back to Seattle, for a celebration of the release of the stunning new Fantagraphics Studio Edition, Original Art: Daniel Clowes. Come meet the man himself, and get a signed copy of the new book! Original Art: Daniel Clowes turns the spotlight on one of the medium’s most dynamic creators. A vital entry of the Fantagraphics Studio Edition series, this volume draws from Clowes’s nearly 30 years of comics art, ranging from his seminal one-man anthology, Eightball (in which Ghost World was originally serialized), to his most recent graphic...

Join us to celebrate the release of Original Art: Daniel Clowes, which turns the spotlight on one of the medium’s most dynamic creators. A vital entry of the Fantagraphics Studio Edition series, this volume draws from Clowes’s nearly 30 years of comics art, ranging from his seminal one-man anthology, Eightball (in which Ghost World was originally serialized), to his most recent graphic novel, 2016’s best-selling time travel thriller, Patience.

Jim Pascoe signs COTTONS: THE WHITE CARROT and Mary Fleener signs BILLIE THE BEE!

Both legendary cartoonist Kim Deitch (Reincarnation Stories) and rising star Noah Van Sciver (Fante Bukowski) create comics in which either they themselves, or alter egos, play a prominent role. Join the two artists at Butler Library on February 27th, where they will discuss their new books, their influences, and the way in which their real and comics personae interact. The talk will be followed by book sales and signing.