ALA 2023 is here! We have pieced together this summary of where publishers are and what the signing schedules look like. Also if you are looking for the panel schedule.

Note: We have endeavoured to be as complete as possible with what information we have been able to piece together. Any omissions are purely accidental.


PUBLISHER + COMICS AFFILIATE LOCATIONS

Ablaze [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Abrams @ ALA Booth 3320
Andrews McMeel @ ALA Booth #3523
BOOM! Studios @ ALA Booth #3626
Dark Horse Comics @ ALA Booth #2717
DC Entertainment @ ALA Booth #3520
Disney Publishing @ ALA Booth #3420
Dynamite [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Fantagraphics @ ALA Booth #3415
Graphic Mundi [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table Comics Lounge @ Booth #1332
Humanoids @ ALA Booth #1326
IDW Publishing @ ALA Booth # 2615
Image Comics [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Iron Circus Comics @ ALA Booth 2826J
MacMillan Childrens Publishing Group (incl. First Second) @ ALA Booth #3011
Mad Cave Studios, Maverick, Papercutz @ ALA Booth #1423
Manga Classics [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Mangasplaining @ ALA Booth #1453
NBM Graphic Novels @ ALA Booth #4429H, #4429R1
New York Review Books @ ALA Booth #2517
Oni Press @ ALA Booth #3727
Rosarium Publishing @ ALA Booth #4029B
Scholastic @ ALA Booth #2525-2625
Skybound [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Street Noise Books @ ALA Booth #4429Z2
Toon Books @ ALA Booth #3020
Tuttle Publishing @ ALA Booth #3227
Udon Entertainment [Diamond] @ ALA Booth #2229
Vault Comics @ ALA Booth #1320
Viz Media @ ALA Booth #3529
Yen Press @ ALA Booth #1429


 

ALA 2023 SIGNINGS & MEET THE AUTHOR SESSIONS

Times are in Chicago local (CDT)


FRIDAY JUNE 23, 2023

SIGNING: Eric Glickman – Camp Pock-a-Wocknee [Black Panel Press]
5.00PM, Booth #2229

SIGNING Dave Scheidt – Wrapped Up #1 & #2 [Oni]
6.00PM-7.00PM, Booth #2220

SIGNING: Greg Pak [BOOM!]
6.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Jason Aaron [BOOM!]
6.30PM, Booth #3626

SATURDAY JUNE 24, 2023

SIGNING: Jarrett J. Krosoczka – Sunshine [Scholastic – Graphix]
9.00AM-10.00AM, Booth 2525-2625

Austin Paramore & Sarah Bollinger – Free Signed ARC, Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song [Oni]
9.15AM-10.00AM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Genevieve Valentine – Two Graves [Image Comics]
9.30AM, Booth #2229

SIGNING: Annie Wu – Two Graves [Image Comics]
9.30AM, Booth #2229

SIGNING: MK Czierwec – Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 and Menopause [Graphic Mundi]
10.00AM, Booth #2229

SIGNING: Natalie Norris – Dear Mini [Fantagraphics]
10.00AM, Booth #3415

SIGNING: Zack Kaplan – Break Out [Dark Horse]
10.00AM-11.00AM, Booth #2717

Meet the Author: Jeremy Whitley (School for Extraterrestrial Girls) [Mad Cave – Papercutz]
11.00AM-12.00PM, Booth #1423

SIGNING: Rob Kirby – Marry Me a Little [Graphic Mundi]
11.00AM, Booth 2229

SIGNING: Tate Brombal [BOOM!]
11.00AM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Chad Corrie – Shadow Regent, Sons of Ashgard [Dark Horse]
11.30AM-12.30PM, Booth #2717

HF Brownfield – Free Signed ARC Quinnelope and the Cookie King Catastrophe [Oni]
11.45AM-12.30PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Jason Aaron [BOOM!]
12.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Jeff Smith – Bone: More Tall Tales [Scholastic – Graphix]
12.00PM-1.00PM, Booth 2525-2625

SIGNING: Kazu Kibuishi – Amulat Vol 8: Supernova [Scholastic – Graphix]
12.00PM-1.00PM, Booth 2525-2625

GROUP SIGNING: A. David Lewis, Justin Rentería – The Prophet: A Graphic Novel Adaptation [Graphic Mundi]
12.00PM, Booth 2229

GROUP SIGNING: Massive-Verse Spotlight with Kyle Higgins, Cherish Chen, Melissa Flores
Booth 2229 [Image Comics]
12.30PM, Booth 2229

SIGNING: Greg Pak [BOOM!]
1.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Sean K. Dove – Brobots Vols 1-3 [Oni]
1.00PM-1.45PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Amy Chu – Carmilla: The First Vampire [Dark Horse]
1.30PM-2.30PM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Art Baltazar – YAHGZ [Mad Cave – Papercutz]
2.00PM-2.50PM, Exhibit Hall – Author Autographing Station 4

SIGNING: Harmony Becker – Himawari House [MacMillan Publishers – First Second]
2.00PM, Authors Area Station 1

SIGNING: Jennie Wood – Paper Planes [Mad Cave – Maverick]
2.00PM-2.20PM, Exhibit Hall – Author Autographing Station 1

SIGNING: Stephanie Philips [BOOM!]
2.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Mark Bouchard – It Took Luke [Oni]
2.00PM-2.45PM, Booth #3727

