Okay… not “all”, because there’s always something changing, and lots of publishers announce their booth schedules elsewhere and elsewhen.
That said, here’s all the stuff I’ve found that’s happening in the ALA Exhibits Hall, and Holey St. Jerome! There’s a lot of stuff! I’m not suggesting that you spend all of your time there (go check out the original comics art at the Library of Congress, for example, and tell them “Steve Geppi sent me”) but if you want to experience a nice little mini-comic-con, this is quite the show!
Let’s start with the Graphic Novel and Gaming Stage schedule:
But wait! That’s not all! There are other stages scattered throughout the show floor, and some of them have comics programming!
Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:15 AM – 10:00 AM
Join DC Comics for Book Buzz trivia!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater
Saturday, June 22, 2019 1:05 PM – 1:35 PM
Penguin Random House Gets Graphic!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater
Saturday, June 22, 2019 1:45 PM – 2:30 PM
The Best Graphic Novels of the Year? They’re Right Here!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater
Saturday, June 22, 2019 3:20 PM – 3:50 PM
Scholastic Book Programs: Nonfiction, Early Readers, Graphic Novels, and Diverse Titles!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Book Buzz Theater
Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM
What’s New in Middle Grade!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage
Saturday, June 22, 2019 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM
Queerness in Comics
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Chapter One Stage
Sunday, June 23, 2019 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM
Middle Grade Graphic Novels: New Titles for Growing Readers!
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage
Monday, June 24, 2019 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM
How and Why You Should Build Your Own Library Comic Con
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – PopTop Stage
Next, we have booth signings! Not every publisher indexes their booth events on ALA’s conference website, and we hope comics publishers will send out PR before the show. Otherwise, hit the floor early and check out your favorite booths, as the publishers will have calendars posted there. It wouldn’t hurt to stalk follow them on social media, where they’ll push out notices and updates.
Even if you just use the list below, you’ll meet some amazing and talented creators!
Friday, June 21, 2019
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2:00 PM – 4:00 PM [I think this is an error.]Meet the Authors: Gol (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Nathan Fox (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Meg Cabot (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
5:30 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Arthur Baltazar (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
5:30 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Liz and Lucy Lareau (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Brian Selznick (Abrams ComicArts)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2006 -
5:30 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gol (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
5:30 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Joanna Karpowicz (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Julia Billet (HarperCollins)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
5:30 PM – 6:30 PMMeet the Authors: Mark Siegel (Random House Children’s Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1805 -
5:45 PM – 6:45 PMMeet the Authors: Minh Lê (DC Comics Zoom Imprint)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1849 -
6:00 PM – 7:00 PMMeet the Authors: Kelsey Wroten (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A
Saturday, June 22, 2019
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9:00 AM – 10:30 AMMeet the Authors: David Gallaher/ Steve Ellis (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
9:00 AM – 10:30 AMMeet the Authors: Liz and Lucy Lareau (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
9:10 AM – 10:10 AMMeet the Authors: Nicholas Aflleje & Sarah DeLaine (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
9:30 AM – 10:30 AMMeet the Authors: Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1233 -
10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Tom King (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Cece Bell (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2006 -
10:20 AM – 11:20 AMMeet the Authors: David F. Walker & Sanford Greene (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
10:30 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Larry Hancock/Michael Cherkas (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
10:30 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: John Gurney (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
10:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Christophe Ferreira (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
10:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Flavia Biondi (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Kami Garcia (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Kelsey Wroten (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
11:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Charles Soule (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
11:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Julia Billet (HarperCollins)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
11:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Wilfrid Lupano (Lerner)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
12:00 PM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Preeti Chhibber (Disney Book Group)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1248 -
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMMeet the Authors: Ted Rall (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
12:00 PM – 1:30 PMMeet the Authors: Arthur Baltazar (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
12:30 PM – 1:30 PMMeet the Authors: Brenden Fletcher (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Marc Tyler Nobleman (Charlesbridge)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1421 -
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
1:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Paul Downs (Humanoids)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2210 -
1:30 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: David Gallaher/ Steve Ellis (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
1:30 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: John Gurney (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
1:40 PM – 2:40 PMMeet the Authors: Nathan Fox (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Peter Wartman (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
2:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Joanna Karpowicz (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: AJ Dungo (Nobrow)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3440 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
2:30 PM – 3:30 PMMeet the Authors: Don Brown (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2006 -
2:50 PM – 3:50 PMMeet the Authors: Tee Franklin (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Jaime Hernandez (Fantagraphics Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1320 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Jon J Muth (Scholastic)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1233 -
3:00 PM – 4:30 PMMeet the Authors: Larry Hancock/Michael Cherkas (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
3:00 PM – 4:30 PMMeet the Authors: Ted Rall (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
3:30 PM – 4:30 PMMeet the Authors: Nathan Hale (Amulet Books, an imprint of ABRAMS)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2006 -
