BUBBLES CON III - MAY 30th 2026 - RICHMOND,VA

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Bubbles Con is an annual event in Richmond, Virginia where cartoonists and comic scholars are interviewed live on stage at the Richmond Public Library.
The event is completely free and meant to encourage the sharing of ideas and building community through comic books.

Photo	Time	Event	Description
	10:00am - 10:30am:	Brian Baynes presents a talk on Sof' Boy by Archer Prewitt	Brian Baynes, creator of Bubbles Fanzine, will be spotlighting Archer Prewitt’s legendary alternative comic Sof' Boy. Baynes is an obsessive collector of this one of a kind humor comic. He’ll be diving into its history, world building and as much as he can say about a comic that only has three issues. Guaranteed you’ll learn something, what he wonders is how much you choose to retain?
	10:45am - 11:15am:	Joe McCulloch Presents: Seven Saints	Buckle up for 25 solid minutes of confusion enchantment as erratic Comics Journal longtimer and rollicking computer voice Joe McCulloch collages together seven recent pieces on seven favorite cartoonists — Steve Ditko, Lyonel Feininger, Anke Feuchtenberger, Phoebe Gloeckner, Matsumoto Taiyō, Tsuge Yoshiharu and Chris Ware — in a never-to-be-repeated live reading! Grasp at the slippery connections between these artists as they skip atop a mind choked with comics! There’s a slideshow, WOW!!
	11:30am - 12:20pm:	Bob Gorman interviewed by Mark Shubert	Maybe you know him as BONESNAPPER the bodyguard for Richmond’s premier metal band GWAR. Since 1988 he’s been on stage spilling blood and rocking out. Behind the scenes he’s been crafting the imagery of GWAR through his cartooning and graphic design. GWAR’s comic history starts even before the first song was written. Gorman will take us through his personal comics history as well as the lore of their publications with Last Gasp and the legendary Slave Pit Funnies, one of Richmond’s premier underground comic series. Gorman recently put together an art show for GWAR in Los Angeles’s Beyond The Streets gallery and reprinted his GWAR history art-book LET THERE BE GWAR.
	12:30pm - 1:25pm:	Lunch Break	Use this time to get some food, shop at the vintage comic deals like Toybox Coffin, Cerebral Vortex or Chris Pitzer. Also VCU's Special Collection will be set up with pieces from their Bob Gorman collection!
	1:30pm - 2:20pm:	Julia Gfrörer interviewed by Francesca Lyn	Comics that are full of gothic horror and sexuality, Gfrörer has been one of comics most singular voices for nearly two decades. Her haunting inkwork pairs well with her visual storytelling that often explores a dark thought or the macabre. With a trilogy of fantastic graphic novels under her belt in the 2010s, she still continues to reign supreme in short form comics. Fantagraphics published a 336 page collection of her self-published & shorter comics called World Within the World that was widely regarded as one of the best books of 2025.
	2:30pm - 3:20pm:	Carlos Gonzalez interviewed by Noel Freibert	One of comic's most exciting science fiction voices. Gonzalez oozes out stories with his pencil and thin lined approach that are every bit haunting and strange yet fun and addicting. This year Floating World Comics will release his latest book Everglide, his fourth graphic novel. Inside characters rummage into an abandoned virtual reality headspace that spawns a surreal storyline only Gonzalez can lay out. Gonzalez also makes experimental films and for $10 will call you at 3am, while you’re half dreaming, and tell you a story.
	3:30pm - 4:30pm:	Akino Kondoh interviewed by Ryan Holmberg	Bubbles is so proud to have one of Japan’s premier manga artists as a guest. For over 25 years Akino Kondoh has been a constant figure in Japan’s alternative manga scene. She’s been a constant in the legendary manga magazine Ax, she was featured on the cover of the 2010 English anthology of Ax published by Top Shelf. Her comics are beautiful, full of incredible design and vision. In 2026 Glacier Bay Books will publish her first graphic novel in English, Box Garden Beetle. She also makes short animated movies that truly bring her drawings to life.