Non Fiction Comics Festival 2025

Nov 20

THANK YOU to Jim Hamilton of Green Harbor Publications for tabling at the Non-Fiction Comics Festival in Burlington Vermont. The festival took place at the Fletcher Free Library, which is amazing, because we love libraries.

The fourth annual Non-Fiction Comics Festival featured panel discussions, workshops, and exhibiting cartoonists creating non-fiction and autobiographical work.

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.

Jim said: “The Fest was busy throughout the day. It was a great experience for me. I met a bunch of artists and enjoyed swapping my Falling questions booklet for other artists’ work. I sold a bunch of my books and gave away 40+ skydiver toys to kids.”

He also noted: “The organizers and volunteers were really nice and kept me hydrated with water and fed with pizza slices.”