Alex Krokus + Adam Ellis: Talking to My Father’s Ghost
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Alex Krokus + Adam Ellis: Talking to My Father’s Ghost

Join us for an in-person event with cartoonist and animator Alex Krokus for the release of his new book Talking to My Father’s Ghost.

By The Strand Book Store

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Strand Book Store

828 Broadway New York, NY 10003

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    Join us for an in-person event with cartoonist and animator Alex Krokus for the release of his new book Talking to My Father’s Ghost. Joining Alex in conversation is New York Times bestselling author and illustrator Adam Ellis. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street.


    Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Talking to My Father’s Ghost here.


    ACCESSIBILITY:

    Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred.

    ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by July 22 to request.

    For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact events@strandbooks.com.

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    “Shortly after his funeral, my dad started haunting me . . . and it’s been a delight!” —Alex

    Inspired by real-life experience, Alex Krokus's graphic novel is a heartfelt and humorous story of losing a parent and getting to know him better after his passing.

    Set over the course of a single year, this book follows Alex and his father’s ghost as they stroll along winter beaches, camp in rattlesnake-infested deserts, and share countless diner meals together. Between fielding fatherly lectures on the importance of doing his taxes, how to properly shovel the driveway, and why he should always tip twenty percent, Alex tries to figure out what he needs to say to his dad.

    Is this a good time for him to come out as bisexual? Or maybe he should ask his dad why he loved drinking so much when it nearly destroyed his health? With help from his mom, his brother, a whole cast of extended family members, and, of course, the ghost himself, Alex tries to figure out how to say goodbye.

    In the tradition of Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, this graphic novel uses humor to examine family foibles and eccentricities as well as the experience of losing a parent. Relatable and heartfelt, it speaks to the universal experience of grief and how it ripples through a community.

    Alex Krokus is a cartoonist and animator based out of Brooklyn, New York. His work has been published by VICE, Buzzfeed, the New York Times, Comedy Central, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Food and Drug Administration. The latest volume of his webcomic series, Loud & Smart, was published by Silver Sprocket in a volume titled Loudest & Smartest.

    Adam Ellis is a comic artist and illustrator who lives in New York City. His books include the NYT Bestseller horror anthology Bad Dreams in the Night and the forthcoming Let Me In Your Window. When he's not drawing he's watching documentaries about cults and listening to podcasts about scam artists.

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    Strand Book Store was born in 1927 on Fourth Avenue on what was then called “Book Row,” an area that covered six city blocks and housed forty-eight bookstores. Our founder Benjamin Bass was all of twenty-five years old when he began his modest used bookstore and sought to create a place where books would be loved, and book lovers could congregate. Ninety years and a move over to Broadway, the Strand is still run by the Bass Family and is home to four floors of over 2.5 million used, new, and rare books, a wide array of bookish gifts, and fun literary events held almost every night of the week. From the dollar carts outside to the Rare Book Room on the third floor, and cheeky graffiti-ing throughout the store courtesy of Steve “EPSO” Powers, the iconic store now stands testament a place for book lovers to explore.

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