Events

Hey LA, don’t miss this double feature book launch for See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture by Mathew Klickstein! On September 8th at 6:00, Mathew will be signing copies of the book at the Skylight Books Arts Annex! Then at 7:00, American Cinematheque will host a screening of Scott Pilgrim VS the World and a panel discussion with Comic-Con legends Scott Shaw, Mike Towry, Floyd Norman (virtual), Paul M. Sammon, Wendy All, Dave Clark, Jim Cornelius, Gus Krueger, Clayton Moore, Maggie Thompson (virtual), Jim Valentino (virtual) and Mathew Klickstein,...

Don’t miss Steve Brodner in conversation with Rick Meyerowitz at the Society of Illustrators to celebrate the release of Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022! Every day, late at night or early in the morning, from March 26, 2020 to January 1, 2022, the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. In those midnight hours, he would review the day’s reportage, sit down at his drawing board, and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role, willingly or unwillingly, in shaping that day. Taken as a whole, Living & Dying in America is...

Fantagraphics is going to SPX! Don’t miss Special Guests Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories), Ho Che Anderson (Godhead 2), Tommi Parrish (Men I Trust), and Carla Berrocal (Illustrating Spain in the US), plus panels and signings with Noah Van Sciver (As a Cartoonist) and Kate Lacour (Vivisectionary)! Stop by our booth W51-55 for author signings, plenty of books (including some that aren't even out yet!), and giveaways!

Hey NYC, head to Forbidden Planet for Johnny Ryan's book signing--he'll also have original art for sale! About Barely Human: The cartoons that keep getting Johnny Ryan banned from Instagram, collected for the first time as one big ol' exquisitely gross picture book! Johnny Ryan's compulsion to flout any and all accepted standards of decency in his humor and cartoons have not only garnered him a tremendous following — Instagram has banned him multiple times with hundreds of posts scrubbed from those accounts. (He can be found, currently, at @johnnyryanjohnnyryan1). Guess what? We've got 'em! Over 500 of the grossest,...

An event 40 years in the making! The Los Angeles Public Library is pleased to present Jaime, Gilbert, and Mario Hernandez aka Los Bros Hernandez in conversation with actor and comedian Chris Estrada, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Love and Rockets. In 1982 when the first issue of Love and Rockets came out,Gilbert and Jaime (occasionally working with their brother, Mario) were young, struggling, unknown cartoonists who were bucking the dominant comic book trend of costumed characters with intimate, complex, humane stories told in comics form. Now in its 40th year of publication, L&R has appeared in a variety of...

Don't miss a book signing with Liniers (Ricardo Siri) for his new collection, Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere! He'll be at Still North Books & Bar on September 29th at 7:00 pm.   About the book: In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to...

Don't miss Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) and Kate Schneider (Headland) discussing their incredibly moving books at the Brooklyn Book Festival! Here's the schedule: October 2nd: 10:00 am: The Healing Path, Center for Brooklyn History, 128 Pierrepont Street (entrance on Clinton Street): Moving past trauma, whether physical, mental, or a bit of both, is a uniquely human challenge. And the ways down that path to healing are as unique and various as people themselves. In beautifully illustrated graphic novel works both intense and inspiring, Kate Schneider (Headland), Elizabeth Trembley (Look Again), and Emma Grove (The Third Person) show us...

The gorgeous Vashon Center for the Arts is hosting an exhibition featuring Jim Woodring's amazing art! They'll also be hosting an Artist Talk with Jim--ticketing and other details are as follows: Exhibition: Friday, October 7: Show opens, Meet the Artist reception 5-8pm Sunday, October 30: Exhibition closes. Gallery hours, Wed - Sunday 12-5pm Free to the public. This exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a cross-medium collection of Jim Woodring's work, including original Frank ink pen drawings, Jim's fantasy oil paintings, his large 6' ink pen drawings, prints, books, and gift figures made from his FRANK characters. Jim Woodring is an American cartoonist,...

Don't miss Steve Brodner in conversation with BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice! They'll be discussing community building, art, and Steve's new book, Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022. About the book: Every day, late at night or early in the morning, from March 26, 2020 to January 1, 2022, the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. In those midnight hours, he would review the day's reportage, sit down at his drawing board, and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role, willingly or...

The New York Comics Symposium Presents: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) and Austin English (The Comics Journal) at Unnameable Books! About the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity, racism, class, love, and even abuse. The book...