***Each event has a dedicated Event page here at HubComics.com!
Svetlana Chmakova in Conversation / Nov 2nd – click here or scroll down
Book Clhub: Here – November 2024 / Nov 13th – click here or scroll down
Nathan Fox artist talk + signing – / Nov 14th – [event page up soon]
Tom Reilly signing/G.I. Joe issue #1 / Nov 16th – click here or scroll down
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Svetlana Chmakova in Conversation + Signing – November 2nd, 2024!
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Hub Comics welcomes Svetlana Chmakova for a lively conversation to celebrate the publication of her newest graphic novel! The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon takes readers back to this supernatural world full of magic, adventure, and… dragons!
Chmakova is an acclaimed creator in the middle grade graphic novel space, and her most recent graphic novel, Enemies (released September 2022), was a top seller. Born and raised in Russia until the age of 16, when her family emigrated to Canada, she quickly made a name for herself with acclaimed and award-winning works. She graduated from Sheridan College with a three-year Classical Animation Diploma, and was a Master Comics Artist-in-Residence at Atlantic Center for The Arts.
In addition to spotlighting the new volume of The Weirn Books series, we’ll also have Chmakova’s other works — all four books in the popular Berrybrook Middle School series, Nightschool 1 and 2 (which like The Weirn Books makes use of the Night Realm!), and of course The Weirn Books, Vol. 1
Come to Hub Comics at 19 Bow Street in Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts — we’re three blocks from the MBTA D Line Union Station, down the hill from the E Line’s Gilman Square Station, on the 85 and 87 bus lines, and near the 86, 91, and CT2 buses. Street and metered parking is available near the shop!
Svetlana Chmakova in Conversation starts at 5pm on Saturday, November 2nd. Seating is limited and is first-come, first-serve.
BOOK CLHUB – November 2024
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Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Richard McGuire’s Here. And it’s 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome! You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics! But we certainly have copies for sale! Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.
About the author: RICHARD McGUIRE is a regular contributor to The New Yorker. His comics have appeared in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, Le Monde, and Libération. He has written and directed two omnibus feature films: Loulou et Autre Loups (Loulou and Other Wolves, 2003), and Peur(s) du Noir (Fear[s] of the Dark, 2007). He designed and manufactured his own line of toys, and is the founder and bass player of the band Liquid Liquid. Here was based on his six-page comic that appeared in RAW magazine in 1989 and was quickly acknowledged as a transformative work that expanded the possibilities of the comics medium.
Artist TOM REILLY G.I. JOE ISSUE #1 Signing!
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Hot off the heels of the incredible DUKE miniseries that rocketed G.I. Joe and Cobra into the ENERGON UNIVERSE, artist extraordinaire TOM REILLY re-teams with writer Joshua Williamson and color artist Jordie Bellaire for the highly anticipated new G.I. JOE MONTHLY SERIES! And just three days after this dynamic and oversized premiere issue goes on-sale, TOM REILLY will sign at Hub Comics! That’s Saturday, November 16th from Noon to 4pm! We’ll have lots of G.I. JOE issue #1 variant covers available, as well as single issues and collected editions of COBRA COMMANDER, DESTRO, SCARLETT, TRANSFORMERS, VOID RIVALS, and for long-time G.I. Joe fans, the Larry Hama-written A REAL AMERICAN HERO! No G.I. Joe fan should miss this incredible event!
Come to Hub Comics at 19 Bow Street in Union Square, Somerville, Massachusetts — we’re three blocks from the MBTA D Line Union Station, down the hill from the E Line’s Gilman Square Station, on the 85 and 87 bus lines, and near the 86, 91, and CT2 buses. Street and metered parking is available near the shop!
Meet Tom, get your books signed, buy comics, and more!
BOOK CLHUB – October 2024
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Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Vaughan and Martin’s Doctor Strange: The Oath. And it’s 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome!
This is our first super-hero selection, and you need no familiarity with the character of Doctor Strange or the larger Marvel Universe to appreciate this work. You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics! Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.
About the author and illustrator: Brian K. Vaughan is the writer of such popular comic book series as Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Runaways, Saga, Paper Girls, and the standalone graphic novel Pride of Baghdad. Vaughan also variously wrote, story edited, and showran the television series Lost and Under the Dome. Spanish artist Marcos Martin has drawn Batgirl: Year One, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Daredevil. He previously collaborated with Vaughan on The Private Eye, and has recently wrapped up the graphic novel trilogy Friday with writer Ed Brubaker.
BOOK CLHUB – September 2024
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Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Kushner and Shadmi‘s A for Anonymous: How a Mysterious Hacker Collective Transformed the World. And it’s 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome! You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics! Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.
About the author and illustrator: David Kushner is a contributing editor of Rolling Stone, and has written for The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, New York Times Magazine, and GQ. Koren Shadmi is a Brooklyn-based illustrator who teaches at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. His work has been published in the The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Playboy, and Wired.
Girls with Slingshots / Danielle Corsetto – Aug 18th!
EDIT: The event was great! Thanks, Danielle!
Original post: Hub Comics is a stop on the Girls with Slingshots 20th Birthday tour! Meet Danielle Corsetto and purchase GWS hardcovers Sunday, August 18th from 3-5pm!
BOOK CLHUB – August 2024
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Join us Wednesday, August 14th at 7pm for our next HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB meeting! We’ll informally discuss both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Kris Bertin and Alexander Forbes’ The Case of the Missing Men. It’s Stephen King meets The Hardy Boys in a small town mystery! The Case of the Missing Men is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome! You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics, but you’ll have to bring a copy of the book with you. Admission is free! For questions, call or email the shop!
BOOK CLHUB – July 2024
Join us Wednesday, July 17th at 7pm for our next HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB meeting! We’ll informally discuss both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá’s celebrated examination of ten key days of an obituary writer’s life, Daytripper! — which is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome, although this book is for older teens/mature readers, so leave the kids at home! You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics, but you’ll have to bring a copy of the book with you. Admission is free! For questions, call or email the shop!
June events at Hub Comics – Ho, Knight/Gill, CLHUB!
1 of 3! Lit Crawl Boston presents: Jannie Ho at Hub Comics
Join author/illustrator Jannie Ho (The Lost Mitten) as she illuminates the process of creating graphic novels. Bring your creativity and ‘panel vision’ as together we write and draw our very own comic strip. Sponsored by the Boston Comic Arts Foundation. Thursday, June 6th at 6pm!
2 of 3! Cartoonist Keith Knight in Conversation with Joel Christian Gill!
Then, THAT SAME EVENING, Thursday, June 6th at 7pm, it’s Cartoonist Keith Knight in Conversation with Joel Christian Gill! Knight is the creator of The K Chronicles, The Knight Life, and the new graphic novel I Was a Teenage Michael Jackson Impersonator! His life and work is the subject of the Hulu series Woke. Cartoonist and historian Joel Christian Gill is Chair of BU’s MFA in Visual Narrative, author of the memoir Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, and illustrator of Ibram X. Kendi’s graphic novel Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.
3 of 3! HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB
Join us Wednesday, June 19th at 7pm for our next HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB meeting! We’ll informally discuss both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Kay Leyh‘s Eisner and Lambda Literary Award nominated book about a group of mermaids trapped on dry land, Thirsty Mermaids! — which is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome, although this book is mildly aimed at adults, so leave the kids at home! You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics! Admission is free, but you’ll have to bring a copy of the book with you. For questions, call or email the shop!