In Minneapolis this weekend for the AUTOPTIC FESTIVAL! Store event at MOON PALACE BOOKS (3032 Minnehaha Ave.) on Saturday the 18th, 1PM, moderated by Eric Lorberer of RAIN TAXI. And signing at Moon Palace’s booth in the Aria Center on Sunday the 19th, also at 1PM. Hope to see some of you there!
Travel
carnet at vancaf
This coming weekend, I’ll be VANCAF comics art festival in Vancouver, BC, promoting the new edition of CARNET DE VOYAGE. Saturday, May 19th, signing from 2-4PM. Sunday, May 20th, spotlight panel 1:30-2:30, signing from 3-5PM. Eager for some overlap with my old friends, Brigitte Findakly and Lewis Trondheim, who both share pages in CARNET! Hope to see some of you there!
chunky rice & kimchi
After laying dormant for far too long, I’m touring again – this time to South Korea for the Bucheon International Comics Festival (their twentieth year!) July 19th-23rd, 2017, and a store event at Book By Book in Seoul on July 22nd, and plenty of promotion for the Open Books/Mimesis editions of my books. Hope to see some of you there!
home from europe
Thank you to everyone who made it to the events in France, Belgium, Germany, UK, Corsica, Italy, and Spain. Over 22 cities in 45 days. Promotional tour is complete; Now it’s time to push my baby from the nest and let it fly on its own. More importantly, time to get started on something new.
Thank you, too, for the piles of great fan art. Here’s a couple of samples: Leonardo D’Angeli (above) and Mar Mascaró (below). Oh, and at the very top, Veronica Carratello in Milan and Inigo from Bilbao.
almóndigas del espacio
Grazie to all the fans who made it to the Italian events, which wrapped last night in La Spezia.
See below, tour dates for this week in SPAIN.
12th of April, Tuesday: MADRID. 7 pm. Presentation/signing with Pedro Monje at Ciudadano Grant Bookshop, Miguel Servet 21
13th of April, Wednesday: BILBAO. 7 pm. Presentation/signing with Koldo Azpitarte at Joker Bookshop, Euskalduna, 7
14th of April, Thursday: BARCELONA. 7 pm. Talk with Pepe Gálvez at Gigamesh Bookshop, carrer de Bailèn, 8
15th of April, Friday: BARCELONA. 7 pm. Presentation/signing with David Fernández at Norma Cómics Bookshop, passeig Sant Joan, 9
Photo of Jannel, Anna, Chiara, Giulia (Emma not present?) my stage interviewers at the talk in Mantova at Sala Deli Stemmi (in cooperation with Festivalletteratura di Mantova).
polpette spaziali
Currently stationed at the beautiful Bastia BD festival in Corsica through Sunday the 3rd.
Here’s updates for my POLPETTE SPAZIALI tour in Italy.
4th of April, Monday: MILAN. 6pm, SUPERGULP.
5th of April, Tuesday: BOLOGNA Children’s Book Fair.
6th of April, Wednesday: BOLOGNA, 3pm signing at Accademia delle Belle Arti.
7th of April, Thursday: RIMINI. 5pm presentation at Sala del Giudizio Museo della città
(in cooperation with MDL Festival).
8th of April, Friday: TORINO. 9pm presentation at Circolo dei Lettori.
(An incredible experience for HABIBI tour.)
9th of April, Saturday: MANTOVA. 4:30pm presentation at Sala degli stemmi
(in cooperation with Festivalletteratura di Mantova).
10th of April, Sunday: LA SPEZIA. 6pm presentation at Spazio 32.
After that, Spain!
(Photo of my collaborator, Edmond Baudoin, in Bastia)
dumplins paris to london
architectural spaces for dumplins
Danke schön to my German publisher Reprodukt (along with the organizers, performers, and moderators) for hosting amazing events in beautiful spaces, like the Library Luisenbad in Berlin.
Pictured above, young fans at Museum Angewandte Kunst – the Applied Arts museum designed by Richard Meier (known for the Getty in my current hometown LA). The museum was kind enough to host a daytime event for kids, and an evening lecture for adults. (Photo from Heiko Schmelz.) And then the impressive nine-story City Library in Stuttgart, where we did an evening lecture. Next stop, France!
gummi schlümpfe
dumplins euro tour
Thanks for your patience. Finally, here are the dates for my European book tour,
March 5th thru April 17th, 2016. Check in locally, as some details may evolve…
BELGIUM
9th of March, Wednesday: LEUVEN. Het Besloten Land.
10th of March, Thursday: ANTWERP. FNAC (17:00 to 18:30).
11th of March, Friday: BERLIN. Library Luisenbad, 17:30.
12th of March, Saturday: Comics und Graphics , 16:00 – 18:00.
14th of March, Monday: FRANKFURT.
16-18:00 – Signing at store T3 Terminal Entertainment
20:00 Museum Angewandte Kunst (Applied Arts)
15th of March, Tuesday: STUTTGART. Wittwer bookstore event.
20:00 Stuttgart city library.
FRANCE
17th of March, Thursday: LYON. L’Experience bookshop.
18th of March, Friday: ANNECY. Momies Folies bookshop.
19TH of March, Saturday: GRENOBLE. Momies Folies bookshop.
20th of March, Sunday: PARIS BOOK FAIR.
LONDON
21st of March, Monday: LONDON, British Library, 18:30 – 20:00.
23rd of March, Wednesday: Orbital Comics, 17:00 – 19:00.
CORSICA
30th of March to 4th of April, CORSICA, France. BASTIA BD FESTIVAL.
ITALY
5th thru 7th of April, Tuesday – Thursday: BOLOGNA. Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
7th of April, Thursday: – RIMINI – Mare di Libri Festival
8th of April, Friday: – LA SPEZIA – Fondazione Carispezia.
9th of April, Saturday: – MANTOVA – Festivaletteratura.
10th of April, Sunday: TORINO, Italy. Circolo dei Lettori.
SPAIN
12th of April, Tuesday: MADRID, Spain. Ciudadano Grant bookshop.
13th of April, Wednesday: BILBAO, Spain.
14th of April, Thursday: BARCELONA, Spain. Gigamesh bookshop.
15th of April, Friday: Norma Comics.