Events

Mary Fleener will be discussing her upcoming book BILLIE THE BEE at San Diego Comic Fest, at the Four Points Sheraton on March 7th. A native of Los Angeles, California, Mary has had a varied career in underground comics, illustration, and fine art painting. Her work has appeared in such publications as WEIRDO, MINESHAFT, THE BEATS, TWISTED SISTERS, POPEYE, THE ART OF MICKEY MOUSE, THE ART OF TIKI, and GRATEFUL DEAD COMIX. In 1995, her autobiographical stories were collected in her solo book, LIFE OF THE PARTY (Fantagraphics Books), and in 2018 she completed writing and drawing a 130 page graphic...

The acclaimed Jaime Hernandez, comics artist behind the long-running Love and Rockets series, will be in the Rare Book Room  at Strand Bookstore in New York City to discuss his latest graphic novel, This How You See Me? In Is This How You See Me?, Maggie and Hopey get the band back together — literally. Now middle-aged, they leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to reluctantly attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighborhood. The present is masterfully threaded with a flashback set in 1979, during the very formative stages in Maggie and Hopey’s lifelong friendship, as...

The acclaimed Jaime Hernandez, comics artist behind the long-running Love and Rockets series, will at Washington DC's Politics and Prose Bookstore to discuss his latest graphic novel, This How You See Me? In Is This How You See Me?, Maggie and Hopey get the band back together — literally. Now middle-aged, they leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to reluctantly attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighborhood. The present is masterfully threaded with a flashback set in 1979, during the very formative stages in Maggie and Hopey’s lifelong friendship, as the perceived invincibility of youth is expertly...

The acclaimed Jaime Hernandez, comics artist behind the long-running Love and Rockets series, will at Toronto's The Beguiling Books and Art store to discuss his latest graphic novel, This How You See Me? In Is This How You See Me?, Maggie and Hopey get the band back together — literally. Now middle-aged, they leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to reluctantly attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighborhood. The present is masterfully threaded with a flashback set in 1979, during the very formative stages in Maggie and Hopey’s lifelong friendship, as the perceived invincibility of youth is...

The acclaimed Jaime Hernandez, comics artist behind the long-running Love and Rockets series, will be at Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago to discuss his latest graphic novel, This How You See Me? In Is This How You See Me?, Maggie and Hopey get the band back together — literally. Now middle-aged, they leave their significant others at home and take a weekend road trip to reluctantly attend a punk rock reunion in their old neighborhood. The present is masterfully threaded with a flashback set in 1979, during the very formative stages in Maggie and Hopey’s lifelong friendship, as the perceived invincibility of youth is expertly...

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2019 AT 7:00 PM Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall, Room UL105, University Center 63 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003 The 240th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held at Parsons School of Design. Free and open to the public. Julian Glander: MAKING COMICS IN THE FUTURE Glander will present some of his 3D comic strips and share some of the top-secret techniques behind them. Julian Glander lives in Brooklyn, NY. He is a 3D animator, designer, and illustrator. Mostly self-taught, his work has been featured on Disney, MTV, Adult Swim, and...

This is a debut short comics collection, featuring pastel-hued, emoji-like characters dealing with twenty-first century (and beyond!) problems. In a digitally drawn, three-dimensional universe, characters grapple with interior decorating woes, amorous microbiology, and where to find the absolute most aspirational succulents. Readers will fall in love with “America’s favorite mug,” Cuppy; hear the familial bickering of sentient purple slime molds; and encounter Sarah Something and her musings about gaming culture and conceptual art. Julian Glander is a 3D animator, designer, and illustrator. Mostly self-taught, his work has been featured on Disney, MTV, Adult Swim, and The New York Times. He...

La Luz de Jesus Gallery is pleased to present The Wayward Ape, a series of paintings by Figurative Social Surrealist, Guy Colwell. The paintings examine the ever-present disconnect between human evolution and the natural order of the planet. The Wayward Ape is on view from April 5 – 28, 2019.

The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan's largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival, drawing over 7,000 attendees each year. With 400 exhibiting artists displaying their work, award-winning honorees speaking about their careers and artistic processes and other featured artists conducting workshops, lectures and film screenings, our Festival mission accelerates the advancement of the Society's broader mission to serve as Manhattan's singular cultural institution promoting all genres of illustration through exhibitions, programs and art education. The 2019 MoCCA Arts Festival will take place April 6-7th, 2019. The Fantagraphics table will be at #D151.

Stephen Dixon presents WRITING, WRITTEN, a new collection of interconnected short stories in which a writer grapples with his wife’s death. Through vignettes that zip forward and backward in time, Dixon weaves together a complex portrait of the man’s life, from the moments of his marriage to his later days where, struggling with his loss, he fumbles to find clarity and certainty in his writing. Through his characteristic restrained prose, Dixon explores what it means to be human, with themes of love, loss, and companionship.