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in Bay View, Milwaukee

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2024 HOLIDAY HOURS
OPEN *EVERY DAY* IN DECEMBER
Mon-Wed 11-5 | Thu-Fri 11-6 | Sat 10-6 | Sun 10-5
PLUS THESE SPECIAL HOURS:
Dec 13 11-8 | Dec 17 and 18 11-6 | Dec 19 and 20 11-7 | Dec 21 10-7
Dec 22 10-6 | Dec  23 11-6 | Dec 24 10-5 | Dec 25 9-noon
CLOSED on Jan 1

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"Look up the term 'Milwaukee gem' in a dictionary and you’ll find an impeccably illustrated picture of Lion's Tooth."
Matt Wild, Milwaukee Record

2024/2025 Dandelion Comics Residency
Presented by Lion’s Tooth in partnership with BearBear and MILK Comic Fest
Mentorship by Quinn Blackshere and Hannah Hallman

Applications are now closed
Our 2024/2025 Artist-in-Residence will be announced on Monday December 10 2024

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.
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LION'S TOOTH RADIO SHOW
Love and Rockets Book Club Interview with Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez

Listen now to an exclusive Interview with Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, conducted by our Love and Rockets Book Club and presented in installments during Lion’s Tooth Radio Show on Riverwest Radio​.

​​​​Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 11am-2pm
Zine for Queer Professionals Issue 8 release party!​

 Come get your copy the new issue of this great Milwaukee zine featuring art & stories from queer professionals. Proceeds benefit Black & Pink Milwaukee. ​
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

LION'S TOOTH COMICS SCHOOL
Summer sessions for kids and teens (ages 10-17)

We are pleased host the first sessions of Lion's Tooth Comics School. For one week participating kids and teens (ages 10 to 17) work on a comic story from beginning to end, from writing, to thumbnails, to pencils and inking. The stories from each session are then collected in a zine launched during a special event for friends and family (and the public!) at Lion's Tooth.
Instruction is provided by Cris Siqueira with assistance from Shelly McClone-Carriere (both Lion's Tooth co-owners). Cris is a cartoonist and multimedia artist, and a 2023/24 Ruth Arts Mary Nohl Alumni Fellow.
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Summer sessions of Lion's Tooth Comics School are SOLD OUT, more workshops will be announced soon!
BUY CREATURE FEATURE, the very first zine to come out of Lion's Tooth Comics School!
Includes stories featuring critters of all types, written and drawn by our students during our inaugural session in July 2024. Work by Ali (age 15), Fiona (age 10), Lilly (age 9), Mili (age 12), Rafael (age 16) and Wren (age 11).
The Lion’s Tooth Comics Lab is a series of workshops and conversations with cartoonists taking place throughout the year in 2024. Guests are selected by Lion's Tooth and Milk Comic Fest, and presentations are followed by a hands-on comics-making session with soundtrack provided by local DJs. We also have special workshops geared exclusively at kids with music provided by Girls Rock DJs and 10% of all Lion's Tooth sales on those Sundays donated to Girls & Ladies Rock MKE. All free and open to the public.
Lion’s Tooth Comics Lab is supported by Joy Engine
Activating creative community spaces
2024 Community Challenge Grant

RECAP: ​Sunday, May 5, 2024 | 2-4:30pm
Lion's Tooth Comics Lab with Steph Mided
Kids workshop with Girls Rock DJs + 10% of sales donated to Girls & Ladies Rock MKE

For our first kids workshop in the Lion's Tooth Comics Lab series we invited cartoonist Steph Mided, author of Club Kick Out: Into the Ring, an action-packed middle grade graphic novel. We had a great drawing session with music provided by Mary Joy Hickey of Girls Rock and 10% of Lion's Tooth sales all day donated to Girls & Ladies Rock MKE.

RECAP: Sunday, April 14, 2024 | 2-4:30pm
Lion's Tooth Comics Lab with Johnny Sampson
At The Sugar Maple | 441 E Lincoln Avenue

On April 14 we welcomed cartoonist Johnny Sampson in the back room of The Sugar Maple for a special MAD Fold-In demonstration. DJ Brock Gourlie provided the tunes for the drawing session after the presentation. Some pictures of the event:

RECAP: Sunday, February 18, 2024 | 2-4:30pm
Lion's Tooth Comics Lab with Greg, Fake and Marc
Creators of the Santos Sisters comic ​

We hosted Greg, Fake and Marc, creators of the Santos Sisters comic, for a signing and a Q&A, followed by drawing session with music by guest DJs Wendy Norton & Ryan King. Check out some pictures of the fun:

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