Events

"The art deploys earth tones and figures reminiscent of 1930s animation, and Loewinsohn slightly alters expected panel layouts, with picture book–like two-page spreads, and colors in a blue-tinged past against brown, fertile present scenes. It’s delicate, taciturn almost, in her impressive restraint and use of images to grapple with emotions." -- Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Briana will be discussing her beautiful debut, Ephemera: A Memoir, with Thien Pham, whose forthcoming book Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam is out in June. About the book: Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden,...

Fantagraphics is going to TCAF! Stop by our tables 158, 159, and 160–we’ll have tons of books (including titles that aren’t out yet!), merch, and a full schedule of author signings! Author Signing Schedule: Saturday, April 29th: 11:45 am-12:45 pm: Ho Che Anderson (Godhead 2) + Noah Van Sciver (As a Cartoonist) 1:00-2:00 pm: Tommi Parrish (Men I Trust) + Lee Lai (Stone Fruit) 2:00-3:00 pm: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) + Briana Loewinsohn (Ephemera: A Memoir) 3:00-4:00 pm: Nina Bunjevac (Bezimena) + Conor Stechschulte (Ultrasound) 4:00-5:00 pm: Erik Svetoft (Spa) Sunday, April 30th: 11:00-12:00 pm:...

From Gosh: We are so excited (and appropriately terrified) for John Kenn Mortensen's newest collection of creepy critters, Night Terror, from Fantagraphics. We've got John travelling from his home in Copenhagen to join us for a special signing celebrating the launch on Saturday 29th April, from 2-3pm. In addition, we'll have an exclusive mini print to accompany the book, as well as a magnificient A3 print to join our family of prints! These highly imaginative pen-and-ink drawings are hauntingly delightful and we can't wait to get our hands on it. The A3 print features a beautiful landscape illustration from the...

Don't miss the book launch for The Agency by Katie Skelly! Each of the sex-positive short stories in this comics collection stars an agent who will go far-out (real far-out, like outer space) to accomplish her mission. Skelly’s psychedelic sex romp originally appeared on the web (2014–2107) and was collected in a limited paperback edition — this is a newly expanded hardcover version, featuring an all-new story! In The Agency, Skelly’s agents gather intelligence, meticulously documenting a universe of sass photography, fascist surgery, horny skeletons, yonic portals, thrill-seeking vegetation, and multitudinous wry glances and stammered phrases! Each story in The Agency...

MOCA Store is pleased to present an evening with Ron Regé Jr. and the complete drawings from his graphic novel Halcyon. On view will also be his previous book, The Weaver Festival Phenomenon, in a series of portfolio binders, laid out for attendees to explore. This will be a one-time only presentation, as the drawings will become available for sale by the artist the following day. The original drawings used to make these books are not usually seen by readers. They act more like artifacts or curiosities. A single project may contain hundreds of drawn pages, often made over a...

To celebrate Free Comic Book Day, Chris Wisnia will be signing copies of his iconic new book, Doris Danger: Giant Monsters Amok at A-1 Comics--don't miss it! About the book: Written and drawn as dead-on homages to the styles of Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Dick Ayers, these 20 stories recount Doris's encounters with such monsters as "Ner-Nee-Nah," "Spwum," "Ho-Chee-Cha," "X, Son of XI," and many more. But this is parody on a meta-level, as "editor" Rob Oder takes you behind the scenes and reveals the secrets behind these comics — the chaos, the "faster-faster/cheaper-cheaper" mentality, the never-ending deadlines, the...

"Loewinsohn debuts with an astounding graphic memoir of her coming of age amid her mother's mental illness. ... This powerful yet meditative work heralds the arrival of a promising creator." — Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) Don't miss Briana Loewinsohn's event (co-hosted by Mrs. Dalloway's Literary and Garden Arts) at the Berkeley Public Library--West Branch! She'll be discussing her debut graphic memoir, Ephemera: A Memoir, and signing copies afterwards. About the book: Ephemera is a poetic and dreamlike take on a graphic memoir set in a garden, a forest, and a greenhouse. The story drifts among a grown woman, her early memories...

“Anderson’s work is often stunning in its bold layouts and experimental compositions and its intense, energetic expressiveness.” — Print magazine Join author Ho Che Anderson on Thursday May 18 for a book signing and release party for Godhead 2! In the second and concluding volume of Godhead, GH2 picks up from where GH1 ended, with Racer Calhoun and the rest of Cadre Zeus finally learning why they’ve been assembled: to destroy Oceanus, the scientific facility traveling through the Pacific housing the God machine introduced in volume one. They undertake what they hope will be a routine intelligence gathering mission on...

"Tessler is a maximalist, a subscriber to the more-is-more aesthetic, yet her horror vacui approach never gets claustrophobic. Moments in will make even the sanest reader wonder if Tessler — whose previous, shorter works illuminated ancient curses and the magical recipes of Albertus Magnus — knows something mere mortals don't." — The New York Times Don't miss the launch party for Daria Tessler's fantastical new book, Salome's Last Dance, at Floating World Comics! She'll be doing a comics reading with artist Sean Christensen and signing copies of her book on Wednesday, May 24th from 5:00-7:00 pm. About the book: The Astounding...

"Throughout his eclectic career, writer and artist Ho Che Anderson has explored numerous genres and mediums to tell poignant, expressive stories. Marvel fans might remember him as the author of Wakanda #3 or his short story in Amazing Fantasy #1000. Others might remember him from Fantagraphics' iconic 1993 King, the critically acclaimed biography of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., or his sci-fi epic Godhead, which throws readers into a world where corporate scientists try to contact god and design killer robots. No matter where readers encounter Anderson's work, it's sure to stick with them." -- Comic Book Resources...