Events

Join Jess Ruliffson in conversation with Bryan Doerries and Peter Catapano as they discuss Invisible Wounds, Jess’ new comics journalism project which is based on candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq. Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media...

Hey San Francisco, catch Megan Kelso at the inimitable Silver Sprocket! She'll be discussing her gorgeous new book, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories with Rina Ayuyang, whose newest book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit, is out in Spring 2023! About Megan Kelso: Megan Kelso has been drawing comics for over 30 years. In 2007, she was invited by The New York Times to serialize her "Watergate Sue" comic as part of the weekly "Funny Pages" feature. In 2019, she was selected for a public art commission for Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. Her books include The Squirrel Mother...

Who will make the pancakes? The Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery will! They'll be slinging pancakes and mimosas with Megan Kelso to celebrate the release of her bestselling new book, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories! What could be better than that? Plus this is the perfect opportunity to get all your holiday shopping done in one place! About the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years — roughly...

Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez are going back to the site of their first signing back in the day: Golden Apple Comics! "Back in 1982, when Golden Apple was only 3 years old, we stocked an indie comic that a few locals made called Love & Rockets. It turns out, we also hosted the first signing back in the day with Los Bros. Hernandez and continued to bring them back and support their Fantagraphics creations until the last issue #50 & beyond. This year brings the 40th Anniversary of the beloved series Love and Rockets and Golden Apple has carried it...