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SUMMARY:Brooklyn: I Am Young Book Launch at WORD Books
DESCRIPTION:Join us as we celebrate the release of cartoonist M. Dean’s gorgeous\, lusciously illustrated new book I Am Young. This series of character-driven\, musically minded stories is as graphically sophisticated as it is emotionally acute. Tied together by one central narrative about two teenagers who meet and fall in love after a Beatles concert in 1964\, I Am Young explores how relationships evolve — both interpersonally as well as our individual and collective relationships with the culture around us. A romance that begins as emphatically as Beatlemania is\, like the band that brought them together\, on the rocks by the end of the decade\, and although the ensuing years may put distance between the two\, their shared experience that one night in 1964 endures. \nThe evening will include a slide presentation\, conversation between M. and LA Times Book Prize-winning cartoonist Leslie Stein\, followed by a signing. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nM. Dean is a cartoonist and illustrator originally from the west coast of Florida\, where she attended Ringling College of Art and Design. She is the inaugural recipient of the Creators for Creators grant\, creator and co-creator respectively of the webcomics The Girl Who Flew Away and Coming Soon: Regents Walk. I Am Young is her first full-length graphic novel. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her partner\, a dog\, and a big black cat. \nPlease note that there is a $5 entrance voucher for this event which can be purchased online or at the door. The voucher is good toward anything in store at WORD\, including I Am Young. Please note that if you purchase the book directly from WORD at the event or via pre-order there is no need to purchase a voucher for admission. 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brooklyn-i-am-young-book-launch-at-word-books/
LOCATION:Word Bookstore\, 123 Newark Ave \, Jersey City\, NJ\, 07302\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Georgia Webber and Kriota Wilberg at McNally Jackson Books
DESCRIPTION:Dumb’s protagonist Georgia lives the relatively carefree and ordinary life of a twentysomething in Montreal: working at a café\, volunteering at a local bike co-op\, and going out on the town with friends. But when a sudden unanticipated throat injury forces her into months of silence\, her life is thrown into disarray. Unable to work her customer service job\, she must find new income. Conversing with friends becomes complicated and exhausting. And she is forced to give up a hobby she loves — singing! Navigating a world that appears to be closing in on her seems more and more impossible. \n  \nGeorgia Webber is a cartoonist living in Toronto\, where she is the Comics Editor for carte blanche. She is best known for Dumb: Living Without a Voice\, her autobiographical comics series about living with a vocal disability\, published in book form by Fantagraphics in 2018. She’ll be discussing the intersection of comics\, art\, and self-care with Kriota Willberg\, author of Draw Stronger.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-georgia-webber-and-kriota-wilberg-at-mcnally-jackson-books/
LOCATION:McNally Jackson\, 52 Prince St\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vancouver\, BC: Olivier Schrauwen\, Anna Haifisch & Marian Churchland
DESCRIPTION:Graphic Novels\, Art and Identity: An International Perspective \nJoin European creators Anna Hafisch and Olivier Schrauwen\, and Vancouver artist Marian Churchland\, for a conversation exploring how their work reflects themselves and the world they live in. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A\, book sales\, and signing. \nThis event takes place in the new Montalbano Family Theatre on Level 8. \nIn partnership with the Vancouver Public Library.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/vancouver-bc-olivier-schrauwen-anna-haifisch-marian-churchland/
LOCATION:Vancouver Public Library\, 350 West Georgia Street\, Vancouver\, British Columbia\, V6B 6B1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181103T210000
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SUMMARY:Somervile\, MA: Georgia Webber with Dave Ortega at Hub Comics
DESCRIPTION:Toronto-based cartoonist Georgia Webber presents her new book\, DUMB\, in conversation with moderator Dave Ortega. That’s two slideshows\, a lively Q&A\, and a dual book signing at Hub Comics! \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/somervile-ma-georgia-webber-with-dave-ortega-at-hub-comics/
LOCATION:Hub Comics\, 19 Bow St\, Somervile\, 02143\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Short Run Comix & Arts Festival 2018
