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Nicole J. Georges is a writer, illustrator, podcaster & professor from Portland, OR.
Nicole has been publishing autobiographical comics about her queer vegan life for the past 25 years, evolving from teen zinester to graphic novelist.
Her Lambda Award-winning graphic memoir, Calling Dr. Laura, was called 鈥渆ngrossing, lovable, smart and ultimately poignant鈥� by Rachel Maddow, and 鈥渄isarming and haunting, hip and sweet, all at once鈥� by Alison Bechdel.
All么, dr Laura? was an Official Selection at the Angoul锚me International Comics Festival.
She has adapted Calling Dr. Laura into an Edward R. Murrow-award-winning podcast series, called Relative Fiction, with Oregon Public Broadcasting.
Nicole鈥檚 latest book, Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home, is the recipient of 2 Oregon Book Awards, and a Lambda nomination for best Graphic Novel. It received starred reviews from Publisher鈥檚 Weekly and the Library Journal, and was voted a 2018 鈥淕reat Graphic Novel for Teens鈥� by The American Library Association. It is currently in development for television with Sid Gentle Productions.

This event is part of the , organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum.

Our series was made possible thanks to our sponsors: SSHRC, the Institute for Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies (IGSF), the DIGS Lab, Milieux, Initiative for Indigenous Futures, MILA, Dean of Arts Grant, ReQEF, and more (see our website!)

There is no fee required to attend this event. We will provide professional captions in english. This event will NOT be recorded and NOT bemade available on our website after the event. However, .