Events

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,...

Don't miss Beth Hetland presenting and signing her "nimble and unsettling graphic novel debut" (Publishers Weekly), Tender, at Third Place Books! She'll be at the Lake Forest Park location on July 15th at 7:00 pm.

Don't miss the book launch for Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance! Ari Richter will be discussing his evocatively drawn graphic novel with The New York Times journalist Sarah Wildman at Politics and Prose on July 21st.

Don’t miss the NYC book launch for Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance! Ari Richter will be discussing his evocatively drawn graphic novel with The New York Times editor Rachel Dry at Books Are Magic on July 25th--RSVP here!

Organized by Ed Piskor's family and friends, the Eddie P. Comic Con is a place for comics fans to come together! Featuring special guests Jim Rugg and Tom Scioli, the list doesn't stop there: Ed Piskor Legacy Wonder Witch Boutique Too Groovy Frank B Fallon Deanna Soukiasian Ryan Holgersen Grant Lankard Nick Clark Mike Walls Tom Williams Jared Catherine Mark Poulton Jay Mcquirns David Makler Tyler Page Don Simpson Jamie Barrows Sarah Rose Devon Yeider Scott Roth Emilio Navarro Andrew Krahnke And more! $5 admission, kids under 12 are free! Merch, featuring a design by Natalie Linaweaver, is available for...

The MOCA Store is pleased to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the influential book Megahex by hosting a broad-ranging discussion with acclaimed Australian cartoonist Simon Hanselmann. This special event will delve into Hanselmann’s seminal series Megg, Mogg, & Owl, which began as self-published zines and evolved into a New York Times bestselling comics series. Hanselmann has influenced a new wave in the contemporary alternative comics movement, with his work translated into thirteen languages. For this event, Hanselmann has created a brand new publication that will be available first at MOCA. Admission is free with RSVP--reserve your spot here! Hanselmann's hand-painted watercolor comic pages...