Updates about comics-related events in and around Chicago. Curated by @genekjr.bsky.social. Profile images of Chicago by Winsor McCay. Send PR to comicschicago@gmail.com or visit http://comicschicago.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mdtd3g3lcs2yIn its February issue, CHICAGO Magazine features @chicagocomics.bsky.social and @challengers.bsky.social in its "Store vs. Store" feature https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/chicago-magazine-compares-comics-shops/01 Feb 2026 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtd3g3lcs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mdegmwsry227The Daily Heller interviews Jarrett Dapier, librarian and writer of the anti-censorship GN "Wake Now in the Fire" (art by AJ Dungo), about Chicago Public Schools' decision to ban PERSEPOLIS back in 2013. https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/26/jarrett-dapier-wake-now-in-the-fire-interviewed-by-steven-heller/26 Jan 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdegmwsry227https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3md6ifwzqa22tWe're now on @bookshop.org ! Stop by and check out our curated lists of Chicago-based comics, sold by independent bookshops. (As always, our graphic of the Chicago skyline by the great Winsor McCay.) https://bookshop.org/shop/comicschicago24 Jan 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6ifwzqa22thttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mcsj3hzgys2kArtist Hebru Brantley's recent ESSENCE profile spends some time on his upcoming comic "Flyboy" https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/essence-profiles-artist-hebru-brantley-including-his-upcoming-gn-flyboy/19 Jan 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsj3hzgys2khttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mcsgj4usdc2kNext Month! ASHES #4 Signing with Jeremiah Wolffe & Archangelo Crelencia @ @challengers.bsky.social 2/2/26 https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/2-22-26-ashes-4-signing-with-jeremiah-wolffe-archangelo-crelencia-challengers/19 Jan 2026 19:58 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsgj4usdc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mcsfevystc2kThis Friday at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social: Show & Tell: Blonde Bombastic, Frankie Lyne | Opening & Reading https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/19/1-23-26-show-tell-blonde-bombastic-frankie-lyne-opening-reading-quimbys/19 Jan 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcsfevystc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mc672o4m5k2jPost: @chicagoreader.com reviews Mirror Mirror #4 from @2dcloud.bsky.social https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/11/chicago-reader-reviews-mirror-mirror-4/11 Jan 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc672o4m5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbzkmrjbos23Here's our page listing comics shops in and around Chicago. What are we missing? Please let us know! https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/comic-shops/09 Jan 2026 22:35 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbzkmrjbos23https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbtow2x2ws2mVisiting ComicsChicago.wordpress.com is now an ad-free experience! (Bonus points for IDing the source of our “No Ads!” banner)07 Jan 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbtow2x2ws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbn3r2sx4s2nLinks to TONS of photos of a comics-heavy visit to Chicago by a Belgian #comics journalist! https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/04/a-comics-heavy-tour-of-chicago/04 Jan 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbn3r2sx4s2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbkgowwkks22I've started a page listing #comics and #graphicnovels which are set primarily in and around #Chicago. What am I missing? LMK here or via the website. Include a publisher's link if possible. Thanks! https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/in-comics/03 Jan 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbkgowwkks22https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbhzrmysqk221/3/26: Comic Book Roundtable: The Justice League of America, @chipublib.bsky.social, Sulzer Regional Library, 2:30pm #comics #libraries #justiceleague #dccomics #readinggroups #chicago #comicbooks https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/1-3-26-comic-book-roundtable/02 Jan 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbhzrmysqk22https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbh6zy672s26Thru 2/8/26: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Beyond Amazing – The Exhibition, @msichicago.bsky.social https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/02/thru-2-8-2026-marvels-spider-man-beyond-amazing-the-exhibition-griffin-museum-of-science-industry/02 Jan 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbh6zy672s26https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mbeotdyii222Thru 1/4/26: Take Care with Peanuts, at the Chicago Children's Museum #peanuts #exhibits #kids #comics #chicago https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/thru-1-4-26-take-care-with-peanuts-at-the-chicago-childrens-museum/01 Jan 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbeotdyii222https://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mb7pzsltxs2w1/16/26: Keep Your Ear to the Ground: Conversation with John R. Davis @ @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social, 6:30pm https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/1-16-26-keep-your-ear-to-the-ground-conversation-with-john-r-davis-quimbys/30 Dec 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7pzsltxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mb7pwnw4bc2w1/9/26: Conor Stechschulte @ @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social, 5-7pm https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/1-9-26-conor-stechschulte-quimbys-5-7pm/30 Dec 2025 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7pwnw4bc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/comicschicago.bsky.social/post/3mb7puahtlc2w1/17/26: Joe Clark @ @watchercomix.bsky.social, 1:00pm https://comicschicago.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/1-17-26-joe-clark-watcher-comix-100pm/30 Dec 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:kdfr6c6gl2pddfm2vn2hhcdy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mb7puahtlc2w