In addition to these invited featured cartoonists, others including Gordon Harris, will have tables where they will be selling their books.
Gaithersburg Book Festival
Saturday May 18, 2019 10am – 6pm
http://www.gaithersburgbookfestival.org/
Gaithersburg City Hall
31 South Summit Avenue
Gaithersburg, MD 20877
Latest Title: I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
Malaka Gharib is a journalist at NPR. She is the author of "I Was Their American Dream," a graphic memoir about being Filipino-Egyptian-American. She is the founder of
The Runcible Spoon, a food zine, and the co-founder of the D.C. Art Book Fair. She lives in a rowhouse with her husband in Washington, D.C.
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Venue(s): Rachel Carson Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:4:15 pm
Presentation End Time:5:05 pm
Latest Title:
Science Comics: The Brain: The Ultimate Thinking Machine
Alex Graudins is a a Rhode Island-based cartoonist and illustrator of "Science Comics: The Brain." She graduated from the School of Visual Arts' Cartooning program in 2016 and has since contributed comics to sites like The Nib and CollegeHumor. Alex loves drawing memoirs and YA fiction focusing on mental illness and friendship. But when she's not working, she challenges her social anxiety with improv comedy.
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Venue(s): Willa Cather Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:1:15 pm
Presentation End Time:2:05 pm
Latest Title:
The Iliad
Gareth Hinds is a
New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of critically-acclaimed graphic novels based on the classics, including "Beowulf," "The Odyssey," "POE: Stories and Poems," and now his most ambitious and epic book ever, "The Iliad." He also has illustrated picture books, such as "Gifts From the Gods," award-winning non-fiction such as "Samurai Rising," video games, museum exhibits, and more. Gareth is a recipient of the Boston Public Library's "Literary Lights for Children" award, and his books are excerpted in textbooks and used to teach the classics in English classrooms across the country.
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Venue(s): Ogden Nash Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:10:00 am
Presentation End Time:11:05 am
Latest Title: Science Comics: Trees: Kings of the Forest
Andy Hirsch is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Dallas, whose current projects include several entries in the totally great "Science Comics" line from First Second Books, including "Dogs," "Trees" and "Cats."
Andy is the co-creator of "The Baker Street Peculiars," illustrator of the graphic novel "The Royal Historian of Oz" (a 2013 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens), and contributor to the "Garfield," "Regular Show" and "Adventure Time" ongoing comic book series. His first solo graphic novel, "Varmints," was released in 2016.
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Venue(s): Willa Cather Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:1:15 pm
Presentation End Time:2:05 pm
Latest Title:
How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth
Paul Noth is a writer and artist whose cartoons appear regularly in The New Yorker and occasionally in other publications, including The Wall Street Journal. He was a regular guest writer for "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," for which he created the cartoon "Pale Force," and was an animation consultant for Saturday Night Live. He has also written for CBS's "The Late Late Show" and other television programs. His latest book is "How to Properly Dispose of Planet Earth."
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Venue(s):Willa Cather Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:12:15 pm
Presentation End Time:1:05 pm
Latest Title: Astronaut Academy: Re-entry
Dave Roman is a cartoonist and full-time waffle enthusiast. He is the author/illustrator of the "Astronaut Academy
" series (winner of Maryland's Black-Eyed Susan Book Award) and writer of the graphic novels, "Teen Boat! Race for Boatlantis" and "Agnes Quill: An Anthology of Mystery." He has contributed stories and art to "Goosebumps Graphix: Slappy's Tales of Horror," "Pluto is Peeved!" and "Nursery Rhyme Comics."
Dave is a graduate of the School of Visual Arts, a former editor at
Nickelodeon Magazine and is currently series editor for First Second's "Science Comics" series of non-fiction graphic novels. He lives in New York City and draws a webcomic called
Starbunny, Inc.
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Venue(s): Willa Cather Pavilion
Presentation Start Time:1:15 pm
Presentation End Time:2:05 pm
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