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The leaves are changing colors and there’s a wonderful chill in the air. It’s Fall, y’all! And even though we’ve been out of school for years at this point, we still associate this time of year with back to school. Do you remember those notes your parents would pack in your school lunch – those sweet little letters that always left you so embarrassed? We think it’s time to bring those back. Because the sad desk lunch could really use an upgrade. Trust us on this one.

New York Comic Con is back again, and we are SO READY. We'll be at booth #2236 from 10/4-10/7 and we'd love to meet you! And, of course, we'll have swag.

You know the drill. To get the swag, swing by our booth and whisper the top secret password. (It's Quirk E. Godmother.) We're psyched to see you and talk about fandoms and books!

Here's the inside scoop on all things Quirk @ NYCC:

Who will be there:

Sam Maggs (Girl Squads, Wonder Women, The Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy)
Kim Smith (illustrator of the Pop Classics series)
Fred Van Lente (Ten Dead Comedians, The Con Artist) in Artist's Alley, B23

Author signings at Quirk's booth (#2236):

Thursday, 10/4:

• Sam Maggs, 3:00-4:00pm
• Kim Smith, 5:00-6:00pm

Friday, 10/5:

• Kim Smith, 4:30-5:30pm 

Panels and Signings:

Thursday, 10/4:

Sam Maggs:

Thursday, 12:15-1:15pm
Women in [Everything]: Intersectional Feminism Across Genres
Room 1A18

Thursday, 1:30-2:30pm
Women in [Everything] Signing
Author Autograph Area Table 1 

Kim Smith:

Thursday, 3:00-4:00pm
Storytime and sketching at the ALA Pop-Up Library
Booth #1A100

Friday, 10/5:

Sam Maggs:

Friday, 11:00 AM-12:00pm
Entertaining and Educational Works of Non-Fiction
Room 1A18

Friday, 12:15-1:15pm
Entertaining and Educational Works of Non-Fiction Signing
Author Autograph Area Table 1

Where to find Quirk authors outside of the con:

Sam Maggs:

Wednesday 10/3, 7:30pm
Girl Squads event at WORD Jersey City
123 Newark Ave
Jersey City, NJ 07302

Kim Smith:

Thursday 10/4, 11:00am
Leading Story Time at the Astoria Bookshop
31-29 31st St.
Astoria, NY 11106

Bojack Horseman returns to Netflix for a fifth season, and fans can’t wait to dive back into a world where animals wear clothes, walk upright, and have existential crises…just like the rest of us! Bojack Horseman is an animation that is also a gut punch of a series, managing to balance the absurd with the kind of moments that get us right in the feels as the washed-up Bojack tries to find a little happiness in Hollywoo. It’s also a surprisingly bookish show (especially for one so doused in sex, drugs, and despair), in no small part because it begins with Bojack attempting to write his memoirs. However, this is far from the only book that pops up in the series…or that we would like to see as part of season five!

A man’s home is his castle, and whether or not your neighbor is a barbarian at the gate is going to make a huge difference when it comes to how happy you are in that home! Neighbors, for better or for worse, can be involved in all aspects of our lives. The good ones are always there for a chat, a cup of sugar, a hand with lifting heavy things or taking care of pets and plants when you are away. The worst kind of neighbors, however, are the ones who keep you up all night with wild parties, who are nosy, noisy, and just plain annoying. Whether you are sharing a wall or just a fence between yards, neighbors matter. Whether you’ve got the kind of neighbor that is more like a friend next door, or the kind that makes you think about moving on a regular basis, celebrate neighbors with this list of our favorite pop culture people next door.

Unless you’ve been living under a super powered rock for the past ten years (yes, the first Iron Man premiered back in 2008), then you know cinematic universes are all the rage right now. Marvel’s short after-credits scene at the end of Iron Man changed the dynamics of the entire movie business. Now, with Stephen King kicking off his own mythology mash-up with Castle Rock, we started thinking about what cinematic universes we want to see next.