Jennifer Camper Events

 
 
Thursday, April 21, 2022 – 7 p.m. ET
No Straight Lines, The Rise of Queer Comics
Film documentary about queer cartoonists
In-Person Screening with Q&A, also available for online streaming.
Director Vivian Kleiman, co-producer Justin Hall, featuring Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Jennifer Camper, Rupert Kinnard, Mary Wings
NewFest at the Center – 208 W 13 St NYC
https://gaycenter.org/newfest-nostraightlines/

 
January 2022
Monsters of the Bronx
Anthology of comics and writing, edited by Ivan Velez
featuring the comic Urban Advisory by Jennifer Camper
Available here: https://www.planetbronx.com/shop.html
 
2021
 
Saturday, June 12, 2021 – 2 pm
No Straight Lines, The Rise of Queer Comics
Film documentary about queer cartoonists.
World premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Director Vivian Kleiman, co-producer Justin Hall, featuring Alison Bechdel, Howard Cruse, Jennifer Camper, Rupert Kinnard, Mary Wings
https://tribecafilm.com/films/no-straight-lines-the-rise-of-queer-comics-2021?fbclid=IwAR1n8mQVZp1gqGf-e0Ri4Q31zuWgeMJfbi2oaX_b_ElzEYYtZ7JUAg3BL0U 
 
June 11 – July 11, 2021
Comic Velocity: HIV and AIDS in Comics
Exhibit showing how artists and activists have used comics to create and shape conversations about HIV and AIDS.
Featuring Jennifer Camper, Alison Bechdel, Remy Boydell with Michelle Perez, Howard Cruse, Kate Charlesworth, Chris Companik, Jon Eikenberg, Gilbert Hernández, Bruce Rapp, James Romberger, Marguerite Van Cook, David Wojnarowicz, Carlos Sánchez Becerra, David Shenton, Michael Slocum, Beowulf Thorne, and Robert Walker.
PS122 Gallery, 150 1st Avenue NYC
 
Monday, May 31, 2021
Interview with Alison Bechdel, by Jennifer Camper
Discussing Bechdel’s new book, The Secret to Superhuman Strength
 
Saturday, March 27, 2021 – 11:00 am Pacific Time
LGBTQ+ Comics and Social Activism 
Prism Comics at virtual WonderCon@Home 2021
Moderator Justin Hall, with Jennifer Camper, Tara Madison Avery, Trinidad Escobar, Lawrence Lindell, and Anand Vedawala
 
2020
 
Friday, July 24, 2020 – 10:00 am PDT.
Celebrating Cartoonist Howard Cruse
His work, his life, and his legacy.
with Jennifer Camper, Justin Hall, Karen Green, Trina Robbins, Denis Kitchen, Roberta Gregory, Robert Triptow, Diane DiMassa, Robert Kirby, Ivan Velez Jr,. Rupert Kinnard, Ajuan Mance, Steve MacIsaac, Tara Madison Avery, William O. Tyler, and Andy Mangels.
Thanks to Ted Abenheim and Prism Comics.
Comic-Con@Home Available online: https://youtu.be/RcX-OQG8joc
 
‪Friday, February 7, 2020 – 6-8pm‬
‪Adults Only! Sexy, Nasty & Angry Comix‬
Slideshow with Jennifer Camper, Mike Diana, Katie Fricas, Carlo Quipse
‪Printed Matter‬ – 38 St. Marks Place, NYC
 
2019
 
Saturday, December 8, 2019 – 4-6pm
Shameless Feminists – Issue 50 of World War 3 Illustrated
Comics slideshow and discussion.
Printed Matter
231 11 Ave, NYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/569242133850289/
 
October, 2019
Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Queers

Edited by Justin Hall and William O. Tyler
LGBTQ horror comics collection, including Childbearing, by Jennifer Camper
Published by Northwest Press
https://northwestpress.com/shop/theater-of-terror-revenge-of-the-queers/
 
Monday, September 16, 2019 – 7pm
Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival
A collection of original, nonfiction comics drawn by more than 60 international female cartoonists. Discussion and book signing.
Karen Green, moderator, with anthology editor Diane Noomin
Attending contributors: Jennifer Camper, Caitlin Cass, Liana Finck, Katie Fricas, Siobhán Gallagher, J. Gonzalez-Blitz, Kendra Josie Kirkpatrick. Miss Lasko-Gross, Kaylee Rowena, Georgiana Goodwin, Ariel Schrag
Strand Book Store
828 Broadway, NYC
https://www.strandbooks.com/event/drawing-power-panel
 
Saturday-Sunday, August 17-18, 2019 noon-6pm
Flame Con 2019
Table P144 Jennifer Camper, Justin Hall,
Katie Fricas, Carlo Quipse.
Sheraton Times Square, 811 7th Ave, NYC
https://www.flamecon.org/
 
Tuesday, July 23, 2019 7 – 8:30pm
Courageous Conversations:  Jennifer Camper +
Ivan Velez, Jr.
A forum bringing together leading thinkers and doers from the arts, media and politics to offer strategies to queer people on how to navigate and thrive in the current political climate. 
BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
2474 Westchester Ave, Bronx, NY
https://www.facebook.com/events/381443642504279/
 
