Events

McNally Robinson Booksellers Best American Comics panel discussion in New York City.

For 27 years, David Greenberger has filled his zine, Duplex Planet, with the insights, anecdotes and information gleaned from conversations with the residents of nursing homes, meal sites and other elder-care facilities. In 1979, Greenberger landed a job as activities director at the Duplex Nursing Home in Boston, where he started publishing Duplex Planet. The stories, quips, the voices, the characters of senior citizens are elicited and shaped by Greenberger with questions such as "What was the worst job you ever had," or "How close can you get to a penguin?" Duplex Planet is also now available in a wider variety of formats in addition to the zine, such as booklength compilations, independent comic books and CDs.

Showing slides - Fly, Ariel Bordeaux & me Reading - Heidi MacDonald Signing - Megan Kelso, Allison Cole, Gabrielle Bell, Sara Edward-Corbett (and of course Fly, Ariel Bordeaux, and myself) Bluestockings Bookstore, New York City, 7pm, FREE! Bluestockings is located at 172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington :: 212.777.60

Quimby's Bookstore 1854 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622 tel. 773/342-0910 www.quimbys.com Join us for an evening of readings with: Patrick Somerville Anne Elizabeth Moore Pete Coco Jeb Gleason-Allured Kyle Beachy Patrick Somerville is a Green Bay native, New York-educated, Chicago-residing writer of fine short fiction. His new short story collection, Trouble, has received warm reviews from smart people. Anne Elizabeth Moore does a million things, including serving as associate publisher of Punk Planet Magazine and editing the Best American Comics series. Pete Coco's short fiction has appeared in numerous

The Book Cellar 4736 North Lincoln http://www.bookcellarinc.com 773/293.2665 Come on down to Lincoln Square to meet the very local editors behind two of the hottest comics anthologies going: Anne Elizabeth Moore (Best American Comics) and Ivan Brunetti (An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories)—both given As by Entertainment Weekly! Anne and Ivan will geek out over Cliff Sterrit, moon over the brilliant contributors who made it into both books, parse the influence of Lincoln Square on the current popularity of comics in the mainstream book market, and swear to the high heavens never to take on anything this major again . . . for at least another year. Join us with your questions about webcomix, pen nibs, book deals, or that one thing that happened to Aquaman that one time. Remember that? It was awesome!*

The fabulous Mat Daly: Bird Machiner, visual artist, and all-around talented man. Also: a painter. Come see for yourself at: The Green Lantern Gallery 1511 N Milwaukee Ave., second floor, Chicago IL 60622 773.235.0936 http://thegreenlantern.org gallery hours: open SAT and THURS 12-6pm or by appointment. *you can also visit mat daly's personal website : www.matdaly.com *