Today! Zine Feast Vol. 1, 1-6pm @ Suny Purchase (only an hour from nyc!) I’ll be tabling as meself alongside friends. All items normally sold on the Spithouse webstore will be available, as well as several screenprints and lithographs. Special thanks to Olivia Fox & Co for setting this all up!
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 & SundayFeatured 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 MagazineFeatured 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, 10:30PMScreening: 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 VainDJ 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!
Baltimore friends, HAPPINESS COMIX will be here! Please visit :)
Happiness Comix reviewed on L Magazine by Whitney Kimball
Get da new issue - http://buy.booklyn.org/product/happiness-comix-issue-no-3-double-issue
do it
Title page by White Swallows
Our new interview with Leah Wishnia is now avaliable to read on Meanwhile…!
An in-depth interview with Happiness editor/publisher Leah Wishnia about the biz
Cover of #3 by Clay Schiff
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beachorbust: Yo Brooklyn! Need last minute gifts? Order from BUY.BOOKLYN.ORG + we’ll hand deliver orders over $20 in Brooklyn, tomorrow + sunday.
buy booklyn!
Photos via Happiness 3 contributor Morgan Blair!
*top: cover by Clay Schiff; bottom left: Morgan Blair, bottom right: Patrick Armstrong
made this collage for the happiness 3 mixtape inserts, which go with pre-orders, contributor copies and the first handful of new orders (free of charge since it ain’t my music!!)
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YAY FOR COMICS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Last night I had the honor of attending the Happiness/Chromazoid Release party at the Cake Shop! and damn was it a good time and tons of our friends stopped by to show their support!!
these bands played:
BLAFEGOR
BEACH ARABS
SPEWING CUM
WHAT NEXT?comics and friends ahhh nothing better.
So get yer dirty hands clean and pick up a copy of happiness 3 and chromazoid 2 - this is something you will not regret!
ps:yes all photos are blurry its not you its me
leah and lale thanking supporters
olivia fox and lale’s dad rockin’ out!
Lale with Alex Lake - contributor to Chromazoid
Alabaster
Leah with Krysta Bayer - contributor to Happiness 2
Clay Schiff cover artist for Happiness 3
Bill Kartalopoulos, Austin English (contributor to Chromazoid and head of Domino Books), Friend (sorry forgot your name : /) and Clara Bessijelle Johansson (the artists behind Face Man)
Lala and Zack Hazzard Vaupen
Kayla Carpitella, KJ Martinet : contributor to Happiness 3, and Tom Toye : contributor to Happiness 2
haha omg
Jessica at ComicsBeat was nice enough to plug Happiness 3 yesterday! Didn’t see the plug till now but yayy wooo wee. Only comment is that the artists listed as being in #3 are actually the #1 & #2 artists, but hey, just get 1, 2 AND 3 right?
Thanks to everyone who came out last night - friends, family, and strangers. Despite my having a horrible cold I had a great time and especially enjoyed speaking with new faces and fans of the comic mag. GREAT TO MEET YOU ALL! :D
Also extra thanks to all the bands that played, and especially thanks to Lale and Geoff for helping set up the show with me, big time! Y’ALL RULE HARD. Can’t wait to check out my copy of Chromazoid 2!
HAPPINESS 3 IS HERE!!!
200+ pages, 50+ Artists, all glorious goodness.
Official launch party this Saturday night at the Cakeshop in NYC (a double-release with CHROMAZOID 2). Be the first person aside from Cory (pictured below) to get your grubby hands on the antho of the newwwww yeaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrr
LALLALALALALLALA
Lale and I finished screenprinting our collaborative show poster today!
**HAPPINESS & CHROMAZOID DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH**
SATURDAY, JANUARY 5TH AT THE CAKESHOP
8PM - 12 AM, 21+, 4 BANDS, $5
Amazing Title Page (part 1 of 2) for Happiness #3 by White Swallows aka Morgan Spry-Young & Daniel Giantomaso
^^^
Official launch (with Chromazoid 2) January FIFTH, RSVP Here
IT’S ALMOST HERE!!
Happiness #3, double issue!
Front cover by Clay Schiff. 50+ artists, 200+ pgs, color & b&w.
Release date and launch show with Chromazoid 2, Saturday, Jan 5th at the Cakeshop. RSVP here! (Crazy flier in the works)
If you cannot make the release, you may pre-order the book here. All pre-orders will arrive soon after the launch.
