Author Talks: 67th Street Library Comic Book Festival: Author Talk with Eric Lide

This event will be held in person at 67th Street Library . ABOUT THE BOOK DragonForged introduces us to Orin, who one day learns that he is the next hero, foretold to defeat the Fiendlord! On his quest, he will meet people and fiends who will help him along, some of which are quite surprising! DragonForged landed on NYPL's Best Books for Kids list in 2025. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Eric Lide is a New Jersey-based cartoonist who writes and draws the DRAGONFORGED graphic novel series and OZZIE THE VAMPIRE webcomic series. He has also drawn the artwork for Top Shelf's MINNIE POUCHES IN THE MICROREALM, covers for IDW Publishing’s SONIC THE HEDGEHOG series, and has contributed comics to The New Yorker. Please join us for a presentation about this book, a drawing demonstration, and a Q&A with the author. No registration required. GET THE BOOK Get DragonForged if you have a NYPL library card or apply for one now . You can use this number to borrow books for free with our e-reader app SimplyE , available for iOS and Android devices. Assistive Listening and ASL ASL interpretation and real-time captioning (CART) are available upon request. Please submit your request via this form or contact the hosting library at least two weeks in advance.