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SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBARARY COMIX CON

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SOMERVILLE PUBLIC LIBARARY COMIX CON
Saturday, 5 May 2018
11am – 4pm
Central Library Conference Room
FREE

http://www.somervillepubliclibrary.org/ – Check the Program & Events Calendar!

The Somerville Public Library Comix Con is an all-ages celebration of fandom, combining the worlds of film and television, science fiction, fantasy, comic books, graphic novels, anime, books, cartoons, gaming, and collectibles!

Cosplay Presentation • Costume Contest • Visit from Imperial Troopers from the 501st Legion • Artists’ Alley with over 30 Local Artists • Board Games with Knight Moves • Superhero Scavenger Hunt • K-pop Trivia & Karaoke • Fandom Photo Ops • Prizes • Free Comic Books • Make-Your-own Magic Wands • Free Food While It Lasts • and more!

A detailed schedule will be provided in the near future.

This program is free, wheelchair accessible, and funded in part by the Friends of the Somerville Public Library.

[The MYP is not affiliated with this event. We are providing these details for our friends & neighbors.]

Boston Kids Comics Fest (BKCF)

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Boston Kids Comics Fest
Read Comics. Create Stories. Make Friends.
Saturday, April 28th, 2018 | 10:00am – 5:00pm
Bethel Youth Center, 40 Walk Hill St
(parking @ 84 Wachusett St)
Jamaica Plain, MA

The Boston Kids Comics Fest is a daylong festival that invites children, parents/guardians, educators and librarians to discover and explore “kid friendly-comics”, graphic novels and hybrid books.

The 2018 festival will have a book fair, hands-on workshops for kids, & live talks about relevant topics in the comic world.

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Comics Events Around Boston

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NOTE: We are not affiliated with any of these events (except MICE… we help out with MICE)

Comix, Jews ’n Art? Dun’t Esk!!
WHEN: Tuesday, Sep. 12, 2017, 5 p.m.
WHERE: Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION: Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR: Center for Jewish Studies
SPEAKER: Art Spiegelman
COST: Tickets are free if you pick up from the Box Office/You may also *purchase tickets by phone, 617-496-2222 or online www.boxoffice.harvard.edu for a small fee.
TICKET WEB LINK: www.boxoffice.harvard.edu
TICKET INFO: *Limit 4 per person/FREE PICK-UP at the Harvard Box Office, Farkas Hall, 10 Holyoke St. starting on Tuesday, August 29 until September 12. Tickets will be also be available at the door at 3:00PM pending availability
CONTACT INFO: Center for Jewish Studies
cjs@fas.harvard.edu
617-495-4326

https://www.boxoffice.harvard.edu/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=spiegelman

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The Mad Cartoonists of Cairo: The Dangerous World of Middle East Censorship and the Emergence of Arab Comix
Wednesday, September 13
4:00 pm
Radcliffe, Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge

Part of the 2017–2018 Fellows’ Presentation Series
Lecture by Jonathan Guyer RI ’18
Free and open to the public.
At the Radcliffe Institute, Jonathan Guyer is writing a book on the new wave of comic art that has electrified the Middle East and North Africa over the past decade. Through close examination of graphic narratives and conversations with artists, his project aims to address long-standing questions around the limits of free speech, the role of satire as a form of dissent, and the politics of art in authoritarian states.

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Book Discussion, Q & A, Book Signing @The MIT COOP Author (and MIT Lecturer) Marjorie Liu presents MONSTRESS Volume 2
Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm
MIT COOP, Lower Level Conference Room 325 Main Street Cambridge MA 02142

Author (and MIT Lecturer) Marjorie Liu presents MONSTRESS Volume 2: THE BLOOD, the second installment in her Eisner-nominated comic series set in an alternate matriarchal 1900s Asia.

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LadiesCon 2017
September 16, 2017
https://ladiesofcomicazi.com/ladiescon-2017/

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MICE: Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo
October 21 & 22 2017
Saturday, 10/21, 10am-6pm
Sunday, 10/22, 11am-5pm
FREE Admission
Featuring special guests: Michael DeForge, Liz Prince, Kazu Kibuishi, Jason Shiga, & Isabel Greenberg
http://www.micexpo.org

Author Talk: Sandrine Revel on Wednesday, 5/10

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Author Talk: Sandrine Revel
6:30-7:30 PM Wednesday, May 10, 2017
At the Cambridge Public Library
main branch (449 Broadway), in the Lecture Hall

An evening talk by French cartoonist Sandrine Revel, author of Eisner Award-nominated Glenn Gould: A Life Off Tempo, hosted by US!

Sandrine Revel is a prolific French creator of graphic novels and children’s books. In 2001, she won an award for her work for young readers at the prestigious Angoulême International Comics Festival. She has published more than ten graphic novels in France as well as a successful line of Children’s comics. Glenn Gould won her the French Artémisia award which recognizes female comics creators.

Glenn Gould was a Canadian pianist, a child genius who became a worldwide superstar of classical music remembered for, among others, his almost revolutionary interpretations of Bach. This graphic novel biography seeks to understand the eccentric personality behind the persona. Who is the mysterious Glenn Gould? Why did he abruptly end his career as a performing musician? Why did he become one of the very first of his peers to disappear from the public eye like J.D. Salinger? Sandrine Revel delves into the life of Gould with hand painted illustrations and the viewpoint of an adoring fan.

2017 marks a number of important anniversaries for Gould: the 85th of his birth and 35th of his death but also the 60th of his legendary tour of Russia, a first for a Western artist, and of his debuts with the world’s leading orchestras.

Spring Comics Workshop

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SPRING COMICS WORKSHOP

Free! For kids & teens!

Saturday, 13 May 2017, from 1-3pm at the Cambridge Public Library (449 Broadway)

Sponsored by US! (The MYP), The Boston Comics Roundtable, and the Cambridge Public Library