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Closing times may vary in event nights
Special hours February 2023: closed on Mondays and on Feb 21-22
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2022/2023 Dandelion Comics Residency
Presented by Lion’s Tooth in partnership with BearBear and MILK Comic Fest
Mentorship by Quinn Blackshere, Cris Siqueira and Shelly McClone-Carriere

The 2022/23 Dandelion artist-in-residence is ​Casey "KC" Harrison AKA DARK AGE online 🔥
The Dandelion Comics Residency is a juried program for cartoonists based on the Greater Milwaukee area. Our goal is to support the local comics community while promoting work produced here to well-respected professionals active in the industry today.

Preorder How a Flower is Born by Casey "KC" Harrison
The very first mini comic completed as part of the Dandelion Comics Residency

KC has been working on this since the Fall, when they were chosen as 2022/23 Dandelion artist-in-residence. The result is an imaginative and poetic story that blends seamlessly with their stunning art. Currently under production, the comic will be a meticulously planned 12-page booklet bound by hand by KC, including translucent vellum pages and a 3-color riso cover printed by BearBear.

Our Indiegogo campaign gives you a chance to:
  • Preorder the mini comic
  • Acquire a piece of original art by KC
  • Donate to Lion's Tooth to support the Dandelion Residency as well as other outreach programs (and keep our lights on during the slow winter months)

Please help us achieve our goal!
Click for e-gift cards and we also have physical gift cards at the store. Both may be redeemed online or at the shop in Bay View

Thursday, February 9, 2023 | 7PM at the Component Taproom
Component Brewing's Beers & Book Club 
Discussion of We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz at the Component Taproom

​Saturday February 11, 2023 | 10-7PM
Fundraiser for Bay View Montessori School

Shop at Lion's Tooth on Saturday February 11 and 10% of the sales will be donated to the Bay View Montessori School.

Saturday, April 8, 2023 | 4PM at The Sugar Maple
Release party for Breakfall, a new novel by Zhanna Slor

Join us around the corner at The Sugar Maple to celebrate the release of Breakfall, the new novel by Milwaukee's own and Lion's Tooth favorite Zhanna Slor.

​Saturday April 22, 2023 | 10-7PM
Fundraiser for Rufus King International High School

Shop at Lion's Tooth on Saturday April 22 and 10% of the sales will be donated to Rufus King International High School.

Saturday, June 10, 2023 | 4-7PM
Reading and workshop with author Mary Helen Stefaniak
Author of The Six-Minute Memoir: Fifty-Five Short Essays on Life

Please join us for an evening with author Mary Helen Stefaniak, including a reading and a workshop, both free and open to the public.

SPECIAL PREORDER | Release date: March 21, 2023
The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil Warm, by Jeff Sharlet

From Jeff Sharlet, author of The Family and one of America's finest reporters and essayists comes an exploration of the powerful currents beneath the roiled waters of a nation coming apart.

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