ARES EVENTS!

The seventh volume of my Olympians series, Ares: Bringer of War drops this Tuesday, January 27th. Here's a partial list of places you'll be able to see me:

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George O’Connor

Ares Book Events

Thursday, January 29^th

Event

Water Street Bookstore

Time: 5:00pm

Location: 125 Water Street / Exeter, NH 03833

Details: Talk and signing.

Saturday, January 31^st

Event

Odyssey Bookstore

Time: 4:00pm

Location: 9 College Street / South Hadley, MA 01075

Details: Book talk and signing.

Sunday, February 1^st

Event

Brookline Booksmith

Time: 2:00pm

Location: 279 Harvard Street / Brookline, MA 02446

Details: Book talk and signing.

 Wednesday, February 4^th

Event

Big Planet College Park

Time: 5:00 – 8:00pm

Location: 7315 Baltimore Ave / College Park, MD 20740

Details: Signing

Thursday, February 5^th

Event

Takoma Park Library

Time: 7:30pm

Location: 101 Philadelphia Avenue / Takoma Park, MD 20912

Details: Talk and signing

Friday, February 6^th

Event

Community Bookstore

Time: 4:00pm

Location: 143 7^th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11215

Details: Talk and signing

Saturday, February 7^th

Event

Greenlight Bookstore

Time: 11:00am

Location: 686 Fulton Street / Brooklyn, NY 11217

Details: Storytime!

Monday, February 9^th

 Event

Watchung Booksellers

Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm

Location: 54 Fairfield Street / Montclair, NJ 07042

Details: Chat and signing at the store. 

Wednesday, February 11^th

Event

Kinokuniya

Time: 6:00pm

Location: 1073 Avenue of the Americans / New York, NY 10018

Details: Kids workshop and signing.  This is the first kids workshop they’re doing!

Sunday, February 15^th

Event

WORD Drawing Workshop

Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Location: 123 Newark Avenue / Jersey city, NJ 07302

Details: Workshop and signing. 

Tuesday, February 17^th

Event

Boulevard Books

Time: 1pm

Location: 7518 13^th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11228

Details: Graphic novel workshop with kids at the store! 

Saturday, February 28^th

Event

Books of Wonder

Time: 1:00pm – 3:00pm

Location: 18 West 18^th Street / New York, NY 10011

Details: Author panel and signing.

Sunday, March 1^st

Event

Bank Street Bookstore

Time: 1:00 – 2:00pm

Location: Corner of 107^th Street and Broadway / New York, NY 10025

Details: Special guest in the Fractured Fables puppet show featuring the Greek myths, followed by a signing.

Event

powerHouse on 8^th

Time: 4:00 – 5:00pm

Location: 1111 8^th Avenue / Brooklyn, NY 11215

Details: Talk and signing!

Friday, March 6^th

Event

Voracious Reader

Time: 6:00pm

Location: 1997 Palmer Ave / Larchmont, NY 10530

Details: Talk and signing, plus meeting with the ‘Uncommon Corps of Ravenous Readers,’ the middle-grade book club. 

NEW YORK COMIC CON: Where I'll be

Ah, New York Comic Con, that wonderful time of year when a young person's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of cosplay, crushing crowds and who would win in a fight, Superman or Goku. I'll be attending (though not tabling) and below is a schedule of my public events.

Friday – October 10th

Panel
Create Your Own Monster – with Andrew Arnold, George O’Connor, and Ben Hatke
Time: 10:30am – 11:30am
Location: Family HQ – 1C03
Description: Three authors enter...and with your help, they’ll each create a monster who embodies everything that you think monsters should be! Which will be best? It’s up to you!
Moderator: Jack Baur ( so prepare your 24 jokes in advance)

Signing
with Andrew Arnold, George O’Connor
Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm
Location: The FirstSecond Booth-- 2237

Saturday - October 11th

Recovering from crowds, sitting at home, rocking back and forth
Time: anytime after 11 AM, when George finally wakes up
Location: His apartment
Description: George O'Connor does what the title suggests; there may also be some light weeping.
Moderator: Birdy the cat will stare silently at him from the corner, waiting to be fed.

