It’s been another busy month here at Nobrow HQ, and we’ve got yet more exciting events lined up for this November! Whether you’re US or UK based there’s a score of things for you to get in your diaries, so whack out your pen and notebook and take a look below…
US EVENTS
AJ Dungo connects with the surfing community, in discussion with surfer and Fulbright scholar Jamie Brisick in Los Angeles
Summer may be over, but for any of you in the vicinity of AJ Dungo’s SoCal stomping grounds, you know the waves come year-round for surfing! AJ will be at Skylight Books in Los Angeles on October 11 to discuss in Waves with surfer, author, and Fulbright scholar Jamie Brisick.
If you haven’t checked it out yet, we interviewed AJ here on the Nobrow blog last month. One of the most rewarding parts of publishing In Waves to us has been the enormous response it’s received not just from traditional media outlets like The Los Angeles Times, but the surfing community as well, culminating in a sweeping interview with AJ at the sport’s most iconic periodical, Surfer magazine.
Jamie Brisick is a former professional surfer-turned-author, receiving a Fulbright fellowship in 2008. His recent piece “Surfing in the Age of the Omnipresent Camera” for The New Yorker is worth a read for anyone who enjoyed In Waves’ pensive reflections on life in the water.
Friday, October 11 — 7:30pm
18 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Luke Healy in the Big Apple! A conversation about Americana with cartoonist Malaka Gharib at the New York Public Library
Luke Healy may be an Irishman living in London, but his new graphic memoir Americana reflects on his time spent in the United States, so it’s only fitting that he cross the Atlantic one more time to discuss his book in the country it’s named after. Luke will be at the New York Public Library’s Grand Central location on October 19 to discuss Americana with our friend Malaka Gharib—whose new graphic memoir I Was Their American Dream (Clarkson Potter, 2019) also explores personal identity as it relates to the United States as a concept.
Malaka is the global health and development editor at NPR, and the founder of the D.C. Art Book Fair, held annually at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. Check out The New York Times’ recent in-depth feature profile on Malaka, “How to Draw Yourself Out of a Creative Funk”!
Saturday, October 19 — 2:00pm
135 East 46th Street
New York, NY 10017
Luke Healy in the Windy City! Cartooning workshop at Challengers Comics in Chicago
Call it a U.S. tour! After a quick NYC trip, Luke is hopping on a plane to Chicago to chat about Americana at Challengers Comics + Conversation on October 28, where he’ll be leading a workshop entitled “How to Be the Best Pictionary Player in the World,” a 30-minute cartooning workout that’s sure to get your creative juices flowing, and hopefully spark some great DIY comics! Challengers is one of the most active comic shops in the Chi-town art community, hosting all sorts of events on a near-daily basis to support the local comics scene.
Monday, October 28 – 7:00pm
1845 N. Western Ave.
Chicago, IL 60647
Nobrow at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019!
Once again we’ll be tabling at Brooklyn’s premier independent comics festival on November 2, in the strange gymnasium of the Pratt Institute campus where this year you’ll be able to snag a copy of Hamish Steele’s new book DeadEndia: The Broken Halo for the very first time, ahead of its November 5 street date! We’ll also have our full bevy of brand new releases and back catalogue classics in tow, so stop by and say hullo. If you’ve never been before, CAB is a free annual show organized by Pratt and local indie comics staple Desert Island Comics to highlight the best of independent cartooning.
Saturday, November 2 – 11:00am to 7:00pm
200 Willoughby Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205
UK EVENTS
Nobrow at Nottingham ComiCon
Nottingham ComiCon is set to be a very special one this year – we’ll have our whole set of shiny new releases with us, from AJ Dungo’s moving memoir In Waves to the long awaited sixth instalment in the Hilda series, Hilda and the Mountain King.
Saturday, October 9 – 10am to 5pm
Nottingham Conference Centre, Burton Street
Nottingham, NG1 4BU
MCM Comic Con London
We’re delighted to be representing the very best of Nobrow and Flying Eye at MCM Comic Con in London this year. We’ll be there all weekend, hand selling our favourite titles and offering some exclusive MCM discounts.
Friday 25th to Sunday 27th October – 10am to 7pm Friday and Saturday, 10am to 5pm on Sunday
ExCeL London
Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway
Royal Docks, London E16 1XL
DeadEndia: The Broken Halo Launch at Gosh! Comics
More info to come on this one, but save the 1st November in your diaries! Hamish Steele is back with DeadEndia: The Broken Halo – the long awaited sequel to the first DeadEndia graphic novel. We’re planning a suitably spooky launch London institution Gosh! Comics, so keep an eye on this space…
Friday, November 1
Gosh! Comics
1 Berwick St, London
W1F 0DR