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 8th annual Short Run Comix & Arts Festival taking place at Fisher Pavilion & The Vera Project on Saturday\, Nov. 3rd! Special festival guests include legendary humorist and graphic novelist Mimi Pond (Over Easy\, The Customer Is Always Wrong); New York-based comic artist Whit Taylor (The Anthropologists\, Ghost\, online comics on TheNib.com); comic artist and educator Carol Tyler (A Soldier’s Heart\, Fab 4 Mania); German comic artists Olivier Schrauwen (Arsene Schrauwen\, Mowgli’s Mirror) and Anna Haifisch (The Artist\, serialized on VICE.com); up and coming French illustrator Antoine Maillard (as seen in the New York Times\, The New Yorker); Algerian illustrator Melek Zertal (Fragile\, also see in New York Times); and comic artist Rina Ayuyang (whose new book from Drawn & Quarterly\, Blame it on the Boogie\, will premiere at our fest). \nExperiential programming at the festival will feature a reading circle for kids with award-winning children’s book author Jessixa Bagley; an artist talk with Mimi Pond and Carol Tyler led by Phyllis Fletcher (NPR); a comics drawing workshop with beloved comic artist and teacher David Lasky; a literary showcase curated by Colleen Louise Barry (Mount Analogue\, Gramma); a Graphic Medicine workshop led by Whit Taylor and Meredith Li-Vollmer; Teen Zine table with foundry10 and Henry Teen Art Collective; Indigenous writers from the yəhaw̓ exhibition; revolving animated shorts assembled by Clyde Petersen and the Seattle Experimental Animation Team (SEAT); virtual reality simulation with foundry10\, art show featuring Chicago artist Jarad Solomon; Instax photo booth with Jazzyn Stone; live screen-printing postcard project with Fogland Studios; and portfolio reviews with The Center for Cartoon Studies and California College of the Arts professors (both offer MFA programs in Sequential Art). Last year’s festival broke attendance records with 4\,000 culturally curious attendees of all ages pouring through Fisher Pavilion’s doors. Don’t miss it! \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-short-run-comix-arts-festival-2018/
LOCATION:Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Ali Fitzgerald at Desert Island
DESCRIPTION:During her eight years living in Berlin\, Fitzgerald spent a year and a half teaching the craft of illustration to asylum seekers from countries like Syria and Afghanistan – people who have often been targets of bigotry and hatred in both their native and adopted countries. Her powerful graphic memoir chronicles her experience with these extraordinary students\, telling both their stories and her own. Fitzgerald\, an artist who has exhibited extensively in Europe and the U.S.\, has had her comics regularly featured in The New Yorker\, New York Magazine\, and McSweeney’s\, and her book is a compassionate and intimate look at the empowering capacities of art\, capturing the highs and lows of a decade in an ever-changing European metropolis. \nAli will be at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn on November 1st from 7-9m to celebrate the release of her new book\, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-ali-fitzgerald-at-desert-island/
LOCATION:Desert Island\, 490 Metropolitan Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11211\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181023T190000
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SUMMARY:Washington\, DC: Ali Fitzgerald at Politics and Prose
DESCRIPTION:During her eight years living in Berlin\, Fitzgerald spent a year and a half teaching the craft of illustration to asylum seekers from countries like Syria and Afghanistan – people who have often been targets of bigotry and hatred in both their native and adopted countries. Her powerful graphic memoir chronicles her experience with these extraordinary students\, telling both their stories and her own. Fitzgerald\, an artist who has exhibited extensively in Europe and the U.S.\, has had her comics regularly featured in The New Yorker\, New York Magazine\, and McSweeney’s\, and her book is a compassionate and intimate look at the empowering capacities of art\, capturing the highs and lows of a decade in an ever-changing European metropolis. \nJoin Ali at Politics and Prose at Union Market on Tuesday\, October 23\, 2018 at 7 PM – 8 PM to celebrate the release of her new memoir\, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe. \nThis event is free to attend with no reservation required. Seating is available on a first come\, first served basis.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/washington-dc-ali-fitzgerald-at-politics-and-prose/
LOCATION:Politics and Prose at Union Market\, 1270 5th St NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20002\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181020T180000
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Mort Cinder Exhibit and Talk by Martin Oesterheld
DESCRIPTION:Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery presents a talk by Professor Martin Oesterheld\, grandson of the “disappeared” Argentine writer Héctor Germán Oesterheld\, on the political and artistic significance of seminal works such as The Eternaut and Mort Cinder. \nOn display will be reproduction art from Mort Cinder by the internationally renowned cartoonist Alberto Breccia. \nFantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the heart of Seattle’s historic Georgetown art community. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM\, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206-557-4910.