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SUMMARY:Los Angeles\, CA: Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets) Book Signing at Golden Apple Comics
DESCRIPTION:Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are going back to the site of their first signing back in the day: Golden Apple Comics! \n“Back in 1982\, when Golden Apple was only 3 years old\, we stocked an indie comic that a few locals made called Love & Rockets. It turns out\, we also hosted the first signing back in the day with Los Bros. Hernandez and continued to bring them back and support their Fantagraphics creations until the last issue #50 & beyond. \nThis year brings the 40th Anniversary of the beloved series Love and Rockets and Golden Apple has carried it and hosted Los Bros. Hernandez since it’s humble beginnings in 1982. Join us on Saturday December 17th at 1pm to celebrate this milestone with creators Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez . Fantagraphics has a brand new GIANT BOX SET that contains ALL issues and tons of extras as well as a slew of new comics\, books\, magazines and more. Meet these talented Brothers and help us celebrate 40 amazing years!” \nAbout Love and Rockets: In 1982\, Fantagraphics Books published the first issue of Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers (Gilbert\, Jaime\, and Mario)\, and the series has since gone on to become the publisher’s flagship title\, a monumental work of graphic fiction. Collected under the umbrella of L&R\, the series is comprised of two separate ongoing stories: Gilbert chronicles the colorful inhabitants of the fictional Latin American town of Palomar\, while Jaime follows Latinx friends and sometime lovers Maggie and Hopey and their circle of friends in the punk scene of the fictional Californian town Hoppers. Over the course of L&R’s multi-decade run\, its characters have aged in real time\, lending these stories a depth and weight that few literary works achieve. The Hernandez brothers continue to release new issues of Love and Rockets.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/los-angeles-ca-gilbert-and-jaime-hernandez-love-and-rockets-book-signing-at-golden-apple-comics/
LOCATION:Golden Apple Comics\, 7018 Melrose Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90038\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Pancake Breakfast at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Who will make the pancakes? The Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery will! They’ll be slinging pancakes and mimosas with Megan Kelso to celebrate the release of her bestselling new book\, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories! What could be better than that? Plus this is the perfect opportunity to get all your holiday shopping done in one place! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-pancake-breakfast-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-and-gallery/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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SUMMARY:San Francisco\, CA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) in conversation with Rina Ayuyang (The Man in the McIntosh Suit) at Silver Sprocket
DESCRIPTION:Hey San Francisco\, catch Megan Kelso at the inimitable Silver Sprocket! She’ll be discussing her gorgeous new book\, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories with Rina Ayuyang\, whose newest book\, The Man in the McIntosh Suit\, is out in Spring 2023! \nAbout Megan Kelso: Megan Kelso has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007\, she was invited by The New York Times to serialize her “Watergate Sue” comic as part of the weekly “Funny Pages” feature. In 2019\, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Her books include The Squirrel Mother (2006)\, Artichoke Tales (2010)\, and Queen of the Black Black (2011). She lives in Seattle\, WA with her husband and daughter. \nAbout Rina Ayuyang: Born and raised in Pittsburgh\, Rina Ayuyang was always inspired by the Sunday newspaper funnies and slice-of-life tales. Her short stories have been nominated for the Ignatz and Eisner awards and she has been honored with a MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence silver medal. Her comics have appeared in Mutha Magazine and The Comics Journal. She is also the publisher of the micro comics imprint\, Yam Books. Her first book was Whirlwind Wonderland. Ayuyang lives in Oakland\, CA with her husband and son.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/san-francisco-ca-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-in-conversation-with-rina-ayuyang-the-man-in-the-mcintosh-suit-at-silver-sprocket/
LOCATION:Silver Sprocket\, 1018 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) in conversation with Brian Doerries (The Theater of War) and Peter Catapano (Question Everything: A Stone Reader) at Society of Illustrators
DESCRIPTION:Join Jess Ruliffson in conversation with Bryan Doerries and Peter Catapano as they discuss Invisible Wounds\, Jess’ new comics journalism project which is based on candid\, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. \nCartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars\, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper. In these illustrated interviews\, Ruliffson shares the stories of men\, women\, and non-binary ex-soldiers who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. Identity lies at the heart of these stories\, as they grapple with their gender\, their race\, and the brutality they’ve witnessed and caused. In this compassionate\, probing book\, Ruliffson reveals how America’s endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. \nGet your tickets here! \nAbout Jess Ruliffson: Jess Ruliffson is an award-winning cartoonist. Her debut graphic novel\, Invisible Wounds\, is forthcoming from Fantagraphics. In 2017\, her comic I Trained to Fight The Enemy was shortlisted for Slate’s Cartoonist Studio Prize. Her comics have appeared in Freeman’s Tale of Two Americas\, Virginia Quarterly Review\, The Gainesville Sun\, BuzzFeed\, The Nib\, The Boston Globe\, Pantheon Books\, Wilson Quarterly\, and The Oxford American. She teaches comics and painting at The Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville\, FL and The School of Visual Arts in NYC. Jess is represented by Duvall Osteen at Aragi\, Inc. \nAbout Bryan Doerries: Bryan Doerries is a New York-based writer\, director\, and translator who currently serves as Artistic Director of Theater of War Productions\, a company that presents dramatic readings of seminal plays and texts to frame community conversations about pressing issues of public health and social justice. A self-described evangelist for ancient stories and their relevance to our lives today\, Doerries uses age-old approaches to help individuals and communities heal from trauma and loss. Doerries’ books include The Theater of War: What Ancient Greek Tragedies Can Teach Us Today\, The Odyssey of Sergeant Jack Brennan\, All That You’ve Seen Here is God\, and Oedipus Trilogy. Among his awards\, he has received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Kenyon College\, was named Public Artist in Residence for the City of New York\, and was recently elected a Hasting Center Fellow. For more information about his work\, please visit: www.theaterofwar.com. \nAbout Peter Catapano: Peter Catapano has been an editor in the New York Times Opinion Section since 2005\, where he has edited the work of many military veteran authors. He is the co-editor of four books\, most recently\, Question Everything: A Stone Reader. His most recent essay\, “I’m Going to Make a Fire”: The Transmogrifications of Gary Lieb\, about his friendship with the late illustrator\, appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books last year.