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EVENT: If you didn't get your comic fill at the MoCCa Fest this past weekend, there are still some lingering graphic novelists around to entertain. Tonight join Jessica Abel and Matt Madden, who just put out their graphic novel how-to book, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures. The two-some will give a presentation and hold a workshop for you to geek out at.

7 p.m. // McNally Robinson [52 Prince St] // Free

MUSIC: The Booklyn Artists' Alliance is throwing Booklyn Benefits: Lonely Bear No More, tonight at Europa. The four-band benefit will celebrate the release of Christine Shield's book Esmeralda Tree-cat and Lonely Bear. There will be raffles, voter registration...and of course, bands. "Sweet and savory swamp rockers Salt and Samovar headline and cacophonous joy ensues with Balthrop, Alabama, a 12-piece outfit paired with live drawing by Michael Arthur." Find the many, many more details here, and the flyer here.

7 p.m. // Club Europa [98 Meserole Ave, Brooklyn] // $12

READING: Andre Dubus III, the author of the Oprah's Book Club selection and National Book Award finalist House of Sand and Fog, will be appearing at B&N tonight. "His critically applauded follow-up, and first book in nine years, is the band new The Garden of Last Days," and he'll on hand for a discussion and to sign copies. Can't make it? In this video, filmed earlier this year, the author discusses his first attempts at writing, and the impact it has had on his life.

7 p.m. // Barnes & Noble [2289 Broadway] // Free

THEATER: If think the whole pirate thing is so over, it must be because you haven’t yet seen Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, the delirious pirate puppet rock musical currently marauding through Ars Nova. Backed up by a rollicking onstage band, the hilarious story concerns a hardcore party pirate and his unfulfilled dream of delivering his crew to the elusive Party Island, “where the rum flows down the valley twixt salt taffy mountains.” The lavish two act spectacle is pure escapist fun, pulled off with a savvy, black comedy panache. Read the full review and break out your best puffy shirt. – John Del Signore

8 p.m. // Ars Nova [511 West 54th Street] // Tickets cost $25.

Esmeralda Tree-Cat detail, Christine Shields.