Oni Press has announced a panel and creator signings for BookExpo 2017, including signings with Lucky Penny writer Ananth Hirsh and artist Yuko Ota, and The Tea Dragon Society creator Katie O-Neill.
In addition to USB drive snap bracelets “packed with PDFs of Oni catalogs and dozens of graphic novels,” BookExpo attendees can also purchase advanced reading copies of The Tea Dragon Society, Space Battle Lunchtime, Volume 2: A Recipe for Disaster, The Altered History of Willow Sparks, and Kill Them All.
Original press release:
ONI PRESS AT BOOKEXPO 2017
May 23, 2017, PORTLAND, OR – Oni Press, Portland’s premier independent comic book publisher, is excited to exhibit at the annual BookExpo and BookCon 2017! Meet Katie O’Neill, creator of the critically-acclaimed Princess Princess Ever After. Katie will be signing advanced review copies of her upcoming graphic novel The Tea Dragon Society as well as speaking on the “Hot Graphic Novels of Fall 2017” BookExpo Buzz Panel!
This year’s BookExpo is being held in New York, NY, at the Javits Center from Wednesday, May 31 through Friday, June 2. BookCon takes place on Saturday, June 3 and Sunday, June 4. Attendees at BookExpo and BookCon can find Oni Press at Booth #1767.
Oni Press will be distributing USB drive snap bracelets packed with PDFs of Oni catalogs and dozens of graphic novels! Attendees can also snag limited advanced review copies of upcoming graphic novels including The Tea Dragon Society by Katie O’Neill Space Battle Lunchtime, Volume 2: A Recipe for Disaster by Natalie Riess, The Altered History of Willow Sparks by Tara O’Connor, and Kill Them All by Kyle Starks with Luigi Anderson.
Final USB snap bracelet drives will be blue
BOOKEXPO BUZZ PANEL:
HOT GRAPHIC NOVELS OF FALL 2017
Thursday, June 1, 11–11:45 a.m., Uptown StageJoin speaker Calvin Reid from Publishers Weekly to learn about some of the best graphic novels coming up this fall! Features Nidhi Chanani, author of Pashmina (First Second Books), Iasmin Omar Ita, author of Mi(s)handra (Gallery 13), Liniers, author of Goodnight Planet (Toon Books), Katie O’Neill, author of The Tea Dragon Society (Oni Press), and Pratap Chaterjee and Khalil Bendib, co-authors of Verax (Henry Holt). These five amazing graphic novelists will discuss their upcoming works, as well as the explosion of the graphic novel medium and its possibilities for booksellers and librarians.
BOOKEXPO 2017 CREATOR SIGNINGS
THURSDAY, JUNE 1
1–4 p.m.
THE TEA DRAGON SOCIETY advanced reader copy (ARC) signing with creator Katie O’Neill
Oni Press booth #1767
FRIDAY, JUNE 2
10—10:30 a.m.
THE TEA DRAGON SOCIETY advanced reader copy (ARC) signing with creator Katie O’Neill
Autographing Area, Table 11
1—1:30 p.m.
LUCKY PENNY signing with writer Ananth Hirsh and artist Yuko Ota
Autographing Area, Table 13