[events:comix] FANTAGRAPHICS CONQUERS WEST COAST IN JULY
EVENTS W/ WOODRING, COOPER, LEVIN & MORE SCHEDULED
This month, Fantagraphics is sponsoring several author appearances up and down the West Coast, including readings and signings by JIM WOODRING, DAVE COOPER, BOB LEVIN and more, in LOS ANGELES, SAN DIEGO, SAN FRANCISCO and SEATTLE. A complete listing of events follows at the end of this press release.
The month kicks off with BOB LEVIN, author of THE PIRATES & THE MOUSE: DISNEY’S WAR AGAINST THE UNDERGROUND, reading at BLACK OAK BOOKS in his hometown of Berkeley, CA, on Monday, JULY 7.
On Thursday, JULY 10, JIM WOODRING makes the first of two appearances on the West Coast this month. From 7 pm to 9 pm at MELTDOWN COMICS in Los Angeles, the acclaimed cartoonist will be signing copies of THE FRANK BOOK, a hardcover collection of every Frank story ever created. Then, on JULY 30, Woodring will be signing at the UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE in Seattle, WA, from 7 to 9 pm.
Meanwhile, the day after Woodring’s event, DAVE COOPER will also be on hand at MELTDOWN from 7 to 9 pm, to celebrate the release of his new graphic novel, RIPPLE, as well as the opening of his solo exhibition in the Meltdown Gallery.
Moving back up coast to the California Bay Area, Norweigian cartoonist JASON will be signing at Berkeley’s COMIC RELIEF from 7 to 9pm and talking about his new graphic novel, THE IRON WAGON.
Last but not least, FANTAGRAPHICS will be attending the annual San Diego COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL from JULY 17 THRU JULY 20. A complete listing of events and signings will be released closer to the show, but Fantagraphics will be hosting signings throughout the weekend with the following cartoonists, writers, and artists: DAVE COOPER, COLLEEN COOVER, DAME DARCY, BOB FINGERMAN, ROBERTA GREGORY, STEVEN GUARNACCIA, GILBERT HERNANDEZ, JAIME HERNANDEZ, JASON, MARK KALESNIKO, CHIP KIDD, MOLLY KIELY, PATRICK ROSENKRANZ, JOHNNY RYAN, TOM SPURGEON, STEVEN WEISSMAN, ROBERT WILLIAMS and other last-minute surprise guests.
A complete list of events follows, with individual store links where you will find further information.
BOB LEVIN
Monday, July 7, 7:30pm
Black Oak Books
1491 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA 94709
Phone: (510) 665-5606
JIM WOODRING
Thursday, July 10, 7pm to 9pm
Meltdown Comics & Collectibles
7522 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: 323-851-7283
http://www.meltcomics.com/
DAVE COOPER
Friday, July 11, 7pm - 9pm
Meltdown Comics & Collectibles
7522 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
Phone: 323-851-7283
http://www.meltcomics.com/
COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL
Thursday, July 17 through Sunday, July 20
San Diego Concourse & Exhibition Center
111 West Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA
JASON
Wednesday, July 23, 6pm to 8pm
Comic Relief
2138 University Ave.
Berkeley, Ca. 94704-1026
Phone: 510 843 5002
http://www.comicrelief.net
JIM WOODRING
Wednesday, July 30, 7pm to 9pm
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE,
Seattle, WA 98105
Phone: (206) 634-3400
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/
Fantagraphics Books
http://www.fantagraphics.com/
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