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-mort-cinder-exhibit-and-talk-by-martin-oesterheld/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Cincinnati\, OH: Books by the Banks Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Books by the Banks Cincinnati Regional Book Festival is held annually in downtown Cincinnati. The day-long festival\, which is free and open to the public\, features national\, regional\, and local authors and illustrators; book signings; panel discussions; and activities for the entire family to enjoy. \nThis panel will feature veteran cartoonist Carol Tyler: Drafting a Manuscript \nAnyone who’s ever fantasized about writing adult fiction\, a memoir\, or even a graphic novel knows that the first wall you run into is often the process. How the heck do established authors do it? It’s a daunting task—which authors Leah Stewart\, Sharon M. Draper\, David Bell\, and Carol Tyler know only too well. Learn some of the tricks these master storytellers employ to make a full-blown narrative come alive on the page. \nThe 12th annual Books by the Banks Cincinnati Regional Book Festival will take place Saturday\, October 20\, 2018 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Duke Energy Center.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/cincinnati-oh-books-by-the-banks-festival/
LOCATION:Duke Energy Convention Center\, 525 Elm St\, Cincinnati\, Ohio\, 45202
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SUMMARY:Cambridge\, MA: Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) 2018
DESCRIPTION:The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo was established in 2010 to create a showcase space for artists and writers in the greater-Boston area working in the field of comics. MICE 2018 will take place October 20 – 21 at University Hall\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave\, Cambridge\, MA. It is free and open to the public. \nSpecial guests this year include Jim Woodring and Charles Forsman! \nFind the full special guest list here. \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/cambridge-ma-massachusetts-independent-comics-expo-mice-2018/
LOCATION:University Hall\, 1815 Massachusetts Ave.\, Cambridge\, Massachusetts\, 02140\, United States
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Nick Thorburn Penguins Tour Finale at Secret Headquarters
DESCRIPTION:Nick Thorburn (indie-pop icon and frontman of The Unicorns\, Islands\, and Mister Heavenly) presents his first published comics collection\, Penguins. \nTold almost entirely without words\, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory.Relying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters\, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders)\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that\, without words or human characters\, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels. \nThorburn will sign copies of Penguins\, talk about his cartooning style\, and play some tunes! Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be an entertaining and enlightening evening! \nhttp://www.fantagraphics.com/penguins/
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/los-angeles-nick-thorburn-penguins-tour-finale-at-secret-headquarters/
LOCATION:Secret Headquarters\, 3137 Glendale Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90039\, United States
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SUMMARY:Athens\, GA: Georgia Webber signs Dumb: Living Without a Voice at Avid Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Toronto-based cartoonist Georgia Webber signs her new book Dumb: Living Without a Voice at Avid Bookshop in Athens\, GA. Part memoir\, part medical cautionary tale\, Dumb tells the story of how the book’s author copes with the everyday challenges that come with voicelessness. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/athens-ga-georgia-webber-signs-dumb-living-without-a-voice-at-avid-bookshop/
LOCATION:Avid Bookshop\, 493 Prince Ave\, Athens\, GA\, 30601\, United States
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SUMMARY:Spartanburg\, SC: Georgia Webber signs Dumb: Living Without a Voice at Hub City Bookshop
DESCRIPTION:Georgia Webber will sign her new book\, Dumb: Living Without a Voice\, at the Hub City Bookshop on October 4th. Part memoir\, part medical cautionary tale\, Dumb tells the story of how the book’s author copes with the everyday challenges that come with voicelessness. \nThe Hub City Bookshop in Spartanburg\, SC\, is a revolutionary independent bookstore. With each book purchased at our store\, we and our customers nourish new writers and help launch authors into the literary world. That’s because all proceeds from the sale of books fund creative writing education and independent book publishing in our home community. \nhttps://hubcity.org/events/upcoming-events/
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/spartanburg-sc-georgia-webber-signs-dumb-living-without-a-voice-at-hub-city-bookshop/
LOCATION:Hub City\, Masonic Temple\, 186 W Main St\, Spartanburg\, SC\, 29306\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181004T170000
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SUMMARY:Washington\, DC: Ali Fitzgerald Signs Drawn to Berlin at Politics & Prose
