Hey MPLS/St PAUL! ZAK SALLY PARTY!

[Tooth]

BigBrain...Grumpy's...tonight!

Zak Sally, local publisher, musician, and tireless promoter of unheralded writers and cartoonists, is finally plugging his own work, the rambunctious fever dream Sammy the Mouse (Fantagraphics Books). Sammy follows the exploits of the titular mouse and his cohorts: Puppy Boy, the duck H.G. Feekes (who mixes the personality of W.C. Fields with the look of Captain Ahab), a skeletal boy called Him, and the Angel of Death, who's moonlighting in a liquor store. These creatures abuse themselves, bicker, and observe their world (itself a hybrid of Dr. Caligari and Dante's Purgatorio) with detached bemusement. Fantagraphics has added Sammy the Mouse to its Ignatz portfolio, the acclaimed series of international titles intended to broaden readers' horizons with the most mind-fucking stories imaginable. Celebrate its release at Big Brain Comics from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., and then stumble down the block to Grumpy's, where Sally will exhibit more of his myriad talents with TOGPTFFSOTWOTERATSYOA, or, Three Old Guys Play The First Five Songs Off The Wipers' Over The Edge Record And The Song Youth Of America. Free. 6 p.m.

[jayryan]

why couldn't this be tomorrow? then i could go!

[DWITT]

If I can pull myself together, and find some cash, I will go.

Bocce hit me hard last night.

[Tibs]

Big Brain is the greatest comic book shop ever.

[Tooth]

why couldn't this be tomorrow? then i could go!

You don't still believe in TIME do you Jay?

[jayryan]

not if i weigh enough.

[jayryan]

or if i pedal fast enough.

[DWITT]

stop typing and get riding!

[Unitus]

...but i was going to go to Toshi Station and pick up some power converters!

[jayryan]

[not actually biking to mpls]