2025 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2025! 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.
Since 2015, we’ve delivered engaging comics events to your local libraries, highlighting well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. Our Small Press Comics Expos (SPCE), opens a new window highlight local creators and provide guidance on writing and illustration. The next SPCE is Saturday, April 26, 2025, opens a new window at the South San Francisco Library and Parks & Recreation Center!
Download a printable PLCAF 2025 program, opens a new window!
Small Press Comics Expo
Saturday, April 26, opens a new window
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
South San Francisco Library and
Parks & Recreation Center
901 Civic Campus Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators and special guests Judd Winick HiLo, East Bay Cartoonist of Color: Hella Com!x, David Pepose Moon Knight, and Julia Wertz Impossible People! Visit tabling artists, purchase comics directly from creators, participate in hands-on craft activities and listen to inspirational talks with our keynote artists!
The Expo is BARTable and accessible via SamTrans! Additional parking is available at the Municipal Services Building across El Camino Real on 33 Arroyo Drive, opens a new window.
View the updated Exhibitor Map, opens a new window and Key, opens a new window.
Judd Winick
10:30 AM-11:30 AM
Join us for a discussion with Judd Winick. Judd Winick is a cartoonist and the creator of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hilo series.
“I make things up and then I draw them. That’s my actual job! The best part of what I do is sharing with the kids the joy I get out of what I do. And when I’m not sharing that joy on the page, the greatest thrill I know is to talk to them about.”
East Bay Cartoonists of Color: Hella Com!x Reading
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
HELLA COMIX Reading Series is a celebration of indie comics read by the original creators from the East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists. We are a BIPOC collective of like-minded individuals whose mission statement is to:
- develop a BIPOC indie comics community in the East Bay Area
- support our members in making their art and developing their livelihood
- increase access to cartooning and comic arts for our vulnerable and disadvantaged neighbors through our accessible and public HELLA COMIX series.
Come join us in an exciting PLCAF reading with funky fresh voices from the indie comics scene.
David Pepose
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a sit-down interview with award-winning comic book creator David Pepose on working in the comic book industry! Writer of such hit titles like Savage Avengers for Marvel, Space Ghost from Dynamite, Speed Racer for Mad Cave Studios, and his own original series such as Spencer & Locke and The O.Z.
Julia Wertz
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us for a chat with Julia Wertz. Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. She is the creator of several graphic novels, the latest being Tenements, Towers, & Trash and Impossible People. Julia regularly writes short story comics for the New Yorker. She lives in Sonoma County, CA, with her partner Oliver and their son Felix.
"This book isn’t really about recovery, it’s about being young(ish) and having bad coping mechanisms. ...It’s about all the stuff that happened while I was slowly getting better over an eight-year period - a disastrous relationship, making friends, urban exploring, making bad decisions, making good ones, career stuff, crashing a car, meeting famous people..., getting evicted, etc - before I left New York. I also make a lot of jokes, my only enduring coping mechanism."
Meet Your Favorite Authors All Month Long
Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month with the San Bruno Library! 
Join Eddie Ahn for a presentation on 
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comics and find your own inspiration
with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
We’ll have 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.
2025 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2025! 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.
Since 2015, we’ve delivered engaging comics events to your local libraries, highlighting well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. Our Small Press Comics Expos (SPCE), opens a new window highlight local creators and provide guidance on writing and illustration. The next SPCE is Saturday, April 26, 2025, opens a new window at the South San Francisco Library and Parks & Recreation Center!
Download a printable PLCAF 2025 program, opens a new window!
Small Press Comics Expo
Saturday, April 26, opens a new window
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
South San Francisco Library and
Parks & Recreation Center
901 Civic Campus Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators and special guests Judd Winick HiLo, East Bay Cartoonist of Color: Hella Com!x, David Pepose Moon Knight, and Julia Wertz Impossible People! Visit tabling artists, purchase comics directly from creators, participate in hands-on craft activities and listen to inspirational talks with our keynote artists!
The Expo is BARTable and accessible via SamTrans! Additional parking is available at the Municipal Services Building across El Camino Real on 33 Arroyo Drive, opens a new window.
View the updated Exhibitor Map, opens a new window and Key, opens a new window.
Judd Winick
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for a discussion with Judd Winick. Winick is a cartoonist and the creator of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hilo series.
“I make things up and then I draw them. That’s my actual job! The best part of what I do is sharing with the kids the joy I get out of what I do. And when I’m not sharing that joy on the page, the greatest thrill I know is to talk to them about.”