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-jess-ruliffson-invisible-wounds-graphic-journalism-in-conversation-with-brian-doerries-the-theater-of-war-and-peter-catapano-question-everything-a-stone-reader-at-society-of-illu/
LOCATION:Society of Illustrators\, 128 East 63rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
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SUMMARY:Greenfield\, MA: Tommi Parrish (Men I Trust) Book Launch at 10 Forward
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the book launch for Tommi Parrish’s brilliant new book\, Men I Trust! They’ll be joined by special guests\, with readings by Jayson Keery\, Eli Nixon\, and Kurt Ankeny and performances by Pussy Vision and Father Hotep! \nAbout the book: Tommi Parrish’s sophomore graphic novel establishes them as one of the most exciting voices in contemporary literature. \nEliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha\, a twentysomething yearning for direction in life\, just moved back in with her parents and dabbles as a sex worker. The two strike up an unlikely friendship that\, as it veers toward something more\, becomes a deeply resonant exploration of how far people are wil­ling to go to find intimacy in a society that is increasingly not conducive to it. \nIn Sasha and Eliza\, Parrish has created two of the most fully realized characters in recent contemporary fiction. Parrish’s gorgeously painted pages showcase a graceful understanding of body language and ear for dialogue\, brilliantly using the medium of comics to depict the dissonance between the characters’ interior and exterior experiences. Men I Trust is about not-always-healthy people attempting to make healthy connections in a disconnected world\, and is one of the most moving and insightful works of literary fiction in any medium this year.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/greenfield-ma-tommi-parrish-men-i-trust-book-launch-at-10-forward/
LOCATION:10 Forward\, 10 Fiske Ave\, Greenfield\, MA\, 01301\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Drew Friedman (Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix) in conversation with Owen Kline (Funny Pages) at Society of Illustrators
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the launch event for Drew Friedman’s newest book\, Maverix and Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix! He’ll be joined in conversation with Funny Pages writer and director Owen Kline and there will be a book signing following their discussion. Book cover posters will be free to all who purchase tickets–get your tickets here (link)! \nAbout Maverix and Lunatix: Perverted\, Insane\, Degenerate\, Brilliant. Artist Drew Friedman pays tribute to the great underground comix creators from Z (Zap) to A (Arcade). \nWith the publication of R. Crumb’s debut issue of ZAP in 1968\, the Underground Comix revolution exploded\, creating a major paradigm shift and blowing the lid off the traditional comic book. Maverix & Lunatix features 101 full page portraits (and more) by a cartooning icon in his own right\, Drew Friedman\, spotlighting the essential artists\, writers\, and editors who defined one of the great art and countercultural movements of the 20th century. Featuring R. Crumb\, Gilbert Shelton\, S. Clay Wilson\, Melinda Gebbie\, Art Spiegelman\, Vaughn Bode\, Trina Robbins\, Bill Griffith\, Jay Lynch\, Sharon Rudahl\, Larry Gonick\, Rick Veitch\, Joyce Farmer\, Justin Green\, “Grass” Green\, George DiCaprio\, Diane Noomin\, Harvey Pekar\, Robert Williams\, Howard Cruse\, Dan O’Neill\, Spain Rodriguez\, Shary Flenniken\, Richard Corben\, and so many others… all of whom helped to reinvent an entire artistic medium and became icons of underground comix. \nFeaturing a foreword by Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron) and an introduction by historian Patrick Rosenkranz (Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963–1975)\, each portrait in Maverix & Lunatix is also accompanied by a short biography of its subject by Friedman\, making the book both a gorgeous art book and a valuable historical resource. \nAbout Drew Friedman: Drew Friedman’s illustrations and comics have appeared in Art Spiegelman’s RAW\, National Lampoon\, SPY\, MAD\, The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The New York Observer\, The Village Voice\, The Wall St. Journal\, Rolling Stone\, Time\, Newsweek\, The Nation\, The New Republic\, Entertainment Weekly\, Reader’s Digest\, Air Mail Online and many other publications\, as well as art created for the covers of numerous books\, CD’s\, DVD’s and Prints. \nIn his New York Times book review of Friedman’s book Old Jewish Comedians\, Steven Heller wrote: “A festival of drawing virtuosity and fabulous craggy faces. Drew Friedman might very well be the Vermeer of the Borscht Belt.” The Society of Illustrators hosted a main gallery showing of Friedman’s Old Jewish Comedians illustrations in 2014. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University held a major exhibition of all of the artwork created for his book All The Presidents in fall\, 2019. \nFriedman is the author and artist behind 14 books and anthologies\, the latest Maverix & Lunatix: Icons of Underground Comix\, with a foreword by Marc Maron. A documentary about Friedman’s life and work is in the works. \nAbout Owen Kline: Owen Kline is a New York-based filmmaker\, actor\, screenwriter and cartoonist\, best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages (2022) and his role as Frank Berkman in The Squid And The Whale. Before Funny Pages\, Kline directed the delirious Jazzy for Joe (2014) starring the late talk show legend Joe Franklin raising an abandoned baby found on his doorstep.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-drew-friedman-maverix-and-lunatix-icons-of-underground-comix-in-conversation-with-owen-kline-funny-pages-at-society-of-illustrators/
