Second Saturday Cartoonists: Wahab Algarmi and Dean Stuart
Saturday, March 14, 2026
1:00–3:00 pm
Cost: Included with Museum admission. Free for Members!
Meet, watch, and talk to cartoonists Wahab Algarmi and Dean Stuart. Algarmi was a grant recipient for his comic work Town Force 1 and the Battle for East Oakland. His newest book, Almost Sunset, is listed on the School Library Journal’s best books of 2025. Stuart is an author and illustrator who has been published in Boom! comics, Darkhorse, and Penguin Random House. His most recent work is the newly published graphic novel Cassi and the House of Memories.
ABOUT WAHAB ALGARMI
Wahab Algarmi is a writer and comic artist in the San Francisco Bay Area. His comic work includes The Society of Unordinary Young Ladies, and he was a recent grant recipient from the city of Oakland’s Cultural Affairs Division, the Akonadi Foundation, and the East Bay Community Foundation for his comic work Town Force 1 and the Battle for East Oakland. For years, he also worked with another arts nonprofit, Kearny Street Workshop, to spotlight emerging Asian American artists. Find him on Instagram.
ABOUT DEAN STUART
Dean Stuart is an author and illustrator based in Oakland, California, who’s been published in Boom! comics, Darkhorse, and Penguin Random House. His most recent work is the newly published graphic novel Cassi and the House of Memories. Stuart is also a gallery artist and has shown his work in Portland, New York, San Francisco, and Oakland. Visit his website and find him on Instagram.
