“Please join us at Desert Island this Wednesday, October 8th from 7:00–9:00 PM for “Happy Accident,” a book signing, slide show and party with Dash Shaw, Ken Dahl, Jesse Reklaw, and Trevor Alixopulos. Don’t miss this chance to purchase a limited-edition Monster Face screenprint—a collaborative artwork by all four artists. The artists will be here to sign the prints and their recent graphic novels, and several will present slide-shows of their work.”

Happy Accident: Dash Shaw, Ken Dahl, Jesse Reklaw, and Trevor Alixopulos

Wednesday, October 8th, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

Desert Island
540 Metropolitan Ave, between Union and Lorimer
Brooklyn NY 11211
(718) 388-5087
http://www.desertislandbrooklyn.com

Dash Shaw, whose comics are known for their emphasis on emotional, lyrical logic and innovative design, was named one of the top ten artists to check out at the 2002 “Small Press Expo” when he was just 19 years old. He is the author of Love Eats Brains (Odd God Press; 2004), Goddess Head (Teenage Dinosaur Press; 2002-04), The Mother’s Mouth (Alternative Comics; 2006), and most recently The Bottomless Belly Button (Fantagraphics; 2008). His comic short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies, newspapers and magazines. In
addition, Shaw is a member of the weirdo pop band Love Eats Brains! and has co-written and acted in various short film projects.
www.dashshaw.com

Ken Dahl is the name Gabby Schulz uses to make it harder for his relatives to connect him to the comics he draws. Born in Honolulu, Ken has spent most of his adult life in a dreary transit about the continental United States. In May of 2007 he completed a one-year Fellowship at the Center for Cartoon Studies, and is now living in a truck in Vermont, figuring out how to continue to draw comics while avoiding inconveniences like paying rent or working a job. Ken is the author of Monsters (Secret Acres), which won the 2006 Ignatz Award for Best Minicomic.

Cartoonist Jesse Reklaw turns the dreams submitted by strangers into insightful, humorous, and clever four-panel comic strips in Slow Wave, which appears in alternative newsweeklies all over the country, and was nominated for a 2008 Ignatz award. The Night of Your Life, the
recently released collection of over five years of Slow Wave, is a testament to the ability of comics to illuminate the corridors of the imagination with wit, sincerity, and delight. www.slowwave.com

After completing the two lengthy, ambitious comics Dread and Mine Tonight earlier this year, Trevor Alixopulos released The Hot Breath of War (Sparkplug Comic Books), which filters the cartoonist’s romantic, restless nature and growing political consciousness through a style reminiscent of the magazine cartoon essay of decades past. www.alixopulos.com