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doublepunch:

FOUR SQUARE group show coming this fall!

Taking advantage of the gallery’s location in North Beach (which draws a lot of tourists and a lot of children), FOUR SQUARE will expose new audiences to the incredible variety and quality in independent comics.  30 local and international artists have been asked to produce a single, 8x8inch, 4-panel comic.  The subject and medium is open.  By limiting the format and hanging the work, each artist’s unique approach will be emphasized equally.  A catalogue of the show will be printed by LA-based, Never Press.

Work by-

Aaron Shunga / Aidan Koch / Alabaster / Anna Deflorian / Dane Martin / Gabe Gonzales / Hicham Amrani / James Chong / Jesse Balmer / Jesse Fillingham / John Malta / Jon Vermilyea / Jonny Negron / Karissa Sakumoto / KJ Martinet / Lale Westvind / Laura Perez-Harris / Leah Wishnia / Lizz Hickey / Malachi Ward / Matt Furie / Michael Olivo / Niv Bavarsky / Patrick Kyle / Roman Muradov / Sam Hayes / Sophia Foster-Dimino / Tim Beckhardt / Tom Hunter / Tom Toye / Zejian Shen

Curated by Alison Dubois

(via leahwishnia)

beachorbust:

Last copy of Jeans, last copy of Happiness 2.

^^word up. Cover of Jeans and Middle comic is by meself, cover of Happiness #2 is by Andrew Bell.

collectivestench:

TCAF gang - Laura, Leah, Tom, KJ, Tim

Got my copy of The Tortured Page Exhibition Catalogue, curated by Mr. Freibert

Top: Cover by Mr. Freibert

Middle: Pages by Lale Westvind and Dunja Jankovic (My two favorite comics in the exhibit!)

Bottom: My submission

*Each catalogue comes with a nail from the exhibit, I recommend getting one :-)

wweeiirrdd:

(reblog contest, 1 free copy of The Tortured Page will be sent to 1 randomly chosen re-blogger of this post, i will only ship within the continental usa for free, reblog by May 16th 2013 to be eligible for a free copy)

The Tortured Page exhibition catalog, 60 pages black and white, Edition of 100. Comes in black plastic bag with one nail from the exhibition.

Features exclusive one page comics by:

Chris Adams, Lala Albert, Heather Benjamin, Clara Bessijelle, Brian Blomerth, Zoe Burke, Andy Burkholder, Jon Chandler, Brian Chippendale, Michael Comeau, Anya Davidson, Chris Day, Michael Deforge, A. Degen, Anna Ehrlemark, Austin English, Eamon Espey, Kodi Fabricant, CF, Chuck Forsman, Mr. Freibert, Ash H.G., Billy Grant, Julia Gfrörer, Katbus, Joe Kessler, Patrick Kyle, Dunja Jankovic, Lando, Benjamin Marra, Jesse McManus, Anthony Meloro, Jason T. Miles, Max Morris, Max Mose, Molly O’Connell, Leon Sadler, Stefan Sadler, Sister Arrow, Conor Stechschulte, Ben Stiegler, Panayiotis Terzis, Matthew Thurber, Tom Toye, Zach Hazard Vaupen, Leslie Weibeler, Lauren Weinstein, Lale Westvind, Leah Wishnia

WORD UP

smolderblunder:

collectivestench:

Leah Wishnia, Heather Benjamin, Zejian Shen and Sophia Foster-Dimino representing Collective Stench for TOUGH LOVE group show at Double Punch in SF this Friday at 7.

The show also includes work by Alabaster, Bunnie Reiss, Chelsea Brown, Hannah K Lee, JooHee Yoon, Katie Patch, Lisa Hanawalt, Morgan Blair, Rachel Kantor, Sam Ballardini, Shannon May and Wesley Allsbrook.

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Above: Comics Now available at Heaven St Records, Bushwick!

Middle: A plant

Below: Items acquired at Heaven St, payment made mostly in the form of comic books. (I love it when I get to do that.)

ala-bas-ter:

suffervacation:

kingtrash:

rebusbooks:

1990-present:

HI FRIENDS WE GOT EVENTS LISTED «««<( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

P.S.
This is the ~new poster~ w/updated exhibitors, “facts” and Afterfeast lineup.

Rebus Books will be exhibiting at this exciting new event at SUNY Purchase, organized by Olivia Fox. Groundbreaking Belgian artist Eric Lambé will be with us, signing copies of his amazing new wordless book “Le Fils du Roi,” published by Frémok. 

i won’t be at this but friends will

i’ll be selling stuff at this event next weekend.  stop by!

