Graphic novelist and Adventure Time storyboard artist Jesse Moynihan will be signing copies of his new comic Forming II tonight at Floating World. Forming II is a sequel to Forming, both published by London’s Nobrow Press. The series concerns: Epic confrontations between gods and mutants, philosophical reflections, hilarious dialogue and powerful artwork make for an […]
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Bottoms Up
The William T. Vollmann Drinking Game&
The Mercury presents… the William T. Vollmann drinking game!
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Woman Rebel
Peter Bagge on Margaret Sanger
Peter Bagge illustrates the life of birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger.
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Murder in Nebraska
Poe Ballantine’s True-Crime Memoir
Poe Ballantine’s newest explores the effects of a death in a small town.
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If Not For Kidnap Reading Tonight
The If Not For Kidnap reading series is happening tonight at Land Gallery (3925 N Mississippi Ave.) Doors open at 7:30. It’s a free event with books for sale and donation accepted. Readers are: JANAKA STUCKY, Publisher of Black Ocean, and its literary journal Handsome. His the author of Your Name Is the Only Freedom […]
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20th Bad Blood Reading Tonight!
Bad Blood continues its excellent run with their twentieth reading tonight. It starts at 7:30 p.m. at ADX and features Kate Greenstreet, Amaranth Borsuk, and Rich Smith. ADX can be found at SE 11th St. just north of Stark. There will be beer from Gigantic Brewing and many handsome books for sale. Much more information […]
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What Is Going On With Syria? I Need More Info!
There has been lots of talk this week about the situation in Syria and how the international community should respond. Now that there’s almost certain proof of the use of chemical weapons, something Obama called a “red line” in a speech a year ago, some sort of violent intervention seems inevitable. In today’s New York […]
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Breaking Bad Chitty Chat Club
AMC Hrrm. Hi there. This is Jacob filling in for Steve, whose whereabouts are currently unknown. But don’t worry about all that. Let’s talk about last night’s awesome episode, “Confessions!” 1. THE COLD OPEN. Todd, or “Meth” Damon as some refer to him, misses daddy Walt! On his way back from last week’s massacre, he […]
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High Standards
Big Big Wednesday‘s Quality Debut
A new literary journal sets standards high with its debut issue.
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Recapsville: Mad Men Ends For Now
Shoulda cast this guy as Gatsby. A difficult season of Mad Men ends with an episode that throws the characters into turmoil and the future of the show into the unknown. Along the way it dabbled in morbidity, sentiment, and found some savage humor in the proceedings. In other words, it perfectly encapsulated everything we’ve […]
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Tao Lin Reading Tonight
Tao Lin is visiting Powell’s tonight to promote his new novel Taipei which I reviewed this week. (Full disclosure, I work for Powell’s, though this review was a freelance assignment and not part of some clandestine marketing job which in my imagination pays really great but in actuality comes under a Craigslist description like: Do […]
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What About Bob? Your Mad Men Recap
AMC Can you feel the handsome? Ok Mad Men, I know this show is all about subverting expectations and everything, but what the hell? That episode was all anticlimax. Which is not to say it wasn’t enjoyable. More below. KENNY GETS SHOT; PETE TAKES ON BOB. Last week, chronic liar Matt Weiner claimed that, despite […]