# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 06 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: This month, Picture + Panel explores Japan through an outsider's eyes with Abby Denson and Matthew Loux. Join us for a conversation about travel, fandom, and curiosity. Omega Au, Convention Chair of Anime Boston 2026, 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.

About the Creators

Abby Denson is the author ofUniquely Japan; the Kitty Sweet Tooth books, illustrated by Utomaru;Cool TokyoGuide;Cool Japan Guide;Dolltopia; andTough Love.She has written for comics series such as The PowerpuffGirls, The Simpsons, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and The Amazing Spider-Man Family. Her work has garneredthe International Manga Award, Moonbeam Children's Book Award, and the IPPY Award. Abby has taught andlectured at various venues, including the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, The New School, and SophiaUniversity in Tokyo. Abby goes to Japan whenever she gets the chance.


Matthew Loux is author and artist of the graphic novels The Time Museum Vol. 1, published by First Second Books, Sidescrollers, and the five volume series Salt Water Taffy originally published by Oni Press. Matthew has also illustrated the graphic novels F-Stop and Good Night Gabbaland and has contributed cover artwork for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. Matthew resides in New York.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/somerville/picture-panel-seeing-japan/200030239228912
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, nonprofit, it, anime
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Somerville
- **state**: MA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Boston Figurative Art Center
- **lat**: 42.379581417048
- **long**: -71.098449707031
- **full address**: Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143-3335, United States

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan being held?
  - **A:** Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan takes place on Mon, 06 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm to Mon, 06 Jul, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Boston Figurative Art Center, 285 Washington St, Somerville, MA 02143-3335, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan?
  - **A:** Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan is organized by Boston Comic Arts Foundation.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Somerville, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Picture + Panel: Seeing Japan sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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