Friday, August 31, 2018

Sept 14: Ngozi Ukazu at East City Books

CHECK PLEASE, Ngozi Ukazu

Friday, September 14, 2018 - 6:30pm

645 Pennsylvania Ave SE

Washington, DC  20003

tel  202.290.1636


 

East City Bookshop is proud to present Ngozi Ukazu, author of Check Please, for a reading, book discussion, and signing. 


 "Ukazu, who began Bitty's story as an uberpopular webcomic, folds in plenty of hockey terms and highlights team camaraderie while skillfully dismantling themes of toxic masculinity...A slow-burn same-sex romance is just the icing on the cake (sorry--pie) in this irresistibly fun and utterly charming sports story. Volume two can't come fast enough" -- Bookliststarred review

"The art relies on thick linework and facial shots to tell the story, playing to Ukazu's knack for pithy, personality-showing dialogue. Ukazu blends a series of tropes (coming-of-age, coming out, an outsider finding acceptance) into one coherent, amusing tale." -- Publishers Weekly


Ngozi Ukazu is the creator of Check, Please!, a massively popular online graphic novel. She graduated from Yale University in 2013 and received a master's in sequential art in 2015 from the Savannah College of Art and Design. While she used her intensive knowledge of ice hockey to launch Check, Please! in 2013, Ngozi has a deep interest in sports that ranges from half-marathon training to basketball documentaries. Ngozi also cites '90s sitcoms as a major influence in the quirky, found-family feel of Check, Please!


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