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I Speak Briefly About AI

September 26th, 2023 · No Comments

At Derek Pell’s request, I speak briefly about our experiences working with Artificial Intelligence for our book The Man Who Ate His House. Thanks to Mamie Caton for shooting the video, which you can see here.

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Exhibit and Reading at Elting Memorial Library

August 3rd, 2023 · No Comments

A selection of original artwork from my comic book Shorten the Classics will be on display throughout August, at the Elting Memorial Library in New Paltz, NY. I’ll also give a reading there on Wednesday, August 9, at 7 pm; I’ll be joined by another alumnus of the NYC performance scene, Tom Keener. The library […]

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The Alphonse Allais Museum

March 20th, 2022 · Comments Off on The Alphonse Allais Museum

I’m happy to report that the Musée Alphonse Allais, in Honfleur, has acknowledged my latest translation with this charming image on their Instagram page. And thanks to Caroline Crépiat for passing along the news!

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Doug Skinner at the Mothership (Afterwards)

May 27th, 2018 · Comments Off on Doug Skinner at the Mothership (Afterwards)

Here’s a little catalogue of what I showed at the Mothership: 1. ????: Non-narrative detective action, from my book The Unknown Adjective. 2. ALPHONSE ALLAIS MOCKS THE SPIRIT OF SCHOPENHAUER: The frontispiece for my translation of Allais’s book Long Live Life! 3. ASTERISKS: Chat Noir endnotes, for Double Over, another Allais translation. 4. BACK YARD: […]

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Doug Skinner at the Mothership

May 13th, 2018 · Comments Off on Doug Skinner at the Mothership

There will be a show of my artwork at the Mothership, the multi-purpose space in Woodstock run by Paul McMahon. It will be small but lively: cartoons, illustrations, travel sketches, scores, index card assemblages, rubber stamp stereoscopy, broadsides, and other works on paper. And it will be up for only a few days: the opening […]

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More Happy Readers

March 24th, 2015 · Comments Off on More Happy Readers

My translation of Alphonse Allais’s book The Squadron’s Umbrella is available from Black Scat Books.

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Hieroglyphic Monad Buttons

November 20th, 2014 · 2 Comments

Buttons showing John Dee’s Hieroglyphic Monad, to hand out at my recent talk about Dee.

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Latrobe History of Beer

November 12th, 2013 · 2 Comments

In 1996, between engagements, I landed a gig with Latrobe beer, researching beer trivia for use on coasters.  The project was coordinated by Jordan Bochanis; the artwork was by veteran Topps illustrator John Pound; and I forget who wrote the final copy.  I was paid well, and learned many interesting things about beer.  There were […]

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Plot

July 12th, 2013 · 2 Comments

Here, for your entertainment, is a one-page novel.

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Button Button

May 3rd, 2013 · 2 Comments

A button showing the back of a button, made on my handy home machine.  Celebrate the other side!  

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