BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.0.1//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:74874@annarborwithkids.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251011T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251011T170000 DTSTAMP:20251010T205747Z URL:https://annarborwithkids.com/events/ann-arbor-comic-arts-festival-a2ca f-small-indie-press/ SUMMARY:Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF) - Small & Indie Press DESCRIPTION:\nAnn Arbor Comic Arts Festival (A2CAF): Small + Indie Press is a one day venture into the world of small press comics publishing. This e vent offers attendees the chance to meet comic artists and learn about the art of creating comics outside of a traditional publisher. Due to the con tent of many independently published books\, this event is intended for a teen and adult audience. A2CAF: Small + Indie Press is created in partners hip with \;Athenaeum Comic Art.\n\n\n\nVault of Midnight \;will be at A2CAF Small + Indie Press selling books by all the headliners for sign ings.\n\n\n\nThe event is listed as for teens &\; adults.\n\n\n\nHeadli ning artists:\n\n\n\n\nKeith Knight (Added to replace Caroline Cash) - Kei th Knight\, "Gentleman Cartoonist\," is an acclaimed artist known for comi c strips like The K Chronicles and The Knight Life. Blending humor\, satir e\, politics\, and race\, his work reflects his experiences as an African- American man\, often dealing with social injustices. Knight is also a rapp er\, social activist\, and co-creator of the Hulu series "Woke"\, based on his life and comics.\n\n\n\nLisa Hanawalt is the creator of Tuca &\; B ertie\, the production designer/producer of \;BoJack Horseman\, and th e production designer/producer of the upcoming Long Story Short. She’s w ritten and illustrated four books published by Drawn &\; Quarterly:&nbs p\;My Dirty Dumb Eyes \;(2013)\, \;Hot Dog Taste Test \;(2016) \, \;Coyote Doggirl \;(2018)\, and \;I Want You \;(2020). She lives in Los Angeles.\n\n\n\nJulia Wertz is a professional cartoonist\ , amateur \;historian\, and part-time urban explorer. She made the com ic books \;The Fart Party vol 1 \;and \;vol 2 \;(collected in \;Museum of Mistakes) \;and the graphic novels \;Drinking at the Movies\, \;The Infinite Wait\,  \;Tenements\, Towers\, & \; Trash\, \;(for which she won the \;2018 Brendan Gill Prize)\, a nd Impossible People. She does regular short story comics for the \;Ne w Yorker. Her work has appeared regularly in the \;New York Times\,&nb sp\;Harper’s Magazine\, the Believer\, the Best American Comics\, and ot her publications.\n\n\n\nCANCELED - Caroline Cash is a cartoonist who curr ently works out of Philadelphia. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Vice\, The Nib\, The Chicago Reader\, and various other publications. Her debut graphic novel Girl in the World and her ongoing Eisner award-winn ing series PeePeePooPoo are published by Silver Sprocket. She is also cu rrently working on an untitled book for Drawn &\; Quarterly\, and a vid eo game about dating hot girls.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvent Highlights:\n\n\n\n\n11 a-5p: Artist Alley\n\n\n\n11:30a-12:30p: Author Spotlight: Keith Knight\n\ n\n\n1:15-2:15p: Author Spotlight: Julia Wertz\n\n\n\n2:30-3:15p: Author S igning: Julia Wertz\n\n\n\n3-4p: Author Spotlight: Lisa Hanawalt\n\n\n\n4: 15-5p: Author Signing: Lisa Hanawalt\n\n\n\n\n\n CATEGORIES:Arbor Annie's Highlights,Free,High Schoolers,Indoor Activities,Middle Schoolers,Parents LOCATION:Downtown Branch of AADL\, 343 South Fifth Avenue\, Ann Arbor\, Mic higan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States GEO:42.278198;-83.745971 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=343 South Fifth Avenue\, An n Arbor\, Michigan\, 48104\, Downtown\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X -TITLE=Downtown Branch of AADL:geo:42.278198,-83.745971 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR