When a classmate's boyfriend kills himself because he was rumoured to be gay, the school goes into mourning overdrive, each clique trying to find something to hold on to and something to believe in. Skim is Kimberly Keiko Cameron, a not-slim, would-be Wiccan goth stuck in a private girls' school in Toronto.

She is the artist of Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me and the creator of Golden Record.A New York Times Book Review choice as one of the 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2008. Rosemary Valero-O’Connell is a Minneapolis-born, Zaragoza-raised cartoonist and illustrator with a BFA in Comic Art from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (‘16). Her next book is Roaming, co-created with Mariko, out in Fall 2023. She is the author of SuperMutant Magic Academy, a book which collects her webcomic about weird mutant emo kids, and Boundless, a collection of short comic stories for adults. Jillian Tamaki and her cousin Mariko Tamaki and are the co-creators of the YA graphic novels SKIM and This One Summer, which won a Governor General’s Award and Caldecott Honor.

Punk rockers, wrestlers, superheroes, spies, and a serial murderer, in addition to regular folks dealing with life and love, populate the landscape of this influential and long-running epic. Love and Rockets has been published since the early 80s, featuring a wide and disparate cast of characters, many with their own storylines.

Jaime Hernandez is the award-winning co-creator of the alternative comic book Love and Rockets with his brothers Gilbert and Mario. A2CAF: Small + Indie Press 2023 Features: Jaime Hernandez Want to keep up with A2CAF: Small + Indie Press? Join our mailing list. Applications for the show are now open! Click this link and apply by May 31! A2CAF: Small + Indie Press is created in partnership with Athenaeum Comic Art. Due to the content of many independently published books, this event is intended for a teen and adult audience.

This event offers attendees the chance to meet comic artists and learn about the art of creating comics outside of a traditional publisher. A2CAF: Small + Indie Press will take place on October 7, 2023.Īnn Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press is a one day venture into the world of small press comics publishing.

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