The Non-Fiction Comics Festival Presents: Ben Passmore

Schedule

Fri Nov 14 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

89 Church St | Burlington, VT

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Phoenix Books is excited to join The Non-Fiction Comics Festival to host Ben Passmore, author and illustrator of Black Arms to Hold You Up!
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The Non-Fiction Comics Festival Presents: Ben Passmore 

Phoenix Books is excited to join The Non-Fiction Comics Festival to host Ben Passmore, author and illustrator of Black Arms to Hold You Up!

What is The Non-Fiction Comics Festival?

From science to politics, history to health care, cartooning has exploded as a legitimate medium for exploring non-fiction topics and the textures of lived experience.

With roots in the Vermont Folklife Center’s Non-Fiction Comics Mini-Fest (2017, 2018 & 2019) and their partnership with the University of Vermont, the Pulp Culture Comic Arts Festival and Symposium (2017 & 2018), NCFS celebrates the full scope of non-fiction cartooning with the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington, Vermont.

Ben Passmore is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell (Koyama Press), collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics), and contributes to publications such as The Nib and the New York Times. He lives in Philadelphia.

DATE: Friday, November 14, 2025 at 7PM

LOCATION: Phoenix Books, 89 Church Street, Burlington, VT

ADMISSION: This is a free event! Registration is required – RSVP at the link above!

BOOKS: Copies of Black Arms to Hold You Up will be available at the event for purchase.



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89 Church St, 89 Church Street, Burlington, United States

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