Sunday – October 12th

Panel
Build Your Own Adventure- with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, Matt London, Frank Cammuso, Scott Campbell and George O’Connor
Time: 3:15 – 4:00pm
Location: 1A01
Description: In this interactive panel perfect for kids and families, top-tier graphic novel and comic
authors and illustrators will work with the audience to write and illustrate an original adventure story! It will be an exciting ride, great for aspiring writers and artists. Featuring George O’Connor (Olympians), Matt London (The 8th Continent), Zack Giallongo (The Stratford Zoo Midnight Revue Presents Macbeth), Frank Cammuso (The Misadventures of Salem Hyde), Scott Campbell (Hug Machine), Ben Hatke (Julia's House for Lost Creatures).
Moderator: George O'Connor, so expect chaos.

Post-Panel Signing 
with Zack Giallongo, Ben Hatke, and George O’Connor
Time: 4:15 – 5:00pm
Location: Autographing Area, Table 19

Where I'll be at New York Comic Con

If anyone is going to the New York Comic Con this weekend, or will be in New York City, I'm going to be making a bunch of appearances, at the show and all over town. Here's my schedule:

Thursday, 7:00pm Location: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street, NYC 10009

"Comics: Not Only, But ALSO For Kids" w/ Calista Brill, Tony Cliff, and George O’Connor

Description: an informal discussion of the universal appeal of comics, the breaking down of boundaries between kids and adult comics, and the role of sequential art in both education and entertainment. The evening will then continue with "Comics & Pop Music", a conversation on the long-standing relationship between music and comics, the two forms' shared history and common inspirations, and the new wave of music-centric titles that are poised to reach an audience beyond that of traditional comic readers. Complimentary cocktails and light refreshments will be offered throughout the panel programming, and then at 9pm, a selection of DJs and musical acts will perform. They had me at "complimentary cocktails." For more info click here.

Friday, 3:00 PM NYCC at the Javits center Dare to Draw Table in Artists Alley, table #D11

Dare to Draw is an awesome non-profit organization dedicated to mentoring comics artists that I am lucky to be affiliated with. I'll be doing portfolio reviews at their table alongside a great list of other comics pros. Check out more about them here: http://www.bigcitydare2draw.com/

Friday, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Location: Books of Wonder, 3 West 18th St, NYC 

"NY Comic-Con at Books of Wonder" w/ Cat Valente, Tony Cliff, Frank Cammuso, and George O’Connor

The above authors and I will be chatting and signing, maybe arm-wrestling, who knows? This will be my second NYCC related appearance with Tony Cliff, so we'll either be best friends or mortal enemies by then.

Saturday,  New York Comic Con at the Javits center
 Exhibit Hours: 10:00am – 7:00pm

I'll be avoiding this place on Saturday like the bubonic plague because it will be so ungodly crowded. I'll probably be home, sleeping.

Sunday, 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM Location: room 1A17
NYCC at the Javits center 

"The Magic of Storytelling"

 Description: Entertain your reader with stories of ghouls, time traveling weenies, lurking monsters, outlandish outlaws and the intrepid teens that keep them all in line. Join Lemony Snicket (When Did You See Her Last?), David Lubar (Weenies series), Matthew Cody (Will in Scarlet), Shannon Hale (Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends), George O’Connor (Olympians), and Scott Campbell (If Dogs Run Free) as they discuss crafting stories rich with humor, adventure, and mystery for young readers with M.D. Payne (the Monster Juice series). LEMONY SNICKET! It should be interesting to see if anyone even notices me sitting there next to LEMONY FREAKING SNICKET!

 afterwards...

Sunday, 12:00pm: George O’Connor Signing (Olympians) / Autographing Area 21

I'll be the short line somewhere next to Lemony Snicket's immensely long line. and in case Mr Snicket's long line totally blocks your access to me, at

Sunday, 1:30pm: George O’Connor (Olympians) signing at the First Second Booth #2237

 Come by and tell my editors how awesome I am :)

Where I'll be at MICE

Here's some of my schedule at the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo this weekend in Cambridge: Saturday at 2 PM I'll be performing in the Carousel live comics slideshow with Jess Fink, Jon Chad, Sophie Goldstein, Kriota Willberg and the legendary R Sikoryak-- for more info go here Then, Sunday, at 2:30, I'll be on the "Reinterpretations of the Classics" panel alongside the aforementioned R Sikoryak, Gareth Hinds, Chris Duffy, and moderated by J.L. Bell. The rest of the time I'll be hanging out at my table, signing books, giving free sketches to kids and just being Georgish. Hope to see you there!