DESCRIPTION:**Note\, this event will be at the new Politics & Prose location in Union Market. \nEntwining political and personal displacement\, Ali Fitzgerald’s graphic memoir\, Drawn to Berlin: Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe\, is about loss\, community\, and the drawings that bind us. The students in Fitzgerald’s drawing classes are among the record-breaking number of people who are seeking asylum in Berlin\, fleeing from countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. They draw images of experienced violence and careful optimism: rafts and tanks\, flowers and the Eiffel Tower. Over the course of her decade in Germany\, Fitzgerald experiences the highs of the creatively hopeful along with the deep depression of the disillusioned\, all while waiting to stumble into her own glory like the great Modernists before her. Her comics are compassionate and unflinchingly intimate\, as the fantasy of her bohemia crumbles in a globalized city. \n“Ali Fitzgerald has given us a beautifully crafted and sobering history lesson.” –Harry Bliss\, New Yorker cartoonist \nAli Fitzgerald is a comic artist and writer living in Berlin. She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker. Her comics have also appeared in New York Magazine’s The Cut\, The New York Times\, The Huffington Post\, Bitch\, and The Guardian. From 2013 to 2016\, she wrote and drew the popular webcomic Hungover Bear and Friends for McSweeney’s. \nFor more info:\nquimbys.com/blog/store-events/\nfantagraphics.com/drawntoberlin
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/washington-dc-ali-fitzgerald-signs-drawn-to-berlin-at-politics-prose/
LOCATION:Politics & Prose Bookstore\, 5015 Connecticut Ave NW\, Washington DC\, DC\, 20008\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180927T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180930T230000
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SUMMARY:Columbus\, OH: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus 2018
DESCRIPTION:Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is a free\, citywide arts festival hosted every year by people and places with a passion for cartoon arts. CXC connects the global family of cartoon storytellers\, comic makers\, and animators with the people who love and are inspired by their art. \nTogether\, they celebrate the stories that can only be told in visual media that are as diverse as the people who imagined them. \nFantagraphics artists in attendance include: \nJim Woodring\, Katie Skelly\, Carol Tyler\, and Georgia Webber \nMultiple locations — see event website for details
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/columbus-oh-cartoon-crossroads-columbus-2018/
LOCATION:Columbus Metropolitan Library\, 96 S. Grant Avenue\, Columbus\, 43215\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180920T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180920T180000
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CREATED:20180514T181137Z
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SUMMARY:Novato\, CA: Guy Colwell Art Show Closing
DESCRIPTION:The Marvin Community Foundation will be presenting a showcase of Guy Colwell’s (Inner City Romance) art at the beginning Wednesday\, May 30th through Thursday\, September 20th\, 2018. \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/novato-ca-guy-colwell-art-show/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180918T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180918T210000
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn\, NY: Nick Thorburn launches Penguins at Desert Island
DESCRIPTION:Join indie pop icon Nick Thorburn on Tuesday September 18th at Desert Island in Brooklyn for the launch of his new comics collection\, Penguins. He will read and sign copies of the book. Told almost entirely without words\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that are equal parts tragic\, hilarious\, and surreal. \nAbout Nick Thorburn: \nNick Thorburn (b. 1981) is a Canadian musician\, cartoonist\, and actor best known for fronting numerous bands such as the Unicorns\, Islands\, and Mister Heavenly. Penguins is his first graphic novel. \nhttp://www.fantagraphics.com/penguins/
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brooklyn-ny-nick-thorburn-launches-penguins-at-desert-island/
LOCATION:Desert Island\, 490 Metropolitan Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11211\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180915T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180916T190000
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SUMMARY:Bethesda\, MD: SPX 2018
DESCRIPTION:Small Press Expo 2018 \nThe Premiere Event for Indie Comics\, Cartooning & Graphic Novels \nSEPTEMBER 15 11AM-7PM\, SEPTEMBER 16 NOON-6PM\nBETHESDA\, MARYLAND – MARRIOTT NORTH BETHESDA HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER \nThe Small Press Expo (SPX) is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit created in 1994 to promote artists and publishers who produce independent comics. SPX hosts an annual festival that provides a forum for artists\, writers and publishers of comic art in its various forms to present to the public comic art not accessible through normal commercial channels. SPX sponsors a number of events and charitable initiatives\, including: \n  \nFantagraphics artists in attendance include: \nSpecial Guests: Carol Tyler\, Liv Strömquist\, Ellen Forney\, Dash Shaw\, and Max de Radigues \nAttending Cartoonists: Ann Telnaes\, M. Dean\, Nick Thorburn\, and others!
