IDW Art Day: Kazimir Lee (Low Orbit)

Kick off New York Comic Con with a day of art programming in collaboration IDW!

This event will take place in person at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) on the 7th Floor.

This is the registration page for the session with Kazimir Lee (Low Orbit).

An atmospheric and profound coming-of-age graphic novel about a Malaysian-American teen carving out her own identity in the uneasy space between friends and family.

Fifteen-year-old Azar feels stuck. Her mom's job forced them to move to Vermont, where Azar doesn't know anyone. Her only friends are the next-door neighbors: an aging sci-fi writer and his nonbinary teen Tristan, fellow misfits in the small-town community. For a while, Azar can escape her troubles by disappearing into the pages of her kindly neighbor’s epic novel The Exiles of Overworld. But when her queerness throws her life out of balance, Azar realizes some secrets can't be escaped forever. Somewhere in the abandoned malls, lakes, and comic conventions that fill her new life, Azar fights to find herself. What else will she discover?

About the Creator

Kazimir Lee is a Malaysian immigrant and Lambda award winner currently residing in Brooklyn, New York. They are a graduate of the Center For Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont. Their work has been published by Oh Joy Sex Toy, The Nib, Slate.com, Vox.com, Macmillan and Little, Brown. They enjoy video essays, horror and karaoke.

Borrow Low Orbit.

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ACCESSIBILITY NOTES

In-Person

• Assistive listening devices and/or hearing loops are available at the venue.


• You can request a free ASL (American Sign Language) interpretation or CART (Communication Access Real-Time Translation) captioning service by emailing your request at least two weeks in advance of the event: email accessibility@nypl.org or use this Gmail template.


• This venue is fully accessible to wheelchairs.

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The 7 Stories Up Series at SNFL is made possible by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF).