Dec 6 from 12pm-6pm, we’re hosting a small holiday market here at Fantom with local artists selling their wares, plus warm winter refreshments and more 🎁 come stuff your stockings!

we’re hosting a cartoonist talk & signing with Cara Gormally on December 11 to discuss their debut graphic memoir EVERYTHING IS FINE, I’LL JUST WORK HARDER. conversation moderated by washington post comics editor Hannah Good.

moss decorating workshop on December 7! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Tonight I demo'ed The Bonsai Diary to seven players who stopped by @fantomcomics.bsky.social. While the point of the game isn't to make fantastic art pieces, I feel like that happened anyway 💚 I encouraged players to draw/paint what they feel, then use that to guide their journaling... 1/3▶️

Some cool folks talking about cool comics. @fantomcomics.bsky.social @julianlytle.bsky.social youtu.be/Aw8H253xaYA?...

Tower Dungeon 3 releases this Tuesday, and we’re hosting a book club for it on December 9 🐲

hosting meditation & emotional balance workshops on November 9 & 23 🌻 tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

At @fantomcomics.bsky.social in October I talked to Jordan Clark about his comic Ancestral Recall published by Ahoy Comics. I recorded it and put it on my personal YouTube channel & Patreon. I'll be posting an audio version to my dormant podcast feed later in the week. #comics #podcast

our November 2025 event schedule is here 🦃

our next Interfaith Book Club is Nov 30 at 6:30pm—we’ll be discussing Witch Hat Atelier vol 1!

our next Mario Kart grand prix is a fundraiser for Doctors without Borders on Nov 29! let us know if you can bring a Switch 2 or a TV/monitor: forms.gle/thiEA9ojfLwE...

got the ZA? 😏 we’re hosting a free casual Pokémon TCG play & trade night, Tuesday 10/28 @ 6:30pm, and Tuesday 11/25 @ 6:30pm! bring your trade binder, and if you got the new game Legends Z-A, bring your Switch to play~

our next Mario Kart grand prix is Oct 26! it’s a fundraiser for AALEAD, helping underserved Asian American youth. $10 donation tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

MARIO KART TONIGHT IS AT 6:30PM AS USUAL! Get your tickets here: bit.ly/4oCJogz

our next Warhammer painting workshop is November 24! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting a launch party for Boxerbun’s Sonic the Hedgehog fashion mag on Nov 22! dress up in your best Sonic fit!

I'm excited that @fantomcomics.bsky.social has invited me to play The Bonsai Diary with anyone who wants to join in. No drawing, painting, journaling, or horticulture experience needed! 📆 Tue, Nov 11, 2025 🕛 6.30pm 📍 Fantom Comics, 2010 P St NW, Washington, DC www.youtube.com/shorts/d9RD3...

catch #fleshwalk at district arcade with @igdadc.bsky.social this saturday, then join us for the @fantomcomics.bsky.social party on halloween night!

WE'VE REACHED THE LAST VOLUME OF BOYS RUN THE RIOT! Join Fantom Comics on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18th at 6:30PM to discuss the fourth and final volume of the series by Keito Gaku at QUEER BOOK CLUB.

our next two life drawing sessions are Nov 3 and Nov 17! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

our next D&D one-shot night tickets are live! it’ll be November 23 at 5pm 🐉 tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting our Magic: The Gathering X Avatar: The Last Airbender prerelease on November 14 & 15, with a learn-to-play beginner event on Nov 16!

November 9 at 6:30, artist Linda Kuo hosts another seashell bookbinding workshop! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

on November 11 we’re hosting a free game night for Gene Koo’s draw-and-journal game The Bonsai Diary!

we’re hosting NANA book club on November 13!

our Snotgirl vol. 3 book club has been rescheduled for November 10!

we’re hosting a slumber party themed drag show with Jax Off on November 8! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting TOWER DUNGEON 1 book club on October 16, followed by TOWER DUNGEON 2 book club on November! come talk with us about the new dark fantasy manga from Tsutomu Nihei, creator of BLAME! and Knights of Sidonia 🏰

we’re hosting another Warhammer painting workshop on October 21! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

the new Junji Ito story collection MOAN is here October 7, so Junji Ito Book Club makes its long-awaited return Monday 10/27 at 6:30pm 🙀

our October event schedule is upon us

our next Mario Kart grand prix is Oct 26! it’s a fundraiser for AALEAD, helping underserved Asian American youth. $10 donation tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

local cartoonist Emily Ettlinger (Skeleanor the Decomposer) hosts an inking workshop at Fantom, Saturday 10/25 🫟 tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Oct 18 at 6:30pm—BOOK LAUNCH PARTY for CLUMP, a corporate comic ✂️ Chloe Sofield (in-person) and Ellen Mei (virtual) join us at Fantom to talk about the process of making this corporate workplace story, and maybe even do a live reading! all proceeds from CLUMP go to UNRWA for Palestinian refugees 🍉

So Dupont Circle’s @fantomcomics.bsky.social is doing a 20% off sale on all graphic novels, picked up some long-eyed favorites for my library! Persopolis, Astro City Volume 6, and one of the Berserk hardbacks. Can’t wait to get home and read on a rainy afternoon.

we’re hosting a Snotgirl vol 3 book club on October 21!

Baltimore cartoonist & Datura zine editor Sunmi hosts a fountain pen workshop here at Fantom on Oct 14! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting a book club for BLAME! creator Tsutomu Nihei’s new dark fantasy TOWER DUNGEON on October 16!

thanks for coming through :) lovvve A Frog in the Fall

our October life drawing sessions are 10/6 and 10/20! tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Monday, October 13 at 6:30pm, we’re hosting a FREE beginner event for the One Piece card game! no signup required, just show up and one of our One Piece community members will teach you the ins and outs of the game in a friendly, welcoming environment 🏴‍☠️

thanks for coming thru! we love @peow.bsky.social 🙂‍↕️

all welcome! earlier in the month than usual, the October in-person meeting of our interfaith book club will be discussing New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s memoir CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? at 6:30pm on Sunday, Oct 12.

our next Dungeons & Dragons one-shot campaign night will be Oct 19 at 5pm! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

October 4 at 6:30pm, ANCESTRAL RECALL writer Jordan Clark joins cartoonist & media critic Julian Lytle for a discussion and comic signing here at Fantom!

Festivities start tomorrow at @fantomcomics.bsky.social!

I got two events coming up in the next three days. Tomorrow I’ll be at @fantomcomics.bsky.social with Ronald Wimberly, and then I’ll be at @smallpressexpo.bsky.social with Bill Campbell. I’ll be talking about my newest book Black Arms to Hold You Up at both and you’ll be able to pick up a copy early

We are doing a special "Business Presentation" at @fantomcomics.bsky.social on Friday, the evening before SPX starts. Please come by if you want to learn about our 10-steps to publishing success secrets.

Now that the newest volume of #THEPOWERFANTASY is out that means BOOK CLUB!!! Sunday, October 5th at 2:30pm we're talking Power Fantasy volume two! Like last time, we'll have the pleasure of @kierongillen.bsky.social joining us later on during the discussion via zoom.