Join the boys of The Book Of Boy Trouble and Abby Denson of Tough Love for a night of discussion about gay comix! Rhino, Craig Bostick, J. Brett Hopkins, Tony Arena, Russ Turk and Abby Denson convene on Thursday, Feb 1st, 7PM at the LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street in New York City.
Look what I got!
My good friend David Kelly made this watercolor painting for my birthday. Isn’t it sweet? David is the creator of Steven Comics and co-editor of the Boy Trouble series. It’s not so bad getting another year older when you get something super cool like this. Thanks David! (Click on the image to see it bigger.)
NEW! “Boys On The Beach” video
First it was a song on the CD “They All Want Cake”. Then it was a comic by David Kelly and Craig Bostick in the Book of Boy Trouble published by Green Candy Press. Now the comic has been adpated into video. Check it out!
Upcoming Events! Rock Shows! Comics!
There’s quite a bit going on in the next month or so. Here’s all the information:
Wednesday, September 27
Spoilsport at the Abbey Lounge, 3 Beacon Street, Somerville, MA 02143 – a great sounding room. Come see for yourself!
9:00pm Roosevelt Jones and the Hard Feeling
9:45pm Spoilsport
10:30pm Franklin Kite
11:30pm Stacy Williams
Saturday, October 7
P.A.N.I.C.! (Punk And Independent Comics) in NYC
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery @ Bleecker, right across from CBGB’s
(F train to Second Ave | 6 train to Bleecker)
6:30pm-10:00pm
A punk rock /comic book show featuring over 20 NYC comic book artists hawking their wares-with live music by World War IX and The Saturday Night Things! I’ll be hanging out with Anonymous Boy/Tony Arena promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble.
Check out the awesome show poster done by none other than Punk/Comics auteur John Holmstrom (Ramones/Punk Magazine) himself.
Sunday, October 8
Spoilsport at The Trash Bar
56 Grand St. (between Driggs and Roebling)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11211 9:00pm
Sunday, October 13 & 14
Small Press Expo
Marriott Bethesda North Hotel & Conference Center
SHOW HOURS:
Friday: 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Again I’ll be promoting the new Book of Boy Trouble, this time with Robert Kirby, David Kelly and Justin Hall. Definitely come by if you can.
October 27 – Nov 12
The Nave Gallery
Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church
155 Powderhouse Blvd., Somerville, MA map
Hours: FRI 5:00pm-8:00pm, SAT 1:00pm-5:00pm, SUN 1:00pm-3:00pm
Ill be part of an exhibit featuring a group of artists who put together a mini-golf course. The course will be there as well as other art by the different participants. Don’t miss the Opening Reception Friday, October 27 from 5:00pm-8:00pm.
Spoilsport and The Specific Heats
We’ve been having a great summer and we’ve seen some great shows recently (The Crimson Ghosts, The Legends, The Go-Go’s among others) and there are more MUST SEE shows coming up.
1. This Wednesday, August 2 upstairs at the Middle East is the CD release party for our very good friends The Specific Heats. Celebrate the release of “Aboard a Spaceship of the Imagination” with The Heats, The Very Hush Hush (CA), The Juliet Kilo and “The Sneak Thieves”. (If you like Spoilsport you’ll LOVE “The Sneak Thieves”.)
2. Wednesday August 9 at The Abbey it’s Spoilsport and our friends The Moonbats. Come by and welcome our new second guitarist Peto to the permanent line-up, fresh off the plane from Portland, OR. And if that isn’t enough we’ll have our first-ever T-Shirts for sale. Not to be missed!!
So let me walk you through it:
1. THIS WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 2
The Middle East, Upstairs
The Specific Heats (CD Release)
“The Sneak Thieves”
The Very Hush Hush (CA)
The Juliet Kilo
9pm 18+
2. NEXT WEDNESDAY – AUGUST 9
The Abbey
9:00 Electric Sugar
9:45 SPOILSPORT
10:30 Moonbats
11:30 Huma
We hope to see you soon!
Summer News
Hi! I hope you are having a nice summer. Here’s some of what’s going on with me.
1. NEW SPOILSPORT: PETO!
The multi-talented Peto came all the way from his home in Portland, OR last month to play two shows with my band Spoilsport. He was a huge hit playing guitar and singing in New York and Boston. Now he’ll be switching coasts the first of August and he’ll be playing with us from now on. Besides being an impressive musician Peto’s also a talented hair stylist and graphic designer. Please come out to our shows this August and give Peto a big welcome.
2. SUMMER SPOILSPORT SHOWS!
Spoilsport will be playing at The Abbey in the Boston area August 9th along with The Moonbats and more. Then Spoilsport goes to Brooklyn to play The Trash Bar August 27th. These are new venues for us so come out and support us at these shows. Tell your friends!!
3. SPOILSPORT SIDE PROJECT
I’m also moonlighting in another band, Esker Moraine. Spoilsport drummer Jon plays drums and I play keyboards(!). Esker Moraine plays @ PA’s Lounge in Somerville July 20th. That’s next Thursday! Be sure to check out the new Esker Moraine web site and to sign up for their mailing list.
Somerville Mini-Golf Open, August 19
Play a nine hole mini-golf course deisigned by Boston-area cartoonists (including me) August 19 from 3-6pm at the Union Square parking lot.
Summer School
The latest episode of Monkey School features 14 songs about summer. Be sure to check out this episode actually recorded at the beach.
Rock Show! Comic Books! NYC! Podcast!
So much going on I hardly know where to begin.
FIRST, This Friday, June 23: Abby Denson (creator of Tough Love) and Tim Fish (creator of Strugglers and Cavalcade of Boys) will be doing readings and signing their new graphic novels at 7 pm Chelsea Barnes & Noble, 675 Sixth Avenue, NYC.
THEN, there will be a FREE rock n’ roll after party 10PM at Otto’s Shrunken Head 538 E 14th St. between Ave. A & B, (212) 228-2240.
Featuring Performances by: Uncle Rat, The Saturday Night Things!(Abby’s band), S.M.U.T., Dame Darcy, SpoilSport, and DJ Cletus Van Damme
AND THEN, next Wednesday, June 28 SpoilSport is playing at PA’s Lounge, 345 Somerville Ave., Somerville MA, with I Need Sleep (Chicago) and Sam Rosen.
ALSO, the latest episode of Monkey School, my podcast is now up. This time we celebrate the long, time-honored tradition of songs about booze.