Meet Comics Artists Hannah Templer and The Kao!

Do you like to draw and write your own stories? Do you love comics and graphic novels? Do you read webcomics as well as print? Meet comics artists/writers Hannah Templer and Vince Kao, discuss their books, and learn about their webcomics and their road to publication, at our virtual program on Thursday, May 19, at 7pm. Click here to sign up!

Hannah Templer is the author of Cosmoknights, a teen series about a "ragtag band of space gays" fighting for liberation in a galactic society where men battle in gladiator matches to marry princesses. Hannah is a cartoonist, and has worked as a colorist, cover artist and interior artist on titles such as GLOW, Doctor Who, TMNT, Samurai Jack, Jem and the Holograms, Captain Marvel, and Tomb Raider. Find more about Hannah and read her webcomics. You can also find a print copy of volume one of Cosmoknights at the library. 

The Kao is Vincent Kao, a Taiwanese American illustrator and comic artist known for his slice-of-life web series, Mondo Mango, and the Prism Award-winning webcomic, Magical Boy!. In his teen series Magical Boy!, an average high school trans boy finds out he is descended from a long line of magical girls, tasked with defending humanity from an evil presence. But can Max be a magical boy instead? Find more about Vince here and read his webcomics. You can also find a print copy of volume one of Magical Boy! at the library.

This author program is made possible through a collaboration between Wilmette Public Library, Skokie Public Library, Mount Prospect Public Library, Wheaton Public Library, Gail Borden Public Library, and Forest Park Public Library.