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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

We are so pleased to announce our 2022/23 Dandelion artist-in-residence: KC Harrison AKA DARK AGE online 🔥
The Residency will include events at Lion's Tooth and culminate with the publication of an original mini comic by KC.
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.

SPECIAL PRE-ORDER | 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.
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

Book talk & Character/World-building Workshop
Friday, December 3, 2022 | 3-5pm
With Jenny Benjamin, author of Corrupted: Book Two of the Terrian Trilogy

Milwaukee author Jenny Benjamin will be at Lion's Tooth for a book talk and leading a character and world building workshop for fantasy and science fiction (ages 13 and up). Free and open for the public, book talk starts at 3:30PM.

Book talk | Friday, December 9, 2022 | 5-7pm
Refrigerator Girl, by Jennifer DK with art by Katelyn Windels

Join us for an evening with Milwaukee author Jennifer DK to celebrate her graphic novel Refrigerator Girl, with art by Katelyn Windels. Free and open to the public, discussion starts at 5:30PM.

Saturday, December 10, 2022 | all day, 10-8PM
Fundraiser for The Bay View Historical Society

Shop at Lion's Tooth on Saturday December 10 and 10% of the sales will be donated to the Bay View Historical Society.

Book talk | Saturday, December 10, 2022 | 5-7pm
Paint-by-numbers, by Dmitry Samarov

Join us for an evening with Chicago-based author and artist Dmitry Samarov, in celebration of his latest book Paint-by-numbers. Free and open to the public, book talk starts at 5:30.

Friday, December 16, 2022 | 5-7PM
The Chrysanthemum Project Zine Launch Party!
With Xueyou Wang

Come celebrate the launch of The Chrysanthemum Project, Xueyou Wang's thesis zines for the Women's and Gender Studies department at UW-Milwaukee. Print and digital PDFs of the three zines will be available for purchase and perusal!

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