MICE 2013!

Attention anyone in the Boston area! I'm a featured guest at the Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo! I'll be signing and greeting, appearing on panels and even participating in one of R Sikoryak's famed Carousel live comics readings! Also, it's FREE to attend! And I'm giving free sketches to kids! And probably more exciting stuff! BE THERE!

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with me at Bergen Street Comics

This Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 4th, at 5 PM I'll be signing at Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn. I'll be doing a Poseidon-centric presentation detailing my own troubled relationship to the God of the Sea with live drawing (and one lucky fan will get to go home with the original art). To read more about it, click here.

TOMORROW! Author Unlimited 3! EASILY the most exciting teen lit event on Long Island. Come meet Andrea Cremer, Adam Gidwitz, Jeff Hirsch, Tonya Hurley, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Joe Kelly, Robert Lipsythe, Barry Lyga, Patricia McCormick, Eliot Schrefer, Natalie Standiford and ME,  at St Joseph's College. More info here:

Watch me talk comics on YouTube--- LIVE

I'm going to be a guest on the Comics Are Great podcast with the awesomely named Jerzy Drozd on Wednesday, April 16th at 12:30 pm. Now you might be saying-- since when does a podcast have a specific time? Well, Comics Are Great is streamed live over Youtube with real, moving images! You can also watch and/or listen after the fact if you're going to be otherwise occupied. But if you watch live, who knows, I might goof up something spectacularly. Don't you want to see that happen?

More NYC area Poseidon Appearances

I'm continuing to appear around town promoting my latest book, Poseidon: Earth Shaker.

 If you're going to be attending MoCCAfest this year, I'll be signing Poseidon and other volumes of Olympians at the FirstSecond booth at 11:30 on Saturday, April 6th. You can also catch me at the table for DaretoDraw from 1-2:30.

Later that day, I'll be celebrating the launch of Poseidon at the new Powerhouse books in Park Slope. That's Saturday, April 6th at 4 PM.

And I'll be part of a group show on April 20th at NYC's famed Books of Wonder .

Hope to see you there!

Poseidon Bookstore appearances!

Did I mention Poseidon: Earth Shaker has been released? I'm making a few appearances in the next few days to promote it. Here's a sampling:

 March 20th, 4 PM-- Community Bookstore in Park Slope Brooklyn!

 March 21st, 6:30 PM-- Voracious Reader in Larchmont, NY

 March 22nd, 4 PM-- Watchung Booksellers in Watchung, NJ

 March 23rd, 11 AM-- Greenlight Bookstore, Fort Greene Brooklyn!

Hope to see you there!

Upstate New York Appearance list

If you live anywhere in the Mohawk River Valley, thanks to a generous grant written by the wonderful librarian Sue Rokos I will be appearing near you. I'll be doing some Olympians specific demos at some places, some drawing demos at others, and some comics-making workshops at yet others. If you see your library on the list contact them for more info, or write me for the full scoop. Hope to see you there! soon



3/8 Gloverville Public Library, 4:00 pm

3/9 Rensselaer Public Library, 1:00 pm

3/12 Rotterdam Branch Library, 6:30 pm

3/13 Community Library, Cobleskill 3:00 pm

4/1 William K. Sanford Town Library  2:00 pm

4/1 Stephentown Memorial Library 4:30 pm

4/2 East Greenbush Community Library     11:00 am

4/2 Albany Public Library 3:00 pm

4/2 Menands Public Library  6:30 pm

4/3/ Altamont Free Library     3:00 pm

4/4 Voorheesville Public Library 1:30 pm

4/4 Guilderland Public Library 3.30 pm

4/5 Mt. Pleasant Branch, SCPL    11:00 am

4/5 Schenectady County Public Library 2:00 pm

Signing at McNally Jackson! First Second's 5th anniversary!

