Pride In Panels

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Pride In Panels

Pride in Panels: SF Queer Comics Festival celebrates LGBTQ+ comics and their creators with a biennial arts festival at the SF Public Library Main Branch.

All Pride in Panels events are free and open to the public! Next event: February 15th 2026 noon-5pm

12/02/2026

Pride In Panels is just around the corner. We've got some exciting events happening around the main event on Sunday. This Friday, Avi from Silver Sprocket will be answering questions about the wild world of publishing comics at the Silver Sprocket HQ on Valencia. We will also be screening Long Live My Happy Head at the Balboa Theater, followed by a panel about graphic medicine from some of our fabulous exhibitors. Come swing by both events to help us kick start the festivities!!!

11/02/2026

Looking for a cool workshop to spruce up your comic making skills? We've got two amazing workshops during Pride In Panels!

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. / Mini-Comics Extravaganza!San Francisco Public Library Main Branch, Hormel Center (3rd Floor)
Q***r comics have a profound history of DIY production. Punk zines and mini-comics are made with photocopy machines and staplers and enable artists to get their work into the world without gatekeepers and censors. This workshop run by Sarah Maloney (Q***r Ecology) will show you the basics of making your own mini-comic and empower you in the same way as generations of underground artists have been before you!

3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. / Making Q***r Mini-Comics: Using the Library as ReferenceSan Francisco Public Library Main Branch, Hormel Center (3rd Floor)
Ever wanted to make a q***r comic but not sure where to start? Come and create your own comic inspired by magazines, archival photos, and/or digital media from the library’s collection. This workshop run by Q***r Ancestors Project: Komix Workshop alum Cloud Lu (UNICOMIX, How to Touch Grass) will show you how you can create a full comic from a single image and share comic storytelling techniques to add to your toolkit.

10/02/2026

Get ready to workshop your drama with other q***r cartoonists! Conflict - whether internal, interpersonal, or global - is an essential element of any juicy story. What are particularly q***r flavors of conflict? How do our characters navigate it and learn from it? How does it change them?

In this 3-hour workshop hosted by Kristen Zimmerman (Home) and Mike Rossi (Branches), we’ll look at examples of conflict in q***r comics, then break into small groups to workshop and critique each other's work. Participants will leave with concrete feedback and an experience of creative community.

Each participant should bring 3 copies of a work in progress - a story outline, a fully thumbnailed chapter of a longer project, or a mini comic - to share with other participants.

09/02/2026

Pride In Panels goes to the movies! We'll be screening Long Live My Happy Head at the historic Balboa Theater on Friday, Feb. 13th at 7pm, along with a panel after the film to discuss graphic medicine.

Long Live My Happy Head is a film about cancer and comic books, but it’s also fundamentally a love story. Gordon has found the love of his life, Shawn – a warm-hearted and protective American man who lives in Bath County, Virginia. Their relationship may be long-distance, but they talk on the phone every day and visit each other as often as possible. We journey with Gordon and Shawn through one of the most difficult times of their lives only to see them emerge from the other side even stronger than before. Through observational footage, video diary, key interviews, and animations created from Gordon’s comics, this film reveals how art, love, and a sense of humor can sooth our deepest fears of mortality and losing the people we care most about.

LGBTQIA+ voices have been present from the beginning of the Graphic Medicine movement and indeed were present much earlier than that exploring the fertile intersection of comics and health. Having identities often deemed an illness and having to struggle for actual healthcare with little institutional support, q***r artists were always at the front lines. How do q***r cartoonists address issues of disability, health education, caretaking, therapeutic art, and humor in the face of tragedy? Come find out with this remarkable panel. Nicole J. Georges (Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home) moderates the discussion with Elise Bernal (Loss and Found), Rupert Kinnard (Cathartic Comics), Kaj Kunstmann (Warhead), and Robin Larisch (Body Mind).

08/02/2026

WE'RE ONE WEEK AWAY TIL THE BEST Q***R COMICS THE BAY AND MORE HAVE TO OFFER!! Come on by to the Main Public Library for a FREE q***r comic book festival with plenty of exhibitors selling their goods. It's gonna be a blast!

06/02/2026

Can't wait till Feb. 15th for the big day of Pride In Panels???
Come to one of our FREE satellite events happening next weekend!

Come ask Avi Ehrlich, Publisher of alllll your Silver Sprocket faves any and all questions you might have about self and diy publishing! This is an informal satellite event to Pride in Panels! These are drop-in only hours, so please come by with questions, or be prepared to listen to Avi go off on a tangent! This is their time to shine and bestow upon you all their decades of wisdom.

