2020
Our slate of shows got wiped clean by COVID-19! Stay tuned for updates. We’ll be back in 2021.
2019
March 2-3 – Food Book Fair | Brooklyn, NY (table TBD) — Lara Antal only!
March 21 – Comics talk for students at Walker Elementary School | Evanston, IL — Dave Kelly, Robin Ha, Simon Fraser, Colleen AF Venable, & Cara McGee
March 22-24 – C2E2 | Chicago, IL (Artist Alley tables S12-13) — Dave Kelly, Simon Fraser, Brett Hobson, & George Folz!
April 6-7 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York City, NY (table E171) — Dave Kelly only!
April 17 – Tales of the Night Watchman signing at Comic Book Jones | Staten Island, NY — Dave Kelly & Simon Fraser!
May 4-5 – Free Comic Book Day and Indie Art Fair (Saturday AND Sunday) at Anyone Comics | Brooklyn, NY — Dave Kelly & Lara Antal!
May 11-19 – Evanston Literary Festival events at Comix Revolution | Evanston, IL — Dave Kelly curated the comics programming for this year’s festival. Here’s the lineup:
BOOK EVENT: KEN KRIMSTEIN’S THE THREE ESCAPES OF HANNAH ARENDT: A TYRANNY OF TRUTH
Saturday, May 11th from 1:00-3:00 PM
Kick-off event! New Yorker cartoonist Ken Krimstein will read from his new graphic novel, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, a biography of the 20th Century political theorist, published by Bloomsbury. A Q&A with So What? Press publisher Dave Kelly and a book signing will follow.
THE COMICS THAT SCARE US
Wednesday, May 15th from 6:00-8:00 PM
So What? Press, Comix Revolution, and the Evanston Literary Festival present a discussion on how monsters, horror, and all kinds of spooky stuff aren’t just the domain of TV and film–comics can scare you, too. We’ll tackle how comics can be the perfect medium for such allegories, myths, and metaphors and how monsters and other manifestations can illustrate our fears and desires. Panelists include Tim Seeley (Hack/Slash), Corinne Halbert (Cursed Woman), Dave Kelly (Tales of the Night Watchman), with more to be announced! Moderated by Northwestern University Library’s Gene Kannenberg Jr.
THE HANDMAID’S TALE (THE GRAPHIC NOVEL): ARTISTRY, IMPACT, FEMINISM TODAY
Thursday, May 16, 7:00-8:30 PM
One Book One Northwestern, Comix Revolution, and the Evanston Literary Festival present a discussion about the new graphic novel adaptation (March 2019) by Renee Nault of this year’s One Book selection, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale. This panel will feature Terrence Gant (Third Coast Comics), Juan Martinez (author and Northwestern English professor) and Helen Thompson (English professor and Faculty Chair of One Book One Northwestern). They will explore how the visual world of the graphic novel transforms this classic work of dystopian fiction. How is Atwood’s dystopia reanimated by Nault’s visual text? Does Nault’s graphic artistry speak to critical debates around the novel’s Hulu adaptation or appropriations of the handmaid figure as a template for feminist activism? The panel will discuss how The Handmaid’s Tale’s transformation into the medium of graphic artistry offers us new ways to inhabit Atwood’s dystopia.
THE COMICS THAT MAKE US
Sunday, May 19th from 1:00-3:00 PM
So What? Press, Comix Revolution, and the Evanston Literary Festival present a discussion on the vitality of Chicagoland’s small press comics scene. The region is home to a healthy swatch of creators working in many different styles and genres. With the growth of shows like CAKE and Chicago Zine Fest, these creators have found new ways to expand their voices and come together as a community. We’ll address the benefits of such growth as well as the challenges creators still face. Panelists include Evanston locals Keiler Roberts (Powdered Milk) and Scott Roberts (Get Uncomfortable With Being Uncomfortable); Jeff Zwirek (Burning Building Comix); and Marnie Galloway (In the Sounds and Seas). Moderated by Northwestern University Library’s Gene Kannenberg Jr.
June 2-3 – CAKE | Chicago, IL (table 402A) — Dave Kelly & Alyssa Varner!
June 21-24 – American Library Association Annual Conference & Exhibition | Washington, DC (table 3906)
Sept. 22 – Brooklyn Book Festival | Brooklyn, NY (booth 629) — Dave Kelly, Lara Antal, & more!
Oct. 18 – Brooklyn Horror Film Festival opening night at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater | Brooklyn, NY (table 1)
Nov. 2 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table G8)
Nov. 9-10 – Thought Bubble | Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK (table 84)
Dec. 4 – Tales of the Night Watchman / The Red Hook crossover signing at Anyone Comics | Brooklyn, NY — with the entire creative team from the book and more: Dean Haspiel, Dave Kelly, Brett Hobson, Sonia Liao, Clare DeZutti, DC Hopkins, Simon Fraser, and Lara Antal!
