Fantagraphics is sending one cartoonist/musician and one writer/musician on a musical signing tour up the West Coast. Zak Sally (the cartoonist behind Recidivist, Sammy the Mouse, and the La Mano books) and Nate Denver (of Nate Denver’s Neck, Total Shutdown, and the Wait, You’re Not a Centaur book/ cd) “are going to hop in a car together with a couple guitars and boxes of fresh books, then drive like hell up the West Coast, stopping only to play songs and sell books to those of you who live in L.A, San Francisco, Olypmia, Portland, and Seattle.”
Following Sally’s appearance at the San Deigo Comic Con (25-27 July) signing “fresh-off-the-boat-from-Singapore copies of Sammy the Mouse #2 at the Fantagraphics Books booth and La Mano books at the Sparkplug Comics‘ booth, Sally and Denver will hit the road. They’ll be appearing at:
Secret Headquarters, 3817 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA (Monday 28 July)
Needles and Pens, 3253 16th St, San Francisco, CA (Tuesday 29 July)
The Pony Club, 625 NW Everett St. #105, Portland, OR (Thursday 31 July)
Danger Room Comics, Columbia and Fourth, Olympia, WA (Friday 1 August)
The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 South Vale St (at Airport Way S.), Seattle, WA (Saturday 2 August)
Doors will open at each location at 6PM, followed by solo musical performances by Sally and Denver beginning around 7, and ending with the artists signing books and answering questions from fans until everyone is satisfied.
Zak Sally is an artist and musician hailing from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was in the band LOW for many years and though he isn’t anymore, he has recently completed his first “solo” record, playing all the instruments and singing songs like this. See this link for more musical information.
Nate Denver has put out bunches of great records (both solo and with numerous other groups). For more information, see natedenver.com.