Bookshop Santa Cruz presents: Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud | THE CARTOONISTS CLUB

ABOUT THE EVENT + TICKETS:

• NOTE: Each attendee (parent and kids alike) needs their own ticket to attend! Every ticket for admission includes TWO BARCODES: one for entry, one for your complimentary book. (The book barcode is NOT an additional ticket!)

• This in-person event will feature a conversation and visual presentation by the creators, live audience Q&A, and more. The program will run approximately 45 minutes long, followed by an immersive photo opportunity with the authors (one photo for every ticketholder).

• Each ticket costs $22.99  (inclusive of ALL taxes and fees) and includes the event experience plus complimentary copy of the book, exclusive signed bookplate, and free tote bag. 

• Your complimentary copy of THE CARTOONISTS CLUB will be available for pickup as you enter the show on October 28th, or at Bookshop Santa Cruz beginning on its release date, April 1, 2025. If you don't want your book, we are happy to donate it on your behalf to our local school libraries. Please note, books uncollected at the event will be held at Bookshop Santa Cruz for two months, after which they will be released for donation.

• At the event, each attendee will receive a pre-signed bookplate specially created for the tour, as well as an exclusive show tote bag from Scholastic.

• There will be no signing line at the show (please do not bring books from home!). Unsigned backlist will be available for purchase. No books or memorabilia will be signed at the show.

• Tickets are final sale and do not qualify for Readers Club credit.

Thank you! We can't wait to see you at the event!

ABOUT THE BOOK + CREATORS:

#1 New York Times bestselling cartoonists Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud team up for a one-of-a-kind friendship story about creativity and self-expression that blends how-to and comics magic. Welcome to the club!

Makayla is bursting with ideas but doesn't know how to make them into a story. Howard loves to draw, but he struggles to come up with ideas and his dad thinks comics are a waste of time. Lynda constantly draws in her sketchbook but keeps focusing on what she feels are mistakes, and Art simply loves being creative and is excited to try something new. They come together to form The Cartoonists Club, where kids can learn about making comics and use their creativity and imagination for their own storytelling adventures!

Raina Telgemeier is the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning creator of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, which are all graphic memoirs based on her childhood. She is also the creator of Drama and Ghosts, the adapter and illustrator of the first four Baby-sitters Club graphic novels, and, with Scott McCloud, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Facing Feelings: Inside the World of Raina Telgemeier is based on an exhibition that was held at The Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Raina lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit her online at goraina.com.

Scott McCloud is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art; Making Comics: Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga, and Graphic Novels; Zot!; and The Sculptor. He is also, with Raina Telgemeier, the co-creator of The Cartoonists Club. Scott is a frequent lecturer on the power of visual communication, creator of the international 24-hour comic movement, and, in 2021, was inducted into the Will Eisner Awards Hall of Fame. He lives with his family in Oregon. His art and stories are available in more than 30 languages and on the web at scottmccloud.com.