IL – Boundless Signing
May 29, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Cartoonist Jillian Tamaki (SuperMutant Magic Academy, This One Summer) appears in conversation with Jessica Campbell on Friday, June 23rd at 7:00 PM to present her new book: the inventive and incisive Boundless.
Jillian Tamaki is an illustrator and cartoonist based in Toronto. She is the co-creator along with her cousin Mariko Tamaki of the graphic novel Skim, a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and a finalist for the Governor General’s Award. Their second graphic novel This One Summer earned a Governor General’s Award and a Caldecott Honor. Tamaki’s first collection of her own comics was the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller and Eisner Award-winning, SuperMutant Magic Academy.
This event will feature Jillian Tamaki in conversation with Jessica Campbell, the artist of Hot or Not: 20th-Century Male Artists!
Jessica Campbell is from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and is an enthusiast of jokes, painting and comics. She completed her MFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she was the recipient of the Edward L. Ryerson Fellowship, and also a comics instructor. She has exhibited work in Canada, the United States, Australia, and Greece, and was selected as one of NewCity’s 2015 breakout artists. She is a member of the Chicago-based comics collective Trubble Club and has published comics with micro press Oily Comics, and contributed to Drawn & Quarterly: Twenty-Five Years of Contemporary Cartooning, Comics, and Graphic Novels.
Quimby’s Bookstore
1854 West North Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622
773-342-0910
IL – Tethered Signing
May 28, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Horror, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
David Faroz Precht will be at Challengers Comics on Saturday, June 10th at 1:00 PM to sign copies of Tethered and talk philosophy (and zombie philosophy) and more.
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 278-0155
IL – Rick & Morty Signing
May 25, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer Kyle Starks signs at Challengers Comics on Thursday, June 1, 2017 from 6:00 – 9:00 PM to celebrate the Rickmobile’s Chicago stop on the Don’t Even Trip Road Trip!
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 278-0155
IL – Rayven Choi Signing
May 19, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Movies, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer/director Shequeta Smith appears at Graham Crackers Comics on Friday May 26th from 3-6pm to sign RAYVEN CHOI from Shero Comics.
Graham Crackers Comics – CHICAGO LOOP
77 E. Madison Street, Chicago, IL 60602
312-629-1810
IL – Wonder Woman Day Signing
May 18, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Jenny Frison, Stephanie Mided, and Ali Cantarella appear at Challengers Comics on Saturday, June 3, 2017 to celebrate WONDER WOMAN DAY 2017!
Wonder Woman turns 75 this year so it’s more than time to give the Amazing Amazon her due! Wonder Woman Day will feature a host of fun stuff for Wonder Woman fans of all ages! We’ll have a costume contest! We’ll have Wonder Woman themed treats! We’ll have a coloring contest with artwork provided by Wonder Woman cover artist Jenny Frison!
Challengers Comics
1845 N. Western Ave, Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 278-0155
IL – Mae Signing
May 15, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer/artist Gene Ha (Top Ten, JLA, Forty-Niners) appears at Comix Revolution on Wednesday, May 25, 2017 at 4:00 PM to sign the first collection of his Dark Horse series MAE!
About MAE:
Once upon a time in Indiana… a 13 year-old girl named Abbie Fortell disappeared. Her younger sister, Mae was left behind to finish school, take care of her ailing father, and build a life without her sister. Eight years later Abbie has returned, claiming she’s found a doorway to a world of adventure and monsters. These tales are hard to believe — at least until the monsters show up too…
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Comix Revolution
606 Davis Street, Evanston, Illinois 60201
(847) 866-8659
IL – The Amory Wars Signing
May 4, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Claudio Sanchez of Coheed and Cambria will be signing comics at Graham Cracker Comics on Friday May 19th from 2:00pm – 3:00pm.
