Price range: $0.00 through $10.00
The author of Cannon and Stone Fruit will talk about her comics-making process on Wednesday January 28th from 4-5pm PST/7-8pm EST.
In this one-hour talk, cartoonist Lee Lai will talk with Crucial publisher Shay Mirk about her comics-making process and her approach to writing and drawing her newest book, Cannon. After the conversation, the audience will be invited to ask Lee their own questions.
Lee Lai is an Australian cartoonist living in Tio’tia:ke (colonially known as Montreal, Canada). In 2021, she was selected as one of the National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 for her debut graphic novel, Stone Fruit, which went on to win several awards, including the Lambda Literary Award for Graphic Novel, the Cartoonist Studio Prize, the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize, and two Ignatz Awards. Her comics have appeared on the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Granta Magazine, and the Museum of Modern Art Magazine.
Date:
This is an online talk that lasts for an hour on Wednesday January 28th from 4-5pm PST/7-8pm EST. It is free to attend but donations to Crucial are welcome to support our work. RSVP for the free Zoom link. Everyone who registers will receive a recording of the talk and be invited to join our Discord, where people can share their own comics and connect with community.
About the Artist Talk series:
In 2026, Crucial Comix is hosting a series of talks by cartoonists about their art-making process. These one-hour sessions are open to the public and all sliding scale.
To make them affordable, all of our classes and workshops are offered at a sliding scale cost.
Supporter - This payment level pitches in a little extra toward the teacher’s income and helps pay artists to create new comics at Crucial. Thanks for your support!
Standard - This is the basic rate for the class, which covers our costs.
Discount - We want people of all income levels in our classes, so choose this rate if you paying the standard rate is a stretch for you.
We set aside three spots in each class to be offered for free to people who would find it a hardship to pay the discount rate for any reason. These free spots are first-come, first-serve. If you would like to take a class for free, please send us a short email about yourself, what class you would like to take, and why. If a free spot is still available, we’ll send you a discount code to register for free! Email: editors@crucialcomix.com
