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Julia Wertz

Julia Wertz is a professional cartoonist, amateur historian, and part-time urban explorer. Her first book was The Fart Party, and her newest book is Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here) but she did a bunch of other books inbetween. She is a regular contributor to the New Yorker. She lives in Sonoma County, CA.

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How To Pitch Your Story for Comics, Graphic Novels, Film, and Animation—

Room A | Briana Loewinsohn | Jordan Morris | Julia Wertz | Scott Morse

Scott Morse (Magic Pickle, This Ink Runs Cold), Julia Wertz  (Bury Me Already, Impossible People), Jordan Morris (Bubble, Youth Group, Teen titans Go), Briana Loewinsohn (Raised by Ghosts, Ephemera), and Thien Pham (Family Style) discuss everything you need to know to pitch your million dollar idea for Graphic Novels, Comics, Animation, TV and Film.

Beasts from the East: A Spotlight on Bay Area Cartoonists 

Room A | Andrew Farago of the National Cartoonist Society | Briana Loewinsohn | David Brothers | Julia Wertz | Shaenon K. Garrity | Thien Pham

From the very first newspaper comic strip to underground comix to cutting edge animation to classic manga to contemporary graphic novels, the Bay Area has a long and incredible comics history. Join Cartoon Art Museum Curator Andrew Farago and local creators David Brothers, Shaenon K. Garrity, Briana Loewinsohn, Thien Pham and Julia Wertz as they share their tales of survival in the Bay Area comics scene.  

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