This workshop on making comics focuses design of characters and backgrounds. Jose Pimienta was raised in Mexicali, Baja California and resides in Los Angeles, CA. Their graphic novels "Suncatcher," "Twin Cities," and "Halfway to Somwhere" focus on Latinx culture and growing up on the border.

UA Library YA /Room 254 Main Floor (Seats 55, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Teen
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Integrated Learning Center (following presentation)  

Panelist: Jose Pimienta
Moderator: Ann Parker

Meet a bunch of authors in 60 minutes as they share their new books filled with invitations to adventure. Each author will be seated at a table to talk with a small group about their newest book. Every eight minutes the authors will rotate to a new table in our version of author speed-dating.

Education 211 (Seats 200)  
Sat, Mar 15, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelists: Tom Angleberger, Kim Bussing, J.C. Cervantes, Megan E. Freeman, Gale Galligan, Leah Johnson, Rosanne Parry, Jose Pimienta, Kim Tomsic
Moderators: Magdalena Castillo-Cockrum, Caryl Crowell

Children need hope to move forward from displacement in a broken world, be it a dystopian future with robots and evacuation camps or our contemporary present of forest fires and discrimination toward immigrants. These tales captivate readers through graphic novels, novels-in-verse, and nonfiction.

Education Room 353 (Seats 92, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Children
Signing area: Signing Area - Children (following presentation)  

Panelists: Megan E. Freeman, Guojing, Jose Pimienta, Jessica Stremer
Moderator: Loren Reyes