All You Need Is Love: A Love-Themed Comic Reading!

I'm very excited to announce a special event!  It's called "All You Need Is Love - Real And True Love Stories In Comic Form!"  Get inspired for Valentine's Day with this heart-warming comic reading event!  Over the years, I've drawn many Custom Comics, which are real and true love stories for actual couples.  The comics tell everything from how they met, to the proposals, and more!  

It's not just an event for couples!  I'm single, and am fascinated by the random variety of circumstances under which couples have met.  At the event, I'll be reading comics featuring people meeting at a tennis match to jury duty.  You may even be inspired to ask out that special person you've had your eye on, or to pop the big question in a creative way! 

Comics will be projected and read aloud in the beautiful, classy, and mysterious Lovecraft Bar lower lounge. 

FREE event plus 1 drink OR food purchase. 21+ 
Lovecraft has a great menu here: http://www.lovecraftnyc.com/

FREE chocolates while supplies last - get there early ;)

It's this Thursday, February 4th, at the same exact place I was for the comic event last week - Lovecraft Bar!  50 Ave B.  Starts at 8pm and should go until 9pm.  I'd love to see you there!

Here's the facebook event too!

And by the way, last week's comic show at Lovecraft was pretty fun!  A pretty laid back show, so I got to talk to lots of nice people and enjoy some of the music sets!

So my overhead light went out, and the ceiling in my apartment is too high for me to reach, even standing on a high table that we have.  So I asked the super if I could borrow a ladder.  He's the nicest super I've ever had, and he said he'd bring the ladder and change the bulb himself over the weekend.  So I call him and he brings the ladder, unscrews the light fixture, and to our surprise it wasn't a normal light bulb.  No, it was some weird-ass double circle halogen fluorescent bulb that you couldn't even replace with regular light bulbs!  (sigh) So now I have to go to the hardware store, get a replacement weirdo bulb, call the super again, and have him replace it.  It reminds me of the age old joke of "How many people does it take to screw in a light bulb?"  In this case, the answer is at least 2, not including the person I'll have to talk to at the hardware store to figure out what exact weirdo bulb will be right, because if I get the exact one it'll be like $20, but the super said I can get a similar one for $4.  How the hell did this get so complicated?

Mark Your Calendars: Oct 7th!

Here's a secret:  ANYONE can propose panel topics for NYCC, and the same goes for Super Week events!  Super Week is a week of comic-themed events going on around NYC the week before New York Comic Con.  Ever since it was born last year, I wanted to be a part of Super Week! 

On Wednesday October 7th at 9pm, I'll be at Gotham City Lounge with my room mate Molly and friend Daniel (they're "& Friends") reading "Apartment Hunt."  Comic pages will be projected in an awesome comics-themed bar with cheap hero-themed drinks.  Q&A will follow the reading, including any questions about apartment hunting tips!  Feel free to share your own crazy hunting experiences too.  Readings of other comic zines will follow, including "The Misfortune Cookie" and "The Lucky Penny."

Gotham City Lounge is an amazing comics-themed bar in Bushwick.  Life-sized sculptures of Super Man and Batman greet you, busting out of the wall near the entrance.  Comics and movie paraphernalia plaster the ceilings and walls, with lots of Star Wars figurines, Iron Man stuff, etc.  Cheap booze, an arcade game, and a pool table add to the dive bar's fun atmosphere.

I came across Gotham City Lounge years ago before I even lived in NYC on a trip.  It was the coolest thing ever!  After I moved to Brooklyn, I didn't venture to that area of Bushwick much and kind of forgot about it somehow.  But it's pretty near my new 'hood and it was one of the first things I thought of for fun places to go.  Ray, the owner, is super chill and very open to new things like the comic reading I proposed.  They often project animations on the pull-down screen, but so far they haven't had a comic reading event... UNTIL NOW!

Gotham City Lounge is at 1293 Myrtle Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11221.  It's literally RIGHT UNDER the Central Ave M stop.  Come hang out there any time!  More comic fans should know about this awesome place.

At 6am while trying to make a subway transfer to catch the megabus for Boston, I realized I'd be late if I didn't take a cab.  I kept trying to flag cabbies down, and they drove away with empty cars, not even noticing me.  Until I had to step out right in front of one.  But OH when it's midnight and I'm lugging a suitcase coming home with plenty of time, of course they honk to try to get me to ride.  So many times have I lugged a suitcase, not needing a cab, and they honk at me.  But THE VERY SECOND I need one, they all ignore me.