Events

Don't miss the book launch for A Doorway to Joe: The Art of Joe Coleman, a comprehensive monograph of the artist Joe Coleman, the "walking ghost of old America"! He'll be in conversation with culture critic and curator Carlo McCormick at Rizzoli Bookstore on May 16th. PLEASE NOTE: RSVPs are encouraged but not required--RSVP here (link). Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

Rick Altergott will be signing copies of Blessed Be, "a razor-sharp satire of conservative values, bohemian ideals, outlaw culture, capitalism, and more, from a creator evincing a powerful, if idiosyncratic, vision of modern American life" (Library Journal Starred Review), at The Time Capsule on May 18th at 1:00-3:00--be there or be square! About the book: When Tom "The Acid King" Cottonwood is sentenced to prison for dealing, he vows to exact revenge on the judge and all of Flowertown, U.S.A. One year later, when hillbilly Henry Hotchkiss violates the single principle binding the members of the local men's group, the 40...

Don't miss a special meet-and-greet with Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy, the co-authors of the graphic novel Hogbook and Lazer Eyes. This event is free and open to the public. RSVPs are not required but are strongly encouraged to help us plan for audience size. Please RSVP here. Hogbook and Lazer Eyes tells the story of how newly single fortysomethings Maria Bamford and Scott Cassidy each signed up on the dating site OkCupid, under the respective usernames “Hogbook” and “Lazer Eyes.” They went on a date, and then another, and soon, despite a history of Bipolar II disorder and...

CPL is pleased to welcome Emil Ferris to discuss her highly anticipated new book, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two! She'll be in conversation with painter Kurt Devine on June 5th at 6:00 pm, with a book signing to follow. Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two is the eagerly awaited conclusion to the most acclaimed graphic novels of the past decade, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters. Presented as the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes as she tries to solve the murder of her beloved and enigmatic...

It's a double feature: Peter Bagge and Robert Mailer Anderson + Jon Sack will be signing at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on June 15th from 2:00-4:00 pm! Peter Bagge is there to celebrate the release of HATE Revisited #1, the first installment of the all-new, four-issue monthly miniseries that's a return to his generation-defining comics! Robert Mailer Anderson and Jon Sack are in town to celebrate the release of My Fairy Godfather, a moving story about how music and film connect us to who we’ve loved, who we’ve been, and who we are becoming.

Join us for an evening of art and film as we celebrate the work of Drew Friedman with a special screening of “Vermeer of the Borscht Belt”. Before the screening Drew will be joined in conversation by the film’s director Kevin Dougherty. Afterwards there will be a book signing of Schtick Figures: The Cool, The Comical, The Crazy. The book will be available for purchase in the SI Museum shop ($29.99). Pre-inscribed posters will also be available for purchase ($15 cash only). Get your tickets here! The Cool, The Comical, The Crazy: Schtick Figures Step into the world of Drew Friedman’s iconic portraits with Schtick Figures, a captivating collection...

Don't miss Stan Mack at Skylight Books! He'll be presenting and signing his new collection, Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, on June 27th at 7:00 pm. About the book: Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York City environs, watching, listening, overhearing, and interviewing its inhabitants. He drew a comic strip every week based on what he saw and heard, famously using verbatim dialogue for his graphic dramatizations. A mixture of humor, spontaneity, serendipity, and weirdness, Mack’s comic strip snapshots caught New Yorkers — whether it...

Hey Seattle, don't miss a fascinating talk between Stan Mack and Gary Groth! They'll be discussing Stan's new collection, Stan Mack's Real Life Funnies: The Collected Conceits, Delusions, and Hijinks of New Yorkers from 1974 to 1995, which Publishers Weekly said is "chock-full of stubborn individuality, and the joy and pathos of urban life." About the book: Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York City environs, watching, listening, overhearing, and interviewing its inhabitants. He drew a comic strip every week based on what he saw and heard, famously using verbatim dialogue for his graphic dramatizations. A mixture of...

"John Pham is the most artistically inventive, generous, and kindhearted cartoonist of his generation, and J + K is one of the very finest graphic novels of the past decade. Needless to say, I highly recommend this book." — Chris Ware "A delightful mix of cute moments and 'tragically sensitive' bummers. Packaged as one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen, Pham unites weird with wonderful. So weird, that by the end, you'll think a pimple pus character named Bacne is adorable." — Aminder Dhaliwal (Woman World) "Pham crafts a funny and surprisingly affecting story of two slacker friends...

Please join us on Saturday, July 13th outside Fantagraphics Bookstore for the eleventh annual Hot Off the Press Book Fair featuring comix, art, music, and more by over 50 regional and national artists. Comix, Zines, and Prints by Charles Burns, Beth Hetland, Leela Corman, Coin-Op Studio, Short Run, Paper Press Punch, Secret Room, Cold Cube, Megan Kelso, Boya Sun, Chuk Boldock, Marc Palm, Natalie Dupille, Mu Press, Canon, Kassandria Davis, Laura Knetzger, Sarah Maloney, James Stanton, Neil Devlin, Misc Media, Scarfff, Jeremy Eaton, Sarah Romano, Mark Ostler, Patrick Moriarity, Riot Grrrl Records, Brett Hamil, Shannon Kringen, Roberta Gregory, Donna Barr,...