2024 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2024! We’re celebrating the importance of comics as literature in a visual art form 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. Our next kick-off event will be on Saturday, April 6, 2024, at the new South San Francisco Library and Parks & Recreation Center! Save the date and get ready to meet local tabling artists and our keynote speakers!
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.
Kick Off Event: Small Press Comics Expo
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators and special guests Lalo Alcaraz, Sara Alfageeh, Molly Knox Ostertag, Ngozi Ukazu and Gary Whitta! Visit tabling artists, purchase comics directly from creators, participate in hands-on craft activities and listen to inspirational talks with our keynote artists!
The Peninsula Libraries Comic Fest kick-off is BARTable!, opens a new window
Portfolio Reviews With Sara Alfageeh
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Are you an aspiring author? A student looking to apply to art schools? A creative looking for a career change? Sit down with award-winning artist, author and game developer Sara Alfageeh for a portfolio review. Come ready with examples of your art and your aspirations. Discuss next steps and get feedback on your art with a working artist whose credits include Google, Star Wars, Avatar The Last Airbender and more.
Review space will be limited so please register to reserve your spot.
Gary Whitta
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gary Whitta is a screenwriter and author best known as co-writer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Gary has also written for the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels. His first novel, Abomination, was published in 2015 to critical acclaim.
In Conversation: Molly Knox Ostertag & Ngozi Ukazu
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Join Molly Knox Ostertag (D&D Dungeon Club; Girl from the Sea) and Ngozi Ukazu (Bunt!; Check, Please!) as they discuss storytelling in comics, future projects and how their work intersects with fandom and identity, as well as the future of combating censorship in young adult literature.
Lalo Alcaraz
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lalo Alcaraz, opens a new window is a writer, producer, and cultural consultant for film, TV and animation, including projects at Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, Fox and Xbox. He was a Cultural Consultant on the Oscar-winning Pixar film COCO. Lalo is a Herblock Award-winning editorial cartoonist, and the creator of the daily comic strip La Cucaracha, published nationwide since 2002.
Look out for these exciting artists in the exhibit hall
Meet Your Favorite Authors All Month Long
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!
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators and special guests Lalo Alcaraz, Sara Alfageeh, Molly Knox Ostertag, Ngozi Ukazu and Gary Whitta! Visit tabling artists, purchase comics directly from creators, participate in hands-on craft activities and listen to inspirational talks with our keynote artists!
The Peninsula Libraries Comic Fest kick-off is BARTable!, opens a new window
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Are you an aspiring author? A student looking to apply to art schools? A creative looking for a career change? Sit down with award-winning artist, author and game developer Sara Alfageeh for a portfolio review. Come ready with examples of your art and your aspirations. Discuss next steps and get feedback on your art with a working artist whose credits include Google, Star Wars, Avatar The Last Airbender and more.
Review space will be limited so please register to reserve your spot.
Gary Whitta
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Gary Whitta is a screenwriter and author best known as co-writer of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Gary has also written for the animated TV series Star Wars Rebels. His first novel, Abomination, was published in 2015 to critical acclaim.
In Conversation: Molly Knox Ostertag & Ngozi Ukazu
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Join Molly Knox Ostertag (D&D Dungeon Club; Girl from the Sea) and Ngozi Ukazu (Bunt!; Check, Please!) as they discuss storytelling in comics, future projects and how their work intersects with fandom and identity, as well as the future of combating censorship in young adult literature.
Lalo Alcaraz
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Lalo Alcaraz, opens a new window is a writer, producer, and cultural consultant for film, TV and animation, including projects at Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Disney, Fox and Xbox. He was a Cultural Consultant on the Oscar-winning Pixar film COCO. Lalo is a Herblock Award-winning editorial cartoonist, and the creator of the daily comic strip La Cucaracha, published nationwide since 2002.
Look out for these exciting artists in the exhibit hall
Meet Your Favorite Authors All Month Long
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!