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I’ll be here too!  @NYC friends, want 2 coordinate and take the train up together? 

**Now available on the Spithouse webstore!** 

The long-awaited Inflated Head Zone, a Necrotic Meat Planet story & comic written and drawn by Zach Hazard Vaupen, published by Spithouse.

8x5”, 40 Pgs, special foil-stamped cover with B&W digitally printed interiors.

*First 20 orders from this store will receive a limited edition copy that comes with a full-color dust cover!

***See more of Mr. Zach Hazard Vaupen’s work at http://suffervacation.storenvy.com (also on tumblr!)

The Inflated Head Zone will also be available at upcoming zine & comic events Zine Feast, TCAF, & CAKE, and soon at a fine comic book retailer near year you, anywhere Happiness Comix and other Spithouse products may be sold. 

Fresh from the printer!

The Inflated Head Zone by Zach Hazard Vaupen, published by me.

40 pgs, b&w, with a foil stamped cover. Debuting this Sunday at the Brooklyn Zine Fest (at Lale Westvind’s table), you will also be able to purchase a copy on my webstore as of Monday and in select comic shops soon after.

alisondubois:

doublepunchgallery:

TOUGH LOVE mailer, image by Morgan Blair

Got my first works in the mail today from Morgan, and they are perfect. I am so excited for this.

(if you started following the double punch tumblr, i had to delete it. so please follow this one instead!)

yay

(Source: doublepunch)

kingtrash:

torontocomics:

TCAF Presents: Wowwee Zonk Small Press Room 2013

Local artists and TCAF collaborators Ginette Lapalme, Patrick Kyle and Chris Kuzma have once again pulled together an exciting group of artists from across North America for The Wowee Zonk Small Press Room 2013. The Toronto Reference Library’s Browsery will be transformed and filled to the brim with comics, zines, prints and much, much more!

This year’s Wowee Zonk Small Press Room guestlist includes:

• Chris Kuzma
• Ginette Lapalme
• Patrick Kyle
• Adam Buttrick
• Eunice Luk
• Shannon Gerard
• Closed Caption Comics
• Collective Stench
• Alabaster
• Marc Bell
• Ines Estrada
• Lala Albert
• Ryan Dodgson
• Phil Woollam
• Keith Jones
• Michael Comeau
• Nate Doyle
• Andy Burkholder
• Lale Westvind
• Zach Worton
• Jim Mezei
• Adrian Forrow
• Kellen Hatanaka
• Jason Bradshaw
• Mark Laliberte
• Davis Weir
• Derek Ballard
• Alicia Nauta
• Peter Kalyniuk
• Paul Windle
• Rand Renfrow
• Selena Wong
• Seo Kim
• Sam Hiti
• Jess Worby
• Roman Muradov
• Sophia Foster-Dimino
• Morgan Criger
• Sab Meynert

Be sure not to miss this always fresh, always exciting space at TCAF!

cool, a bunch of my friends, all coming to TCAF

AND ENEMIES

I think the collective stench website is under construction so please visit the tumblr instead …. http://collectivestench.tumblr.com :)

sansansansan:

obsidiansoul:

400th post and whatta post!

Announcing TOUGH LOVE group show opening Friday, May 10, 7-late at Double Punch, SF

with work by:

• Alabaster
• Bunnie Reiss
• Chelsea Brown
• Hannah K Lee
• Heather Benjamin
• Katie Patch
• Leah Wishnia
• Lisa Hanawalt
• Morgan Blair
• Rachel Kantor
• Sam Ballardini
• Shannon May
• Sophia Foster-Dimino
• Wesley Allsbrook
• Zejian Shen

This is my first show at Double Punch and it’s gonna be GREAT thanks to these lovely ladies. HANG ON TO YOUR FOGHORNS, BAY AREA!

you guys look at this line up. LOOK-AT-THIS-SHIT. 

:)

(Source: alisondubois)

suffervacation:

Inflated Head Zone proofs! Probably won’t be printed for MoCCA but will definitely be at TCAF.

Proud to be publishing & distributing this FANTASTIC comic. It will likely debut at the Brooklyn Zine Fest on April 21st and afterwards will be available on my online store in addition to a variety of bookstores (anywhere HAPPINESS can be found).