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/bethesda-md-spx-2018/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180912T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180912T210000
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Nick Thorburn Signs Penguins at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Nick Thorburn (indie-pop icon and frontman of The Unicorns\, Islands\, and Mister Heavenly) presents his first published comics collection\, Penguins. \nTold almost entirely without words\, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory.Relying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters\, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders)\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that\, without words or human characters\, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels. \nThorburn will sign copies of Penguins\, talk about his cartooning style\, and play some tunes! Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be an entertaining and enlightening evening! \nhttp://www.fantagraphics.com/penguins/
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-nick-thorburn-signs-penguins-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180911T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180911T160000
DTSTAMP:20180820T183030Z
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SUMMARY:Victoria\, BC: Nick Thorburn signs Penguins at Legends Comics
DESCRIPTION:Penguins by Nick Thorburn is being launched with an in-store\, author book signing at Legends Comics on Tuesday\, September 11th. Told almost entirely without words\, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory. As author Nick Thorburn explains\, “Penguins go through a lot of hell that could be avoided if they had the ability to fly. This cruel irony lends itself to humor\, as well as sadness. Death and the desperate search for love and companionship seem so tethered to life as a penguin\, as well as for humans\, and so the goal was to bridge those two and make them funny.” \nRelying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters\, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders)\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that\, without words or human characters\, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels. \nNick Thorburn (b. 1981) is a Canadian musician\, cartoonist\, and actor best known for fronting numerous bands such as the Unicorns\, Islands\, Reefer\, and Human Highway. Penguins is his first graphic novel. He lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/victoria-bc-nick-thorburn-signs-penguins-at-legends-comics/
LOCATION:Legends Comics and Books\, 633 Johnson St\, Victoria\, British Columbia\, V8W 1M7\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180910T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180917T170000
DTSTAMP:20180726T190715Z
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn\, NY: Brooklyn Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Brooklyn Book Festival is one of America’s premier book festivals and the largest free literary event in New York City. Presenting an array of national and international literary stars and emerging authors\, the Festival includes a week of Bookend Events throughout New York City\, a lively Children’s Day and a celebratory Festival Day with more than 300 authors plus 250 booksellers filling a vibrant outdoor Literary Marketplace. This hip\, smart\, diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages. \n  \nFeatured Fantagraphics cartoonists include: Ed Piskor and Katie Skelly
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brooklyn-ny-brooklyn-book-festival/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180907T200000
DTSTAMP:20180820T181614Z
CREATED:20180820T181614Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180820T181614Z
