By Marek Bennett
NFCF Weekend Programming
From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience.
Friday
A Spotlight on Ben Passmore
Friday, November 14th
7:00 PM
Phoenix Books Burlington
89 Church Street
Burlington, VT 05401-3961
FREE!
Phoenix Books is excited to join The Non-Fiction Comics Festival to host Ben Passmore, author and illustrator of Black Arms to Hold You Up!
Ben Passmore is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell (Koyama Press), collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics), and contributes to publications such as The Nib and the New York Times. He lives in Philadelphia.
ADMISSION: This is a free event! Registration is required – RSVP at the link here.
BOOKS: Copies of Black Arms to Hold You Up will be available at the event for purchase.
VIRTUAL: A workshop The Sequential Artists Workshop! (To be announced…)
November 14, 2025
7:00pm-8:00pm ET
FREE!
More details coming soon.
Co-sponsored by the Sequential Artists Workshop.