Fantagraphics is going to the 2025 ALA Annual Conference on June 26th-28th, visit us at booth #2923! We’ll be there with Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco (Requiem for Gaza), Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts, Ephemera: A Memoir), and Peter Kuper (Wish We Weren’t Here: Postcards From the Apocalypse), along with tons of our books and regular giveaways–check out our schedule below!
Friday, June 26th:
5:30-7:00 pm: In-Booth Giveaway, Classic Children’s Comics (one book per person, while supplies last): Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and the Amazing Lost Ocean + Nancy For All Seasons
Saturday, June 27th:
9:15-10:00 am: Literary Comics: Spotlight on 50 Years of Fantagraphics in the Book Buzz Theater @ Booth 5228
10:30-11:30 am: In-Booth Giveaway, Adult Fall Fiction Preview (one book per person, while supplies last): Bedford Street + Nirvana is Here print ARC
11:30-12:20 pm: Truth & Testimony in Comics Storytelling, Graphic Journalism, Biography & Memoir at the Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage @ Booth 1342. Panelists: Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco (Requiem for Gaza), Dana Mashoian Walrath (The Book of Genocides), Jim Terry (Come Home, Indio: A Memoir), Derf Backderf (The Dissidents: Autocrats! Vigilantes! Communists! And Cartoonists!)
1:30-3:00 pm: In-Booth Signing: Chris Hedges & Joe Sacco at Fanta Booth 2923: They will both sign print ARCs of Requiem for Gaza and Joe will also sign copies of Palestine.
4:00-5:00 pm: In-Booth Giveaway, Classic Marvel (one book per person, while supplies last): Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows + The Marvel Creator Collection No. 1: “Back to the Savage Land” Barry Windsor-Smith at Marvel Vol. 1
Sunday, June 28th:
10:00-11:00 am: In-Booth Giveaway, Takumigraphics (one book per person, while supplies last): Lovers of the Empire: Vol. 1 + Comet Club print ARC
11:30-12:20 pm: GNCRT Award Winners Panel at the Graphic Novel/Gaming Stage @ Booth 1342. Panelists: Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts, Outstanding Young Adult Comic Nonfiction), editor Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and editor/translator Ben Applegate (Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko, Outstanding Adult Comic Series Honors), and 2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist, cartoonist Peter Kuper (Insectopolis: A Natural History, Outstanding Adult Comic Nonfiction).
1:30-2:30 pm: In-Booth Signing with Briana Loewinsohn at Fanta Booth 2923: Briana will sign Raised By Ghosts and very limited copies of Ephemera: A Memoir.
3:00-4:00 pm: In-Booth Signing with Peter Kuper at Fanta Book 2923: Peter will sign Wish We Weren’t Here (2026 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Illustrated Reporting & Commentary).
5:30-7:30 pm: GNCRT Award Ceremony & Party in the Marriott Marquis, Great Lakes G. Featuring Briana Loewinsohn, editor Christopher Woodrow-Butcher and editor/translator Ben Applegate, and Peter Kuper.
