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Past Events

Nov. 30, 2022: Invisible Wounds Presentation

Join Jess Ruliffson appears in conversation with Bryan Doerries and Peter Catapano at Society of Illustrators on Wednesday, November 30th at 6:30pm as they discuss Invisible Wounds, Jess’ new comics journalism project which is based on candid, compassionate graphic interviews with returning war vets from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq.

Cartoonist Jess Ruliffson spent five years traveling across the country interviewing veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars, from kitchen tables in Georgia and libraries in New York City to dive bars in Mississippi and back porches in Vermont. What she finds is that the real experience of soldiers at war is a far cry from depictions in popular media like Zero Dark Thirty or American Sniper. In these illustrated interviews, Ruliffson shares the stories of men, women, and non-binary ex-soldiers who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives. Identity lies at the heart of these stories, as they grapple with their gender, their race, and the brutality they’ve witnessed and caused. In this compassionate, probing book, Ruliffson reveals how America’s endless entanglement in wars have affected the psyches of the people who wage them.

March 3, 2022: Making Graphic Adaptations: From Text to Comics

A panel of graphic novelists discuss the challenges and rewards of taking literary prose and transforming it into comics. This slideshow presentation and discussion features an eclectic group of cartoonists who’ve written and/or illustrated new versions of Little Women, Kindred, A Wrinkle in Time, Slaughterhouse-Five, and more. This event is part of Will Eisner Week, and Eisner’s many literary adaptations are the inspiration for this panel. With Bre Indigo, John Jennings, Hope Larson, and Ryan NorthModerated by R. Sikoryak.

Free with registration.

Nov. 21, 2019: A Marvelous Life Signing + Q&A

Danny Fingeroth appears in conversation with Columbia University Professor Jeremy Dauber at Society of Illustrators on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at 7:00 PM to present his new biography A Marvelous Life: The Amazing Story of Stan Lee.

Nov. 6, 2019: The Art of Nothing: 25 Years of Mutts & Patrick McDonald

Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell, creators of Mutts,and Designer/ Writer Chip Kidd appear at the Society of Illustrators on Wednesday, November 6, 2019 at 6:30 PM for an in-depth conversation about his career and latest book.

On September 5, 1994, Patrick McDonnell made his mark on the history of comics by introducing the world to Mooch, the curious cat, Earl, the ever-trusting dog, and the other characters who inhabit his beloved comic strip. Now 25 years later, the illustrator and award-winning author opens his archives to celebrate Mutts, which appears in more than 700 newspapers, as well as his bestselling children’s classics including Me . . . Jane, The Gift of Nothing, South, Just Like Heaven, Hug Time, and Wag!