2018
Jan. 13 – Mine! signing at Volumes Bookcafé | Chicago, IL — with Brian Azzarello, Mike Norton, and more!
Jan. 20 – Mine! signing at Anyone Comics | Brooklyn, NY — with Joe Illidge, Will Rosado, and more!
Jan. 27 – Mine! signing at East Side Mags | Montclair, NJ — with Matt Miner, Fabian Lelay, and more!
Feb. 24 – Mine! signing at Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse | Philadelphia, PA — with Adam McGovern and more!
April 7-8 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York City, NY (table A-105) — with Brett Hobson, Simon Fraser, Robin Ha, and Tim Hamilton!
May 5 – Free Comic Book Day at Anyone Comics | Brooklyn, NY
May 6 – Free Comic Book Day (post-Shabbos edition) at Escape Pod Comics | Huntington, NY
June 2-3 – CAKE | Chicago, IL (table 313B) — with Brett Hobson!
Sept. 16 – Brooklyn Book Festival | Brooklyn, NY (booth 337)
Sept. 28-30 – Baltimore Comic Con | Baltimore, MD (booth 118) — Dave only! He will also be appearing on the “Comics with a Point of View: Yours and MINE!” panel, Sunday at 2:45 pm in room 347-48 alongside Stuart Moore, Louise Simonson, and others!
Oct. 4-7 – New York Comic Con | New York, NY (Artist Alley table H-35) — Dave only, with Brett Hobson and Simon Fraser!
Oct. 11 – Panels to the People at Vinyl Fantasy | Brooklyn, NY — Lara only!
Nov. 11 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table S5)
Nov. 15 – Panels to the People at Vinyl Fantasy | Brooklyn, NY — Dave & Simon Fraser reading “The Ghost Train”!
2017
Jan. 7 – Tales of the Night Watchman Issue Five release party at Forbidden Planet | New York City, NY — with the entire creative team: Dave Kelly, Lara Antal, Victoria Lau, Robin Ha, and Simon Fraser!
March 16 – Opening reception for the Women in Comics art gallery at New York City College of Technology (show runs till April 20) | Brooklyn, NY
April 1-2 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York City, NY (table I-266) — with Alyssa Varner!
April 20 – Closing reception for the Women in Comics art gallery at New York City College of Technology | Brooklyn, NY — Lara will be on the 7:00 pm panel!
April 27 – Tales of the Night Watchman signing with Dave Kelly & Lara Antal at Anyone Comics | Brooklyn, NY
May 6 – Tales of the Night Watchman signing with Dave Kelly at Alley Cat Comics for Free Comic Book Day | Chicago, IL
May 13-14 – Tabletop at Food Book Fair | New York, NY — Lara only!
May 18 – Tales of the Night Watchman signing with Dave Kelly at Leaping Llamas | Topeka, KS
May 27 – Tales of the Night Watchman signing with Dave Kelly at East Side Mags | Montclair, NJ
Sept. 17 – Brooklyn Book Festival | Brooklyn, NY (booth 235) — with Alyssa Varner!
Nov. 3 – Tales of the Night Watchman Issue Seven release event at Gowanus Souvenir Shop | Brooklyn, NY — with the entire creative team: Dave Kelly, Brett Hobson, Clare DeZutti, Tim Hamilton and series co-creator Lara Antal!
Nov. 11 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table A9) — with Alyssa Varner!
Nov. 18 – Tales of the Night Watchman Issue Seven signing on Local Comic Shop Day at Comix Revolution | Evanston, IL — with Dave Kelly and Brett Hobson!
December 9 – Hand/Made Holiday Market at La Bodega Studios | Brooklyn, NY
December 10 – Holiday BIZARRE at Shoestring Studios | Brooklyn, NY
2016
April 2-3 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York City, NY (table 272) — with Alyssa Varner!
May 7 – Free Comic Book Day signing at Hypno-Tronic Comics | Staten Island, NY — Dave only!
June 11-12 – CAKE | Chicago, IL (Table 82) — with Robin Ha and Marnie Galloway!
June 18 – New York Public Library Teen Comic Con at Ottendorfer Library | New York City, NY (Table TBA) — with Alyssa Varner! — Dave, Lara, and Alyssa (as well as Tales of the Night Watchman contributor Amanda Scurti) will also be appearing on the “How to Make a Comic” panel at 2:00 pm!
July 7 – Tales of the Night Watchman: The Mad Mind of Anton Sebaum release party at Fantom Comics | Washington, DC — with Robin Ha (We’ll also be celebrating the release of her book, Cook Korean!)
July 28 – Tales of the Night Watchman: The Mad Mind of Anton Sebaum release party at Mama Says Comics Rock | Brooklyn, NY — with Robin Ha (We’ll also be celebrating the release of her book, Cook Korean!)
July 30 – Pete’s Mini Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY — with Alyssa Varner!
August 7 – Artist Alley Comics Fest at the Spritely Bean | Portland, OR (table 16) — Dave only!
