2023 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
The 7th Annual Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2023! We’re celebrating the importance of comics, both as an art form and as valid literature, and enabling aspiring artists and readers of all ages through author visits, workshops, and comics-related programs.
PLCAF has held engaging comics events since 2015, hosting many great well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. We’ve also held Small Press Comics Expos highlighting local creators and workshops for writing and illustrating. We’re excited to bring in-person events back for our fellow comic fans in 2023!
We’ll be having events at all libraries throughout San Mateo County: Burlingame Library, opens a new window, Daly City Library, opens a new window, Menlo Park Library, opens a new window, Redwood City Library, opens a new window, San Bruno Library, opens a new window, San Mateo County Libraries, opens a new window, San Mateo Public Library, opens a new window, and South San Francisco Library, opens a new window.
Meet Your Favorite Authors
Nidhi Chanani
Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 PM
at San Mateo Public Library - Main
Author Nidhi Chanani, opens a new window is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and author. Her graphic novels Pashmina and Jukebox received starred reviews and have been selected for many best of lists, including the American Library Association's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels. Nidhi will discuss her path to comics, her creative process for writing and drawing, and finish with an interactive drawing demonstration. Free books for kids while supplies last. Registration required, two persons per registration.
Judd Winick
Wednesday, April 12 at 4:00 PM
at Burlingame Main Library
Do you love graphic novels? Come meet Judd Winick, opens a new window, author of the New York Times best-selling HiLo series. In person, in the Lane Room at Burlingame Public Library on April 12th at 4 pm. This is a children's program. Registration required.
Thien Pham
Tuesday, April 11 at 4:00 PM, opens a new window
at Millbrae Library
With comics as an integral part of his immigrant experience, author Thien Pham, opens a new window will discuss the importance of superheroes, TV, and comics in the life of immigrant kids and talk about how he returned to the comfort of the comic medium to tell his refugee story. Thien Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and did the art for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His upcoming memoir, Family Style, is out June 2023.
Kiku Hughes
Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM
at San Bruno Public Library
Kiku Hughes, opens a new window is a Yonsei cartoonist based in the Seattle area. Her first graphic novel, Displacement, was published by First Second in 2020. Her work, published by Nickelodeon/Dark Horse, Short Box, Beyond Anthologies and more, explores themes of identity, queer romance, soft sci-fi and anti-capitalist futures.
Small Press Comics Expo
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators with special guests John Patrick Green and Keith Knight. Join us in the Sequoia Room at Burlingame Community Center. (850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, opens a new window)
John Patrick Green
Saturday, April 15 at 11:00 AM
John Patrick Green, opens a new window is a human with the human job of making books about animals with human jobs, such as InvestiGators, Hippopotamister, and Kitten Construction Company. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how he started his comics career, and get a glimpse of his process of making his goofy graphic novel series InvestiGators and its new spin-off, Agents of S.U.I.T.!
Keith Knight
Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 PM
"The Intersection of Art and Social Justice"- Combining storytelling, graphics and humor, Keef takes a deep dive into how he came to address social issues through his comics and how cartoons can save the world.
Keith Knight, opens a new window is the award-winning creator of several comic strips, including The K Chronicles, The Knight Life, and the socio-political single panel, (th)ink. His work and life serve as the inspiration for the Hulu comedy series, Woke, now streaming its second season.
Look out for these exciting artists in the exhibit hall
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comic, design a character, and master the art of visual storytelling with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
Doc Fest
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Tuesday, April 18 at 6:00 PM
Join us for a documentary about a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines, followed by a discussion with a literature professor and artist!
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, opens a new window is an award-winning documentary exploring the concept of heroic women, from the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the TV and big-screen action blockbusters of today. After we watch the film, we’ll discuss it with artist and writer Ajuan Mance, Ph.D, opens a new window., Professor of African American Literature at Mills College in Oakland.
Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about strong and healthy women. The film goes behind the scenes with actors Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) and Lindsay Wagner (the Bionic Woman), comic writers and artists, and real-life superheroines such as feminist icon Gloria Steinem, riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna, and others, who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. In her art, illustration, and comics, Ajuan uses humor and bright colors to explore race, gender, power, and the people and places in which they intersect. Her work has appeared in a number of digital and print media outlets, including, most recently, The Women’s Review of Books, Blavity.com, BET.com, Transition Magazine, Buzzfeed.com, KQED.org, the San Francisco Chronicle, NYTimes.com, KPIX News, and Publisher’s Weekly.
Dr. Mance’s books include Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance, 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections, and Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw.
2023 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
The 7th Annual Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2023! We’re celebrating the importance of comics, both as an art form and as valid literature, and enabling aspiring artists and readers of all ages through author visits, workshops, and comics-related programs.
