Events

"This graphic novel tells a gripping story from the inside perspective of a teenage girl who has both the good and bad luck of resembling an erotic male fantasy. Great read." — Ulli Lust (Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life) "Dear Mini marks the arrival of a major new talent. Through some type of miraculous cartooning alchemy, Natalie Norris has transformed a brutal adolescent trauma into an effervescent and irresistible graphic memoir. I can't recommend this book enough." — James Sturm (Off Season) Don't miss the book launch for this incredible debut, a bittersweet coming...

Natalie Norris is going to Symposium Books! She'll be discussing her debut, Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One, with Ariel Bordeaux (Clutter: A Scatterbrained Sexual Assault Memoir) on June 29th at 6:00 pm! About Dear Mini: This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025), is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author’s teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale, however, it is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing Norris’s journey...

Don't miss a book signing with Natalie Norris to celebrate the launch of her debut, Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One! About the book: This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025), is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author’s teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale, however, it is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing Norris’s journey from wayward wild-child to harnessing her adult voice after almost a...

The coolest time you'll have this summer! Daria Tessler Art Show Entertainment by Lisa Prank, Steve Turner, The Late Unpleasantness & More Featuring Megan Kelso, Coin-Op Books, Patrick Keck, Short Run, Brandon Lehmann, Riot Grrrl Records, Jose Alaniz, Bret Hamil, Rachel Scheer, Bret Lunsford, Ross Ishikawa, Mari Ichimasu, Eric Reynolds, Sarah Maloney, Paper Press Punch, Roberta Gregory, Secret Room Press, Laura Knetzger, Zine Hug, Ouroboros Press, Patrick Moriarity, Scarf, Genkots Studio, Emerald Comics Distro, Misc Media, James Stanton, Mark Ostler, Natalie Dupille, Max Clotfelter, Cedar Bushue, Sarah Romano Diehl, Salish Sea Arts Foundation, Tatiana Gill, Rhodora Jacob, Kassandria Davis, David...

Don't miss the book launch for Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual--we promise there will be hijinks! And since this collection from Simon Hanselmann and Josh Pettinger isn't officially out until 8/1, this is your first chance to get a copy! About the book: In the tradition of the once ubiquitous British hardback annuals comes the Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual! One Hundred fun-filled seasonal pages of spoofs and goofs for the whole family to enjoy (no minors allowed)! Werewolf Jones, drugged up to his eyeballs, believes he is the world's greatest father, which is...

Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event! On July 22nd at 7:30 pm, the Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum is screening some of Ernie Kovacs' works, followed by a Q&A and signing with Josh Mills and Pat Thomas, authors of Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television's Original Genius! About the event: During a tragically brief career marked by outré achievements, of the endless credits that flashed across the cathode-ray tube bearing multi-hyphenate television impresario Ernie Kovacs' name, from writer to director, to actor, to producer, the descriptors that perhaps best encapsulates his eternal mad genius on the...

Don't miss an evening with Katie Skelly (The Agency), Miranda Tacchia (Unimpressed), and Natalie Norris (Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One) as these three incredibly talented artists discuss their newest books! Their work varies: The Agency is "modern underground comix at its best" (AIPT), while Unimpressed's sarcastic one-liners make for a "hysterically funny debut" (Library Journal), and Dear Mini is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma. But all three books capture the spectrum of feminine experience and feature bold, unforgettable art. They'll be joined in conversation by Kat...

If you're a fan of Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, and Mystery Science Theater 3000, you won't want to miss this event! Josh Mills and Pat Thomas will be discussing their new book about Ernie Kovacs and his enduring comedic legacy, Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television's Original Genius at Skylight Books on August 16th at 7:00 pm! About the book: Best known for his wildly imaginative, gleefully absurdist television show in the 1950s, Ernie Kovacs (1919 – 1962) was also a notorious illustrator, novelist, essayist, newspaper columnist, and poet. In celebration of this cockeyed genius and...

Annie Bloom's welcomes Pat Thomas and Josh Mills for an in-store reading from their new book Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television's Original Genius. Pat and Josh will be in conversation with Portland author Shawn Levy (In On the Joke). About the book: Best known for his wildly imaginative, gleefully absurdist television show in the 1950s, Ernie Kovacs (1919 – 1962) was also a notorious illustrator, novelist, essayist, newspaper columnist, and poet. In celebration of this cockeyed genius and his prolific creative output, Fantagraphics presents a career retrospective featuring never-before-seen photos from Kovacs's archive; excerpts of his...