French cartoonist Soizick Jaffre will be signing copies of her graphic memoir A Good Sport at the Bureau, on Wednesday, July 10th at 7:00 PM. Jaffre will discuss her work and her experiences representing France in the 2018 Gay Games. She will also read excerpts from her latest work.

A Good Sport is a graphic memoir written and drawn by Soizick Jaffre, detailing her participation in the 2018 Gay Games, her lifelong love of athletics, and her own personal search for freedom. This memoir is visually rich with Jaffre’s colorful, expressive illustration style that runs the gamut from realistic portrayal to eye-popping surrealism. A Good Sport deftly balances both personal and world history to paint a picture of feminist triumph and queer self-determination.

To reserve a copy of A Good Sport (Stacked Deck Press, 2024), please write to contact@bgsqd.com with “please reserve a copy of A Good Sport for July 10” in the subject line.

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This event will take place in person at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division, on the second floor (room 210) of The LGBT Community Center, 208 W. 13th St., NYC, 10011.

Registration is not required. Seating is first come, first served.

Also live-streaming on the Bureau’s YouTube channel:

youtube.com/@bgsqd

Suggested donation to benefit the Bureau: $10.

All are welcome to attend, with or without a donation.

We will pass a bag for donations at the start of the event, but we can also take credit card donations at the register or on Venmo @BGSQD

Soizick Jaffre is an author and comics artist born in Angoulême, France in 1978. She has published fiction, poetry, comics, and autobiographical stories in various independent publications in North America and Europe, such as ALPHABET (Stacked Deck Press) and Drawing Power (Abrams Books). Her typical style combines strong colors and surrealistic details.