Brooklyn Comics Club

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Brooklyn, NY, US

About us

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Hi, and welcome to Brooklyn Comics Club! We’re just like a book club — but for comics! Whether you’re a longtime fan or entirely new to comics, we hope you’ll check us out. Our club explores all genres of comics — memoir, crime, science fiction, history, you name it. We try to create an easygoing and welcoming atmosphere for conversation. Suggestions for comics are absolutely welcome, and please feel free to reach out with any questions or feedback. Hope to see you at a future meetup!
Check out our sister groups too: Brooklyn Movie Club Williamsburg Book Club

Upcoming events

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BCC #163: Holy Lacrimony by Michael DeForge
Wed, Apr 15 · 7:30 PM EDT
Black Forest Brooklyn - Smith Street, 181 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY, US
Join us in April to discuss Holy Lacrimony by Michael DeForge. (Please note, the dollar fee associated with this event is a suggested contribution to offset Meetup fees and will be discussed at the event. No need to worry about it before then.)

Where to Get It
Borrow from the library:
- NYPL
- BPL
- QPL
Buy from a local bookstore:
Check for availability at a Brooklyn comic shop:
Order the print book:
- BookFinder
From the publisher:

The post-alien abduction trauma memoir we’ve all been waiting for

“Ah, there’s that famous lip quiver!” says Jackie’s abductor and student. Jackie has been determined to be the “saddest living person in the entire world” by a mysterious team of alien abductors. His earthly musical celebrity is nothing compared to his emotional superstar status in the eyes of these curious and peculiar shape-shifters. Jackie is forced to perform his sadness over and over again on command, so his captors can study and master this very puzzling, very human emotion. Until just like that, Jackie is returned to his old life. Trying to comprehend what has happened, he joins a support group. It’s a sea of conspiracy theorists, emotional vampires, and simpatico “real” abductees. As each person tells their story, he realizes he may never know.

Holy Lacrimony is classic DeForge–oscillating between shockingly dirty, casually funny and earnestly engaged in the socio-politics of his fictive worlds. Part abstract shape blending and part hieroglyphic storytelling, each image is a discrete and tightly designed object of beauty that never loses the forward motion of the best personal cartooning. DeForge continues to prove that he’s the single most innovative and empathetic cartoonist in the past twenty years.

Check out our sister groups!
- Brooklyn Movie Club
- Williamsburg Book Club
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