Three back-to-back sessions bring together some of the world's most innovative and cutting-edge graphic novelists, including Neil Gaiman, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Adrian Tomine, Shaun Tan, David Polonsky, and Emmanuel Guibert.

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Afternoon Program:

1 p.m.
Coraline, Sandman: Books and Imagination
A conversation with Neil Gaiman

Internationally celebrated author Neil Gaiman is the creator of the popular Sandman series, and the recently adapted Coraline. Join Gaiman for a discussion with Caro Llewellyn.
  
2:30 p.m.
1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling
With Emmanuel Guibert, David Polonsky, and Shaun Tan; moderated by Jonathan Ames
 
A discussion with panelists who have all used pictures to tell challenging and compelling stories, including Shaun Tan, who imagined immigration in The Arrival; Jonathan Ames, who depicted a failing writer in The Alcoholic; David Polonsky, who illustrated the Israeli-Lebanon war in Waltz with Bashir; and Emmanuel Guibert, who has documented war in Afghanistan and Europe.
 
4:30 p.m.
Revolutionary Writers
Yoshihiro Tatsumi in conversation with Adrian Tomine

Yoshihiro Tatsumi expanded the horizons of manga, using it to tell gritty stories about the private lives of everyday people. Adrian Tomine, author of celebrated graphic novel Shortcomings, will speak with Tatsumi about the evolution of comics.