Meet Ben Passmore

  • November 7, 2025

The author of Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance comes to Baltimore on Wed., Nov. 12th, at 6:30 p.m.!

Meet Ben Passmore

Join us as we welcome comic author Ben Passmore to CCB! We'll be talking about Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance in a riveting Q&A followed by a meet and greet with Ben himself, as well as an opportunity to get your books signed in person!

Passmore is the author of the ongoing comic book series Daygloayhole, as well as the Eisner Award-nominated and Ignatz Award-winning comic collection Your Black Friend. He also wrote and illustrated Sports Is Hell (Koyama Press), collaborated with Ezra Claytan Daniels on BTTM FDRS (Fantagraphics), and contributes to publications such as the Nib and the New York Times. He lives in Philadelphia.

Hosted by Charm City Books, 426 West Franklin St., Baltimore, MD. Learn more here.

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