Events

Join us for a discussion that sheds new light on the contemporary resonance and emerging scholarship focused on women artists, including Artemisia Gentileschi, and depictions of women in the exhibition Flesh and Blood: Italian Masterpieces from the Capodimonte Museum. Chiyo Ishikawa, SAM's Deputy Director for Art and Curator of European Painting and Sculpture, speaks with graphic artist Gina Siciliano and Estelle Lingo, Professor of Early Modern European Art at University of Washington in Seattle. In September, Gina Siciliano released her debut graphic novel, I Know What I Am, depicting the life of the female painter, Artemisia Gentileschi. The result of years of research exploring Gentileschi’s life...

Catch Special Guest Jaime Hernandez, Katie Skelly, Julia Gfrörer, Paul Karasik, and Mark Newgarden at the The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo! All listed artists will be attending and Jaime Hernandez will have a panel on Saturday from 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM in the Amphitheater. MICE 2019 will take place October 19 – 20 at University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA. It is free and open to the public.

Casting about for Halloween costume ideas? Allow us to help you get motivated with some friendly competition! Dress as your favorite character from a Fantagraphics book (or something else clever and comics-centric), post a pic with the hashtag #FantaCostumeContest, and you’ll be entered to win a ghoulish goodie-bag of books and merch! We’ll repost the best entries, and choose 3 winners after Halloween. Can’t wait to see what you spooky kooks come up with! 

Join us at Comics Arts Brooklyn Saturday November 2nd from 11 AM to 7 PM! Charles Burns, Kim Deitch, Nina Bunjevac, Ana Galvan, Joseph Ciardiello, Julian Glander, Kate Lacour, Amy Lockheart, and Tommi Parrish will be attending. CAB is an annual festival of comics and cartoon art, presented by Desert Island and Pratt Institute. It is free and open to the public!

We are honored to welcome anti-war and environmental activist Scott Camil back to the Matheson to discuss his brand-new graphic novel "Winter Warrior" (Fantagraphics, 2019), which was illustrated by cartoonist Eve Gilbert. A book signing will follow Mr. Camil’s presentation. The year is 1965. Fresh out of high school and gung-ho to serve his country, Scott Camil joins the marines and soon finds himself in the thick of combat in Vietnam. He can never forget what he witnesses there: corrupt and incompetent leaders, the constant, sudden death of his close friends, the sadistic rape and slaughter of Vietnamese women and...

Free admission! Arrive early to scoop up 1 of 50 coveted swag bags and have a $2 coffee at the Bake Sale! Short Run hosts 240 local, national, and international exhibitor-artists, including Ezra Claytan Daniels, Simon Hanselmann, Kate Lacour, Gina Siciliano, Jim Woodring, and Peter Bagge. Special guests include Delhi-born, Baltimore-based artist and fashion illustrator Jasjyot Singh Hans (BadaBehtarHai series, The New York Times, Vogue India); Canadian favorite Marc Bell (Worn Tuff Elbow); Vermont-based comics artist Glynnis Fawkes (Persephone's Garden); Jul Gordon, a multimedia artist from Hamburg, Germany; and DC-based comic artist and NPR journalist Malaka Gharib (I Was Their...

Join underground cartoonist Kim Deitch on Tuesday, November 12th from 7 PM-9 PM for a discussion on the mysteries of past lives and the alchemical storytelling process by which great comics are created in this presentation of his latest work of autobiographical fiction, Reincarnation Stories. This event will be located at Parson School of Design, in Bob and Sheila Hoerle Lecture Hall, Room UL105. Hope to catch you there!

The Last Bookstore LA is pleased to welcome local legend Robert Williams to celebrate the release of the new fine art collection, Robert Williams: The Father of Exponential Imagination. This 484 volume is a comprehensive, career-spanning collection of the iconic painter’s fine art, including over 300 oil paintings as well as drawings, sculptures, and more. Simply put, this is the definitive collection that Williams has been working towards his entire career. This alternative art movement found its most apt participant in one of America’s most controversial underground artists, the painter, Robert Williams. It was this artist who brought the term...

The books are coming and the readers and writers will follow, as they do by the hundreds of thousands every year for the Miami Book Fair International, an eight-day literary party in November! Guests in attendance include Ben Passmore, Nina Bunjevac, and Kate Lacour. The Fair will open Sunday, November 17 with the popular Evenings With… series, featuring six nights of readings and discussions with noted authors from the United States and around the world. On Friday, the Street Fair gets underway. The highlight of the Street Fair is the Festival of Authors, with more than 450 authors reading and...