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The Art of Wordless Storytelling

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Picture books, comics, and graphic novels each have a long history of telling visual stories without text. These works sit outside the mainstream of their respective fields, often viewed merely as curiosities by the general public. But these wordless stories are complex, innovative, and beautiful, showcasing a different and thrilling way to experience reading. David…

From Lines to Laughs: Women+ on Men Panel Discussion

At the Society 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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Celebrate the opening of From Lines to Laughs: Women+ on Men with a panel discussion featuring Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast, and Emma Allen. This event is sold out. No walk-ins. This event will be recorded. By purchasing a ticket you are consenting to being filmed. Liza Donnelly has been contributing drawings and writings to The…

$7.00 – $15.00

Clayton: Godfather of Lower East Side Documentary

At the Society 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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For decades, Clayton Patterson has, as his friend Ai Weiwei puts it, “relentlessly devoted himself to a kind of culture that examines authority.” Best known for his documentation of the Tompkins Square Riots in 1988, Clayton lived at the intersection of numerous underground cultures, from drag queens to punks, gangbangers to tattoo artists, breathing in…

$7.00 – $15.00

Poster Child: David Edward Byrd In Conversation with Co-Author Robert Von Goeben

At the Society 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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Join renowned graphic artist David Edward Byrd and co-author Robert von Goeben in conversation. They will be discussing Poster Child: The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd, a stunning retrospective on the art and stories behind one of rock ’n’ roll’s most influential artists.    Beginning in the late 1960s, graphic artist…

$7.00 – $15.00

Words Are Pictures: Writing and Drawing Weimar Berlin

At the Society 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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Before written language existed, people drew pictures, everywhere. Representational drawings evolved into pictograms, and some pictograms were abstracted into phonetic symbols which could be strung together to form words. The medium of comics takes these now apparently disparate elements—the picture and the word—and reunites them to create a form of expression greater than the sum…

$7.00 – $15.00

Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics Book Launch and Panel

At the Society 128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY, United States
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Join Chris Byrne and Keith Mayerson (editors of Frank Johnson, Secret Pioneer of American Comics Vol. 1: Wally's Gang Early Years (1928-1949) and The Bowser Boys (1946-1950)), Mark Newgarden (How to Read Nancy: The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels), and Karen Green (Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University) for a panel…

$7.00 – $15.00
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