Hey Portland, Greg & Fake are coming to town! They'll be signing copies of Santos Sisters Vol. 1, a Technicolor tapestry of irreverent comic book fun for adults young and old, at Floating World Comics on March 12th!
Celebrate Desert Island's new location with Julia Gfrörer (World Within the World: Collected Minicomix & Short Works 2010-2022) and Linnea Sterte (World Heist). They'll be at a party and signing at the new shop on March 14th!
Don't miss Briana Loewinsohn at Comix Experience! From CE: "In conjunction with our Graphic Novel of the Month Club, we are very proud to bring Oakland based cartoonist Briana Loewinsohn for her powerful RAISED BY GHOSTS. Starting at 6pm on Thursday March 20th we will have an live interview with Briana that we are recording for our YouTube channel — and we want YOU in the studio audience to find out more about the creation of this special book! This is preceded by a public signing at 5pm We hope you can come!"
Jordan Crane has a beautiful new book out and he'll be at Secret Headquarters for the launch! For almost three decades, Jordan Crane has put together a body of short stories that garnered him multiple Eisner and Ignatz Award nominations, via the pages of his comic book series Uptight and the influential comics anthology, Non. Yet they have never been collected until now. Order your copy of Goes Like This and get an EXCLUSIVE, gorgeous, signed riso print for free--order here!
Don't miss the book launch for Honoria: A Fortuitous Friendship, Janice Shapiro's "curious and affecting" (Library Journal) graphic novel debut! She'll be in conversation with Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts) at Mrs. Dalloway's on April 1st. Get your tickets here!
Kayla E. in conversation with Jennifer Whitaker A landmark graphic novel debut and groundbreaking work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children’s comics. “If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and...
Description The Graphic Narratives Lab, in collaboration with independent artist Rae Whitlock, is hosting an artist talk with Kayla E., creative director of Fantagraphics, in conversation with Dr. Francesa Lyn, co-director of the Graphic Narratives Lab. The talk will be about Kayla E.’s forthcoming graphic memoir, Precious Rubbish, followed by a book signing. Register here! About the Book: Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest. The author’s childhood is portrayed as a collection...
P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Kayla E. for a discussion of her newest book, Precious Rubbish: an experimental graphic memoir concerned with violence and a particularly Texan brand of Pentecostal fanaticism, depicted in the style of mid-century children's comics. Kayla will be joined in conversation by comics journalist Heidi MacDonald. After the conversation and audience Q&A, Kayla will also sign copies of Precious Rubbish. RESERVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF PRECIOUS RUBBISH AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES BUY TICKETS HERE This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm. Cost of a $5 general admission...
Kayla E. will be discussing Precious Rubbish, her landmark graphic memoir, with Kelsey McKinney, the author of You Didn't Hear This From Me, at Partners and Son on April 9th! About Precious Rubbish: “If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation,...
Join us in welcoming Kayla E. in conversation with Ivan Brunetti for the release of her debut graphic memoir, Precious Rubbish. A landmark graphic novel debut and groundbreaking work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children’s comics. “If an exorcism can ever be slow and quiet, then every panel I’ve finished has felt something like an exorcism. The gutters give me space to make sense of things: to connect dots and close gaps. To remember.” Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and...
