Sat, Sept 14th, 2024: Pete’s Mini Zine Fest, Brooklyn NY
709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
2-7PM: Meet Mike, buy some shit, drink a beer, smoke a smoke, support other indie DIY zine-makers and friends at Pete’s Candy Store in Brooklyn.
PAST EVENTS
Sat, August 24th, 2024: Dead Formats V
Fifth Annual VHS Convention & Vintage Media Swap
11AM – 6PM Convention
8PM – 11PM AfterParty – Damselvis 30th Annivers Bash!
NEW VENUE – Black Circle Audio (3317 E. 10th St Indianapolis, IN 46201)
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35+ vendors from around the country, selling vintage VHS, Beta, Laserdisc, CED, vinyl, audiocassettes, movie posters, standees, collectibles and more. special guests include Mike Diana!
+ LIVE PRO-WRESTLING – Second Annual DEAD FORMATS DEATHMATCH: Reigning champ HOOKS THE HEAVY METAL VIKING defends his DFDM title from the exotic, mysterious KING KONG PETE
+ BEER/WINE
+ FOOD – 10th St. Diner next to venue
+ LIVE PERFORMANCES
+SPECIAL GUESTS:
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JOHN MICHAEL MCCARTHY – 2024 Guest of Honor
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ERIN BROWN – Special Guest Actress/Filmmaker
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HUGH GALLAGHER – Special Guest Filmmaker/Publisher
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PAUL WOODARD aka POLI SCI CLONE – Guest/Musical Performer
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DEAD FORMATS 5 AFTERPARTY
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DAMSELVIS 30th ANNIVERSARY BASH
Sat, March 30th, 2024: Blood Brothers Screening at Anthology Film Archives, NYC
32 Second Avenue (@ 2nd St.) New York, NY 10003 USA
THE BLOODY FILMS of MIKE DIANA & CAREY BURTT
Escape the horrors of the world and enter the horrible imaginations of Mike Diana and Carey Burtt at Anthology Film Archives – Saturday March 30 – from 2pm to 4pm. – “Films for Five Bucks”
Bloody Films of Mike Diana
Bloodbrothers – 51 Minutes – video – 1989.
Made at age 19, Mike’s film tells the story of the bonding that bloodlust can bind in the minds of two young degenerates. Triggers warnings all around.
The Second Cumming – 16 Minutes – video – 1990.
Just when you thought it could not get more horrible – witness the destruction of dolls and your christian faith in this devastating cinema of cruelty. (Need I mention trigger warning?)
Bloody Films of Carey Burtt
The Egg Movie – 4mins – Super 8 to video – 1980
What does a lonely teenage filmmaker make isolated in a cabin with only some eggs, ice cream and fake blood to a Billie Holiday soundtrack?
Hey Mister, You’re in the Girls’ Room – 4 mins – 16mm to video – 1990
Boy meets girl and confusion and horror result – as per usual.
City of Feelings – 20 mins – 16mm to video – 1990
Master of self pity, Chet brings down all his friends and spoils an otherwise promising get together – hilarity and horror ensue.
The Death of Sex – 4 mins – 16mm to video – 1998
Richard Kern meets Kenneth Anger in a magick spell to extinguish a sex drive.
The Psychotic Odyssey of Richard Chase – 6 mins – 16mm to video – 1998
True story of serial killer Richard Chase in all his confused, chaotic g(l)ory.
Sat, Feb 10th, 2024 @ Forbidden Planet NYC:
Celebrating 4K UHD & Blu-ray release of Bad Biology with exploitation director Frank Henenlotter (Basket Case), actor/filmmaker Anthony Sneed & artist Mike Diana!
What: Bad Biology 4K UHD and Blu ray
When: February 10th 5 to 6:30PM
Where: Forbidden Planet NYC 832 Broadway NY, NY
Sat, Jan 13th, 2024: Meet & Greet @ The Archive Connecticut
11am-6PM, 118 Congress Street, Bridgeport, CT 06604
Meet and Greet MIKE DIANA and iconic cult/horror filmmaker FRANK HENENLOTTER (Basket Case, Frankenhooker, Brain Damage) for a full day of meeting, greeting & signing your related goods! Plenty of Franks flicks on disc for you to grab to have signed if your collection is lacking & Mike will be bringing a bunch of goodies to sign and sell.
