The US Book Show is coming later this month (May Twenty second-Twenty fifth) as an in-person occasion for the primary time. And additionally for the primary time it is going to have a devoted day for Comics and Graphic Novels, on Tuesday, May twenty third.
Held on the NYU Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, this shall be a day jam-packed with occasions and comics luminaries, together with:
- An opening KEYNOTE with Roz Chast on her new e book I Must Be Dreaming (Bloomsbury, October)
- Lunch with legend Chuck D, speaking about his new graphic novel
- A closing keynote with Jeff Smith (Bone) and Tillie Walden (Spinning), in a dialog moderated by me
Other comics audio system embody Ryan Estrada (Occulted, Iron Circus Comics, May), Pedro Martin (MexiKid, Penguin Young Readers, August), Sharee Miller, (Curlfriends: New in Town, Little Brown Young Reader, October), George O’Connor, (Asgardians: Odin, First Second, January 2024); Webtoon cartoonist Aidyn Arroyal, aka Snailords, in dialog with Bobbie Chase; Stephen Graham Jones in dialog with Alex Segura; Mattie Lubchansky (Boys Weekend, Pantheon, June); Edel Rodriguez (Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey, Metropolitan Books, November); Jillian Tamaki (Roaming, Drawn & Quarterly, September); James Tynion IV (W0RLDTR33, Volume 1, Image, November); Tahneer Oksman, Stephanie Anderson, and extra TBA.
The full-day, in-person occasion consists of lunch, a night reception, loads of galleys to seize, and loads of alternatives to mingle and get the newest buzz. In different phrases, this shall be one of many greatest graphic novel occasions in NYC for the reason that pandemic. As befits the A-list line-up, a in the future ticket prematurely is $99.
It’s a cut price at that value – however some fortunate Beat readers can attend for FREE whereas provides final, as we’re gifting away a restricted variety of tickets. Read on for how to register.
Free In-Person Tickets to the USBS:
A restricted variety of free in-person tickets can be found on a primary come, first served foundation. Use promo code BEATCOMP when registering. Select the Comics Day Pass in-Person and click on “Buy Tickets.” On the following display, enter BEATCOMP within the low cost code discipline below “Ticket Information” on the backside of the web page.
The US Book Show is being run by Publishers Weekly (the place I’m a podcaster and contributing editor), and it’s a hybrid occasion (on-line and in particular person) that’s making an attempt to fill the hole of the departed Book Expo – though on a a lot smaller scale. This shall be its first outing on this format for the reason that pandemic…must be lots to digest on the present.
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