Dengue Fever x John Pham x Eloise

As if Saturday afternoon's transaction of trading in the GTI for a mini-van wasn't draining enough, the evening was pretty busy, too. First, we went to Zac and Rolanda's baby shower. Zac is instantly recognizable to GR readers as the bearded member of Dengue Fever. Senon, above, isn't hard to miss, either.


But the person of the hour, Rolanda, might be familiar, too. Longtime HK movie fans and zine readers should be familiar with Hong Kong Film Magazine. Yes, that was her doing. Amazing that we'd meet this far down the road.


Speaking of the road, Zac and the band are touring right after his brother Ethan gets hitched. (The betrothed couple are super nice, and also hardcore Scrabble players. We talked for a pretty long time about the game. I wish them all the best--unless we are on opposite sides of the lazy Susan.) If all goes according to plan, the baby will enter the world upon the band's return.


Next up was the opening of John Pham's first solo show at GR. Pretty much breaking out of the indie comic panels that he is best known for, he is out of his mind with geometry, pastels, and literally face melting images. Check out some amazing previews here.


Above, John's other half/zine scholar/karaoke expert Raina Lee with Dan Kitchens of kozyndan fame.


Above, with the Yikes! crew. Below, with Fawn Fruits.


All this added up to overload for Eloise... made better with ice cream at gr/eats.