Comix Reading at KGB Bar - New York - Easter Sunday - April 8
Graphic Novel night at KGB Bar is back, this Easter!
Easter Sunday, April 8, 2007 - Starting at 7:00pm
Reading from their new works are K. Thor Jensen (Red Eye, Black Eye), Miss Lasko-Gross (Escape From "Special"), Matthew Thurber (1-800-MICE). Also: Puppet videos from Heather Sehrt and Ben Ross. Hosted by Tom Hart.
Located at 85 E. 4th Street, New York, New York 10003
K. Thor Jensen
K. Thor Jensen is the author of "Red Eye, Black Eye," an autobiographical ramble across post-9-11 America by Greyhound bus that Publisher's Weekly called "one of the first important graphic novels of 2007." He has been published in dozens of books and magazines. He lives in New York City with his wife and their dog, cat, and unborn, currently gender-unspecified child.
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Miss Lasko-Gross
Miss Lasko-Gross will be reading from her new graphic novel, Escape from "Special", is a coming-of-age story of Melissa, who we first meet as a small child and depart from at the end of the book just before she enters high school.
Her work has been seen in such galleries and anthologies such as the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Alt.Youth.Media show, CBGB's gallery and Screw Magazine.
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Matthew Thurber
Matthew Thurber is a Brooklyn based artist and musician. His work has appeared in publications such as The Ganzfeld and Kramers Ergot. A new comic book,“1-800-MICE”, has just been published by PictureBox.
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Puppet videos from Heather Sehrt and Ben Ross.
Heather and Ben are cartooning majors at the School of Visual Arts who annoy people with puppets. They have their own internet TV show called The Heather and Ben Show that has been on the 'air' for over a year now. Both enjoy pizza and root beer and get their super powers from chocolate milk.
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Hosted by Tom Hart
Tom Hart is creator of Hutch Owen graphic novels and comic strips, critically acclaimed by The Comics Journal, Time.com, Publishers Weekly and the Library Journal. "Hutch Owen" is currently running in the daily newspaper, METRO.
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