Picture + Panel: Picture + Panel: Grief and Loss with Tom Hart and Jesse Mechanic

Mon, 05 Jan, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC-05:00

Boston Figurative Art Center | Somerville

Boston Comic Arts Foundation
Publisher/HostBoston Comic Arts Foundation
Picture + Panel: Picture + Panel: Grief and Loss with Tom Hart and Jesse Mechanic
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This month, Picture + Panel confronts the weight of loss with Tom Hart and Jesse Mechanic. Discussing two beautiful graphic memoirs, we explore how comics can transform unspeakable loss into art that remains. Zoe Laurente from The Children's Room will moderate.
All BCAF events are free to attend. If you wish to pay it forward, a $5 suggested donation helps sustain BCAF's comics advocacy and educational programming in the Greater Boston area.
Picture + Panel is a monthly conversation series that brings fantastic graphic novel creators to the Greater Boston area. Discover terrific authors and fascinating stories that combine text and art through conversational confabulation. Produced in partnership by the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Porter Square Books, and the Boston Figurative Arts Center, Picture + Panel provides thought-provoking discussions for adults about this unique form of expression.
Book sales are provided at the event by Porter Square Books.
Tom Hart is a critically acclaimed Eisner-nominated cartoonist and the Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida. He is the creator of Daddy Lightning and the Hutch Owen series of graphic novels and books. The Collected Hutch Owen was nominated for best graphic novel in 2000 and has received a Xeric Grant. Tom has taught sequential art at the University of Florida and at NYC's School of Visual Arts.
Jesse Mechanic is an opinion columnist, essayist, and artist. He has published work in Mother Jones, In These Times, HuffPost, Truthout, and other publications. Jesse enjoys woodworking, the television show Cheers, and working diligently to dismantle the various oppressive systems that define our world. The Last Time We Spoke is his debut graphic novel.
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Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143-3335, United States

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