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THI BUI

at work on The Best We Could Do, a graphic novel from Abrams ComicArts

Well helloooo 2022. I was late to the Tumblr party, and it seems by the time I figured out how to transfer my stuff over from Blogger, everyone had migrated to Instagram and other platforms. But I keep this Tumblr as an archive, of my process and also of the person I was while I was making things. I’m sorry I don’t post here anymore or answer messages, but for anyone looking, I have a newly refreshed website with links that hopefully answer any questions you may have. Thanks for reading, and for your support, from the bottom of my heart.

www.thibui.com

thibui thebestwecoulddo website

Fall Book Talks

Hi everyone, here are my public appearances for September and October! And then I’m going back into submarine mode for a bit.

Decatur Book Festival, Georgia, Saturday 9/2 - 11am panel: The Human Impact of the Vietnam War, with Paisley Rekdal, Thi Bui, and Bee Nguyen

Coffee and Conversation with Thi Bui, Sunday 9/3, 10:30am, AKQA Atlanta, GA (signing The Best We Could Do)

Marin Comics Fest, Wednesday 9/13, 6:00pm at San Rafael Library

In Conversation with Lauren Markham, author of The FARAWAY BROTHERS, launching that evening at Books Inc, Berkeley! Thursday 9/14, 7pm

Brooklyn Book Festival, NY
Friday 9/15, 7pm at Powerhouse Arena - Mama Takes the Mic: Magic and Madness from Storytellers at MUTHA & HIP MAMA MAGAZINE, with Ariel Gore, Aya de Leon, Elisa Albert, Katherine Arnoldi, Thi Bui, and Samantha Barrow

Sunday 9/17, 12pm at Brooklyn Historical Auditorium - Mothers and Other Monster Myths, with Gabrielle Bell, Thi Bui, Julia Alekseyeva, and Ariel Gore

Monday 9/18, 4pm at Adelphi University, NY with Jonathan W. Gray

Wednesday 9/20, 7pm at Babson College, MA

Thursday 9/21, 7:30pm at Massachusetts College of Art

Sunday 9/24, 2pm at Eastwind Books, Berkeley, CA (signing The Best We Could Do and A Different Pond)

Saturday 9/30, 4:40pm at UC Berkeley Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference

Friday 10/6, 10am on KQED Forum with Mina Kim

Wednesday 10/11 7pm, Litquake reading in Oakland with Tomas Moniz, Innosanto Nagara, Miriam Stahl and Robert Liu-Trujillo

Saturday 10/14, 12:30pm at Life is Living Festival, Oakland, CA with Laurin Mayeno, Melissa Reyes, Grace Carroll, Robert Liu-Trujillo and more. (I’ll be reading from and signing A Different Pond.)

Saturday 10/14 5pm, Litquake reading in San Francisco with Viet diasporic collective, She Who Has No Master(s): Angie Chau, Aimee Phan, Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, and Julie Thi Underhill

Saturday 10/28 evening, Ubud Writers and Readers Festival: Read to Me (live reading with cartoonists from the Comic Art Workshop), Indonesia

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At Comics Camp, so happy I found time outside of schlepping coolers and making giant pots of ratatouille to go on two hikes and do my first two light studies on the new iPad. I’m still getting used to the brushes, but it was so nice to try to chase the moving light. We painted independently, then came back to give each other feedback, then painted some more. It was heaven.