PLCAF has held engaging comics events since 2015, hosting many great well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. We’ve also held Small Press Comics Expos highlighting local creators and workshops for writing and illustrating. We’re excited to bring in-person events back for our fellow comic fans in 2023!
We’ll be having events at all libraries throughout San Mateo County: Burlingame Library, opens a new window, Daly City Library, opens a new window, Menlo Park Library, opens a new window, Redwood City Library, opens a new window, San Bruno Library, opens a new window, San Mateo County Libraries, opens a new window, San Mateo Public Library, opens a new window, and South San Francisco Library, opens a new window.
Meet Your Favorite Authors
Nidhi Chanani
Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 PM
at San Mateo Public Library - Main
Author Nidhi Chanani, opens a new window is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and author. Her graphic novels Pashmina and Jukebox received starred reviews and have been selected for many best of lists, including the American Library Association's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels. Nidhi will discuss her path to comics, her creative process for writing and drawing, and finish with an interactive drawing demonstration. Free books for kids while supplies last. Registration required, two persons per registration.
Judd Winick
Wednesday, April 12 at 4:00 PM
at Burlingame Main Library
Do you love graphic novels? Come meet Judd Winick, opens a new window, author of the New York Times best-selling HiLo series. In person, in the Lane Room at Burlingame Public Library on April 12th at 4 pm. This is a children's program. Registration required.
Thien Pham
Friday, April 14 at 3:00 PM, opens a new window
at Millbrae Library
With comics as an integral part of his immigrant experience, author Thien Pham, opens a new window will discuss the importance of superheroes, TV, and comics in the life of immigrant kids and talk about how he returned to the comfort of the comic medium to tell his refugee story. Thien Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and did the art for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His upcoming memoir, Family Style, is out June 2023.
Kiku Hughes
Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM
at San Bruno Public Library
Kiku Hughes, opens a new window is a Yonsei cartoonist based in the Seattle area. Her first graphic novel, Displacement, was published by First Second in 2020. Her work, published by Nickelodeon/Dark Horse, Short Box, Beyond Anthologies and more, explores themes of identity, queer romance, soft sci-fi and anti-capitalist futures.
Small Press Comics Expo
Saturday, April 15 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
at Burlingame Community Center
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators with special guests John Patrick Green and Keith Knight. Join us in the Sequoia Room at Burlingame Community Center. (850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, opens a new window)
John Patrick Green
Saturday, April 15 at 11:00 AM
John Patrick Green, opens a new window is a human with the human job of making books about animals with human jobs, such as InvestiGators, Hippopotamister, and Kitten Construction Company. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how he started his comics career, and get a glimpse of his process of making his goofy graphic novel series InvestiGators and its new spin-off, Agents of S.U.I.T.!
Keith Knight
Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 PM
"The Intersection of Art and Social Justice"- Combining storytelling, graphics and humor, Keef takes a deep dive into how he came to address social issues through his comics and how cartoons can save the world.
Keith Knight, opens a new window is the award-winning creator of several comic strips, including The K Chronicles, The Knight Life, and the socio-political single panel, (th)ink. His work and life serve as the inspiration for the Hulu comedy series, Woke, now streaming its second season.
Look out for these exciting artists in the exhibit hall
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comic, design a character, and master the art of visual storytelling with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
Doc Fest
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Join us for a documentary about a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines, followed by a discussion with a literature professor and artist!
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, opens a new window is an award-winning documentary exploring the concept of heroic women, from the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the TV and big-screen action blockbusters of today. After we watch the film, we’ll discuss it with artist and writer Ajuan Mance, Ph.D, opens a new window., Professor of African American Literature at Mills College in Oakland.
Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about strong and healthy women. The film goes behind the scenes with actors Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) and Lindsay Wagner (the Bionic Woman), comic writers and artists, and real-life superheroines such as feminist icon Gloria Steinem, riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna, and others, who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. In her art, illustration, and comics, Ajuan uses humor and bright colors to explore race, gender, power, and the people and places in which they intersect. Her work has appeared in a number of digital and print media outlets, including, most recently, The Women’s Review of Books, Blavity.com, BET.com, Transition Magazine, Buzzfeed.com, KQED.org, the San Francisco Chronicle, NYTimes.com, KPIX News, and Publisher’s Weekly.
Dr. Mance’s books include Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance, 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections, and Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw.
2023 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
The 7th Annual Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2023! We’re celebrating the importance of comics, both as an art form and as valid literature, and enabling aspiring artists and readers of all ages through author visits, workshops, and comics-related programs.
PLCAF has held engaging comics events since 2015, hosting many great well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. We’ve also held Small Press Comics Expos highlighting local creators and workshops for writing and illustrating. We’re excited to bring in-person events back for our fellow comic fans in 2023!
