WA – Building Comix Panel

   

Chris Ware, Charles Burns, and Chip Kidd appear at Seattle’s Town Hall on Monday, October 22, 2012 from 7:30 – 9:00pm.

Great Hall; enter on 8th Avenue. $5.

In the world of graphic novels—heck; in the world of publishing—superstars just don’t shine much more brightly than these two sterling comix stars: Chris Ware and Charles Burns. And—lucky us—each has a book coming out this fall. Ware, whose work recalls the greatest 20th-century cartoonists with a style and worldview utterly, unmistakably, his own, has packed his new graphic novel, Building Stories, with advanced wood-pulp technology, ambition, emotions—and exquisite artistry. And Burns, who grew up in Seattle and crafted the semi-autobiographical magnum opus Black Hole, brings The Hive, the second part of his epic masterpiece trilogy of graphic horror. Presented as part of the Town Hall Arts & Culture series with Fantagraphics.

Tickets are $5 at townhallseattle.org or 888/377-4510 and at the door beginning at 6:30 pm. Town Hall members receive priority seating.
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

WA – American Gods Talk

Neil Gaiman, in conversation with Maria Dahvana Headley on Sunday June 26th at 7pm!

Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue, Seattle (Enter on Seneca)

Neil Gaiman’s American Gods appeared in 2001 to wide acclaim. It’s a story of magic and myth, a great and towering fable that uses the American landscape as its backdrop. On this, the tenth anniversary of the book, Gaiman will appear in conversation with Maria Dahvana Headely, author of Queen of Kings, to talk about the updated and expanded American Gods. Two types of tickets are available for the Neil Gaiman event: Orange tickets cost $29.55, include one signed copy of American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition from the University Book Store, and grant admission to one person to the event. Signed books will be distributed at the event. Green tickets cost $5, and admit one person to the event. To purchase tickets, please call 1.800.335.READ or email steshab@uw.edu. Tickets available now.

Please Note: Autographed copies of books are only available after the event.

Dance with Dragons Tour

Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin has announced his signing tour dates for his new novel A Dance with Dragons, the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series.

July 12, 7:00 p.m.            BOSTON – Barnes & Noble, 98 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 01803

July 14, 7:00 p.m.            NEW YORK CITY – Barnes & Noble, Union Square, 33 East 17th Street, New York, NY 10003

July 16, 2:00 p.m.            INDIANAPOLIS – Barnes & Noble, 14709 US Hwy 31 North, Carmel, IN 46032

July 21-24, 2011             San Diego Comicon, San Diego, California, USA

July 24, 2:00 p.m.            SAN DIEGO – Mysterious Galaxy, 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd., San Diego, CA 92111

July 26, 7:00 p.m.            LOS ANGELES – Barnes & Noble, 189 The Grove Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90036

July 27, 7:00 p.m.            REDWOOD CITY – Fox Theatre, 2215 Broadway Street, Redwood City, CA 94063
event hosted by Kepler’s

July 29, 7:30 p.m.           SEATTLE – Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
event hosted by University Bookstore

July 31, 2:00 p.m.           DENVER – Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th Street, Denver, CO 80202

August 2, 7:00 p.m.        LEXINGTON – Joseph-Beth Booksellers, 161 Lexington Green Cir., Lexington, KY 40503