Cartoonist Brown to Speak at Ozarks on Feb. 12

Award-winning cartoonist, author and artist Jeffrey Brown will present a talk titled, "May The Comics Be With You," at University of the Ozarks on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.

The event is part of the University's 2025-26 Walton Arts & Ideas Series and will begin at 7 p.m. in the Rogers Conference Cemter. There is no cost for admission and the public is invited.

Brown is an Eisner award-winning cartoonist known for his best-selling Star Wars graphic novels, including the popular middle-grade series, Jedi Academy,  and the New York Times No. 1 best-seller Darth Vader and Son.

A lifelong comics fan, Brown was pursuing his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago when he abandoned painting to write and draw his first graphic memoir, Clumsy. Since then, he has created dozens of comics and graphic novels, directed an animated video for the band Death Cab For Cutie, co-wrote the screenplay of the film Save The Date, and exhibited his artwork at galleries in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.

Brown will discuss his creative process and everything that goes into writing, drawing, and publishing his books, followed by an audience Q&A session.

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