Picture + Panel: Journeys with Ben Hatke and Dave Ortega

This month, Picture + Panel charts a course with Ben Hatke and Dave Ortega! We'll discover how journeys — both on and off the page — can transform characters and creators alike.

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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

Ben Hatke is the author and illustrator of the New York Times–bestselling Zita the Spacegirl trilogy, the picture books Julia's House for Lost Creatures and Nobody Likes a Goblin, and the graphic novels Little Robot and Mighty Jack. He lives and works in the Shenandoah Valley with his wife and their boisterous pack of daughters.

Dave Ortega makes comics with multilayered narratives about class and cultural conflict, stifled creativity, and lost histories. His award-winning graphic novel Días de Consuelo is a historical memoir about the early life of his grandmother during the Mexican Revolution. The Comics Journal wrote in its review of Dave's one-person anthology series Hacienda, "comic book writing doesn’t get much smarter than this." Dave lives in Somerville, MA.