FLOG! Entries for Larry Reid - September 2010

Georgetown Art Attack Treats Visitors to Thrilling Art on Saturday, October 9

LarryR

The Georgetown Art Attack returns to its old haunt on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM with the diverse array of challenging visual and performing arts that have come to characterize this unique cultural outing since its inception in 2007. Please join us to celebrate the creativity of this singular Seattle arts community.

Among the highlights of the October 9 Art Attack: "Developing a Translation of Relation," prints and drawings by Jameson Hubbard at the Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center; the haunted Georgetown Trailer Park will be granting treats to visitors in costume and Comet Lodge Mercantile is featuring new work by artist Eric Edwards in the Rocket Trailer; the Nautilus studio will present a special installation in the Steam Room by Steve Roumas; a rare open studio at Matt Stiger's colorful neon facility at nearby 6321 Corgiat St.; a solo show of Kat Houseman 's oil paintings at Calamity Jane's; "Bent" drawings by Dave Cooper with "Prison Pit" prints by Johnny Ryan at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery; open studios including watercolors by Mark La Falce and works by Mark Tedin, Kyle Abernethy, Julie Baroh and Michael Hoppe at Krab Jab Studio in the historic Rainier Cold Storage complex; and much more.

The Georgetown Art Attack, held on the second Saturday each month, is a promotion of the Georgetown Merchants' Association. For more information contact Art Attack coordinator Larry Reid at numbers above. For map of participants visit www.georgetownartattack.com.

Charles Burns' Generation X'ed

LarryR

I recently had the pleasure of reading an advance copy of Charles Burns' amazing masterpiece X'ED OUT. As a fledgling art dealer 30 years ago, I mounted an exhibition of Burns' large-scale graphite drawings at my neo-Dada Rosco Louie gallery in Seattle. His imaginative portraits were strangely grotesque, yet sensuous and alluring. Burns' appeal has grown steadily from that point on, and he is rightfully considered a contemporary master of the comix medium.

I can hardly wait for his slide talk, art exhibition and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, October 30. His eerie iconography is perfect for the Halloween eve occasion. No costumes required! Simply come enjoy a beverage with one of the world's most revered alternative cartoonists.

See you all then. Spread the word.

Crossover cartoonist Dave Cooper appears with Johnny Ryan at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sat. Oct. 9

LarryR

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present recent works by narrative artist Dave Cooper, with special guest Johnny Ryan on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Both artists are celebrating the publication of new books with an art exhibition, reception and book signing.

Canadian artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind's eye. The artist is touring the West Coast behind BENT, his latest monograph from Fantagraphics Books, which will debut at the event. The book gathers diverse imagery that is at once disturbing and alluring. Cooper has developed a passionate following with recent solo shows at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Los Angeles and Jonathan Levine Gallery in New York in June. The exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore will feature 10 original drawings. Cooper will sign copies of BENT as well as previous Fantagraphics publications, including his famously misanthropic comic serial WEASEL and his recent story in the anthology MOME VOLUME 18.

The evening of October 9 also marks the triumphant return of subversive cartoonist Johnny Ryan to sign copies of the second volume of his amazing PRISON PIT series. This cacophonous tale of intergalactic bedlam continues the prolific artist's examination of social pandemonium originated in his popular ANGRY YOUTH COMIX (collected in 3 volumes from Fantagraphics Books.) Ryan will display a new series of colorful silkscreen prints and sign books during the reception.

Please join us to welcome these extraordinary artists to Seattle. This event coincides with the lively Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack featuring visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. Fantagraphics Bookstore is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) just minutes from downtown Seattle. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM, Sundays until 5:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110.

Listing Information

DAVE COOPER: BENT
JOHNNY RYAN: PRISON PIT

Saturday, October 9, 6:00 to 9:00 PM
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
1201 S. Vale Street, Seattle, WA 206.658.0110
Open Daily 11:30 - 8:00 PM, Sunday until 5:00 PM

Fabulous Fall Events at Fantagraphics Bookstore

LarryR

Make plans to visit Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle this fall to catch up with the country's most challenging cartoonists, artists and writers. The coming weeks feature the some of the finest in the field.

This Saturday, September 11 finds Carol Tyler at the space for an art opening and book signing. On Saturday, October 9 we welcome the incomparable Dave Cooper for an exhibition of original art and book signing, joined by special guest Johnny Ryan. Saturday, October 30 features the triumphant return of Seattle native Charles Burns for a spooky Halloween reception celebrating his new book X'ed Out. Punk rock prevails on Saturday, November 13 as Zack Carlson signs copies of Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film. And mark your calendars for Saturday, December 11 for Fantagraphics Bookstore's festive fourth anniversary gala — always one of the best bashes of the holiday season.

