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What we want to see Friday, Saturday and next Thursday too

Friday, Dec. 5 Brave New World of Lady Comic Book heroes! Miss Lasko-Gross, Cheese Steak of the Damned…Cheese Steak of Enlightenment Creators of Fishtown, Black Cherry Bombshells and Escape from Special will be signing their comics — perfect holiday gifts if you ask us — at Brave New World, a boutique comic shop on North 2nd St in Old City. Who’s who: KEVIN COLDEN (Fishtown) and MISS LASKO-GROSS (Escape From Special) along w/ JOHNNY ZITO and TONY TROV (Black Cherry Bombshells). Kevin Colden, panel from Fishtown, a comic book We haven’t read these comics but we fell in love with ... More » »

Ceci n’est pas un review

Michael Grothusen channeling Anish Kapoor and Quentin Morris. The show Paper Jam at My House Gallery includes not only us but some great surprises as well. Above is a piece by the wonderful Michael Grothusen, a piece with enough gravitas to hold the entire wall. Jonathan Berger also has a piece in this show. My own Eoin Burke. I got to take home a piece by Eoin Burke. I’m always a sucker for giveaways, this one available from a small carton pinned to the wall. Burke was one of the contributors to the collaboration between Peter Rose and Mark Campbell ... More » »

ALERT! THE MEDIA! It’s Bonnie Brenda Scott at Nexus

Installation detail from ALERT! THE MEDIA!, by Bonnie Brenda Scott You want video. There’s video.You want drawing. There’s drawing.You want concept. It’s there too. Army of the TV-headed army It’s Bonnie Brenda Scott’s installation ALERT! THE MEDIA! at Nexus. She’s one of three in the current new member show, and she practically takes over the gallery with her energy, her vision and her bold pop colors and wheat-paste/grafitti aesthetic. Eyes ‘r’ us She’s got video projected onto cloth, and videos on monitors. All the videos have eyes. One, 20, 100, I don’t know how many, static, moving, turning into whirlpools ... More » »