Nick Bertozzi's THE SALON

Our friend Nick Bertozzi is releasing his long-awaited and much anticipated comic THE SALON this month (St Martin's Press-April 18th) as well as HOUDINI: THE HANDCUFF KING written by Jason Lutes and drawn by Nick (CCS/Hyperion-Out now!).

We're really excited for Nick and from what we've seen it's going to be an incredible piece of work. We're highlighting it here because Nick is the man responsible for our save the date cards, and our invitations, which will be sent out soon, and are really nice.

If you have a chance go see him on one of the following dates:

April 23rd-TuesdayMonday 7pm MacNally-Robinson Bookstore Reading. For those
of you who are too young to drink alcohol, please come to this event!
52 Prince St, New York, NY http://www.mcnallyrobinsonnyc.com

April 26th-Thursday 7pm-Midnight THE SALON Book Launch Party to Benefit
the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund at The Village Pourhouse 64 Third Ave
(Corner of 11th St), Newy York, NY. Live music by The Cangelosi Cards.
7-8 Open Bar and Food ($20 and up donation), 8-12 ($10 and up suggested
donation), 2-for-1 Absolut drinks all night.

April 28th-Saturday 2-4pm SALON/HOUDINI Signing at Big Planet Comics,
4908 Fairmont Ave, Bethesda, MD http://www.bigplanetcomics.com/

May 9th-Wednesday SALON Reading at Happy Ending, 302 Broome St, New
York, NY

May 12th-Saturday 7pm-10 SALON/HOUDINI Signing at Rocketship Comics, 208
Smith St, Brooklyn, NY

I'm planning to attend the MoCCA Arts Festival June 23rd/24th, the San
Diego Comic Convention July 26-29, and the Small Press Expo (Bethesda,
MD) October 12-13.

Attention New Englanders, there'll be a private SALON party in RI on
Sunday, May 27th. More info to come.

The video is a short making-of the book. Lots of fun!