Ben Passmore is an award-winning comics creator and political cartoonist. His work ranges from the fantastical to the autobiographical, containing social commentary on US culture, gentrification, white supremacy, sports, and the experience of Black Americans, among other topics.

Passmore won an Eisner Award for Sports is Hell (Koyama Press, 2021) and an Ignatz Award for Your Black Friend (Silver Sprocket, 2017). His book BttmFdrs (Fantagraphics, 2019 with Ezra Clayton Daniels) received an Eisner nomination and his series Daygloayhole (Silver Sprocket, 2017-2018) an Ignatz nomination.

His books have been among the The Beat’s 100 Best Comics of the Decade, the Best Books of the Year by the Chicago Public Library, and the NPR 100 favorite comics and graphic novels. He was a regular contributor to the legendary political and journalism comics site The Nib. He is currently at work on These Black Arms to Hold You Up (Pantheon), a history of Black life taken by force.

Passmore will read from his work and be interviewed by comics creator, scholar, and CCA MFA Comics faculty member John Jennings. This event is free and open to the public and will be followed by a reception, which doubles as the opening for the Emanata Gallery Show.

7-8:30pm – a reading and a conversation with John Jennings at Timken Hall, 1111 8th Street [View map]

8:30-10pm – a reception and signing (in conjunction with the Emanata Show opening) at CCA Campus Gallery, 1480 17th Street