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SUMMARY:Portland\, OR: Nick Thorburn signs Penguins at Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Islands and Unicorns frontperson\, Nick Thorburn is coming to Floating World this September to celebrate the release of his debut graphic novel\, Penguins. \nTold almost entirely without words\, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory. As author Nick Thorburn explains\, “Penguins go through a lot of hell that could be avoided if they had the ability to fly. This cruel irony lends itself to humor\, as well as sadness. Death and the desperate search for love and companionship seem so tethered to life as a penguin\, as well as for humans\, and so the goal was to bridge those two and make them funny.” \nRelying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters\, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders)\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that\, without words or human characters\, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels. \nWHO: Nick Thorburn\nWHAT: Penguins book signing\nWHEN: Friday Sept. 7\, 6-8pm\nWHERE: Floating World Comics\, 400 NW Couch St. \nNick Thorburn (b. 1981) is a Canadian musician\, cartoonist\, and actor best known for fronting numerous bands such as the Unicorns\, Islands\, Reefer\, and Human Highway. Penguins is his first graphic novel. He lives in Los Angeles.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-or-nick-thorburn-signs-penguins-at-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Floating World Comics\, 1223 Lloyd Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T220000
DTSTAMP:20180802T164116Z
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Nick Thorburn signs Penguins at Soap Plant + Wacko
DESCRIPTION:PENGUINS: Nick Thorburn Signing Party\nSaturday 25 August\n7 — 10P\nSoap Plant Wacko: Purveyor of Post-Pop Culture\nLa Luz De Jesus Gallery \n///// \nPlease join SOAP PLANT + WACKO\, LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY & Fantagraphics Books Inc. as we celebrate the release of Nick Thorburn‘s first graphic novel PENGUINS with music\, drink & a few of Thorburn’s original works. \nQ+A with Nick Thorburn led by comedian + author Jon Daly (Masterminds\, Kroll Show\, Another Period) begins at 8p sharp. \nEarly-release copies of the book will be on sale at the signing event & available for order online to be signed & shipped. PENGUINS is set for public release in September. \nRSVP on Facebook to stay updated on further event details. \nABOUT THE BOOK /// \nTold almost entirely without words\, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory. As author Nick Thorburn explains\, “Penguins go through a lot of hell that could be avoided if they had the ability to fly. This cruel irony lends itself to humor\, as well as sadness. Death and the desperate search for love and companionship seem so tethered to life as a penguin\, as well as for humans\, and so the goal was to bridge those two and make them funny.” \nRelying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters\, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders)\, Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that\, without words or human characters\, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR /// \nNick Thorburn (b. 1981) is a Canadian musician\, cartoonist\, and actor best known for fronting numerous bands such as the Unicorns\, Islands\, Reefer\, and Human Highway. Penguins is his first graphic novel. He lives in Los Angeles. \n///// \nPress inquiries or general questions? Please contact Book Manager Tricia Fetters at tricia@soapplant.com.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/los-angeles-nick-thorburn-signs-penguins-at-soap-plant-wacko/
LOCATION:Wacko/Soap Plant\, 4633 Hollywood Blvd\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T170000
DTSTAMP:20180809T215159Z
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SUMMARY:Portland\, OR: Jim Osborne: The Black Prince of the Underground Book Release
DESCRIPTION:WYRD WAR and Fantagraphics Books Inc. join forces to celebrate the release of Jim Osborne: The Black Prince Of The Underground\, the definitive ADULTS ONLY collected work and biography of one of America’s most perplexing\, violent and haunted underground comix artists. \nThis slender comic-sized tome by Patrick Rosenkranz and Dennis Dread casts light on the elusive legend of the underground known as the “Black Prince” for the first time ever. Join us at Portland’s historic non-profit The Hollywood Theatre on Saturday August 25 at 2pm for a slideshow retrospective of Osborne’s very strange life and lurking legacy by preeminent underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz\, followed by a suitably sinister “surprise” cinematic classic that perfectly reflects the dark Osbornian aesthetic. What kind of movie would inspire a deceased cartoonist and former High Priest in the Church of Satan? Hmmm. Come find out! Dread and Rosenkranz will have books available in the lobby during the screening. \nSaturday\, August 25 at 2 PM – 5 PM \nALL HAIL THE BLACK PRINCE!
