

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Vermont Reads 2026 Kick-Off Panel DIscussion
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Sat, 30 May, 2026 at 03:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Join us at the Center for Cartoon Studies for a panel discussion with VT Reads author Tillie Walden, Marek Bennett and Joel Christian Gill.About this EventJoin us for this kick-off celebration with the Center for Cartoon Studies for Vermont Reads 2026: Charity and Sylvia. Created by Tillie Walden from archival materials at the Henry Sheldon Museum of Vermont History in Middlebury, Charity and Sylvia is a groundbreaking biography that is also the story of 19th century America.This panel discussion will focus on non-fiction comics and how to approach using historical materials and references when creating art. More information on the panelists and their websites are below.About the Panelists is the award-winning, Vermont-based cartoonist and author of Spinning and On a Sunbeam. Tillie served as Vermont’s Fifth Cartoonist Laureate from April 2023 to April 2026.She won the 2018 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work at 22 years old, for her graphic memoir Spinning, making her one of the youngest Eisner Award winners ever. Her work includes a graphic novel trilogy featuring The Walking Dead character Clementine and two middle grade graphic novels created with musicians Tegan and Sara. She is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) in White River Junction and became a professor at CCS in 2021.Prof.  is a cartoonist and historian who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He is the author of the Eisner Nominated graphic memoir Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence, cited as one of the best graphic novels of 2020 by The New York Times and for which he was awarded the 2021 Cartoonist Studio Prize.He wrote the words and drew the pictures for the award-winning graphic novel series Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History and Tales of The Talented Tenth, each volume tells the stories of Bass Reeves, Bessie Stringfield and Robert Smalls. He adapted into a graphic novel Dr. Ibram Kendi’s National Book Award-winning Stamped From the Beginning into the Stamped From The Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas from Ten Speed Press. Gill has dedicated his life to creating stories and helping others create stories to build connections with readers through empathy, compassion, and, ultimately humanity. He is the Inaugural Chair of Boston University’s CFA MFA in Visual Narrative. He received his MFA from Boston University and his BA from Roanoke College.NH-based cartoonist, musician, and educator  leads discovery-based  for all ages throughout New England and the world beyond! His comics work includes the graphic novel series, , as well as drawing, translating, &amp; editing for  (2021) with the bilingual  Project. His crowd-funded cartoon travel memoirs include  (2020) and  (2013).Marek is the recipient of the .By the People: Conversations Beyond 250 is a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils across the United States, its territories, and the District of Columbia in collaboration with local partners. Together, these programs explore 250 years of the nation's cultural life and imagine its shared future. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage as a complement to the 2026 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Hartford
- **state**: VT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: The Center for Cartoon Studies
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- **full address**: The Center for Cartoon Studies, 94 South Main Street, Hartford, United States

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