LOCATION:Society of Illustrators\, 128 East 63rd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10065\, United States
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Steve Brodner (Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022) Lecture and Book Signing\, School of Visual Arts
DESCRIPTION:Steve Brodner will discuss work from his new book Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022–the first 25 people to arrive will receive a complimentary signed book! \nThe event will feature a talk\, Q&A session\, and book signing. Come with ideas for projects you would like to begin! Living and Dying in America will be available for purchase and signing during the event. \nA graphic artist and political cartoonist working since the 1970’s\, Steve Brodner’s work has been published in most major magazines and newspapers in the US. He has been a teacher at SVA since the 1990’s and has won most awards in his field\, including gold and silver medals at the Society of Illustrators\, the Cartoonist Society’s Reuben\, and the Masters Series at the School of Visual Arts. Living and Dying in America is his second book for Fantagraphics\, featuring collected work from the daily column: The Greater Quiet\, which appears in The Nation and also can be subscribed to at stevebrodner.substack.com. \n**In accordance with SVA COVID-19 protocols\, in-person events are open to registered guests\, SVA students\, faculty and staff. Proof of vaccination is required to enter the building and visitors must remain masked while indoors. Please have your ticket on your phone ready—your ticket will be scanned and you will be promptly checked in when entering the building. \nRegister for the event here (link)!
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-steve-brodner-living-and-dying-in-america-a-daily-chronicle-2020-2022-lecture-and-book-signing-school-of-visual-arts/
LOCATION:School of Visual Arts\, 209 East 23rd Street Room 311\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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SUMMARY:Portland\, OR: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Book Signing at Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Megan Kelso’s book signing and reception for Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories at Floating World Comics! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-or-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-book-signing-at-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Floating World Comics\, 1223 Lloyd Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Book Launch at Third Place Books Ravenna
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Megan Kelso’s presentation and book signing for Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories at Third Place Books Ravenna! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-book-launch-at-third-place-books-ravenna/
LOCATION:Third Place Books\, 6504 20th Ave NE\, Seattle\, WA\, 98115\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brookline\, MA: Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) in conversation with Heather Hopp-Bruce (The Boston Globe) at Brookline Booksmith
DESCRIPTION:In person at Brookline Booksmith! Celebrate the release of Invisible Wounds with author Jess Ruliffson\, in conversation with Heather Hopp-Bruce–RSVP here (link)! \nAbout the book: Candid\, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. \nCartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars\, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper. In these illustrated interviews\, Ruliffson shares the stories of men\, women\, and non-binary ex-soldiers who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. Identity lies at the heart of these stories\, as they grapple with their gender\, their race\, and the brutality they’ve witnessed and caused. In this compassionate\, probing book\, Ruliffson reveals how America’s endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them. \nAbout Jess Ruliffson:Jess Ruliffson’s comics have appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review\, BuzzFeed\, The Nib\, The Boston Globe\, Pantheon Books\, Wilson Quarterly\, and The Oxford American. She teaches at The Sequential Artists Workshop and Lesley University. \nAbout Heather Hopp-Bruce: Heather Hopp-Bruce manages the visual life of opinion content and identity for the Boston Globe. She holds a Certificate from the Harvard School of Professional Development in Digital Marketing Strategy\, has been a Society for News Design judge\, guest art director at the Savannah College of Art and design\, and is a guest lecturer at Lesley College of Art and Design. \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brookline-ma-jess-ruliffson-invisible-wounds-graphic-journalism-in-conversation-with-heather-hopp-bruce-the-boston-globe-at-brookline-booksmith/
LOCATION:Brookline Booksmith\, 279 Harvard Street\, Brookline\, MA\, 02446\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T190000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Mathew Klickstein (See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con\, Fandom\, and the Triumph of Geek Culture) Panel and Book Signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
DESCRIPTION:See You At San Diego examines the rise of comix fandom from the seminal period of San Diego Comic Con and the artists that started it. Author Mathew Klickstein will be joined by cartoonist Roberta Gregory\, science fiction and fantasy writer Astrid Anderson\, Department of Cinema Studies Associate Professor Dr Erin Hanna\, and Fantagraphics founder Gary Groth on a panel discussing this compelling pop culture phenomenon. \nAbout the book: This full-fledged oral history\, bursting with intimate reflections\, hilarious observations\, and at times\, heartbreaking\, often thought-provoking stories\, is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and the story of the transformation of mainstream American pop culture into comic book culture over the past century. \nJoin some of the biggest names in fandom as they launch off at ludicrous speed into the spiraling galaxy of geek culture through the kaleidoscopic lens of the planet’s biggest pop culture gathering worldwide (clocked twice by Guinness!): the San Diego Comic-Con. With such special guests as: Neil Gaiman\, Frank Miller\, Kevin Smith\, Bruce Campbell\, Felicia Day\, Scott Aukerman\, Stan Sakai\, Sergio Aragonés\, Trina Robbins\, the Russo Bros.\, Lloyd Kaufman\, Tim Seeley\, Kevin Eastman\, and many others — along with 400+ photos and art — the book also features forewords by Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) and by Jeff Smith (Bone)\, plus an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan’s own uber-nerd mastermind RZA.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-mathew-klickstein-see-you-at-san-diego-an-oral-history-of-comic-con-fandom-and-the-triumph-of-geek-culture-panel-and-book-signing-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T163000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
