Events

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...

Join us for Phinney Holiday Bookfest on Saturday, November 23rd from 3 PM to 5 PM! Gina Siciliano will be attending this event along with other Pacific Northwest authors and get signed copies of their books for yourself or holiday gifts. Authors do short readings and signing copies of their books. Phinney Books handles the sales, and takes your donated books for the Pocket Library program. A portion of the proceeds benefits the Greater Seattle Bureau of Fearless Ideas and the PNA.

In honor of the late Ted Stearn, join us for a Memorial Retrospective November 29th-30th at the One Art Space. On Friday from 6 PM-9 PM, the opening show, A Night of Remembrance, will be held with live music by Maynard and the Musties. Richard McGuire, Liana Finck and James Sturm will be putting on an Artists Panel Discussion dedicated to Stearn the next day, Saturday, from 3 PM-5 PM at the same location as well.

Anti-war activist Scott Camil discusses the new graphic biography of his life, Winter Warrior, by cartoonist Eve Gilbert. Saturday from 1-3pm.