Events

Come one, come all! The inimitable Katie Skelly will be at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn, NY on Thursday, June 21st at 7pm. About The Agency: For three grueling years, Katie Skelly gathered intelligence in the wilds of the web, meticulously documenting a private universe of sass photography, fascist surgery, horny skeletons, yonic portals, thrill-seeking vegetation, and multitudinous wry glances and stammered phrases! Now the fruits of her labor may be readily plucked in the compendium of sexed-up webcomics you've been waiting for all your life! http://www.fantagraphics.com/the-agency/ http://desertislandcomics.tumblr.com/  

Gosh comics will have Jim Broadbent and Dix here to discuss their new graphic novel Dull Margaret with Paul Gravett on Tuesday the 26th June, 7.30-9pm. We'll also have copies of our exclusive Dull Margaret Gosh! Bookplate Edition available on the night! Academy Award-winning actor (and some might say national treasure) Jim Broadbent has turned his hand to the graphic novel format, teaming with Dix, of Guardian strip Roll Up! Roll Up! fame, to present a tale that finds its start in the Pieter Bruegel the Elder 16th Century painting Dulle Griet, with its striking image of a breastplated woman...

An evening with Jim Broadbent and Dix  Wednesday, 27th June at 18:30 Waterstones Piccadilly   The Academy Award-winning actor, Jim Broadbent and Guardian cartoonist Dix have joined forces to create their first graphic novel, Dull Margaret. Dull Margaret was inspired by Dulle Griet, a 16th-century painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. She is a damaged soul, struggling to navigate a perplexing world. She's disliked and shunned by her neighbours, and is soon sent to live far away from civilization where she begins to brew her own potions, wishing for friendship and fortune. But, she needs to be wary of what she wishes for, as her magic...

Join acclaimed cartoonist Carol Tyler for a book launch and signing of her new graphic memoir, Fab4 Mania! Told in the voice of its 13-year-old author, Fab4 Mania is an illustrated facsimile of the diary that Carol Tyler kept throughout 1965. It recreates the exhilaration and excitement of Beatlemania at its height, culminating in her trip to Chicago on August 20th to see the Beatles in concert. The Chicago Tribune is calling Fab4 Mania "a remarkable act of cultural reporting" and "among this year’s best books." http://www.fantagraphics.com/fab4/ http://www.shakeitrecords.com/

Join cartoonist and animator Robert Goodin for an all-ages launch party celebrating the release of Kurdles Adventure Magazine #1 at Other Books on Saturday, July 7th. Free! This all-new, all-ages comic magazine will thrill kids and parents alike! Featuring 48 pages of brand-new comics by acclaimed cartoonists Robert Goodin (The Kurdles), Cathy Malkasian (Percy Gloom), and other surprises! Starring the Kurdles! Greta Grump! Howdy Pardner! Pacho Clokey! The best kids comic mag since the demise of Nickelodeon magazine! http://www.fantagraphics.com/the-kurdles-mag-1/

ICON brings together top illustrators, designers, educators, representatives, and art buyers to explore the future of illustration. This year's festival will host Emil Ferris as a special guest. She will speak on Friday July 13th at 6:30 PM.

Fantagraphics Bookstore hosts the 4th annual Hot Off the Press Book Fair with special guests Jim Woodring and Berlin cartoonist Lilli Loge on Saturday, July 14 from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. Small press exhibitors include Czap Books, Paper Press Punch, Kilgore Books, FU Press, Short Run Micropress, Fogland Studios, Cold Cube and others with appearances by local artists Simon Hanselmann, DW, Marc Palm, Tom Van Deusen, Max Clotfelter, Rhodora Jacob, Sarah Romano Diehl, Kelly Froh, Alex Graham, Brandon Lehmann, Laura Knetzger, Hella Handa, and many more.   Jim Woodring’s latest book, Poochytown, will debut at the fair, the latest and greatest installment in the ongoing saga that began with Congress...

Jim Woodring is coming to Floating World on Saturday, July 28 to celebrate the release of his latest graphic novel - Poochytown. Jim 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...

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! Schedule: Host: Anjula Gogia 4:00 pm – Tournament Trouble, Sylv Chiang 4:30 pm – DUMB, Georgia Webber 5:00 pm – Brown Girl In The Room, Priya Ramsingh 5:30 pm – Big Water, Andrea Curtis...

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....