First Second, publisher of Journey into Mohawk Country, Ball-Peen Hammer, The First Second Nursery Rhyme Book, and the Olympians series is turning 5 years old! Join me in raising a glass to the wonderful people who, for some reason, keep seeing fit to publish me this Tuesday, November 15th at McNally Jackson Bookstore in Soho! I'll be joined by other such First Second luminaries as Dave Roman, Mike Cavallaro, MK Reed, Mark Siegel, Molly Crabapple, Danica Novgorodoff, John Leavitt, Susan Kim, Laurence Klavan, Carla Jablonski, Matt Madden, and  Joe Infurnari!

The fun begins at 7 Pm, see you there!

Live Comix Reading at Book Court!

Join me this Wednesday at Book Court in Brooklyn for a live Comics reading from Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory. I'll be joined by Jennifer "Underwire" Hayden and Leslie "Eye of the Majestic Creature" Stein who will also be performing their comics live. Basically, it's going to more live comics reading than you can shake a stick at, yo.

Fun begins at 7! Be there!

Appearance! Tomorrow! Brooklyn Public Library! The big one!

As part of their "Teen Week" celebration, I'll be appearing tomorrow,  Thursday, October 20th at the Brooklyn Central Library located at Grand Army Plaza between Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway. My program will start at 10:00 am in the Dweck Center auditorium, which I honestly don't much about , but I will remark is a cool-sounding name. I'll be giving a slideshow, talking about Olympians, and sharing some sneak peeks of Hades: Lord of the Dead and Poseidon: The Yet to Be Subtitled. Hope to see you there!

Lookee! I'ma on the tee-vee!

While up in Maine over the weekend I was interviewed on the local news magazine show 207 about Olympians. You can watch the clip below, or give a click through here to see the video of my more-or-less coherent interview on their site

Hey Look! I'm in SLJ's Photo of the Week!

Not to brag or nothing, but I was rockin' the Statue of Liberty crown pretty darn hard at my recent appearance at the NY State booth during the National Book festival in DC. Just sayin'.

Signing at Casablanca Comics!

The wonderful folks at Casablanca comics in Portland, Maine are hosting a signing with me this Saturday, October 1st. I'll be signing copies of Zeus, Athena and  Hera, doing drawings and sharing sneak peeks of upcoming volumes of Olympians. The fun begins at 11:00 AM and goes to 2:00 PM. If you find yourself in the neighborhood you should, like totally, stop by.

Casablanca Comics is at 151 Middle Street, in Portland, ME 04101. Click here for directions, or give them a a call at (207) 780-1676. See you there!

My Interview in the Washington City Paper

I was on the road when this posted, so I'm only telling you about this now, but you can read this interview with me that appeared in the Washington City Paper heralding my recent appearance at the National Book Festival.

Signing at Books of Wonder!

Sorry for the short notice (been on the road with limited internet action) but I have a signing tomorrow at New York City's famous Books of Wonder children's bookstore. I'll be appearing alongside such children's comics luminaries as Carla "Resistance" Jablonski, MK "Americus" Reed, Dave "Astronaut Academy" Roman, Ryan " Zoe and Robot" Sias, Sara "Bake Sale" Varon, and Neil "Joey McFly & the Big Hairy Drama" Numberman.  I'll be signing copies of Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory, and anything else you put in front of me.

The festivities begin at 1PM, at 18 West 18th Street in NYC. Hope to see you there!

Big City Dare to Draw!

The Big City Dare to Draw is a periodic gathering in Manhattan where like-minded artists, from pro to novice and all points in-between, meet to network, draw and have a drink or two. There is a suggested donation that goes to help fund struggling artists, and a couple of pros will hold some short demos where they share some tips or ideas.

The next meetup is on Wednesday, September 21st, from 6-9 PM, at Jack Demsey’s Pub (36 W 33rd St, New York, NY-- right across from the Empire State Building!). The guest pros in question will be myself and my studiomate Reilly Brown-- I hope to see you there!

For your perusal, here are some sketches made by yours truly at a previous Dare to Draw, with some sweet Copic markers I borrowed from Simon Fraser: