Fantagraphics is going to CXC this weekend! We'll be at table 1 along with Special Guest Léonie Bischoff: she'll be signing copies of Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies at 1:30 pm on Saturday and 1:00 pm on Sunday--see you there!
Don't miss Ari Richter on the Shedding Light, Carrying Light: Bringing Family History into the Future panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival! When you’re raised on a family history of persecution and perseverance, the sense of responsibility for carrying it forward can feel immense. And if you find yourself questioning its expectations while witnessing new menace in the present day, your task as a storyteller can be even more challenging – and more fruitful. Join us @bkbookfestival on Sun. 9/29 at 1pm at Center for Brooklyn History in a discussion with Solomon Brager (Heavyweight), Eddie Ahn (Advocate), and Ari Richter...
Guy Colwell is coming to Seattle! He'll be signing copies of Delights: A Story of Hieronymus Bosch ("a thought-provoking venture", Publishers Weekly) at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery *and* he'll have art for sale--see you there!
Guy Colwell is coming to Portland! He'll be signing copies of Delights: A Story of Hieronymus Bosch ("a thought-provoking venture", Publishers Weekly) at Floating World Comics *and* he'll have art for sale--see you there!
A uniquely told immigrant story, Amalgam is populated by impressionistic figures, rendered with piercing faces that stare down the reader as if out of an old photograph. The narrative follows Abram, or “Abe,” a Polish Jew who immigrates to America for economic opportunity. He is a passionate arbitrator and advocate in his union but an unyielding patriarchal tyrant at home. In a patchwork of linocuts, keyholes, and hinges, Frances Jetter uncovers the convictions and contradictions that make up the tapestry of Abe’s life and so many others’. In these pages are mini epics depicting the struggle of workers; haunting vignettes of abandoned dolls and...
"The word 'memoir' cannot hold everything bursting out of this book... wrestles deeply with what it means to be Jewish, and American, and part of a family, and a person alive in today's world." — The Washington Post Don't miss Ari Richter at Print: A Bookstore! He'll be discussing his debut graphic memoir, Never Again Will I Visit Auschwitz: A Graphic Family Memoir of Trauma & Inheritance, with author and journalist Rebecca Traister on October 24th.
Philly, you're in luck: Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy are coming to town! They'll be signing copies of their bestselling graphic memoir, Hogbook and Lazer Eyes, at Partners and Son--see you there!
It’s that time of year again: Short Run Comix & Art Festival! Special guests Powerpaola (All My Bicycles) and Julia Gfrörer (World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022) will be at their own tables with their work and we'll be hosting signings with Ellen Forney, Caitlin McGurk, Graham Chaffee, Josh Simmons, and Caitlin Cass at our table F:32-33! Here's what you've got to look forward to: The weekend kicks off on Thursday, October 31st with a Short Run Showcase at Public Display Art Community Space (110 Union St. Ste. 400 (b/w 1st & 2nd Ave, across from SAM...
The Short Run festivities will continue after the show is over: Caitlin McGurk will be giving a talk about her fascinating new book, Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, at Seattle Public Library on November 3rd! Admission is free, just head to the 4th Floor conference room.
Caitlin McGurk will be giving a talk about her fascinating new book, Tell Me a Story Where the Bad Girl Wins: The Life and Art of Barbara Shermund, at Floating World on November 4th--signing to follow!
