MICE is an annual indie comics festival in Boston produced by the Boston Comic Arts Foundation and Lesley University. Please click here for full info about location, admission, and programming details.

1:30-2:30: Why is Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy beloved by master cartoonists around the world? Join cartoonists, scholars, and educators, Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden, authors of the Eisner Award winning How To Read Nancy, for a deep dive into what this deceptively simple comic strip can reveal about the comics medium itself.

Located in the Amphitheater on the 2nd Floor of University Hall, 1815 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA.

Durham Comics Fest is an annual, all-ages celebration of comics and graphic novels, with an emphasis on supporting a community of comics readers and creators. As a program of Durham County Library, Durham Comics Fest is free and open to the public. Please click here for full info about location(s), admission, and programming details.

2:00-3:00: Join cartoonists (and educators) Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden as they examine the elements of comics through the lens of the comic strip Nancy. Through the deconstruction of a single comic strip from 1959, participants will learn about the secret ingredients of visual literacy, and bolster their understanding of how to make, teach, and enjoy the medium of comics!
3:30-5:00: Workshop with Mark and Paul. (This program is for adults and teens. Registration required.)

Located at the Southwest Regional Library, 3605 Shannon Rd. in Durham, North Carolina

East Coast Comic Con is located at the Meadowlands Exposition Center and offers 3 days of programming and over 300 exhibitors. Please click here for full info about location(s), admission, and programming details.

We will co-host a lively panel discussion entitled Why Nancy? on Saturday afternoon, May 18 at 12:30 in Conference Room 2 with an all-star cartoonist panel featuring Kaz (Underworld, Spongebob Squarepants, etc.), Denis Kitchen (Kitchen Sink Press, Nancy Eats Food, How Sluggo Survives, etc.), and Carol Tyler (Fab 4 Mania, Soldier's Heart, etc.). Please click here for panel information.

1:30: How To Read Nancy book signing
Booth 330
4:00: The Book of Weirdo book signing
Booth 328

A guided book tour, discussion and signing: free and open to all!
Spoonbill & Sugartown, Booksellers
218 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn NY 11249
5:00 pm

Presentation: Thursday July 19, Room 28DE, 7:00-8:00
Signing: Friday July 20, Fantagraphics Books booth, 4:30-5:30

Located at the San Diego Convention Center 111 W. Harbor Dr., San Diego, CA 9210

Join cartoonists (and educators) Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden as they examine the elements of comics through the lens of the comic strip Nancy. Through the deconstruction of a single comic strip from 1959, participants will learn about the secret ingredients of visual literacy, and bolster their understanding of how to make, teach, and enjoy the medium of comics!

Located at the Toronto Reference Library, Bram & Bluma Appel Salon, 11:30-12:30.

The Canadian Society for the Study of Comics  (CSSC) is an organization of academics and scholars interested in examining and promoting the study of comics.

Located at the Marriott Bloor Yorkville Hotel Conference floor, 3:00-4:15.

Mark and Paul will be making a presentation at Canada's largest comics exhibition & vendor fair and signing copies of How To Read Nancy at the Fantagraphics booth.

Located at the Toronto Reference Library, Signing 1:00-2:00, Presentation: 4:00-5:00.

How to Read Nancy, The Elements of Comics in Three Easy Panels
With Paul Karasik and Mark Newgarden
The event is free and open to all. James Branch Cabell Library, Monroe Park
Campus, 901 Park Ave., Richmond, Va. 23284. From 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

Parking is available for a fee in the West Broad Street, West Main Street
and West Cary Street parking decks. For special accommodations, or to
register offline, please call the VCU Libraries Events Office at (804)
828-0593.