3:30 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Wilfrid Lupano (Graphic Universe, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1244 -
3:30 PM – 5:00 PMMeet the Authors: Julia Billet (HarperCollins)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
3:30 PM – 5:00 PMMeet the Authors: Karim Friha (Lion Forge)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
3:30 PM – 5:00 PMMeet the Authors: Typex (SelfMadeHero)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
4:00 PM – 5:00 PMMeet the Authors: Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833
Sunday, June 23, 2019
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9:00 AM – 10:00 AMMeet the Authors: David F. Walker & Sanford Greene (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
9:30 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Larry Hancock/Michael Cherkas (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
9:30 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Arthur Baltazar (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Mariko Tamaki (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Ezra Claytan Daniels (Fantagraphics Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1320 -
10:00 AM – 11:00 AMMeet the Authors: Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
10:30 AM – 11:30 AMMeet the Authors: Tee Franklin (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Kirk Scroggs (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Kelsey Wroten (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
11:00 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: John Gurney ( Papercutz )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
11:00 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Liz and Lucy Lareau (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
11:00 AM – 12:00 PMMeet the Authors: Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gol (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Joanna Karpowicz (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:30 AM – 12:30 PMMeet the Authors: Typex (SelfMadeHero)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Lisa Naffziger (Iron Circus Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2108A -
12:30 PM – 1:30 PMMeet the Authors: Nicholas Aflleje & Sarah DeLaine (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
12:30 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Larry Hancock (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
12:30 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Ted Rall (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Peter Wartman (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMMeet the Authors: Typex (SelfMadeHero)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2006 -
1:30 PM – 2:30 PMMeet the Authors: Wilfrid Lupano (Lerner)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Jim Rugg (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Minh Lê (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gina Siciliano (Fantagraphics Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1320 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Amy Chu & Janet K. Lee (Penguin Young Readers)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1805 -
2:00 PM – 3:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gabrielle Bell (Uncivilized + ODOD Books)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2106A -
2:00 PM – 2:30 PMMeet the Authors: Israel Idonije (ATHLiTACOMiCS)
Location: Washington Convention Center, Exhibit Hall – Booth 1145 -
2:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Christophe Ferreira (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
2:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Flavia Biondi (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
2:00 PM – 3:30 PMMeet the Authors: David Gallaher/ Steve Ellis (Papercutz)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
2:45 PM – 3:45 PMMeet the Authors: Jason Lutes (Drawn & Quarterly )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
2:45 PM – 3:45 PMMeet the Authors: Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Brenden Fletcher (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Franco (DC)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1917 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Karim Friha (Lion Forge)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Julia Billet (HarperCollins)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644 -
3:00 PM – 4:00 PMMeet the Authors: Dan Goldman (Humanoids Inc)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 2210 -
4:00 PM – 5:00 PMMeet the Authors: Grace Ellis & Shae Beagle (Image Comics, Inc.)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3833
Monday, June 24, 2019
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9:00 AM – 9:30 AMMeet the Authors: Colleen AF Venable (Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1504 -
10:00 AM – 11:30 AMMeet the Authors: Ted Rall (NBM)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3535 -
10:15 AM – 11:15 AMMeet the Authors: Travis Dandro (Drawn & Quarterly )
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 1514 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Christophe Ferreira (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Flavia Biondi (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Gol (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMMeet the Authors: Joanna Karpowicz (Europe Comics)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3747 -
12:30 PM – 1:30 PMMeet the Authors: Typex (SelfMadeHero)
Location: Exhibit Hall – Booth 3644
WHAT?! You want more stuff to do? Maybe even learn some techniques to make graphic novels work in your library?
Well, there’s a quiet corner back behind the Small Press area, where the Poster Sessions are held. What is it? It’s kinda like a grade school Library Science Fair. Presenters get an bulletin board and an hour to present their experiences and findings on a variety of subjects (and later have them archived online). Here is the only comics-related poster session I could find:
Women in Comics: Off and on the PageSat, Jun 22 11:30 AM – 1:00 PMWomen compose nearly half of comic book readers, but the industry has problems including them in the creative process and on the page. This digital humanities project starts with Marvel and DC in the 2000s and tracks it until 2018, utilizing web-scraping scripts to download data at an issue level and information visualization tools to display the gender of creative talent and the gender makeup of their issue output. Some of this information will be compared to data from Image Comics (an independent publisher) to see if women write or draw different stories there, in an environment where creators own their own comics and are not being hired to write and draw for previously created characters. Questions to be answered include: have these publishers increasingly hired women writers and artists, has there been an increase in titles with a female protagonist, do women writers and artists tend to be assigned mostly titles about women at DC and Marvel, and does this correspond with the demographics of the work women create at Image? Examples from this project will serve as tutorials on how to gather, clean and process data for DH students, librarians and archivists, teaching: web-scraping with BeautifulSoup, gathering online data with an API, data-cleaning with scripts and information visualization with Tableau. Additionally, the data I collect will also work to create a near comprehensive list of comics written or drawn by women at these three major publishers which will help librarians collecting for graphic novels.
Poster Presenter(s): Laurin Paradise – Reference & Instruction Librarian, Manhattan College
The poster will be archived here.
…and if that doesn’t keep you busy, there are a multitude of other distractions in the ALA Exhibits Hall! There’s a Gaming Grove, where you can playtest games! A Maker space! A Zine pavilion! Special activities and events! Live stages! Other pavilions where you can interact with all sorts of stuff! Even a park!