GROUP SIGNING: Maureen Burdock, MK Czerwiec, Rob Kirby [Graphic Mundi]
2.00PM, Booth 2229

SIGNING: Cecil Castellucci – Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Vol 1, Shifting Earth [Dark Horse]
3.00PM-4.00PM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Suzanne Walker – Mooncakes [Oni]
3.00PM-3.45PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Tate Brombal [BOOM!]
3.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Neal Shusterman – Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust [Scholastic – Graphix]
3.00PM-4.00PM, Booth 2525-2625

SIGNING: Pornsak Pichetshote – The Good Asian [Image Comics]
3.30PM, Booth 2229

SIGNING: Jason Aaron [BOOM!]
4.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Dave Scheidt – Agents of SLAM; Wrapped Up Vol 1 [Oni]
4.15PM-5.00PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Greg Pak [BOOM!]
4.30PM, Booth #3626

GROUP SIGNING: Maureen Burdock, MK Czerwiec, Rob Kirby [Graphic Mundi]
4.30PM, Booth 2229

SUNDAY JUNE 25, 2023

HF Brownfield – Free Signed ARC Quinnelope and the Cookie King Catastrophe [Oni]
9.15AM-10.00AM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Chad Corrie – Shadow Regent, Sons of Ashgard [Dark Horse]
10.00AM-11.00AM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Kat Fajardo – Miss Quinces/Srta. Quinces [Scholastic – Graphix]
10.00AM-11.00AM, Booth 2525-2625

GROUP SIGNING: A. David Lewis, Justin Rentería – The Prophet: A Graphic Novel Adaptation [Graphic Mundi]
10.00AM, Booth 2229

Austin Paramore & Sarah Bollinger – Free Signed ARC, Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song [Oni]
10.30AM-11.15AM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Greg Pak [BOOM!]
11.00AM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: K. Wroten – Eden II [Fantagraphics]
11.00AM, Booth #3415

SIGNING: Cecil Castellucci – Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories Vol 1; Shifting Earth [Dark Horse]
11.30AM-12.30PM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Jason Aaron [BOOM!]
12.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING & Q&A: Jeremy Whitley [w/ Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table]
12.00PM-12.30PM, Booth #1332

GROUP SIGNING: Maureen Burdock, MK Czierwec [Graphic Mundi]
12.00PM, Booth 2229

SIGNING: Tate Brombal [BOOM!]
12.30PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Mark Bouchard – It Took Luke [Oni]
12.45PM-1.30PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Michael Cherkas [w/ Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table]
1.00PM-1.30PM, Booth #1332

SIGNING: Ram V [BOOM!]
1.00PM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Zack Kaplan – Break Out [Dark Horse]
1.30PM-2.30PM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Thien Pham – Family Style [MacMillan Publishers – First Second]
2.00PM, Authors Area Station 3

SIGNING: W. Maxwell Prince, Art Brut and Ice Cream Man [Image Comics]
2.00PM, Booth #2229

GROUP SIGNING: Dave Scheidt, HF Brownfield, and Sean Dove – Agents of SLAM, Wrapped Up, Quinnelope and the Cookie King Catastrophe, Brobots [Oni]
2.45PM-3.30PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Rafer Roberts and Mike Norton – The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee [Dark Horse]
3.00PM-4.00PM, Booth #2717

SIGNING: Jeff Lemire – Fishflies [Image Comics]
3.30PM, Booth #2229

Austin Paramore & Sarah Bollinger – Free Signed ARC, Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song [Oni]
4.00PM-4.45PM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Ivan Brunetti [Toon Books]
4.00PM, Booth #3020

SIGNING: Stephanie Phillips [BOOM!]
4.30PM, Booth #3626

MONDAY JUNE 26, 2023

SIGNING: Monica M. Magana – Dona Quixote [MacMillan Publishers – Henry Holt and Co.]
10.00AM, Booth #3011

HF Brownfield – Free Signed ARC Quinnelope and the Cookie King Catastrophe [Oni]
10.15AM-10.45AM, Booth #3727

SIGNING: Stephanie Phillips [BOOM!]
11.00AM, Booth #3626

SIGNING: Zach Weinersmith – Bea Wolf [MacMillan Publisher – First Second]
11.15AM, Booth #3011

SIGNING: K. Wroten – Eden II [Fantagraphics]
11.30AM-12.00PM, Booth #1332

SIGNING: Claribel Ortega and Rose Bousamra – Frizzy [MacMillan Publishers – First Second]
12.00PM, Authors Area Station 2

SIGNING: Maureen Burdock – Queen of Snails [Graphic Mundi]
12.00PM, Booth #2229

 

1 COMMENT

  1. Dean,

    Please add Saturday AM / Quarto Group to this list. Our booth is #2620.

    We’re small but are performing quite well and would love to be considered on these lists.

    Our schedule is

    Day 2, Sat, 24 June
     10:00am-10:50am, Author Autographing Station 5: Signing Clock Striker and Titan King –
    Frederick Jones (Me, Founder) and Tony Dawkins

    Day 3, Sun, 25 June
     10:30am-11:20am, W196a: “Manga Connects to BIPOC Teens” panel – Frederick Jones in attendance along with
    Kohei Fukushima, the Licensing Manager in the International Rights Department for
    Kodansha, will be visiting from Tokyo and will be in attendance.

     1:30pm-2:20pm, Look of Books (end of 2400 aisle): “The Art of Creating Manga and Comics
    for Young Readers” – Frederick Jones and Tony Dawkins

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