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SUMMARY:Olympia\, WA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Book Launch at Danger Room Comics
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Megan Kelso’s book launch for Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories at Danger Room Comics–she’ll be in conversation with Danger Room’s own Frank Hussey and then she’ll sign copies of her books! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs. \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/olympia-wa-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-book-launch-at-danger-room-comics/
LOCATION:Danger Room Comics\, 201 4th Ave W\, Olympa\, WA\, 98501\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221112T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221012T174747Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Kid Congo Powers: Some New Kind of Kick at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Fantagraphics Bookstore welcomes legendary musician Kid Congo Powers reading from his fascinating new memoir\, Some New Kind of Kick\, followed by a conversation with fellow guitarist Tom Price and book signing. A former member of the Cramps\, Gun Club\, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds as well as a prodigious solo career\, Powers offers a unique perspective on contemporary counterculture as a pioneering gay Latino punk rocker.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-kid-congo-powers-some-new-kind-of-kick-at-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221111T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221111T193000
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CREATED:20221013T223518Z
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SUMMARY:Tacoma\, WA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Book Launch at Destiny City Comics
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Megan Kelso’s presentation and book signing for Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories at Destiny City Comics! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/tacoma-wa-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-book-launch-at-destiny-city-comics/
LOCATION:Destiny City Comics\, 218 St Helens Ave\, Tacoma\, WA\, 98402\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221109T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles\, CA: Simon Hanselmann (Below Ambition) and Anna Haifisch (Schappi) at Skylight Books
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the book launch for Simon Hanselmann’s newest collection\, Below Ambition–he’ll be joined by Anna Haifisch\, whose newest book\, Schappi\, “radiates a satisfying complexity” (TCJ.com)! There will be live music by Simon\, a reading by Anna\, and a Q&A session and book signing with both artists! \nAbout Below Ambition: Following Simon Hanselmann’s 2021 smash hit graphic novel Crisis Zone — which captured the zeitgeist of life under Covid and the New York Times Book Review called “the first great work of pandemic fiction” — things settle down\, and Megg the Witch and Werewolf Jones get the band back together. \nMegg and Werewolf Jones are Horse Mania. Horse Mania is a test of the audience’s patience\, proudly the “worst band in town\,” without any ambition to make it. Join the musicians as they battle through shoddy\, distracted practice sessions\, a squalid house show\, and a doomed interstate tour. Watch as they drunkenly flail through their sets amidst toothaches\, nervous breakdowns\, suicide attempts\, mounting hatred\, and a galaxy of benzos. This is music and performance in its most primal\, multifaceted\, and pure form. Feel the tension. See the dirty looks. Taste the pain. Smell the depravity. Hear the veiled beauty. Horse Mania wants you to lose your mind. \nBelow Ambition is a meditation on youth\, performance\, and memory as only Simon Hanselmann\, the best comedic writer in comics\, is capable of. The book will also include a flexidisc single by Horse Mania\, “Stick It In for the Ambient”\, which will be tipped into the front cover of the book for easy removal and play. \nAbout Schappi: In Schappi\, Anna Haifisch blurs the boundaries between humans and animals in subtle and absurd ways. In these five collected comics short stories\, carnivores and herbivores meet at a disastrous congress of the animals; we get to know a merciless\, art-collecting lizard; and are introduced to dancing ostriches and a melancholy\, meditating octopus. With singular humor and charm\, and a brilliant eye for color\, Haifisch tells of the everyday struggle from the prairie to the drawing table\, of self-imposed isolation and friendship. At the end of the day\, there is hope\, even for crying weasels. Haifisch’s wry sense of humor reveals many truths lying underneath her absurdist wit. Printed in five gorgeous Pantone inks\, Schappi will shine from a bookshelf like a mad husky’s iris. \n  \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/los-angeles-ca-simon-hanselmann-below-ambition-book-launch-at-skylight-books/
LOCATION:Skylight Books\, 1818 N Vermont Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90027\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221012T175930Z
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SUMMARY:Portland\, OR: Antoine Maillard (Slash Them All) Book Signing at Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss a book signing and reception with Antoine Maillard for his new book\, Slash Them All! \nAbout the book: Two high school students are found dead\, stoking fears amongst the student body and surrounding community of a serial killer on the loose. Yet summer is approaching\, and the future is fraught with uncertainty—if only things could go back to normal for just a while longer. Instead\, the heightened police presence prevents Pola from dealing at school while her best friend\, the typically discreet Daniel\, resists increasingly morbid impulses. News crews speculate about the Bloody Batter\, triggering PTSD and fueling paranoia. Meanwhile\, evil has its own plans. \nSlash Them All is cartoonist Antoine Maillard’s tribute to 1980s American horror cinema\, skillfully absorbing the traditions and tropes of the genre\, yet drawn in a gorgeous\, grayscale pencil style that evokes 1950s film noir more than Jason or Freddy Kreuger. This singular work of graphic fiction is a story about adolescents thrust unexpectedly\, unwillingly\, and unpreparedly into adulthood\, told with a graphic acuity and emotional depth that transcends its simple slasher inspirations. A 2022 winner for Best Crime Graphic Novel at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/portland-or-antoine-maillard-slash-them-all-book-signing-at-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Floating World Comics\, 1223 Lloyd Center\, Portland\, OR\, 97232\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221106T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221012T175417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T175417Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) in conversation with Phyllis Fletcher (NYT\, NPR) at Seattle Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Megan Kelso’s event at the Seattle Public Library! She’ll discuss her new book\, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories\, with Phyllis Fletcher (NPR\, NYT) and then sign copies. \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-in-conversation-with-phyllis-fletcher-nyt-npr-at-seattle-public-library/
