This weekend: Los Straitjackets, Stop n Swap, Oscar parties
FRIDAY enter to win free admission to a quickbooks workshop at greenpoint coworking 7pm: launch party for nick bertozzi’s new graphic novel about the cross-country adventures of lewis + clark. bergen...
View Article25 gifts under $25, No. 21: Archie meets Brooklyn
We've all been here. The final Scott Pilgrim volume was released last year, ripping a manga-shaped hole in the heart of many comic fans, especially those who love self-aware, irreverently twee...
View ArticleHow to succeed as an indie cartoonist (and other survival tips)
Leslie Stein with her book Eye of the Majestic Creature, published by Fantagraphic. Scrappy, independent artists have always been drawn to indie comics because of the their solitary nature — the...
View ArticleThe best day of the year, Free Comic Book Day, is Saturday
The crowds come out to Bergen Street Comics on Free Comic Book Day Comic books are great, it’s just a fact. The problem is, like most things in life, comic books cost money. Which is very frustrating....
View ArticleBe declared Down by Law and 11 other ideas for the weekend
Get to this movie on time, because Tom waits for no man 1. Go to a book release/dance party for Rivington Was Ours, a book about the ancient history that was the Lower East Side in 2006. Oh hey, it...
View ArticleIndies First finally making authors do real work, sell books at bookstores
Emma Straub could help you find your next favorite novel at WORD. Authors across the nation will be doing some heavy lifting on the retail front November 30th. As part of Indies First, writers will be...
View ArticleOur picks for the best of the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival
Books in the best borough! (via BBF Flickr) September bring crisp fall air, back to school, leaves on the ground, and the Brooklyn Book Festival! Marty Markowitz may be gone, and we might not get to...
View ArticleSet your mouth on fire at the Chile Pepper Fest, and 23 more ways to have a...
Be careful what you eat this weekend (#8). 1. Meet some radical compatriots at the open house for new social-justice community hub Mayday Space. (Friday, FREE) 2. Hobnob with Brooklyn litterati at...
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