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Briana Loewinsohn

Briana Loewinsohn is an American cartoonist. She is the author of the acclaimed graphic memoir Ephemera, published by Fantagraphics in 2023. It was listed as one of the American Library Association's top graphic novels of 2023 and was awarded the 2023 Foreword Indies Editors Prize for non-fiction.  Her new book, Raised By Ghosts, came out in February 2025, also with Fantagraphics. It is about growing up in the East Bay in the 1990's. Raised By Ghosts won the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Graphic Novel of 2025. Loewinsohn lives in Oakland, CA with her husband, two kids, and a cat named Gary.

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

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

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

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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