Events

Two identical twins—one genetically engineered and one not—take center stage in this sci-fi mashup of motherhood, identity, and artificial intelligence. Join Leah Hayes at the Society of Illustrators as she discusses her fascinating new graphic novel, Identical, with Meg Lemke (Publishers Weekly). In Identical, Hayes uses her own experience as an identical twin to explore the realms of sameness and difference, separation and unity. Get tickets here: https://societyillustrators.org/event/leah-hayes-identical/

Don't miss a screening of animations by Jesse Moynihan and Dash Shaw to celebrate the release of their new books Forming and Like Swimmers at Heavy Manners Library on 10/1 at 7:00 pm! Get your tickets at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jesse-moynihan-dash-shaw-animation-screening-tickets-2000057507846.  

Celebrate the release of Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories in style: Gilbert Hernandez will be at Secret Headquarters on 10/2 at 5:00 pm!

Oct. 3 – Forming + Like Swimmers release party with Jesse Moynihan and Dash Shaw Books! Animation! Cartoonists LIVE in person! Dash Shaw and Jesse Moynihan come to Floating World on Saturday October 3, from 4-6pm to celebrate the release of their new books! Then head to Clinton St. Theater for A Night of Animation with Jesse Moynihan and Dash Shaw at 7pm. The pair will screen new material they’re working on and host a discussion about their various artistic projects. In Forming, Jesse Moynihan takes 50,000 years of socio-religious postulation and throws it in the blender to create one...

Join us for a book talk and signing with local author Noah Van Sciver for his new book, The Mess at All Good Books on 10/6 at 6:00 pm! Noah Van Sciver is an Ignatz award-winning cartoonist whose work has appeared in the Best American Comics series, the Fantagraphics anthology series NOW, and Mad magazine. His many graphic novels include The Hypo, The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski, Beat It, Rufus, and The Mess. He lives with his family in Columbia, SC.

2025's Eisner Award-winning "Best Continuing Series" is back with a second technicolor tapestry of collected comic book superheroics for irreverent fans young and old! Don't miss the book launch with Greg & Fake + Caroline Cash at Gutter Pop Comics on 10/6 at 7:00 pm!

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco will be at Powell's City of Books on 10/11 at 7:00 pm to discuss and sign their new book, Requiem for Gaza. In the spring of 2025 the cartoonist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, and Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, traveled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza. In Requiem for Gaza, they use the experience and stories of these families to detail the crucible of the genocide, the loss of homes and communities, the appalling death toll...

Shake off that NYCC hangover with one more totally awesome signing event. Join us on Monday October 12th from 5-7PM to celebrate the Fantagraphics release of Satos Sisters Vol 2 with the Eisner Award winning artist, writer duo Greg and Fake! More about the book: Ambar and Alana, aka the superhero duo Santos Sisters, are back! And now, with an Eisner Award under their collective belt in addition to being imbued with the powers of the goddess Madame Sosostris, they’re even better prepared for whatever comes their way! Whether it be foiling disastrous plots to take down the local power...

Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco will be at Town Hall Seattle on 10/12 at 7:30 pm to discuss and sign their new book, Requiem for Gaza. Get your tickets to the in-person event or the livesteam at https://ticketing.townhallseattle.org/events/019f7249-9aaa-fa73-4bf2-ef5ff2ada280. In the spring of 2025 the cartoonist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, and Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, traveled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza. In Requiem for Gaza, they use the experience and stories of these families to detail the crucible of...

Chris Hedges will be discussing and signing his new book, Requiem for Gaza, at Labyrinth Books on 10/14 at 6:00 pm! In the spring of 2025 the cartoonist Joe Sacco, author of Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza, and Chris Hedges, the former Middle East Bureau Chief for The New York Times, traveled to Cairo where they interviewed 29 Palestinian families who had recently left Gaza. In Requiem for Gaza, they use the experience and stories of these families to detail the crucible of the genocide, the loss of homes and communities, the appalling death toll among friends and loved ones,...

Join us for an evening with Noah Van Sciver for an author talk and book signing for his new graphic novel The Mess at Hub City B0okshop on 10/22 at 6:00 pm! RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/noah-van-sciver-the-mess-author-reading-signing-tickets-2002170848906?aff=oddtdtcreator