Events

Dixon Place presents: Carousel: Comics Performances A special event for the Brooklyn Book Festival. Admission is free!   Presentations of graphic novels and comics as performed by the artists: Kim Deitch, Liana Finck, Mira Jacob, Jordan Jeffries, Hazel Newlevant, and James Otis Smith. Hosted by R. Sikoryak The event will be followed by a book signing. Monday, Sept 16, 2019    7:30 pm In the Lounge at Dixon Place 161A Chrystie Street (btwn Rivington & Delancey), NYC THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2019 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT BIOS: Kim Deitch has a reserved place at the first table of underground cartoonists. He got his start doing comic strips for the East Village Other in...

A psychedelic chronicle of 1970s New York paves the road for even trippier Washington D.C. satire; a meditation on casual bigotry feeds a gentrification horror story; and a daily conversation in an African hotel blossoms into the epic survival story of one of Guantanamo Bay’s youngest detainees. Ben Passmore (BTTM FDRS), Jérôme Tubiana (Guántanamo Kid), and Mark Alan Stamaty (MacDoodle Street) discuss the art of stepping outside reality in order to depict it. Moderated by Sarah Glidden (Rolling Blackouts).

The Doylestown Bookshop & the County Theater are pleased to present an author event on Thursday, September 26th at 6:30 PM with Joe Ciardiello for his book, A FISTFUL OF DRAWINGS, a gorgeous graphic memoir that sees the author weave together his Italian family history and the mythology of the American West while paying homage to the classic Westerns of the '50s and '60s. After the discussion, the County Theater will be screening Sergio Leone’s first entry in the iconic “Man With No Name Trilogy,” A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, which features Clint Eastwood’s first leading role.  

California Comics: Jaime Hernandez, Mary Fleener, Hellen Jo Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Library (Room 3-A) Three of the great artist in the entire field attending this weekend's CXC have one definite thing in common: California residency. Is there a set of regional values that inform their amazing comics? Legendary artist Jaime Hernandez, Alt-Underground icon Mary Fleener and the enormously talented Hellen Jo talk about what they've and how they've made things in reaction.   King's Man: Spotlight On Ho Che Anderson Columbus Metropolitan Library, Main Library (Room 3-B) It is our great pleasure to host special guest Ho Che Anderson...

Gina Siciliano presents I Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi In her debut graphic novel, Gina Siciliano brings to life the tumultuous 17th-century cities of Rome, Florence, Naples, and Venice where the fearless Artemisia Gentileschi braved the male-dominated sphere of painting to become a groundbreaking artist. I Know What I Am paints a complex, feminist portrait of Artemisia as a single mother, sexual assault survivor, and pioneering practitioner of her craft. Join us on at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, October 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for an exhibition of Siciliano's original art,...

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!