BTW

Mosaic Magazine, an undergraduate art and literature publication at OSU, recently put its 2008 issue online. That issue reproduced two of my flyers, "No Christians" and "For Brian Shaffer: Capitalism Will Disappear  Too." Mosaic changed the title of the Brian Shaffer flyer by cutting, you guessed it, "Capitalism Will Disappear Too." Brian Shaffer, for those that do not live in the pocket, is the OSU student who walked into Ugly Tuna and never walked out. The flyer dedicated to him is an image of my kit-kat Dori laser beaming a stand-in for The South Campus Gateway.

Microcosm Publishing used an excerpt from my essay on Ben Snakepit's Snakepit in their promotional blurb/product description for his book.

Melville House Publishing's Dennis Johnson (not Denis Johnson) wrote a short note about my blog entry where I described my surreal experience of reading a book, Tao Lin's Shoplifting From American Apparel, and discovering that I was INSIDE the book.

Chicago Zine Fest & Comic Symposium of Chicago

My friends in Chicago are throwing two, count 'em, two, big time events celebrating print culture - The Comic Symposium of Chicago and The Chicago Zine Fest. The two events overlap as the symposium is on March 11th and 12th and the zine fest is on March 12th and 13th. The Comic Symposium of Chicago was organized by Sara Drake and Ingrid Olson and is happening at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Speakers include Sarah Becan, Jeffrey Brown, Christa Donner, Surabhi Ghosh, Beth Hetland, Nicole Hollander, Paul Hornschemeier, Joey Jacks, Lucy Knisley, Ian McDuffie, Bernie McGovern, Anne Elizabeth Moore, Anders Nilsen, Laura Park, John Porcellino, and Jeremy Tinder. The symposium is organized into four topic discussions - Professionalization, Identity, Comics & Art, and Independent Distribution and Publishing in Chicago. It happens from 4:30 to 7:00 on both days.