East Bay Cartoonists of Color: Hella Com!x Reading
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
HELLA COMIX Reading Series is a celebration of indie comics read by the original creators from the East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists. We are a BIPOC collective of like-minded individuals whose mission statement is to:
- develop a BIPOC indie comics community in the East Bay Area
- support our members in making their art and developing their livelihood
- increase access to cartooning and comic arts for our vulnerable and disadvantaged neighbors through our accessible and public HELLA COMIX series.
Come join us in an exciting PLCAF reading with funky fresh voices from the indie comics scene.
David Pepose
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a sit-down interview with award-winning comic book creator David Pepose on working in the comic book industry! Writer of such hit titles as Savage Avengers for Marvel, Space Ghost from Dynamite, Speed Racer for Mad Cave Studios, and his own original series including Spencer & Locke and The O.Z.
Julia Wertz
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us for a chat with Julia Wertz. Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. She is the creator of several graphic novels, the latest being Tenements, Towers, & Trash and Impossible People. Julia regularly writes short story comics for the New Yorker. She lives in Sonoma County, CA, with her partner Oliver and their son Felix.
"This book isn’t really about recovery, it’s about being young(ish) and having bad coping mechanisms. ...It’s about all the stuff that happened while I was slowly getting better over an eight-year period - a disastrous relationship, making friends, urban exploring, making bad decisions, making good ones, career stuff, crashing a car, meeting famous people..., getting evicted, etc - before I left New York. I also make a lot of jokes, my only enduring coping mechanism."
Meet Your Favorite Authors All Month Long
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comics and find your own inspiration
with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
We’ll have 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.
2025 Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest
Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest is returning in April 2025! 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.
Since 2015, we’ve delivered engaging comics events to your local libraries, highlighting well-established authors, as well as budding debut authors. Our Small Press Comics Expos (SPCE), opens a new window highlight local creators and provide guidance on writing and illustration. The next SPCE is Saturday, April 26, 2025, opens a new window at the South San Francisco Library and Parks & Recreation Center!
Download a printable PLCAF 2025 program, opens a new window!
Small Press Comics Expo
Saturday, April 26, opens a new window
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
South San Francisco Library and
Parks & Recreation Center
901 Civic Campus Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
This free one-day event brings you the excitement of a comic con exhibit hall with local creators and special guests Judd Winick HiLo, East Bay Cartoonist of Color: Hella Com!x, David Pepose Moon Knight, and Julia Wertz Impossible People! Visit tabling artists, purchase comics directly from creators, participate in hands-on craft activities and listen to inspirational talks with our keynote artists!
The Expo is BARTable and accessible via SamTrans! Additional parking is available at the Municipal Services Building across El Camino Real on 33 Arroyo Drive, opens a new window.
View the updated Exhibitor Map, opens a new window and Key, opens a new window.
Judd Winick
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Join us for a discussion with Judd Winick. Winick is a cartoonist and the creator of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Hilo series.
“I make things up and then I draw them. That’s my actual job! The best part of what I do is sharing with the kids the joy I get out of what I do. And when I’m not sharing that joy on the page, the greatest thrill I know is to talk to them about.”
East Bay Cartoonists of Color: Hella Com!x Reading
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
HELLA COMIX Reading Series is a celebration of indie comics read by the original creators from the East Bay BIPOC Cartoonists. We are a BIPOC collective of like-minded individuals whose mission statement is to:
- develop a BIPOC indie comics community in the East Bay Area
- support our members in making their art and developing their livelihood
- increase access to cartooning and comic arts for our vulnerable and disadvantaged neighbors through our accessible and public HELLA COMIX series.
Come join us in an exciting PLCAF reading with funky fresh voices from the indie comics scene.
David Pepose
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Join us for a sit-down interview with award-winning comic book creator David Pepose on working in the comic book industry! Writer of such hit titles as Savage Avengers for Marvel, Space Ghost from Dynamite, Speed Racer for Mad Cave Studios, and his own original series including Spencer & Locke and The O.Z.
Julia Wertz
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Join us for a chat with Julia Wertz. Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. She is the creator of several graphic novels, the latest being Tenements, Towers, & Trash and Impossible People. Julia regularly writes short story comics for the New Yorker. She lives in Sonoma County, CA, with her partner Oliver and their son Felix.
"This book isn’t really about recovery, it’s about being young(ish) and having bad coping mechanisms. ...It’s about all the stuff that happened while I was slowly getting better over an eight-year period - a disastrous relationship, making friends, urban exploring, making bad decisions, making good ones, career stuff, crashing a car, meeting famous people..., getting evicted, etc - before I left New York. I also make a lot of jokes, my only enduring coping mechanism."
Meet Your Favorite Authors All Month Long
Workshops With Illustrators
Learn to draw your own comics and find your own inspiration with our Peninsula Libraries Comic Arts Fest artists!
We’ll have 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.