The signing is free, and at the request of our guests there will be a two item limit, of only Claudio’s comic work. He will not be available for photos in order to keep the line moving. You’re welcome to bring comics from home to have signed, but we will have issues #1 and #2 of the newest chapter in the AMORY WARS while supplies last. In addition to those two issues, we’ll also have some variant covers and the previous trade paperbacks in the series all available for purchase.
Graham Cracker Comics – Lakeview
5443 N. Broadway Chicago, IL 60647
(773) 561-5010
IL – Imagine Wanting Only This Signing
April 28, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Illinois, Other, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Press Release:
Women & Children First Bookstore welcomes Kristen Radtke and Lucy Knisley on Wednesday, May 3, 2017 at 7:30 PM for a conversation about Kristen’s new graphic memoir, IMAGINE WANTING ONLY THIS.
When Kristen Radtke was in college, the sudden death of a beloved uncle and the sight of an abandoned mining town after his funeral marked the beginning moments of a lifelong fascination with ruins and with people and places left behind. Over time, this fascination deepened until it triggered a journey around the world in search of ruined places. Now, in this genre-smashing graphic memoir, she leads us through deserted cities in the American Midwest, an Icelandic town buried in volcanic ash, islands in the Philippines, New York City, and the delicate passageways of the human heart. A narrative that is at once factual, historical, and personal, Radtke’s words and images ask why are we here, and what will we leave behind?
Kristen Radtke is the managing editor of Sarabande Books and the film and video editor of TriQuarterly magazine. She lives in New York.
Lucy Knisley is the author and illustrator of beloved graphic novels about memory, identity, food, and family. Her Alex Award-winning graphic novel, Relish: My Life in the Kitchen is a New York Times bestseller, and her travelogues (French Milk, An Age of License, and Displacement) have been lauded by critics and fans. Her most recent graphic memoir is Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride. She lives and works in Chicago.
Women & Children First Bookstore
5233 N Clark St, Chicago, Illinois 60640
(773) 769-9299
IL – FCBD: Gene Ha Signings
April 26, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Free Comic Book Day, Illinois, Signing and Appearance Profiles
Writer/artist Gene Ha (Mae, Justice League of America, Top 10) appears at the La Grange Public Library from 2:00 – 4:00 PM and Chimera’s Comics from 5:00 – 8:00 PM on Saturday May 6, 2017 to celebrate Free Comic Book Day!
La Grange Public Library
10 W Cossitt Ave, La Grange, Illinois 60525
(708) 215-3200
Chimera’s Comics
19 S La Grange Road, La Grange, IL 60525
(708) 352-1230
Marvel Announces Signings & Panels for C2E2 2017
April 20, 2017 by Colin Solan
Filed under Comic Books, Convention News, Illinois
Marvel has announced their signings at booth #327 and panel schedule for this weekend’s C2E2!
FRIDAY APRIL 21st
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Marc Guggenheim, Jody Houser
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Jason Aaron, Chris Sprouse
- 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Jordie Bellaire, Jenny Frison, Brian Level, Declan Shalvey
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM: Rod Reis, Brent Schoonover, Nick Spencer
- 5:00 – 6:00 PM: Jonathan Hickman, Luke Ross
SATURDAY APRIL 22nd
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Michael Garland, Margaret Stohl, Ramon Villalobos, Michael Walsh
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Mike Perkins, Khary Randolph
- 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Nick Spencer, Ryan Stegman
- 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Marc Guggenheim, Ken Lashley
- 4:00 – 5:00 PM: Jordie Bellaire, Matt Horak, Declan Shalvey
SUNDAY APRIL 23rd
- 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Marc Guggenheim, Ken Lashley
- 12:00 – 1:00 PM: Jason Aaron, Mike McKone
- 1:00 – 2:00 PM: Alex Maleev, Todd Nauck
- 2:00 – 3:00 PM: Tana Ford, Marc Laming, Matthew Rosenberg, Robbie Thompson
*Schedule is subject to change
