Picture + Panel: Cosmic Misfits with Tyrell Waiters and Matt Smith

This month, Picture + Panel ventures beyond the ordinary with Tyrell Waiters and Matt Smith for a discussion of outsider adventurers. Join us for a conversation about quests for belonging and unconventional narratives. Cory McCarthy from Boston Public Schools will moderate.

All BCAF events are free to attend.  If you wish to pay it forward, a $5 suggested donation helps sustain BCAF's comics advocacy and educational programming in the Greater Boston area.

More about Picture + Panel

Picture + Panel is a monthly conversation series that brings fantastic graphic novel creators to the Greater Boston area. Discover terrific authors and fascinating stories that combine text and art through conversational confabulation. Produced in partnership by Aeronaut Brewing, Porter Square Books, and the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Picture + Panel provides thought-provoking discussions for adults about this unique form of expression.

Book sales are provided at the event by Porter Square Books.

All events at Aeronaut Brewery are for ages 21+. This event will take place in their 'Food Hub' space.

About the Creators

Tyrell Waiters is a freelance illustrator and graphic designer from Palmetto, Florida. After graduating from Ringling College of Art and Design, he turned himself to working as an apparel graphic designer for children's clothing. Now living in on the East Coast with his wife and their many cats, he works in a huge range of industries ranging from marketing to music and entertainment. When not working, he's painting in his studio and exploring nature. His debut graphic novel is Vern, Custodian of the Universe.

Matt Smith drew his first Conan the Barbarian adventure when was eight years old. A children’s book illustrator fascinated by traditional lore and comic-book heroes, Matt lives with his wife and their dog in Lexington, Massachusetts. His work includes Folklords, Barbarian Lord, Lake of Fire, and Hellboy in Love.