Self-care is more important than ever in a pandemic, and this discussion has something for everyone tuning in! Tyler Feder (Dancing at the Pity Party), A. Andrews (A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex & Disability), Vivian Chong (Dancing After TEN), and Lucy Sullivan (Barking) are here to speak comforting and lively truth to accessible […]
The ideal of American democracy fits neatly in the framework of our Constitution, like a perfectly centered portrait entitled We The People. But when the frame is hung askew, it gets tough to read – thankfully, we have pictures to follow along with! In Unrig: How to Fix Our Broken Democracy, Dan Newman and George […]
Moderated by Conor McCreery, author of the Kill Shakespeare series In worlds across the galaxy, in faraway futures, in alternate timelines – these stories share a call to action, and a noble quest for truth. The chronicles inTartarus Vol 1. by Johnnie Christmas, The Seeds by Ann Nocenti, and Hardcore Reloaded: Vol 2. by Brandon Thomas share characters who embrace this quest head-on. They rise […]
Grades 3 – 7 Introduced and moderated by Leslie C. Campbell, school counselor at Park Lakes Elementary. In Class Act, Jerry Craft’s companion novel to New Kid, eighth-grader Drew Ellis, one of the few kids of color in a prestigious private school, faces privilege and the value of friendship. Kereen Getten’s When Life Gives You […]
A foursome of artists share important stories of historic dissent matched with journalistic retellings and carefully thought out illustrations. In Overground Railroad: The Green Book and the Roots of Black Travel in America, Candacy Taylor works to explore the historical role and impact of The Green Book, a travel guide for Black motorists published from […]
For 50 years, Charles Schulz told the story of a meek, nervous Charlie Brown and his young circle of friends, whose philosophical musings and complex humor captivated millions of readers. Peanuts is among the most popular and influential comic strips in history, helping to cement the four-panel gag strip as a standard, and Schulz remains […]
Moderated by Joan Hilty, editorial director at Nickelodeon. Join Sophie Yanow (The Contradictions), Mike Hawthorne (Happiness Will Follow), and Kiku Hughes (Displacement) as they discuss stories that tackle the hard truths. Using the perceptive lenses of memory and time, they focus on what's really at the bottom of a lingering sense of displacement in what […]
Event starts Tuesday, November 17 @ 7 p.m. EST Part satiric comic strip storytelling, part academic lecture, “Red, White, Black and Blue: Highlighting America’s Racial Illiteracy” is a culmination of 25 years of Keith Knight's finest sociopolitical cartoons highlighting America's racial inequality. Join him for this interactive slideshow and follow along as he makes the […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Joan Hilty, editorial director at Nickelodeon. The Emmy award-winning American animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra launched a fandom that has lasted for years. Four creators come together for a special conversation about all things in the Avatarverse, including F. C. […]
In Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth's The Cloven, a genetically modified human searches to belong but is confined to categorization based on his appearance. In Chris Gooch's Under-Earth, a makeshift underworld prison sets the tone for two parallel stories to converge, both confined by loneliness. Watch these incredible authors and illustrators as they talk about […]
Grades 9 – 12 Moderated by Michele Wells, VP and executive editor at DC Young Reader Your favorite DC YA authors and artists Kami Garcia (Teen Titans: Raven, Teen Titans: Beast Boy), Danielle Paige (Mera: Tidebreaker, Wonder Women of History), Laurie Halse Anderson (Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed), Alex Sanchez (You Brought Me the Ocean), Sarah […]
The sharp-witted reflections, amusing absurdities, and humor found in the conflicting relationships between art and artist are at the forefront of Adrian Tomine's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Cartoonist and Lisa Hanawalt's I Want You. A master humorist, Hanawalt strikes the perfect balance between drawing the gorgeous and the repugnant, the fantastical and the […]