LOCATION:Seattle Public Library\, 1000 Fourth Ave.\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
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SUMMARY:Ojai\, CA: Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets) Book Signing at Bart's Books
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss a book signing with the legendary Hernandez brothers–Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez will be signing copies of their books and comics at Bart’s Books on November 5th! \nAbout Love and Rockets: In 1982\, Fantagraphics Books published the first issue of Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers (Gilbert\, Jaime\, and Mario)\, and the series has since gone on to become the publisher’s flagship title\, a monumental work of graphic fiction. Collected under the umbrella of L&R\, the series is comprised of two separate ongoing stories: Gilbert chronicles the colorful inhabitants of the fictional Latin American town of Palomar\, while Jaime follows Latinx friends and sometime lovers Maggie and Hopey and their circle of friends in the punk scene of the fictional Californian town Hoppers. Over the course of L&R’s multi-decade run\, its characters have aged in real time\, lending these stories a depth and weight that few literary works achieve. The Hernandez brothers continue to release new issues of Love and Rockets.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/ojai-ca-gilbert-and-jaime-hernandez-love-and-rockets-book-signing-at-barts-books/
LOCATION:Bart’s Books\, 302 W Matilija St\, Ojai\, CA\, 93023\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221105T180000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221012T001016Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Fantagraphics at Short Run Comix & Arts Festival
DESCRIPTION:Stop by and see us at the annual (and beloved) Short Run Comix & Arts Festival! We’ll have tons of books (including our newest releases) and merch at our table F:32-33\, plus signings with our Fanta artists! \nHere’s the signing schedule: \n12:00-1:00 pm: Mannie Murphy (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) \n1:00-2:00 pm: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) \n2:00-3:00 pm: Casanova Frankenstein (How to Make a Monster: Ugly Memories of Chicago from a South Side Escapee) \n3:00-4:00 pm: Alex Graham (Dog Biscuits) \n4:00-5:00 pm: Ellen Forney (Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life) \n5:00-6:00 pm: Patrick Keck (PEEPERS) \nMake sure you check out our other artists’ tables as well: Anna Haifisch (Schappi)\, Antoine Maillard (Slash Them All)\, Anders Nilsen (The End: Revised and Expanded)\, Josh Simmons (Flayed Corpse and Other Stories)\, and Natalia Novia and Ariel López V. (NOW #11)–you can find the full exhibitor map here (link). \nFree to attend\, just bring a mask and proof of vaccination!
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-fantagraphics-at-short-run-comix-arts-festival/
LOCATION:Fisher Pavilion at the Seattle Center\, 305 Harrison St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98109\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221104T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221011T235203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T220906Z
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SUMMARY:Seattle\, WA: Short Run Marathon Art Show & Pre-Fest Reception at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Shary Flenniken in conversation with Larry Reid from 6:00 – 6:30 PM \nExhibition on view through Dec. 8th \nFeaturing artwork by: Claudia Chinyere Akole\, Shary Flenniken\, Megan Kelso\, Gareth Brookes\, Natalia Novia\, Lale Westvind\, Anna Haifisch\, Ariel López V.\, Casanova Frankenstein\, James Spooner\, T. Edward Bak\, Madeleine Jubilee Saito\, Julia Wald\, Rodger Binyone\, Jasper Jubenvill\, Krusty Wheatfield & V. Vale \nShort Run and Fantagraphics Bookstore’s long-going collaboration continues with the 10th annual Marathon Art Show. The title references comic artists’ tireless commitment to the craft. This show features original work from the festival’s special guests\, a few stand-out exhibitors\, and a piece from the recipient of the Short Run DASH Grant. It acts as a preview of the work you will find at the Short Run Comix & Arts Festival\, happening Saturday\, Nov. 5th at Fisher Pavilion at Seattle Center.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/seattle-wa-short-run-marathon-art-show-pre-fest-reception-at-the-fantagraphics-bookstore-gallery/
LOCATION:Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery\, 1201 S Vale St\, Seattle\, WA\, 98108\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221103T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221013T221656Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T221656Z
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SUMMARY:San Francisco\, CA: Antoine Maillard (Slash Them All) in conversation with Harry Nordlinger (Vacuum Decay) at Silver Sprocket
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Antoine Maillard (Slash Them All) in conversation with Harry Nordlinger (Vacuum Decay)–they’ll be talking horror\, comics\, and art at Silver Sprocket! Afterwards there will be a book signing and reception. Don’t forget your mask! \nAbout Slash Them All: Two high school students are found dead\, stoking fears amongst the student body and surrounding community of a serial killer on the loose. Yet summer is approaching\, and the future is fraught with uncertainty—if only things could go back to normal for just a while longer. Instead\, the heightened police presence prevents Pola from dealing at school while her best friend\, the typically discreet Daniel\, resists increasingly morbid impulses. News crews speculate about the Bloody Batter\, triggering PTSD and fueling paranoia. Meanwhile\, evil has its own plans. \nSlash Them All is cartoonist Antoine Maillard’s tribute to 1980s American horror cinema\, skillfully absorbing the traditions and tropes of the genre\, yet drawn in a gorgeous\, grayscale pencil style that evokes 1950s film noir more than Jason or Freddy Kreuger. This singular work of graphic fiction is a story about adolescents thrust unexpectedly\, unwillingly\, and unpreparedly into adulthood\, told with a graphic acuity and emotional depth that transcends its simple slasher inspirations. The 2022 winner for Best Crime Graphic Novel at the Angouleme International Comics Festival.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/san-francisco-ca-antoine-maillard-slash-them-all-in-conversation-with-harry-nordlinger-vacuum-decay-at-silver-sprocket/
