PENGUINS: Nick Thorburn Signing Party
Saturday 25 August
7 — 10P
Soap Plant Wacko: Purveyor of Post-Pop Culture
La Luz De Jesus Gallery
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Please join SOAP PLANT + WACKO, LA LUZ DE JESUS GALLERY & Fantagraphics Books Inc. as we celebrate the release of Nick Thorburn‘s first graphic novel PENGUINS with music, drink & a few of Thorburn’s original works.
Q+A with Nick Thorburn led by comedian + author Jon Daly (Masterminds, Kroll Show, Another Period) begins at 8p sharp.
Early-release copies of the book will be on sale at the signing event & available for order online to be signed & shipped. PENGUINS is set for public release in September.
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ABOUT THE BOOK ///
Told almost entirely without words, Penguins is one of the most playfully original graphic novels in recent memory. As author Nick Thorburn explains, “Penguins go through a lot of hell that could be avoided if they had the ability to fly. This cruel irony lends itself to humor, as well as sadness. Death and the desperate search for love and companionship seem so tethered to life as a penguin, as well as for humans, and so the goal was to bridge those two and make them funny.”
Relying on visual expression and the physical movement of his penguin characters, as well as the formal properties of sequential drawings (with penguins routinely moving within and without each page’s panel borders), Penguins is a series of interconnected short strips that, without words or human characters, does more to showcase the breadth of emotion we as humans experience than most prose novels.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR ///
Nick Thorburn (b. 1981) is a Canadian musician, cartoonist, and actor best known for fronting numerous bands such as the Unicorns, Islands, Reefer, and Human Highway. Penguins is his first graphic novel. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Press inquiries or general questions? Please contact Book Manager Tricia Fetters at tricia@soapplant.com.
