Pride In Panels

2024 Artist bio (Champion style!): Hello, I’m Al, and this is what I’m about! Also, I’m going to be at @prideinpanels Comics Fest on Feb 18th and I’ll be bringing along a whole bunch of old and new works with me! It’s my first ever zine fest, so I’m really excited to meet folks!

[JUST FRIENDS] Enjoy the first 4 pages of my comic about friendship and the depth of platonic love, which I’ll be selling at the first edition of Pride In Panels this month (aspecs are you listening?)! Find me at the San Francisco Main Library on Sunday, Feb 18th, from 12-5PM.

I'll be tabling in SF for the 1st time in SEVERAL YEARS at @prideinpanels this Sun, Feb 18th (12 - 5pm) in the SF Public Library! My brother Ernie & I will have new merch & shirts! Come say hi before I dive back into my hidey hole for another 10 yrs! IT'S FREE! Art by Valerie Liu

We’re excited to welcome Tori Bowler and Joa Dimas to #PrideinPanels! A queer non-binary artist couple based out of Oakland, the pair are a part of The Junk Drawer Press, where they create everything from zines to prints to jewelry. #QueerComics

Introducing @SharonetYoshi, an artist who works on Illustration, Comic, and Game Design. They like to experiment with different media and work in different styles. Recently, their works including Time Travel Baby and Invisible Witch! #PrideInPanels #QueerComics #SFQueerComics

Introducing Kyla Aiko! Aiko is a writer, letterer, and editor who’s always looking for good soup noodle recommendations (the spicier the better). She’s currently working on #Foxlight, her debut graphic novel! #PrideInPanels #QueerComics

Up next, Pride in Panels is excited to introduce Sarah Maloney (they/she). Sarah is a queer cartoonist and educator. Their most recent comic, Ride At Your Own Risk is a collection of memoir comics. Be sure to check them out on February 18th! #PrideInPanels #QueerComics

Next up on our lineup is @AjuanMance! Mance is a Professor at @CACollegeofArts. A lifelong artist, Mance has participated in many solo and group exhibitions from the Bay Area to Brooklyn. Mance has most recently published the book, What Do Brothas Do All Day! #PrideinPanels

We're excited to introduce our 2024 exhibitors starting with Maia Kobabe! Best known for eir award-winning graphic memoir, Gender Queer, Kobabe has published in The Nib, the New Yorker, The Washington Post, and many anthologies! #PrideInPanels #GenderQueer #QueerComics

We’re already having a lovely time looking over all of these fantastic submissions! Stay tuned as we work through these and will be emailing out the results by mid January. Until then, please save prideinpanels@gmail.com as a contact in your email so messages don't go to "spam"

Thank you to everyone who applied to the inaugural Pride In Panels: SF Queer Comics Festival! We are blown away with the response of over 100 incredibly talented applicants – narrowing these down will be very difficult. (🧵1/2)

We’d love your help getting the word out about this groundbreaking event! Applications for exhibitors are being accepted until Friday Dec 15th. Please encourage any creators of LGBTQIA+ comics to apply, and we hope to see you all there at the event itself! silversprocket.net/pride-in-panel…

Pride in Panels will be 100% free to exhibitors and attendees! It is co-sponsored by the James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center of the @SFPublicLibrary, Silver Sprocket @ssbcpunk, and the @ccacomics California College of the Arts MFA Comics and BFA Comics programs.

Help us spread the word that applications are open through December 15th for the inaugural Pride In Panels: SF Queer Comics Fest, happening Feb 18th at the SF Public Library! 🧵 silversprocket.net/pride-in-panel…

Thanks to the generous support of the Hormel LGBTQIA Center of San Francisco Public Library, this event will be 100% free to exhibitors and attendees. We’ll have an exhibition hall for tabling, an auditorium for panels, a workshop area, and spaces to gather and connect.

Applications are now open for the inaugural Pride In Panels: SF Queer Comics Festival, taking place on Sunday, February 18th, 2024, at the @SFPublicLibrary main branch, with support from @ccacomics and @ssbcpunk ! Details and application link: silversprocket.net/pride-in-panel…