LOCATION:Silver Sprocket\, 1018 Valencia St\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94110\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221102T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221102T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T015437
CREATED:20221010T210350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221010T210350Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Tim Hensley (Detention #2) in conversation with Kayla E. (Precious Rubbish)\, hosted by Floating World Comics
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the virtual book launch for Detention #2 by Tim Hensley! He’ll be joined in conversation by Kayla E. (Precious Rubbish) and hosted by Floating World Comics–tune in to the Fantagraphics Facebook page on November 2nd at 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST to watch the livestream! \nAbout the book: Brilliant cartoonist Tim Hensley (Wally Gropius) returns with his first new comic book since the acclaimed “Sir Alfred No. 3” in 2015! This is a gorgeous\, oversized one-shot comic magazine (there is no Detention #1 — it’s a joke\, folks!) strictly limited to 2000 copies and available only through the direct market! Hensley “adapts” in his own absurdist fashion an acknowledged classic of American literature\, “Maggie: A Girl of the Streets” by Stephen Crane into a 44-page\, oversized\, full-color comic book titled “Detention #2.” Crane’s 1893 novella tells the story of Maggie\, a Bowery waif on the cusp of maturity who becomes tragically embroiled with a barkeep named Pete. Hensley satirically frames his version of this brutal tale of slum life as a study aide à la Classics Illustrated\, created for those being punished by remedial instruction. \nOrder your copy from Floating World Comics and get a signed bookplate (while supplies last)!
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/virtual-tim-hensley-detention-2-in-conversation-with-kayla-e-precious-rubbish-hosted-by-floating-world-comics/
LOCATION:Virtual
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SUMMARY:New York\, NY: Thomas Woodruff (Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral) Book Signing and Launch Party at Vito Schnabel Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Vito Schnabel Gallery and Fantagraphics will host a book signing and launch party for Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral on Friday\, October 28 from 6-8pm! Books (including a deluxe edition with an original print by Thomas Woodruff) will be available for sale on a first come\, first serve basis. For the event and the following day\, October 29th\, over 300 drawings and paintings from the project will be on view in the gallery. \nAbout the book: Francis Rothbart! follows a feral child who is raised by magpies and other creatures and is repeatedly struck by lightning. Because of the phenomena\, the child develops eccentric talents\, which he then abuses\, leading to his ultimate destruction by the same natural world that once nurtured him. Written mostly in rhymed verse and lushly drawn and painted\, each scene in Francis’s picaresque saga is a verbal and visual feast that transport the reader to a mythical pastoral world. Thomas Woodruff’s imagery recalls the fictive gardens of a paradise lost that echoes somewhere deep in all our souls. Woodruff’s debut book is a “graphic opera” unlike anything ever created\, a tour de force of words and images in harmony that will be one of the most talked-about books of the decade. \nAbout the author: In his long\, varied\, and eccentric career Thomas Woodruff has had many solo exhibitions of his paintings; created hundreds of illustrations for books\, periodicals\, and television; designed for the opera; curated gallery exhibitions. Woodruff is Chair Emeritus of the Illustration and Cartooning Departments at the School of Visual Arts\, where he held the post for 20 years. Francis Rothbart! is his first work of comic art.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/new-york-ny-thomas-woodruff-francis-rothbart-the-tale-of-a-fastidious-feral-book-signing-and-launch-party-at-vito-schnabel-gallery/
LOCATION:Vito Schnabel Gallery\, 455 West 19th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chicago\, IL: Mathew Klickstein (See You at San Diego) in conversation with Tim Seeley (Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse) at City Lit Books
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Mathew Klickstein (See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con\, Fandom\, and the Triumph of Geek Culture) in conversation with Tim Seeley (Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse) at City Lit Books in Chicago! \nAbout the book: See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fandom scene. This full-fledged oral history\, bursting with intimate reflections\, hilarious observations\, and at times\, heartbreaking\, often thought-provoking stories\, is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and the story of the transformation of mainstream American pop culture into comic book culture over the past century. \nJoin some of the biggest names in fandom as they launch off at ludicrous speed into the spiraling galaxy of geek culture through the kaleidoscopic lens of the planet’s biggest pop culture gathering worldwide (clocked twice by Guinness!): the San Diego Comic-Con. With such special guests as: Neil Gaiman\, Frank Miller\, Kevin Smith\, Bruce Campbell\, Felicia Day\, Scott Aukerman\, Stan Sakai\, Sergio Aragonés\, Trina Robbins\, the Russo Bros.\, Lloyd Kaufman\, Tim Seeley\, Kevin Eastman\, and many others — along with 400+ photos and art — the book also features forewords by Stan Sakai (Usagi Yojimbo) and by Jeff Smith (Bone)\, plus an afterword by Wu-Tang Clan’s own uber-nerd mastermind RZA.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/chicago-il-mathew-klickstein-see-you-at-san-diego-in-conversation-with-tim-seeley-spider-gwen-gwenverse-at-city-lit-books/
LOCATION:City Lit Books\, 2523 N Kedzie Blvd\, Chicago\, IL\, 60647\, United States
