Seven Days Cartoonists Speak!
11:00am - 12:00pm // Fletcher Room
Panelists: Rachel Lindsay, Keith Knight, James K, Julianna Brazil
Moderator: Chris Farnsworth

Join Seven Days Music Editor (and lifelong comics fan!) Chris Farnsworth and a panel of cartoonists featured in the pages of Vermont’s favorite free weekly, including local artists Julianna Brazil, James Kochalka and Rachel Lindsay and special guest, Keith Knight of the nationally-syndicated K Chronicles.

Drawing Down the Generations: Memoir, Family and Self
12:15pm - 1:15pm // Pickering Room
Panelists: Amy Kurtzweil, Glynnis Fawkes, Elise Dietrich, Elisa Järnefelt
Moderator: Dan Barlow

The most personal genre of nonfiction comics, memoir fosters empathetic engagement through frankness and intimacy, bringing into focus our shared humanity. In this panel, four accomplished cartoonists, Elise Dietrich, Glynnis Fawkes, Elisa Järnefelt and Amy Kurtzweil explore the interplay of identity, self and family in their intergenerational work.

Graphic Explorations of Adolescence
2:45pm - 3:30pm // Fletcher Room
Panelists: Jarad Greene, Tillie Walden, Coco Fox, Isabella Rotman
Moderator: Sally Pirie

What draws so many cartoonists toward exploring adolescent experience? And what is it about adolescence that readers find so compelling? In this panel Jarad Greene, Coco Fox, Isabella Rotman and Tillie Walden talk about representing adolescent lives and the significance this phase of life holds for them and their audiences.

Telling Other People’s Stories
3:45pm - 4:45pm // Pickering Room
Panelists: Marek Bennett, Janet Biehl, Bill Tulp, JT Yost
Moderator: Jason Lutes

Representing the lives of others carries distinct ethical obligations–regardless of whether our subjects are still living or have passed on. Negotiating personalities, legacies and the public perceptions of those whose stories we tell can be challenging–but also profoundly rewarding. Join Marek Bennett, Janet Biehl, Bill Tulp, and JT Yost as they explore art, storytelling, collaboration and authorship when rendering the lived experience of others.

Celebrating The Nib
5:00pm - 6:00pm // Fletcher Room
Panelists: Matt Bors, Shay Mirk

For 10 years The Nib was a comics force to be reckoned with, publishing groundbreaking journalism, memoir and political commentary from a huge array of international cartoonists. On September 1 of this year, The Nib published its final edition. Sit in on a conversation with The Nib founder, Matt Bors, and editor, Shay Shaw, as they discuss the history of The Nib, its impact on cultural discourse and nonfiction cartooning, as well as its ongoing legacy. The Nib is dead! Long live The Nib!

Paws And Puns: An Animal Comics Workshop ALL AGES
12:00pm - 1:00pm // Community Room
Instructors: Coco Fox, Annabel Driussi

Calling all animal lovers! In the all-ages Paws and Puns comics workshop, you will learn how to draw comics about your pets or favorite animal species! Coco Fox and Annabel Driussi will lead you through fun joke generating activities and guide you to make a finished 2 panel comic about your purrrrfect animal friends.152

Build a World! ALL AGES
1:15pm - 2:15pm // Community Room
Instructor: Daryl Seitchik

In this all-ages workshop, we will draw inspiration from literature, comics, and film, to create our own fantastical worlds.  We will design our own imaginary maps, populate them with strange creatures, and consider what it would be like to inhabit these worlds, in the form of a comic. 

Join us, and create a place that hasn't existed before!

Resiliency Narratives
2:30pm - 3:30pm // Community Room
Instructor: Natalie Norris

In this workshop we gather to learn techniques for approaching memoir stories that we find difficult to tell but feel compelled to share. We’ll focus on the resiliency that grows out of personal stories about adversity, illness, and survival and how you can harness your strength to face these kinds of memoirs. This workshop will include discussion and a drawing activity. All skill levels are welcome.