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  • Brooklyn: Kevin Avery at BookCourt

    BookCourt 163 Court St, Brooklyn, United States

    Kevin Avery presents his new release, It's All One Case: The Illustrated Ross Macdonald Archives. He'll be joined by the book's designer to discuss the process, and works of Ross Macdonald. About the book: In 1976, the critic Paul Nelson spent several weeks interviewing his literary hero, legendary detective writer Ross Macdonald. Beginning in the late 1940s with his shadowy creation, ruminating private eye Lew Archer, Macdonald had followed in the footsteps of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, but ultimately elevated the form to a new level. “We talked about everything imaginable,” Nelson wrote—including Macdonald’s often meager beginnings; his dual citizenship;...

  • Chicago: Dame Darcy at Quimby’s

    Quimby's Bookstore 1854 W North Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

    The beloved artist Dame Darcy will be at Quimby's to celebrate the release of the gorgeous hardcover Meat Cake Bible collection. There will probably be music, a reading, weirdness. But it will definitely be awesome.

  • Chicago: Emil Ferris at MCA

    Museum of Contemporary Art 220 E Chicago Ave, Chicago, United States

    Emil Ferris signs copies of her new graphic novel My Favorite Thing is Monsters on the second floor of the MCA Store

  • New York: Drew Friedman

    Society of Illustrators 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States

    Join Drew Friedman at the Society of Illustrators in New York to celebrate and discuss the release of his new book, More Heroes of the Comics: Portraits of the Legends of Comic Books. The evening will include a cocktail reception, panel discussion featuring Friedman, Karen Greene and Danny Fingeroth, with a signing to follow.

  • Oakland: Black Panther 50th Anniversary

    Learning Center at Oakland Museum of California 1000 Oak St, Oakland, CA, United States

    Author Pat Thomas of "Listen, Whitey: the sounds of Black Power 1965-1975" will be appearing at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Black Panther Party on Friday October 21st from 1 to 3 pm at the Learning Center at Oakland Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street in Oakland.

  • Vancouver BC: Joe Sacco at Simon Fraser

    SFU - Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema 149 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Join us for an evening with award-winning Graphic Journalist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine (1996), Footnotes in Gaza (2009), Safe Area Goražde (2000), and The Fixer (2003). Sacco will be in conversation with Chris Brayshaw from Pulp Fiction Books and Roxanne Panchasi from SFU’s History Department.

  • North Carolina: Carol Tyler Visiting Writer Series

    Appalachian State University 263 Locust St, Boone, NC, United States

    The annual Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series at Appalachian State University is like an exclusive club. Only the best authors out there can meet the requirements for membership. On Nov. 3, graphic novelist Carol Tyler will present a craft talk titled “Writing and Drawing the Graphic Novel” from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. in Room 169 (Three Top Mountain) of the Plemmons Student Union. She will read from and show her work at 7:30 p.m. in the Turchin Center Lecture Hall, TCVA-1102. The Lecture Hall is accessible through clearly marked double doors on the back side of the Turchin Center...

  • Peter Bagge at Washington State University

    WSU - Museum of Art Fine Arts Center, Pullman Campus, Pullman, WA, United States

    JOIN THE MUSEUM OF ART FOR A LECTURE WITH ARTIST PETER BAGGE IN THE MUSEUM GALLERY Thursday, November 3 at 6pm Meet one of the Northwest’s most celebrated alternative cartoonists, Peter Bagge, as he weaves listeners the story of the Northwest alternative comics scene and how he developed his career as a young cartoonist through establishing a relationship with notorious underground cartoonist, Robert Crumb. After serving as Weirdo magazine’s managing editor Bagge went on to create his own series of comics such as Neat Stuff, the ‘grunge comic’ Hate, and more recently Apocalypse Nerd. Bagge is a recipient of numerous...

  • New York: Miriam Libicki at Jewish Heritage Museum

    Museum of Jewish Heritage 36 Battery Place, New York, NY, United States

    The Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect, Jewish Book Council, and the Museum of Jewish Heritage present an evening of discussion between graphic storytellers subverting centuries of antisemitic depictions of Jews in cartoons and propaganda by twisting those same art forms to tell their own narratives of Jewish history and identity Thursday, November 3, 2016 beginning at 7:00 PM at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City. Moderated by political cartoonist Eli Valley, Ink Bleeds History: Reclaiming and Redrawing the Jewish Image in Comics represents a new generation of artists illustrating the Jewish narrative around the world, featuring...

  • Seattle: Short Run Marathon

    Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery 1201 S Vale St, Seattle, WA, United States

    Short Run Marathon Reception Friday, November 4, 6:00 to 9:00 PM Exhibition continues through November 10, 2016 Featuring: Vanessa Davis,  Trevor Alixopulos, Dash Shaw, Ines Estrada, Phoebe Wahl, Hatem Imam, Brendan Kiefer, and Tom van Deusen Dash Shaw will give a short preview of his new film, and Tom Van Deusen reads an excerpt from his new comic!