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SUMMARY:Manchester Center\, VT: Liniers (Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere) Book Signing at Northshire Bookstore
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Liniers (Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere) at the Northshire Bookstore in Vermont! \nAbout the book: In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes\, Mutts\, and Krazy Kat\, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children\, talking animals\, imaginary monsters\, sensitive robots\, occasional elves\, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags\, philosophize\, muse on nature\, and engage in surreal\, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate\, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors\, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject\, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humor free reign. Jokes about domestic life\, imagined scenarios of historical figures\, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates\, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset\, the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: Macanudo is a boundless canvas for its author’s humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world\, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted. \nBeginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires\, Macanudo steadily gained popularity around the world\, appearing in US newspapers since 2018. Welcome to Elsewhere is the first of a series of volumes collecting Liniers’ groundbreaking strip.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/manchester-center-vt-liniers-macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-book-signing-at-northshire-bookstore/
LOCATION:Northshire Bookstore\, 4869 Main Street\, Manchester Center\, VT\, 05255\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn\, NY: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) in conversation with Austin English (The Comics Journal) at Unnameable Books
DESCRIPTION:The New York Comics Symposium Presents: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) and Austin English (The Comics Journal) at Unnameable Books! \nAbout the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso\, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual\, interior experience. These stories\, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity\, racism\, class\, love\, and even abuse. The book opens with “Watergate Sue\,” originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters\, Eve’s obsession with Richard Nixon’s Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later\, her daughter\, Sue\, is now grown and beginning her own family and attempting to reconcile her mother’s experience with her own. \n“Cats in Service” is a contemporary fable about how a death in the family leads a young couple to adopt several cats who have been expertly trained to tend to their every need. “The Egg Room” profiles middle-aged Florence\, caught between dreams of how her life might have unfolded and the shrunken reality. “The Golden Lasso” turns the focus to adolescence\, using rock climbing as a set piece for a story about innocence lost\, while “Korin Voss” chronicles a few months in the life of a single mother in the late 1940s. \nTaken collectively\, Who Will Make the Pancakes showcases Kelso’s unique voice in graphic fiction (one more in tune with writers such as Alice Munro\, Sarah Waters\, or Ann Patchett than most graphic novelists) and a stylistic command that tailors her approachable and warm cartooning style for each story’s needs. \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brooklyn-ny-megan-kelso-who-will-make-the-pancakes-five-stories-in-conversation-with-austin-english-the-comics-journal-at-unnameable-books/
LOCATION:Unnameable Books\, 615 Vanderbilt Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11238\, United States
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SUMMARY:Princeton\, NJ: Steve Brodner (Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022) Book Signing at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Steve Brodner in conversation with BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice! They’ll be discussing community building\, art\, and Steve’s new book\, Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022. \nAbout the book: Every day\, late at night or early in the morning\, from March 26\, 2020 to January 1\, 2022\, the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. In those midnight hours\, he would review the day’s reportage\, sit down at his drawing board\, and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role\, willingly or unwillingly\, in shaping that day. \nLiving & Dying in America includes many lovingly drawn portraits of those who died in the pandemic and of those who displayed extraordinary strength\, decency\, courage\, and endurance. But Brodner does not ignore those who perpetuated the pandemic in word or deed: he also etches in acid caricature those public servants and private entrepreneurs who preyed upon the public\, spread lies\, and aided the virus’ spread through their ignorance\, incompetence\, and malfeasance. Released via Brodner’s daily column in The Nation\, the drawings range from quick\, expertly realized sketches to elaborate paintings to carefully rendered mixed media\, depending on how much time and stamina and inspiration he had left at the end of the day. Each spontaneously drawn or painted image is accompanied by a brief biography of those who died\, or a short summary of the person’s conduct or the event depicted. \nTaken as a whole\, Living & Dying in America is a chronicle of those who died and those who honorably served the living — as well as an indictment of those institutions and political figures who betrayed the public trust. It is a searing and essential moral document\, written and drawn on a daily basis with feverish intensity by one of the great forces of American cartooning.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/princeton-nj-steve-brodner-living-and-dying-in-america-a-daily-chronicle-2020-2022-book-signing-at-the-bayard-rustin-center-for-social-justice/
LOCATION:Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice\, 12 Stockton St\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08540\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vashon\, WA: Jim Woodring (One Beautiful Spring Day) Art Exhibition + Artist Talk\, Vashon Center for the Arts
