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SUMMARY:Hella Comix #7 A Comics Reading @THP South
LOCATION:Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch\nTarea Hall Pittman South Branch
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DESCRIPTION:The Hella Comix Reading Series is Back for Summer! Come see BI
 POC cartoonists read their original comics work. Check out zines and books
  made by local creatives..\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibrary.libnet.info/even
 t/16525476
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>Artists Featured:</em></p>\n<p><em>Abb
 y Rocha</em></p>\n<p>Abby Rocha is a creator that writes within the inters
 ection of her latinidad and death. She's created and self published severa
 l short comics including "The Recipe For Heartbreak Tacos"\, "Bajo La Luna
 "\, and "Mercy". You can often find her dressed in black\, communing with 
 neighborhood cats.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>More at: https://abbyrocha.com/</p>\n<p>
 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chica_artista_illustration/</p>\n<p>&
 nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Aida Irving</em></p>\n<p>Aida Irving is an Oakland-base
 d artist who enjoys her morning coffee\, making sun prints\, painting\, an
 d telling stories. Her work takes the form of fantastical creatures\, magi
 cal landscapes\, relationships in quaint spaces\, and the mysticism and su
 rrealism of it all. Aida&rsquo\;s practice primarily focuses on drawing bu
 t extends to painting\, crafts\, illustration\, and short stories.</p>\n<p
 >Instagram: @iee_duh&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><br /><em>Cynta / Kanak-Kanak Press&nb
 sp\;</em></p>\n<p>Cynta draws a lot of fictional memoirs/comics based on t
 heir life growing up as a trans nonbinary Muslim Malay person. Most of the
 ir work is influenced by his Malaysian culture/heritage\, growing up aggre
 ssively Southeast Asian\, and their deep love for cosmic horror mixed with
  a touch of sci-fi. They are also currently working on comics that focus o
 n his alien immigrant status in the United States\, living in small odd sp
 aces in Oakland\, and general writings about the international student exp
 erience.</p>\n<p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j4lly_/</p>\n<p>&nbs
 p\;</p>\n<p><em>Gladys Ochoa</em></p>\n<p>Gladys Ochoa resides in the oute
 r Bay Area with her army of Chihuahuas reading and making comics.</p>\n<p>
 Instagram: @drawinkstudio</p>\n<p>Ko-fi: drawinkstudio</p>\n<p><br /><em>G
 rey Sotelo</em></p>\n<p>Grey Sotelo is a genderqueer Filipino writer and v
 isual artist. Rooted in lived experience between the Philippines and the U
 nited States\, their work confronts imperialism and the systems that susta
 in it. They center memory\, survival\, and belonging in their storytelling
 .&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Instagram: @sotelocore</p>\n<p><br /><em>Mitchell 
 Bercier/ ghostchamb3r&nbsp\;</em></p>\n<p>Mitchell Bercier is a cartoonist
 \, music producer and computer programmer. He produces music under the nam
 e ghostchamb3r and you can find his music\, including his live coding perf
 ormances and work from his time as a McKnight Composer Fellow as well as h
 is work for the Minnesota Opera\, under that name on most streaming servic
 es. You can also find his computer programming work on github as ghostcham
 b3r!&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ghostchamb3r/</p>
 \n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>M Lions</em></p>\n<p>M Lions is a black\, white\,
  and Native American cartoonist currently working on a series about werewo
 lves\, vampires and alien abduction. Her comics usually involve a mixture 
 of social commentary\, supernatural silliness\, and her own personal histo
 ry.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Web:https://mlionsart.com/</p>\n<p>Instagram: @mlionsco
 mics</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Doors Open: 5:30pm</strong></p>\n<p><strong>
 Reading at 6:00pm&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p></p>\nhttps://berkeleypubliclibr
 ary.libnet.info/event/16525476
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