October 6 – “Comic Book Storytelling” workshop at the Gowanus Souvenir Shop (in conjunction with Brooklyn Brainery) | Brooklyn, NY
October 26 – Panels to the People: Bump in the Night at Babycastles — Dave only!
October 29 – HalloZEEN Fair at Shoestring Studios | Brooklyn, NY — Dave only!
November 5 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table D28) — with Alyssa Varner!
December 18 – Holiday BIZARRE at Shoestring Studios | Brooklyn, NY
2015
March 28 & 29 – RIPE | Providence, RI (table GH38) — Dave will also be appearing on the “Micropresses and Distro Discussion” panel, Sunday at 1:00 pm!
April 11 & 12 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York City, NY (table 355)
April 25 – Brooklyn Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY (table 22)
May 2 – Free Comic Book Day signing at Carmine Street Comics | New York, NY — with Dave, Lara, and Amanda Scurti!
May 9 & 10 – TCAF | Toronto, ON (table 122) — Dave will also be appearing on the “Self Distribution” panel, Saturday at 10:00 am!
May 30 – Self-Publishing Workshop at Maximum Distractions | Chicago, IL — Dave only!
June 6 & 7 – CAKE | Chicago, IL (table 37B) — Dave only / with Robin Ha!
June 6 – Grand Comics Festival | Brooklyn, NY — Lara only!
June 25 – Micro-Press Party at Desert Island w/ Paper Rocket Mini Comics and Revival House Press | Brooklyn, NY
July 25 – Pete’s Mini Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY
August 2 – Spritely Bean’s Artist Alley Comic Fest | Portland, OR (table 3A) — Dave only!
September 19 & 20 – Small Press Expo | Bethesda, MA (table B5A) with Robin Ha! — Lara will also be appearing on the “It’s a Small, Small, Small Press World” panel, Sunday at 2:30 pm!
November 7 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table D24)
December 10 – It Came from the Gowanus Canal poster release party at the Gowanus Souvenir Shop | Brooklyn, NY
2014
April 5 & 6 – MoCCA Arts Festival | New York, NY (table B13)*
April 17 – Desert Island + So What? Press Staycation Book Tour Release Party | Brooklyn, NY*
April 26 – Brooklyn Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY (table TBA)*
June 7 – Grand Comics Festival | Brooklyn, NY*
*Part of the So What? Press Staycation Book Tour!
July 26 – Pete’s Mini Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY
September 5-7 – Baltimore Comic Con | Baltimore, MD (table A263) – with Robin Ha!
September 13 & 14 – Small Press Expo | Bethesda, MA (table M13) – with Robin Ha!
2013
February 9 to March 23 – From Panel to Panel VII at Medialia Gallery | New York City, NY
March 8 & 9 – Chicago Zine Fest | Chicago, IL (table 50b)
April 21 – Brooklyn Zine Fest | Brooklyn, NY (table 29) – with Jess Ruliffson!
April 25 – Breakers Release Party at Desert Island | Brooklyn, NY – click here for more info!*
April 27 & 28 – Stumptown Comics Festival | Portland, OR (table C03)*
May 2 – Breakers Release Party at Mission: Comics & Art | San Francisco, CA – more info TBA!*
*These three events encompass the Breakers (Micro) Book Tour!
June 8 & 9 – Grand Comics Festival | Brooklyn, NY (table 19) – Sunday only!
June 15 & 16 – CAKE | Chicago, IL (table 57)
September 15 & 16 – Small Press Expo | Bethesda, MD (table F5) – with Molly Ostertag and Marnie Galloway!
November 7 – Secret Identities Can Be So Hard on the Eyes: Gender Identity in Genre Comics – a panel discussion with Lara Antal, Marguerite Dabaie, Robin Ha, Hazel Newlevant, and Molly Ostertag. Presented by So What? Press and Hullabaloo Books. Moderated by Hannah Means-Shannon of BleedingCool.com.
November 9 – Comic Arts Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY (table D24) – with Molly Ostertag!
2012
April 21 & 22 – S.P.A.C.E. | Columbus, OH (table 57)
April 28 & 29 – M.o.C.C.A. Fest | New York, NY (table J16)
September 8 & 9 – Baltimore Comic Con | Baltimore, MD (table A114)
October 11-14 – New York Comic Con | New York, NY (table AA18) Saturday only!
November 3 & 4 – King Con at the Brooklyn Lyceum | Brooklyn, NY (table 1) Sunday only!
November 10 – Brooklyn Comics & Graphics Festival | Brooklyn, NY (table D24)
December 16 – Locust Moon Comics Festival | Philadelphia, PA (table 53)
December 17 – New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium | New York, NY
Click here for photos. We’ll also be hiding in the crowds at Brooklyn Zine Fest, MeCAF, CAKE, SPX, and the Brooklyn Book Festival – we dare you to find us!