Thank you Zach for being so cooperative with this whole ordeal, and for your patience in my first publishing attempt outside of my own personal zines & compilations.

lithoshop:

BALTIMORE!!!!! Git to this event and pick-up an original John Bohl  and Hermoney Only postcard! Also, so many other good folks and vendors are going to be there showing their work. Can’t wait to see youz.

Open Space is pleased to announce the Fourth Annual Publications and Multiples Fair on March 9 and 10, 2013. This annual event is a celebration and survey of artist publications, prints, and objects produced in multiple. This year’s fair promises a wide variety of publications and objects by over 50 independent publishers, galleries and artists from Baltimore and abroad. The fair is free and open to the public. 

MAIN EVENT:

D Center, 16 West North Avenue, Baltimore, MD, 21218
March 9 & 10, 12 PM – 6PM Saturday & Sunday

Featured Vendors:

Acres
Anya Davidson
Arts & Sciences Projects
Baltimore Print Studios
Booklyn 
Brian Blomerth
Caitlin Williams
Capricious
Chloe Maratta
Chris Day
Conor Stechschulte
Crankmania 
Current Space
Dale Beran
David Vu
Domino Books
Dylan Thadani
Eamon Espey
Emily Burtner
Family Family Tree
Friends Records
Fukt Magazine
Gary Kachadourian
Get Lost
Ginevra Shay
Guest Spot/The Reinstitute
Half Letter Press
Hannah Mandel
Happiness
ITDN
James Bouché
Jen Liu
Jessica Hans
Joe Sturm 
Jordan Sondler
Lale Westvind
Litho Shop
Matthew Thurber
Mia Peterson
Mike Taylor
Milano Chow
Molly O’Connell
Mothers News
Nate Grossman
Nikholis Planck
nowork
Open Space
Otto Splotch
Public Collectors
R.M. O’Brien
Rachel Younghans
Rebus Books
Red Emma’s
Revival House Press
Sans Comics
Schematic Q
Semigloss
Slow Youth
sophiajacob
Stephen Booth
Suzie Zak
Swill Children
Temporary Services
The Kingsboro Press
Too Temporary Collective
Travis Hallenbeck
Weird Magazine

Featured Programming:

Mothers News: A Brief History Of America’s Greatest Newspaper 
Jacob Berendes, editor of Mothers News (Providence, RI)

Collecting the Contemporary Publication
Tony White leads a panel discussion on collections of unique and special artist publications from a library/institutional perspective.
Tony White, Director, Decker Library, Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD)
Heather Slania, Director of the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
Jill Luedke, Art Subject Specialist, Temple University (Philadelphia PA)

Superman vs. Deconstructive Analysis: Who Would Win?
In this panel discussion, renowned Superman experts will address the problem of Superman head on, and also from the sides, in an encirclement maneuver he will not be expecting involving historical, scientific, literary, and philosophical analysis. Free to attend, but a great price will be paid by those who forget the words spoken on this day.
Ben O’Brien, Showbeast, Wham City Comedy Tour (Baltimore, MD) 
Dale Beran, creator of A Lesson Is Learned But The Damage Is Irreversible, The Nerds of Paradise (Baltimore, MD)
Paul Nestadt, MD, Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute (Baltimore, MD) 

Additional Lectures
Jason T. Miles, comics artist, editor and publisher (Seattle, WA)
Ginevra Shay, artist, curator, and photo archivist (Baltimore, MD)

Additional Readings
Matthew Thurber, renowned cartoonist (Brooklyn, NY)
Rupert Wondolowski, owner of Normal’s Books & Records (Baltimore, MD)

AFTER PARTY:

CELEBRATION / SCREENINGS / MUSIC / DANCING

Floristree, 405 West Franklin Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Saturday March 9, 10:30PM

Screening: Freak Flash curated by Molly Colleen O’Connell / 10:30 PM

Drain the fluids from your eyes, these are not hallucinations. Energy is physical. Visions are palpable. Freak Flash is a program of animated shorts, showcasing artists who stir the surreal into waking life. 

Featuring works by: 
Brenna Murphy
Daniel Leyva
James Mercer
Jodie Mack
Lale Westvind
Peter Larsson
Sabrina Rette
Sally Cruikshank
Wendy Vain

DJ Sets: DJ Richard Prince Paul, DJ Juwanna Man, and more TBA / 11:30 PM

Yah I’ll be there this weekend tabling with cory and lale (i think)! Come buy our zines and prints and thingamabobs!

(via johnbohl)