BPL Comic Con strikes back!
Join us for a full day of fun featuring renowned authors/artists and other special guests, including panels and talks, workshops, book and comic sales, artist alley, and vendor hall!
Guests and Sessions include:
- HILO with Judd Winick (Hilo Series)!
- A Celebration of Giant Robot w/ Erik Nakamura (Giant Robot Magazine, Giant Robot Gallery), Mari Naomi (I Thought You Loved Me), and Carin Adams (Oakland Museum of California)
- Fantasy Worlds w/ Maggie Tokuda-Hall (The Worst Ronin, Love in the Library), Derek Kirk Kim (The Last Mermaid, The Eternal Smile), and Jordan Morris (Youth Group), moderated by Thien Pham (Family Style).
- The Between Years: for the Tweens and Teens - Mel Gillman (Other Ever Afters, As the Crow Flies), Lawrence Lindell (Buckle Up, Blackward, Laneha House), Thien Pham (Family Style), and Jason Shiga (Adventuregame Comics, Demon)
- Eric Drooker’s (Naked City, Howl: A Graphic Novel) NAKED CITY—A Slide Lecture & Musical Cartoon Concert
- Depicting Life in Comics w/ Eddie Ahn (Advocate), Briana Loewinsohn (Ephemera), Fred Noland (Steady Rollin'), Breena Nuñez (Laneha House), and Julia Wertz (Impossible People; Tenements, Towers & Trash), moderated by Justin Hall
- Readalong and drawing w/ Nidhi Chanani (Quiet Karima, Super Boba Cafe) and Minnie Phan (Simone, The Yellow Ao Dai)
- Fun and Factual w/ Bethanie Murguia (Wagnificent) and Andy Warner (Spices and Spuds, Pests and Pets)
- Special Toy Design panel w/ Mark and Max Nagata of Max Toy Co, Jerome Lu of Hyperactive Monkey, and Martin Hsu
+ Ludosport SF lightsaber demo & Artist Alley!
Books will be for sale from Pegasus Books. Stay tuned for the full schedule!
Artist Alley and Vendor Halls include:
Addi Miyako | Andrew Carl | The Art of Avy Jetter | Ben Seto | Briana Loewinsohn | California College of the Arts Comics Program | Cody Vrosh | Comicweb | Dave Law | Dean Stuart | Derek Kirk Kim | Dimitrea Tokunbo | East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists | Eddie Ahn | Eric Lee | Eugene Randolph Young | Fracture Comics | Fred Noland | HAETAE | Hyperactive Monkey | Julia Wertz | KC & Friends | Laneha House | Le Petit Elefant | Leah Yael Levy | The Lola x Kenneth Collaboration | LudoSport San Francisco | Martin Hsu | Melissa Pagluica | Moments Co-op | Panty Cat | Seth Singleton Writer - Comic Books and Essays | Sherry Lou Studio | Steven Yu | TBFC | Thien Pham | This Paper Cloud | Tingamagick Comics and Arts
Supported by the Friends of the Berkeley Public Library. Poster image by Eisner-winner Thien Pham!
Wheelchair accessible. Request sign language interpreter or any other access needs by calling 510-981-6195 (Library) or 510-981-6347 (City of Berkeley TDD line). Please refrain from scented products