Avi will be sharing advice about self-publishing, marketing, pitching, production, distribution, and anything else under the sun. However please note that Avi will NOT be giving reviews of portfolios or taking pitches for publication by Silver Sprocket.

05/02/2026

Heads up Panel fans, we've got four fantastic panels happening during Pride In Panels on Feb. 15th!

FROM BARA TO B.L.: Q***R MANGA
4:00pm-4:45pm

Q***rness abounds in manga, where artists from Japan and beyond create diverse stories tackling gender and sexuality. Q***r manga pros will explore the worlds of Boys’ Love/yaoi, g*i komi, yuri, and trans manga in both doujinshi and professional manga, as well as discuss the creation of a global audience for q***r manga and its influence on contemporary LGBTQIA+ culture. Join moderator Layia Bolden (Lovelorn) and panelists Karla Clark (Viz Media editor, writer for Black Girl Nerds, TheGamer, FANDOM), Jack Concordia (Viz Media editor, Anime Trending consulting editor), Jennifer LeBlanc (Viz Media executive editor, SuBLime Manga), and Tikklil (Drifting into Summer, Sky Full of Stars) for an enlightening conversation.

05/02/2026

Heads up Panel fans, we've got four fantastic panels happening during Pride In Panels on Feb. 15th!

GAY GOBLINS AND NON-BINARY ROBOTS: Q***R SCI-FI AND FANTASY COMICS
(3:00pm-3:45pm)

Speculative fiction has long been a playground for storytellers to poke at the boundaries and limitations of our own world. This panel brings together comic creators who use fantasy and sci-fi for explorations of q***r sexualities and gender identities through everything from robots that dismantle gender binaries to magical creatures who create new family paradigms. Join moderator Mel Gillman (Other Ever Afters) and panelists Eddy Atoms (Pinky & Pepper Forever), Blue Delliquanti (O Human Star, Across a Field of Starlight), Meredith McClaren (Black Cloak, Meat Eaters), and William O. Tyler (Theater of Terror: Revenge of the Q***rs) for the fantasy.

04/02/2026

Heads up Panel fans, we've got four fantastic panels happening during Pride In Panels on Feb. 15th!

Q***R COMICS PIONEERS
(2PM-2:45PM)

This fabulous festival of q***r comics wouldn’t have been possible without the work of courageous, talented and stubborn pioneers who worked hard to carve out spaces for q***r comics decades ago, and who still remain in the fight for a brighter, gayer future. A panel of groundbreaking artists will discuss what the early days of q***r comics were like and where they imagine the future will lead us. Join moderator and q***r comics historian Maggie Dahlstrom and panelists Robyn Adams (Homozone 5), Dylan Edwards (Transposes), Leslie Ewing (It Gets Bitter), and Lee Marrs (Pudge, Girl Blimp) for a rollicking discussion.

04/02/2026

Heads up Panel fans, we've got four fantastic panels happening during Pride In Panels on Feb. 15th!

1. DRAWING FROM LIFE: Q***R MEMOIR COMICS
(1:00pm-1:45pm)

Dig deep into the urges, processes, boundaries and ethics surrounding LGBTQIA+ graphic memoir. Artists accomplished in baring their souls and oversharing about their lives will discuss the importance of working in memoir during these challenging times, and how the personal as political can serve a larger purpose and tell a great story at the same time. Join moderator Justin Hall (No Straight Lines) and panelists Nicole Georges (Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home), Maia Kobabe (Gender Q***r), Ajuan Mance (Gender Studies), and Mara Ramirez (Flea) for a lively conversation.

04/02/2026

Introducing tabling at Pride In Panels 2026.

Vicco Sebes is a multidisciplinary artist and educator creating comics about trans revenge and d**e delusions. Their comics are influenced by their background in filmmaking, their love of music, and their chaotic homosexual decision-making. They choose to heal their trauma with art, humor and gorgeous transsexuality.

The biennial Pride In Panels: SF Q***r Comics Festival is the premiere showcase of LGBTQIA+ comics creators from the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. The 2026 festival will feature over 125 q***r artists exhibiting their work, including prominent creators such as Maia Kobabe, Diane DiMassa, Ed Luce, Nicole J. Georges, Ajuan Mance, and Jon Macy, as well as panel discussions covering a range of dynamic topics, spotlight interviews with the festival's special guest Rupert Kinnard and Lee Lai, and hands-on workshops.

Dirección

1018 Valencia Street
San Francisco
94110

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https://www.prideinpanels.org/

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