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.

Thursday, October 2nd we continue reading #BOYSRUNTHERIOT for #QUEER Book Club, discussing Volume 3! Get copies in-store or on our website today!

Learn to play a locally-designed board game!! We All Take from the River creator Ben Hammer will be at Fantom October 7 at 6:30pm to teach his “coopetitive” land & resource management game. This event is FREE—if you like the game, we have copies of it available for purchase!

Sept 13 at 6pm, we’re hosting the last discussion panel of the day at Small Press Expo: Jacob will be in conversation with Zach Clemente (Bulgilhan Press), journalist Heidi MacDonald (The Beat), and manga sales guru Mark DeVera (Yen Press) to discuss how tariffs are affecting the comics industry.

🎃ALL ABOARD! HERE COMES THE SPOOKY TRAIN 🎃 The annual fantom Halloween party will take place at DUPONT UNDERGROUND on Friday, October 31st! Tickets on sale now: bit.ly/fantomhallow... Want to be a vendor or a volunteer? Fill out the form: forms.gle/j2PUa7cq6dY1...

thank you to everyone who came out to the #fleshwalk demo at @fantomcomics.bsky.social last month!

folks came out for our vol. 1 book club last month, so September 23 at 6:30pm we’re hosting an in-person book club to talk about SNOTGIRL vol. 2, written by Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley and drawn by Leslie Hung 🤧

our September event schedule is here ✨

9/28 at 6:30pm, our Interfaith Book Club discusses SAINT YOUNG MEN by Hikaru Nakamura 🙏

September 27 at 6:30pm, we’re hosting acclaimed manga historian & translator Ryan Holmberg to talk about the new collection of work by 1970s horror manga artist Iijima Ichiro!

our next Mario Kart grand prix is Sept. 25 at 6:30pm, fundraising for local volunteer grassroots organization Viet Place Collective! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

September 11 at 6:30pm, we’re hosting LAAB magazine editor Ronald Wimberly & BLACK ARMS TO HOLD YOU UP author Ben Passmore for an author event ahead of SPX!

we’re hosting a Magic: The Gathering beginner night on September 16, followed by the MTG Spider-Man prerelease Sept 19-21 🕷️ tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Our September dates for One Piece, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Pokémon are here 🃏 Sept 4 at 6:30pm we’re hosting One Piece & a Yu-Gi-Oh! modern format tourney Sept 18 at 6:30pm we’re hosting One Piece & a Yu-Gi-Oh! edison format tourney and Sept 30 at 6:30pm we’re hosting a Pokémon TCG play & trade night!!

tomorrow!!

our next bookbinding workshop is September 10, the week before SPX! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

Our regular Dungeons & Dragons one-shot night on September 14th at 5pm for $15! All skill levels welcome. Recommended to bring your own character, but we can also help you create one. stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

life drawing sessions for September have been announced! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

once again, we are hosting a full week of programming in September here at Fantom leading up to SPX! on Tuesday 9/9 at 6:30pm we’re hosting another friendship bracelet workshop 📿 all ages welcome. $10 tickets; supplies provided, and attendees will each get to take home two bracelets or their own!

we’re doing a signing with Mattie Lubchansky for her new graphic novel SIMPLICITY with DC Trans+ Book Club on September 7!

we’re hosting a hand sewing workshop, September 6 at 6:30pm! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting our first ever One Piece card game release event, August 21 at 6:30pm! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

our interfaith book club is reading PERSEPOLIS on 8/31 at 5pm followed by a screening of the Persepolis film collaboration at 7pm!

Saturday 8/30 at 5pm, we’re hosting a book club for GODZILLA’S MONSTERPIECE THEATRE by auteur Tom Scioli Then at 7pm we’re hosting a free screening of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962) 🐲

Thursday 8/28 @ 6:30pm, our Inio Asano book club meets here at Fantom to yap about MUJINA INTO THE DEEP vol. 2 👅 “In the near future, human rights aren’t guaranteed, but they are for sale. Without your rights, you’re just a mujina, with no place to call your own and no laws to protect you.”

Monday 8/25 at 6:30pm: Fantom is proud to host game designers Fred Hicks (Evil Hat Productions) and Ben Hammer (We All Take from the River) in conversation to discuss the impact of looming tariffs on the board game and RPG industries. Free entry! hope to see you there.

august 2025 schedule is here!

free! take a zine, leave a zine! august 26 at 6:30pm, we’re hosting another zine swap with @dczinefest.bsky.social. even if you don’t have zines to bring, there’ll be more than enough for everyone to grab something—and get a chance to meet other folks in the local scene!

August 24 at 6:30pm—come play a locally-designed video game and meet the developer 🤓 Fleshwalk: An Experience is an experimental first-person shooter Soulslike inspired by physical health & disability. This is a free event! All welcome!

TOMORROW! @danmazur.bsky.social with a presentation & signing of WILL EISNER: A Comics Biography at @fantomcomics.bsky.social in D.C. #willeisner #booktour #danmazur #stephenweiner #fantomcomics tinyurl.com/2sw2bzjb

saturday, august 23, 4pm-8pm: our next fantom flea market *and* our inaugural blind box swap 🧸 featuring local vendors selling fashion, collectibles, and more! including menswear this time! free entry. bring your old and unwanted blind boxes to trade.

our August One Piece and Yu-Gi-Oh! events are here: 8/7 and 8/21

we have Warhammer painting coming up July 28, and the next one is August 11! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

we’re hosting another theater workshop on august 16! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

our August life drawing sessions will be 8/4 and 8/18! tickets here: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

our August D&D nights are 8/10 and 8/17! tickets: stores.comichub.com/fantom_comic...

for the second time this week, power has gone out on our entire block in Dupont Circle—traffic lights included. Fantom is closed until the lights come back on. when this happened Thursday morning, power returned around 1:30pm. we’ll keep you posted on our IG story when it returns today.