Fri, Nov 13
|UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences
SANTA CRUZ - Free - Book Talk w/ Johnny Damn
Join us for a conversation with filmmaker and graphic novelist James Spooner about his latest graphic novel, moderated by cartoonist Johnny Damm.
Time & Location
Nov 13, 2026, 6:00 PM PST
UCSC Institute of the Arts and Sciences, 100 Panetta Ave, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA
About the event
FREE
6pm
all ages
Join us for a conversation with filmmaker and graphic novelist James Spooner about his latest graphic novel, moderated by cartoonist Johnny Damm. It Starts with Anger: A Punk Beginning. An AFROPUNK Ending tells the origin story of the multi-million-dollar AFROPUNK festival—beginning not with big stages or brand sponsorship, but with one mixed-race teenager’s search for belonging in the nineties New York City punk scene.
The conversation will be followed by a book signing by Spooner. Local author and punk historian John Malkin will also be signing his new book, Punk Spirit! – An Oral History of Punk Rock,Spirituality, and Liberation, and Johnny Damm will have his latest comic, I’m a Cop: Real Life Horror Comics No. 3 also available.