Don't miss any of these exciting appearances at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, located at 1201 S. Vale Street in the heart of Seattle's historic Georgetown industrial arts district. Open daily 11:30 to 8:00 PM. Phone 206.658.0110. See you all soon.

YOU�LL NEVER KNOW Carol Tyler (unless you come to Fantagraphics Bookstore this Saturday, Sept. 11)

LarryR

Illustrious cartoonist Carol Tyler will appear this Saturday, September 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery to celebrate the publication of YOU'LL NEVER KNOW Book 2 with an art exhibition and book signing.

Tyler was among the early female practitioners of underground comix, creating remarkably revealing autobiographical narratives in a singular visual style. Her ongoing trilogy YOU’LL NEVER KNOW continues this tradition and has received broad critical acclaim. Of the first installment in the series, the New York Times commented, “It’s impossible not to compare You’ll Never Know with Art Spiegelman’s Maus.” Reviewing the latest volume, which debuts at Saturday’s event, Eric Scigliano of Seattle Metropolitan suggests, “Two famous precedents, Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis, seem almost one-dimensional by comparison.”

Join us on Saturday evening at the bookstore to meet this extraordinary artist. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street (at Airport Way S.) only minutes from downtown Seattle. Phone 206.658.0110. This event coincides with the lively Georgetown Art Attack featuring visual and performing arts events throughout the historic industrial arts corridor. (Saturday’s Art Attack includes our own Martin Bland with the Tom Price Desert Classic playing for the 7th annual “Beer Bust” breast cancer fundraiser at neighboring Smarty Pants, benefiting Gilda’s House Seattle.)

Georgetown Art Attack is Back on Saturday, September 11

LarryR

The often provocative, always entertaining Georgetown Art Attack returns on Saturday, September 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. This celebration of Georgetown's creative arts corridor includes colorful business enterprises as well as private art studios that open to the public during this monthly event.

Among the many attractions: The 7th annual "Beer Bust" breast cancer fundraiser at Smarty Pants, featuring entertainment by the Spoils, the Tom Price Desert Classic, and a Georgetown neighborhood bartender Olympics, with all proceeds benefiting Gilda's Club Seattle; Equinox Studios, with the largest concentration of artists and artisans in the Georgetown area will be open with over 30 sculptors, painters, musicians, blacksmiths, and heavy metal craftsmen presenting their wares; panoramic landscape photographer Adria Pontious at Calamity Jane's; a Cinema Party at the Georgetown Trailer Park with art, film, treats, tunes & trailers; graffiti artist Kevin "Sensei 23" Sullivan at The Stables as well as an entry in a beer label competition at adjoining Full Throttle Bottles; the NAUTILUS Studio presents the strange, dark and beautiful assemblage art of Corey Urlacher; Cartoonist Carol Tyler's "You'll Never Know" exhibition and book launch party at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery; live music outside Georgetown Music Store; works by Mark Tedin, Kyle Abernethy, Julie Baroh and Michael Hoppe at Krab Jab Studio; and much more.

The Georgetown Second Saturday Art Attack is a promotion of the Georgetown Merchants Association (GMA.) For more information contact Larry Reid or GMA chair Sara Aruguete. For a Georgetown Art Attack site map see: www.georgetownartattack.com. Trailer Park Cinema information can be found at www.trailerparkcinema.com.

Counterculture Comix at Bumbershoot FREE on Friday!

LarryR

[Artwork by Jim Woodring — click for larger version and see below for more photos]

Comics connoisseurs can view "Counterculture Comix: A 30-Year Survey of Seattle Alternative Cartoonists" for free this Friday, September 3 from 11:00 [correction:] noon to 7:00 PM in the Olympic Room on the Northwest corner of the Seattle Center grounds near Key Arena.)

The exhibition features 3 generations of cartoonists from the city that gave birth and momentum to the alternative comix movement. More than 250 artworks and artifacts are on display, with a comix reading lounge, a continuous screening of David Moore's seminal Hooked on Comix documentary, and cartooning demonstrations by Friends of the Nib and Bureau of Drawers. All Bumbershoot visual art shows are free on Friday, and hizzoner the mayor will tour the exhibitions in the afternoon.

Bumbershoot, Seattle's annual Labor Day weekend arts festival, looks promising this year. In addition to the comix exhibition, there's the daily Flatstock poster show, a special preview of the anxiously-awaited Jesse Bernstein documentary I Am Secretly an Important Man on Saturday, a concert by Hole, featuring the lovely and talented Courtney Love on Sunday, and the equally lovely and talented Tony Millionaire on Monday. Hope to see you there.

[Artwork & artifacts by Lynda Barry]

[Artwork & artifacts by Peter Bagge]

[Jason T. Miles assembles the Profanity Hill installation]