Wednesday, May 29, 2019 6:30pm
New Work by Queer Lebanese Writers
Featuring queer Lebanese writers Jennifer Camper and Andrea Abi-Karam, moderated by poet Rami Karim.
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
112 W 27th St Ste 600, NYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/972379412971160/
 
May 17 & 18, 2019 – Friday and Saturday
Queers & Comics Conference – Jennifer Camper, Director
School of Visual Arts, 209 E 23rd St., New York, NY 10010
https://queersandcomics.com/
 
Q&C panels with Jennifer Camper:
Saturday, May 18, 2019 9:30 – 10:45am
Queers & Comics Conference
Comics Diversity vs. Staying in Your Lane

Jennifer Camper (moderator), Liuxing Johnston, Kazimir Lee, Son M.,
David Tarafa, David Zelman
 
Saturday, May 18, 2019 1:15 – 2:00pm 
Queers & Comics Conference
In Conversation: Diane DiMassa with Jennifer Camper
 
Thursday, May 16, 2019 – 7pm
Queer Comix Live! –
Cartoonists Reading with slideshow
Queers & Comics Conference
School of Visual Arts – 380 2nd Ave. 7th Floor, NYC
Free and open to the public – Reception after the reading.
Jennifer Camper and 23 other cartoonists reading with slideshow.
 
2018
 
Friday, October 5, 2018, 5:15 – 6:15 pm
NY Comic Con
Outspoken: Queer Cartoonists Represent
Room 1C03
Javits Center, 655 W 34th St. NYC
Jennifer Camper, moderator
with Ivan Velez, Phil Jimenez, Blue Deliquanti, Katie Fricas, Carlo Quispe, Annie Mok, Beldan Sezen, Jay Fuller

September 28 – November 1, 2018
Group Show

Opening Reception: Friday, September 28, 6-9 PM
AMP: Art Market Provincetown
432 Commercial St, Provincetown, MA

Saturday & Sunday August 18-19
Flame Con 2018 – Table L75B
Sheraton Hotel
811 7th Ave. New York, NY
https://www.flamecon.org/

Friday, June 15, 2018 – 7-11pm
Fierce Friday! Strike a Pose
Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, New York

Saturday, April 7, 2018, 12:30 pm
MoCCA Arts Festival Saturday
Panel: Comics, Community and Career

with Nicole J. Georges, Jennifer Camper, Kat Fajardo, and Ariel Schrag
Panels at: Ink48, 653 11th Ave
MOCAA Festival at: Metropolitan West, 639 W.46th St., NYC
https://www.societyillustrators.org/events/mocca-saturday

Sunday, March 25, 2018 – noon – 6pm
Feminist Zine Fest
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, NYC
https://www.facebook.com/events/761929514004261/

2017

Monday, September 11, 201 – 8 pm
Carousel: Comics Performances
Featuring Jennifer Camper, Julia Alekseyeva, Teva Harrison, Lisa Lim, and Kevin P Sacco
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
Union Hall, 702 Union St., Brooklyn, NY
http://www.unionhallny.com/event/1520136-carousel-comics-performances-brooklyn

Sunday, June 11, 2017 – 3 pm
Comix Uprising
Comics Reading and Slide Show
Featuring  Jennifer Camper, Tyler Cohen, Marguerite Dabaie, Beldan Sezen, and Katie Fricas.
Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, NYC
208 W 13th St, Rm 210 (at the LGBT Center)
bgsqd.com/

Saturday, May 20, 201 – 2-4pm
FREE class! Intro to Comics
with Jennifer Camper
No experience necessary. Express yourself in comics!
Windsor Terrace Library,
160 E 5th St, Brooklyn, NY
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/introduction-comics-how-w-windsor-terrace-library-052017

Saturday, May 6, 2017 – 2-3:30pm
Transcendent Obscenity, comics panel discussion
Gengoroh Tagame, Simon Hanselmann, and Julia Gfrörer
Moderated by Jennifer Camper
Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street, NYC
dixonplace.org/performances/transcendent-obscenity/

Wednesday – Sunday, April 13-16, 2017
Queers & Comics Conference 2017
Two days of discussion panels, workshops, readings, 2 Keynote presentations, and comics galore, including many of off-site events. 
Jennifer Camper, Conference Director and panelist
California College of the Arts, 1111 8th St, San Francisco, CA
www.queersandcomics.cca.edu/

Wednesday, March 22, 2017 — 7pm
Queer Studies & LGBTQ Representation in Comics
Discussion and slide show with Jennifer Camper, Ramzi Fawaz, Phil Jimenez, and Margaret Galvan
Strand Book Store, 828 Broadway, NYC
www.facebook.com/events/1824345137840725/

Sunday, March 5, 2017 Noon-6pm
Feminist Zine Fest
Zines, comics, and more. Jennifer Camper tabling with Marguerite Dabaie.
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway NYC
feministzinefestnyc.wordpress.com/

Saturday, February 11, 20172-4pm
FREE class! Intro to Comics
with Jennifer Camper
No experience necessary. Express yourself in comics!
Windsor Terrace Library, 160 E 5th St, Brooklyn, NY
www.bklynlibrary.org/calendar/introduction-comics-how-w-windsor-terrace-library-021117

January 25, 2017
Bigmouth Comix
Home for comics by Arabs and others of the MENA diaspora
Created by Leila Abdelrazaq
Jennifer Camper mini-comics available online
bigmouthcomix.com/