DESCRIPTION:The gorgeous Vashon Center for the Arts is hosting an exhibition featuring Jim Woodring’s amazing art! They’ll also be hosting an Artist Talk with Jim–ticketing and other details are as follows: \nExhibition: Friday\, October 7: Show opens\, Meet the Artist reception 5-8pm\nSunday\, October 30: Exhibition closes. Gallery hours\, Wed – Sunday 12-5pm\nFree to the public. \nThis exhibition is a rare opportunity to see a cross-medium collection of Jim Woodring’s work\, including original Frank ink pen drawings\, Jim’s fantasy oil paintings\, his large 6′ ink pen drawings\, prints\, books\, and gift figures made from his FRANK characters. \nJim Woodring is an American cartoonist\, fine artist\, writer and toy designer. He is best known for the dream-based comics he published in his magazine Jim\, and as the creator of the anthropomorphic  cartoon character Frank\, who has appeared in a number of short comics and graphic novels. \nSince he was a child\, Woodring has experienced hallucinatory “apparitions”\, which have inspired much of his surreal work. He keeps an “autojournal” of his dreams\, some of which have formed the basis of some of his comics. His most famous creation is fictional—the pantomime comics set in the universe he calls the Unifactor\, predominately featuring Frank. He also does a large amount of surrealist painting\, and has been the writer on a number of comics from licensed franchises. \nWoodring has won or been nominated for a number of awards. He placed twice on The Comics Journal‘s list of the 100 best comics of the century\, with the Frank stories ranked #55\, and The Book of Jim ranked #71. \nArtist Talk with Jim Woodring:  “One Beautiful Spring Day”\nSunday\, October 16: 2:00pm\, followed by a book signing in the lobby.\nGeneral admission $20\, VCA members & Senior (65+) $18\, Youth (18-) free. Get your tickets here (link). \nJoin Jim Woodring for his otherworldly presentation that starts with personal anecdotes\, continues with a brief survey of his work\, and lands on the content of his newly released book\, “One Beautiful Spring Day” to showcase its inner workings and hidden aspects. His new book is described by his publisher\, Fantagraphics\, as “A mesmerizing\, mind-bending\, wordless 400-page comics odyssey by a contemporary master of the form.” Ken Johnson of the New Times writes\, “Mr. Woodring [has] extraordinary gifts as a draftsman\, storyteller and creator of hilarious characters and hallucinatory situations…” Jim Woodring has been chronicling the adventures of his cartoon Everyman\, Frank\, for almost 30 years. These stories are a singular rarity in the comics form — both bone-chillingly physical in their depictions of Frank’s travails and profoundly metaphysical at the same time. The talk will be followed by a book-signing with Woodring in the lobby.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/vashon-wa-jim-woodring-one-beautiful-spring-day-art-exhibition-artist-talk-vashon-center-for-the-arts/
LOCATION:Vashon Center for the Arts\, 19600 Vashon Hwy SW\, Vashon\, WA\, 98070\, United States
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn\, NY: Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) and Kate Schneider (Headland) at the Brooklyn Book Festival
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism) and Kate Schneider (Headland) discussing their incredibly moving books at the Brooklyn Book Festival! Here’s the schedule: \nOctober 2nd: \n10:00 am: The Healing Path\, Center for Brooklyn History\, 128 Pierrepont Street (entrance on Clinton Street): Moving past trauma\, whether physical\, mental\, or a bit of both\, is a uniquely human challenge. And the ways down that path to healing are as unique and various as people themselves. In beautifully illustrated graphic novel works both intense and inspiring\, Kate Schneider (Headland)\, Elizabeth Trembley (Look Again)\, and Emma Grove (The Third Person) show us what is possible. Moderated by graphic medicine cartoonist and educator Kriota Willberg. \n11:00-11:30 am: Kate Schneider signing at Signing Table B \n3:00 pm: Telling Others’ Stories\, Center for Brooklyn History\, 128 Pierrepont Street (entrance on Clinton Street): A long-shot political campaign built from scratch\, an anti-crime squad policing the immigrant suburbs of Paris\, a sweeping cross-country investigation into the many ways of gender expression\, a deep and compassionate dive into the lives of military veterans struggling to reconcile wartime and post-war lives—these are powerful works of journalism and social science made even more vivid by the graphic novel format. Jess Ruliffson (Invisible Wounds)\, Sofia Warren (Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator)\, Didier Fassin (Policing The City: An Ethno-Graphic) and Rhea Ewing (Fine: A Comic About Gender) bring us to the frontlines of human experience with their insightful and visually arresting reporting. Moderated by Heidi MacDonald\, Editor-in-Chief\, The Beat. \n4:00-4:30 pm: Jess Ruliffson signing at Signing Table B \n 
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/brooklyn-ny-jess-ruliffson-invisible-wounds-graphic-journalism-and-kate-schneider-headland-at-the-brooklyn-book-festival/
LOCATION:Brooklyn Borough Hall and Vicinity\, 209 Joralemon St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Hanover\, NH: Liniers (Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere) Book Signing at Still North Books & Bar
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss a book signing with Liniers (Ricardo Siri) for his new collection\, Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere! He’ll be at Still North Books & Bar on September 29th at 7:00 pm. \n  \nAbout the book: \nIn the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes\, Mutts\, and Krazy Kat\, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children\, talking animals\, imaginary monsters\, sensitive robots\, occasional elves\, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags\, philosophize\, muse on nature\, and engage in surreal\, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate\, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors\, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject\, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humor free reign. Jokes about domestic life\, imagined scenarios of historical figures\, Cthulu showing up to Tinder dates\, characters simply enjoying a pastoral sunset\, the puncturing of pop-culture stalwarts: Macanudo is a boundless canvas for its author’s humane and delightfully off-kilter view of the world\, in a way few comic strips have ever even attempted. \nBeginning in 2002 in Buenos Aires\, Macanudo steadily gained popularity around the world\, appearing in US newspapers since 2018. Welcome to Elsewhere is the first of a series of volumes collecting Liniers’ groundbreaking strip.
URL:https://blog.fantagraphics.com/events/hanover-nh-liniers-macanudo-welcome-to-elsewhere-book-signing-at-still-north-books-bar/
LOCATION:Still North Books & Bar\, 3 Allen Street\, Hanover\, NH\, 03755\, United States
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