CBC Graphic Novel Committee Programming at Emerald City Comic Con 2025
The CBC Graphic Novel Committee is excited to announce our programming at Emerald Comic Con 2025 from March 6 – 9 at the Seattle Convention Center!
Keep Bans Off Our Books
Book banning and censorship continue to be a serious issue for our communities, as more and more books are being taken out of the hands of children and teens. This action promotes distrust to our schools, libraries, and booksellers as good graphic novels teeter on the shelves. How can we dissuade this? These authors are here to speak and provide resources to help keep bans off our books!
WHEN: Thursday, March 6 at 12:15 PM
WHERE: Room 343, Level 3
MEET AUTHORS: Authors will be on hand after the panel (1:15 PM) at the Third Place Books Booth 20627, Level 2 to meet fans and sign books. Books will be available for purchase from Third Place Books.
MODERATOR
- Ashley Ferguson (My Girlfriend the Witch) — The Little Press
PANELISTS
- Jesse Byrd (Dream Warriors: A New World) — Paw Prints Publishing
- Georgia Dunn (Good as Goldie: A Breaking Cat News Adventure) — Andrews McMeel
- Lilah Sturges (Student Government) — Mad Cave Studios / Maverick
- Marc J Gregson (Among Serpents (Above the Black Book #2)) — Peachtree / Peachtree Teen
Draw with the Artists
Come and join the fun with each of our amazing graphic novel illustrators as they show you how they created their characters!
WHEN: Sunday, March 9 at 1:30 PM
WHERE: Room 424, Level 4
MEET AUTHORS: Authors will be on hand after the panel (2:30 PM) in the same room to meet fans and sign books. Books will be available for purchase from Third Place Books.
SPEAKER
- Rev Valdez (Bunso Meets a Mumu and Bunso Meets a Duwende) — Paw Prints Publishing
PANELISTS
- Nathan Hale (The Mighty Bite #3: Hog-Rocket Ruckus & Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales) — Abrams
- Vikram Madan (Owl and Penguin: Here and There & Zooni Tales: A Friend Till the End) — Holiday House
A special thank you to:
- Len Vlahos and the team at ReedPop for their guidance and help in organizing the panels.
- The brilliant book creators, their publishers, and the CBC Graphic Novel Committee members.
- Our great moderator and speaker — Ashley Ferguson & Rev Valdez — for their collaboration and contribution.