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-or-jim-osborne-the-black-prince-of-the-underground-book-release/
LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre\, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd\, Portland\, OR\, 97212\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180825T160000
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Jim Woodring presents Poochytown at the Frye Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:Fantagraphics Books and the Frye Art Museum present a program to celebrate the launch of the new book Poochytown\, Woodring’s newest psychedelic graphic novel. Woodring will give a lecture on his new work followed by a conversation with Simon Hanselmann. Frank—Woodring’s beloved anthropomorph—has been subjected to hundreds of unbelievable adventures over the years\, yet nothing could prepare either him or the world at large for the transdimensional depredations of Poochytown\, the latest and greatest installment in the ongoing saga that began with Congress of the Animals\, began again in Fran\, and now begins anew. Q&A and book signing will follow. \nPoochytown will be available for purchase in the Museum Store\, along with other titles by Jim Woodring. \nABOUT THE PRESENTERS\nJim Woodring was born in Los Angeles in 1952. He taught himself to draw in order to express his view of the world. He wrote and drew the first Frank story in 1992. He has also created a body of autobiographical material (collected in the book Jim) and allegorical puzzle-pictures (Seeing Things). Jim’s work has garnered him numerous awards\, including a United States Artist Fellowship (with Bill Frisell) in 2006; an Inkpot Award at the 2008 San Diego Comic Con; and most recently\, The Stranger named Jim their 2010 Literature Genius. He lives on Vashon Island in Washington State with his family and on jimwoodring.com. \nSimon Hanselmann (b. 1981\, Tasmania) is a New York Times best-selling cartoonist and spends his days meticulously watercoloring each page of the comics he hand draws. Simon has found international success with his stoner-witch comics\, Megg\, Mogg and Owl\, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. Most recently\, his work was awarded the prize for Best Series at the prestigious Angoulême Comics Festival in France. \nFantagraphics Books publishes the world’s greatest cartoonists from the beginning of the form to the present day. \nhttp://fryemuseum.org/calendar/event/6940/
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-jim-woodring-presents-poochytown-at-the-frye-art-museum/
LOCATION:Frye Art Museum\, 704 Terry Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180823T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180823T160000
DTSTAMP:20180726T184309Z
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SUMMARY:Edinburgh: Jim Broadbent & Dix at the Edinburgh International Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Best known for his countless film roles\, actor Jim Broadbent breaks new ground with his first graphic novel\, Dull Margaret. In partnership with comic artist Dix\, Broadbent presents an unforgettable story\, inspired by Bruegel’s 16th century painting of Dulle Griet; a woman\, sword in hand\, standing at the entrance of hell. A portrayal of a strong\, intense woman in a violent landscape. Chaired by Daniel Hahn. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/edinburgh-jim-broadbent-dix-at-the-edinburgh-international-book-festival/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180818T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180818T220000
DTSTAMP:20180803T232232Z
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SUMMARY:Montreal: Georgia Webber signs Dumb at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
DESCRIPTION:On Saturday\, August 18th\, 7pm\, at La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, Toronto-based cartoonist Georgia Webber presents Dumb\, a collection of comics about her experience with chronic voice loss. \nABOUT DUMB:\nPart memoir\, part medical cautionary tale\, Dumb tells the story of how the book’s author copes with the everyday challenges that come with voicelessness. Webber adroitly uses the comics medium to convey the practical hurdles she faced as well as the fear and dread that accompanied her increasingly lonely journey to regain her life. \nABOUT GEORGIA WEBBER:\nGeorgia Webber is a comics artist based in Toronto\, Ontario. She is the Comics Editor for the online literary magazine carte blanche\, and a freelance comics editor\, helping other artists realize their best work. She is best known for Dumb\, her autobiographical series about living with a vocal disability.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/montreal-georgia-webber-signs-dumb-at-la-petite-librairie-drawn-quarterly/
LOCATION:La Petite Librairie Drawn & Quarterly\, pin 176 Bernard O\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H2T 2K2\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180816T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180818T170000
DTSTAMP:20180726T184816Z
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SUMMARY:White River Junction\, Vermont: Graphic Medicine Conference
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Comics and Medicine Conference invites participants to share and reflect upon how graphic medicine works. In the context of health and its relationship to comics\, “work” can refer to a number of activities: the work of medical and related professionals; the functioning of our bodies and minds; the creation or study of artistic and educational materials; the study of the archive or images/texts; work with reader communities; and the organization of collaborative community health efforts. The spaces in which “work” takes place provide another point of reflection: public healthcare centers\, classrooms\, home studios\, private clinics\, libraries\, and bedsides. In this relatively new interdisciplinary field\, we hope to document and refine—from our various perspectives and experiences—the territory where cartooning and health care intersect. Full conference schedule can be found here. \n  \nParticipating Fantagraphics artists will include Ellen Forney and Georgia Webber.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/white-river-junction-vermont-graphic-medicine-conference/
LOCATION:Center for Cartoon Studies\, 94 South Main Street\, White River Junction\, VT\, 05001\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180802T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180802T170000
DTSTAMP:20200831T180842Z
CREATED:20180726T183832Z
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SUMMARY:Toronto: Georgia Webber at Word on the Street Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us on August 2 from 4-7pm for The Word On The Street Pop-Up! at the Dufferin’s Grove Farmers’ Market! Get ready for our annual September festival with readings from Andrea Curtis\, Priya Ramsingh\, Sylv Chiang\, and Georgia Webber. Anjula Gogia from Another Story Bookshop will also be interviewing our authors about their latest works! We’ll also be featuring performances by the Toronto Poetry Slam Team! \n\nSchedule:\nHost: Anjula Gogia\n4:00 pm – Tournament Trouble\, Sylv Chiang\n4:30 pm – DUMB\, Georgia Webber\n5:00 pm – Brown Girl In The Room\, Priya Ramsingh\n5:30 pm – Big Water\, Andrea Curtis\n6:00 pm – Toronto Poetry Slam Team with slam poets Jennifer Alicia\, Gavin Russell\, and CassandraOnsite bookselling by Type Books. \nAccessibility info: The park is accessible by Wheel-Trans. \nMark your calendars for The Word On The Street festival weekend on September 22-23 and like our page for more updates.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/toronto-georgia-webber-at-word-on-the-street-festival/
LOCATION:WA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180728T190000
DTSTAMP:20180726T183544Z
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SUMMARY:Portland\, OR: Jim Woodring signs Poochytown at Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Jim Woodring is coming to Floating World on Saturday\, July 28 to celebrate the release of his latest graphic novel – Poochytown. \nJim Woodring’s beloved anthropomorph called Frank has been subjected to hundreds of unbelievable adventures veering crazily from exaltation to despair. The delicious mysteries of Frank’s universe — aka The Unifactor — have beguiled Frank and his readers for years\, yet nothing could prepare either him or the world at large for the transdimensional depredations of Poochytown\, the latest and greatest installment in the ongoing saga that began with Congress of the Animals\, began again in Fran\, and now begins anew. \nWhen Pupshaw and Pushpaw depart for the orgiastic delights of Poochytown\, the forlorn Frank is thrown by a twist of fate into an unlikely friendship\, propelling him down a long road of escapades and trials that ends in one of the most shocking acts ever depicted in the Frank canon. Poochytown takes readers to the distant crumbling edge of the Unifactor\, where the landscape’s mind is either unfettered or unhinged\, depending on your particular taste for mischief. What occurs there beggars description\, so we will not even attempt it\, but rest assured it is a dark-ride-of-the-soul as only the Frank stories can deliver. \nUtterly devoid of topicality\, irony\, or deliberate cynicism\, the Frank stories are instead timeless cartoon sustenance\, and Poochytown is the most opulently openhanded offering yet. This is a major new book from one of Fantagraphics’s most beloved authors. \n“Brilliant… what a trip… I dig this… a lot\, man… Jim really gives it to us.” — Jeff Bridges \nWHO: Jim Woodring\nWHAT: Poochytown book signing\nWHEN: Saturday July 28\, 5-7pm\nWHERE: Floating World Comics\, 400 NW Couch St. \nJim Woodring was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and enjoyed a childhood made lively by an assortment of mental and psychological quirks including paroniria\, paranoia\, paracusia\, apparitions\, hallucinations and other species of psychological and neurological malfunction among the snakes and tarantulas of the San Gabriel mountains. \nHe is best known for his wordless comics series depicting the follies of his character Frank\, a generic cartoon anthropomorph whose adventures careen wildly from sweet to appalling. A decade’s worth of these stories was collected in THE FRANK BOOK in 2004. The 2010 Frank story WEATHERCRAFT won The Stranger’s Genius Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for that year. The most recent Frank book\, CONGRESS OF THE ANIMALS\, was released in 2011.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-jim-woodring-signs-poochytown-at-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Floating World Comics\, 1223 Lloyd Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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