Twenty cartoonists join forces at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco for No Straight Lines: Queer Culture and the Comics, the first museum exhibition devoted entirely to queer comics.

April 1 - June 25, 2006

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 8, 2006, 8:00-11:00pm
Closing Reception: Thursday, June 22, 2006, 7:00-9:00pm


Featured artists include Craig Bostick (Go-Go Girl), Paige Braddock (Jane's World), Jennifer Camper (Rude Girls and Dangerous Women, subGURLZ), Tristan Crane with Ted Naifeh (How Loathsome), Diane DiMassa (Hothead Paisan), Tim Fish (Cavalcade of Boys, Strugglers), Leanne Franson (Liliane, Bi-Dyke), Roberta Gregory (Bitchy Bitch), Justin Hall (Glamazonia, The Uncanny SuperTranny), David Kelly (Steven's Comics), Robert Kirby (Curbside, Boy Trouble), Eric Orner (The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green), Ariel Schrag (Potential), Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze), David Wojnarowicz with James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook (Seven Miles a Second).

No Straight Lines also features individual spotlights on Alison Bechdel,creator of the nationally-syndicated strip Dykes to Watch Out For and Howard Cruse, creator of the series Wendel and the award-winning graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby.

Our first show of the year. Spoilsport rocks the Jonathan Richman Tribute Show.
Get there early. Show starts at 8:30pm, we go on at 9:30pm. Don't miss it!


Friday, March 10. $8, 21 - Benefit for the Somerville Arts Council


11 bands: Shrinking Islands, The Hyphens, Shana's Mango, Spoilsport, Specific Heats, The Rabbit Family Girls' Choir, Tony the Bookie, B for Brontosaurus, Anushka Pop, John O'Hara, Double Stops


PA's Lounge 345 Somerville Ave, Somerville