We’ll be having events at all libraries throughout San Mateo County: Burlingame Library, opens a new window, Daly City Library, opens a new window, Menlo Park Library, opens a new window, Redwood City Library, opens a new window, San Bruno Library, opens a new window, San Mateo County Libraries, opens a new window, San Mateo Public Library, opens a new window, and South San Francisco Library, opens a new window.
Meet Your Favorite Authors
Nidhi Chanani
Saturday, April 8 at 1:00 PM
at San Mateo Public Library
- Main
Author Nidhi Chanani, opens a new window is a freelance illustrator, cartoonist, and author. Her graphic novels Pashmina and Jukebox received starred reviews and have been selected for many best of lists, including the American Library Association's Top Ten Great Graphic Novels. Nidhi will discuss her path to comics, her creative process for writing and drawing, and finish with an interactive drawing demonstration. Free books for kids while supplies last. Registration required, two persons per registration.
Judd Winick
Wednesday, April 12 at 4:00 PM at Burlingame Main Library
Do you love graphic novels? Come meet Judd Winick, opens a new window, author of the New York Times best-selling HiLo series. In person, in the Lane Room at Burlingame Public Library on April 12th at 4 pm. This is a children's program. Registration required.
Thien Pham
Friday, April 14 at 3:00 PM, opens a new window
at Millbrae Library
With comics as an integral part of his immigrant experience, author Thien Pham, opens a new window will discuss the importance of superheroes, TV, and comics in the life of immigrant kids and talk about how he returned to the comfort of the comic medium to tell his refugee story. Thien Pham is a graphic novelist, comic artist, and educator based in Oakland, CA. He is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo and did the art for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His upcoming memoir, Family Style, is out June 2023.
Kiku Hughes
Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM
at San Bruno Public Library
Kiku Hughes, opens a new window is a Yonsei cartoonist based in the Seattle area. Her first graphic novel, Displacement, was published by First Second in 2020. Her work, published by Nickelodeon/Dark Horse, Short Box, Beyond Anthologies and more, explores themes of identity, queer romance, soft sci-fi and anti-capitalist futures.
Small Press Comics Expo
Saturday, April 15 from 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM at Burlingame Community Center
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators with special guests John Patrick Green and Keith Knight. Join us in the Sequoia Room at Burlingame Community Center. (850 Burlingame Avenue, Burlingame, opens a new window)
John Patrick Green
Saturday, April 15 at 11:00 AM
John Patrick Green, opens a new window is a human with the human job of making books about animals with human jobs, such as InvestiGators, Hippopotamister, and Kitten Construction Company. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at how he started his comics career, and get a glimpse of his process of making his goofy graphic novel series InvestiGators and its new spin-off, Agents of S.U.I.T.!
Keith Knight
Saturday, April 15 at 2:00 PM
"The Intersection of Art and Social Justice"- Combining storytelling, graphics and humor, Keef takes a deep dive into how he came to address social issues through his comics and how cartoons can save the world.
Keith Knight, opens a new window is the award-winning creator of several comic strips, including The K Chronicles, The Knight Life, and the socio-political single panel, (th)ink. His work and life serve as the inspiration for the Hulu comedy series, Woke, now streaming its second season.
Look out for these exciting artists in the exhibit hall
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comic, design a character, and master the art of visual storytelling with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
Doc Fest
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Join us for a documentary about a dynamic group of fictional and real-life superheroines, followed by a discussion with a literature professor and artist!
Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines, opens a new window is an award-winning documentary exploring the concept of heroic women, from the birth of the superhero in the 1940s to the TV and big-screen action blockbusters of today. After we watch the film, we’ll discuss it with artist and writer Ajuan Mance, Ph.D, opens a new window., Professor of African American Literature at Mills College in Oakland.
Wonder Women! looks at how popular representations of powerful women often reflect society’s anxieties about strong and healthy women. The film goes behind the scenes with actors Lynda Carter (Wonder Woman) and Lindsay Wagner (the Bionic Woman), comic writers and artists, and real-life superheroines such as feminist icon Gloria Steinem, riot grrrl Kathleen Hanna, and others, who offer an enlightening and entertaining counterpoint to the male-dominated superhero genre.
Ajuan Mance is a Professor of African American literature at Mills College in Oakland, California. A lifelong artist and writer, Ajuan has participated in solo and group exhibitions as well as comic and zine fests, from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. In her art, illustration, and comics, Ajuan uses humor and bright colors to explore race, gender, power, and the people and places in which they intersect. Her work has appeared in a number of digital and print media outlets, including, most recently, The Women’s Review of Books, Blavity.com, BET.com, Transition Magazine, Buzzfeed.com, KQED.org, the San Francisco Chronicle, NYTimes.com, KPIX News, and Publisher’s Weekly.
Dr. Mance’s books include Living While Black: Portraits of Everyday Resistance, 1001 Black Men: Portraits of Masculinity at the Intersections, and Gender Studies: The Confessions of an Accidental Outlaw.
