Spoken Doodle: A Live Comics Event

Join 2023 3Arts/Bodies of Work Fellow Bianca Xunise (https://www.biancaxunise.com/) for a live comics reading! They’ll be joined by three fellow comics artists, Mariah-Rose Marie, Eileen Chavez, and Sage Coffey. After the reading, we’ll get to learn a bit about what Bianca’s been mulling over with the residency—intertwined themes of hysteria, gender, Blackness, and disability–as they turn to new projects after completing their book Punk Rock Karaoke (coming out in Spring 2024!).

About the artist:

Bianca Xunise is a cartoonist based in Chicago, Illinois. In 2017, Xunise earned an Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent for their comic Say Her Name, an autobiographical story of police brutality and social justice. In 2020, Xunise earned their second Ignatz Award for their contribution to Be Gay, Do Comics published by IDW. Xunise has collaborated with Vogue, Washington Post, The Nib, and Believer Magazine. They are also a contributor to the book How We Fight Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance along with Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tarana Burk, and Harry Belafonte. Bianca became the first nationally syndicated, non-binary cartoonist when they joined the comic strip Six Chix in 2020 as their first Black creator.

Access information: Live captions (CART) & ASL will be provided, and descriptions of the artwork will be incorporated. The event space is wheelchair accessible, and is equipped with accessible restrooms. Contact dcc@uic.edu with any questions or requests!

Covid-19 safety: To keep our communities safe, we ask that everyone wear a mask for the in-person event. We’ll have extras on hand.