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  • Brooklyn: Ted Stearn and The Moolah Tree

    Desert Island 490 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Come to Desert Island to celebrate the release of Ted Stearn's  (Fuzz & Pluck) newest book, The Moolah Tree! About the book: Pluck, an irritable and featherless rooster, and his best pal, the awkwardly unsocialized but lovable teddy bear known as Fuzz, met long ago in a garbage truck. A tenuous if decidedly co-dependent friendship followed, sending them on a series of not-so-heroic adventures. But now, we find them on a ramshackle barge, slowly drifting out to sea. How did they get there? How will they escape? The answer lies in the book’s title, but the true fun is in...

  • New York: French Comics Framed Festival

    Cooper Union 7 E 7th St, New York, NY, United States

    The centerpiece of the festival, the French Comics Framed exhibition, will be on view September 27 -November 5 at The Cooper Union, an institution known for its high-quality arts, architecture and engineering programs. The show will feature a selection of the best of French comics, presented through images and illustrations highlighting architecture in the design Franco-Belgian comics as well as Franco-Belgian comics narrative style. The exhibit takes the viewer on a journey through time and space, from Hergé’s well-known “ligne claire” to groundbreaking structural innovations by artists such as Fred (Philémon), and to the new scene of French comics today, with images from cutting-edge...

  • San Francisco: Spiritual Billionaires Art Show

    RVCA San Francisco 1485 Haight St., San Francisco, CA, United States

    thelastcat presents ~ Spiritual Billionaires ~ ~ Jay Howell, Matt Furie, Lisa Hanawalt, Chris Sullivan, Johnny Ryan ~ ~ window show by Kris Chau ~ opening reception Friday, Sept 30th, 7pm-10pm. RVCA San Francisco. 1485 Haight St. San Francisco, CA 94117

  • Toronto: Ben Marra and American Blood

    Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex Ave, Toronto, ON, Canada

    American Blood is the new collection from Ben Marra, the definitive assembling of Marra’s most underground (and hardest to find) comics. Containing his provocative debut works including “Gangsta Rap Posse,” “The Naked Heroes,” “Lincoln Washington,” “Ripper,” and “The Incredibly Fantastic Adventures of Maureen Dowd,” the new collection is perhaps more timely than ever as the lines blur ever greater between satire and reality. American Blood will launch at a special event presented by The Beguiling and Suspect Video, featuring an audio/visual presentation by Ben Marra and a moderated Q&A hosted by The Beguiling's Alex Hoffman. The launch will also include...

  • Chicago: Anya Davidson at Quimby’s

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

    Celebrate the release of Band for Life with creator Anya Davidson at the beloved Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago. About the book: Band for Life is the story, told in comic strip form, of a noise rock band and their community of friends and acquaintances based in an alternate reality version of Chicago. Though beset with disaster at every turn and frequently reduced to squabbling, they stick together because the band is the fulcrum of their otherwise confounding lives, and together they help each other find their way. Fusing elements of the classic British sitcom The Young Ones, as well as...

  • Los Angeles: Jim Blanchard Gallery Opening

    La Luz de Jesus 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, United States

    SONNY KING & JIM BLANCHARD October 7 – 30, 2016 Opening Reception: Friday, October 7th 8PM Sonny King  – Silver’s Circus Jim Blanchard  – Visual Abuse A double header gallery exhibit opens at the La Luz de Jesus gallery in Los Angeles with Jim Blanchard and Sonny King. This opening coincides with the release of Jim's book of the same title. Pick it up early at the show, or get it in stores on October 25th! The show opens with a reception on October 7th, and runs until Oct 30th.

  • Seattle: Charles Burns

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

    Charles Burns presents Black Hole Saturday, October 8, 6:00 to 9:00 PM Reading and signing in store

  • Columbus, OH: Cartoon Crossroads Columbus

    An almost weeklong celebration of cartooning, comics, and animation kicks off with programming on Wednesday, Oct 12th - Sunday, Oct 16th. Check out their full schedule for all the details. Special guests this year include: Julia Gfrorer, Carol Tyler, and Stan Sakai. Exhibiting Fantagraphics artists include: Jeremy Baum, Josh Cotter, Miriam Libicki, Katie Skelly, Noah Van Sciver. We'll be selling books and kicking ass during the Saturday marketplace and expo. Come hang!

  • New York: Dash Shaw – the Making of My Entire HS

    Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center 144 West 65th St, New York, NY, United States

    NYFF Live: Making My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea With My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, playing in this year’s Main Slate, celebrated graphic novelist Dash Shaw and his team have created a beautifully layered, colorful, and entertaining new animated film. Shaw’s first feature is a comic adventure about friends overcoming their differences and having each other’s backs in times of crisis, and its marvelously complex characters are voiced by Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, and Susan Sarandon. This discussion—featuring writer-director Dash Shaw, lead animator Jane Samborski, and producer Kyle Martin—will go behind...

  • 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;...