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Sun, Oct 15th, 2023: NYC Erotic Art Fair at TV EYE NYC
12PM-7PM, 16-47 Weirfield St, Queens/Bklyn NY
Meet Mike Diana at The NYC Erotic Art Fair on Sun, Oct 15, 12-7pm at TV EYE NYC (16-47 Weirfield St, Brooklyn, NY (border of Ridgefield, Queens/Bklyn)
Hosted by @please____knock (RSVP required) Vintage smut, magazines & books, erotic collectibles, sexually-themed homemade art, etc. Instagram.com/please____knock
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Sat. Aug 26th, 2023: Pete’s Mini Zine Fest, Brookyn NY
2PM-7PM, Pete’s Candy Store, 709 Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY 11211
Meet Meet! Pete Pete! Meet Mike Diana at Pete’s Candy Store in the heart of Williamsburg, buy some comix, stickers, patches, shirts, Boiled Angel zines, etc. Loads of artist vendors vend while u spend!
Sat. June 24th, 2023: Dead Formats VHS Con/Blood Bros Screening, Q&A, Indianapolis IN
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM / VHS Convention & Swap Meet FREE! ALL AGES! @ BLACK CIRCLE MUSIC BAR (2201 E 46th St, Indianapolis, IN 46205)
VHS, Audiocassettes, Vinyl, BETA, CED-Videodisc, LaserDisc, Comics/Mags, Posters & Ephemera, Vintage Toys/Action Figs, T-Shirts & more! Special emphasis on: HORROR/GORE, SCI-FI, CULT, ACTION, MARTIAL ARTS, SLEAZE, …THE STRANGE, THE ODD & THE WEIRD! instagram.com/deadformats_vhscon/
ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP: DEAD FORMATS DEATH-MATCH! A Street-Fight Style Hardcore Wrestling Match where VENDORS BRING THE WEAPONS!
Sat. July 8th, 2023: Pop–Up_Underground – NYC
Pop-Up_Underground! books, underground comix, art, transgressive fiction, zines, general smut – The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center – 107 Suffolk St, 3rd Fl (walk up), Studio 309, NYC 10002 (btw Rivington & Delancey)
MIKE DIANA in JAPAN!!
Fri, Mar 24, 2023 @ Komiyama Tokyo Art Gallery
PERV ART BOOK FAIR TOKYO – Free Admission
▼Mike Diana autograph session
2nd Ryumeikan Building lFD, 3-20-4 Kanda Ogawamachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo www.komiyamatokyo-g.com
Sun, Mar 26, 2023 @ Hatagaya Forestlimit
Mike Diana’s Movie Watch Party – a valuable opportunity to watch horror movies and other works by Mike Diana with the writer. #MikeDiana #BoiledAngel #JapanTour #BloodBrothers #BakedBabyJesus #Horror #Manga #eroguro #pervartbookfairtokyo #MikeDianaVsGodzilla #PenisFestival
Fri, Mar 31, 2023 @ Pop Pizza, Kyoto Japan
“COLOR ME PIZZA RED” A Friday night for weird movies, music, and delicious pizza, hosting cartoonist Mike Diana. @poppizzakyoto
NY-based cartoonist Mike Diana is coming to Kyoto. Because of his extreme and destructive style of writing, the cartoonist who was known as the first American convicted of “Kunu” is here in Kyoto. Yes, to that pizza shop that soon loves cult movies and punk…. On Friday the 31st, Mike Diana screens his super low-budget DIY slasher movie, featuring neighborhood kids and families in their youth, POP! Screening at PIZZA. After the show, crash into a party enjoying some NY style pizza and music.
ON SALE! Fred: The Final Chapter print!
200 signed/numbered .
$35 + $5 ship US only
Sun, Oct 17th, 2021@ Movie Time, LA CA 7PM
Blood Brothers Screening
MOVIE TIME presents a special screening of Mike Diana’s BLOOD BROTHERS at NON PLUS ULTRA (LA CA) along with Pete Jacelone’s PSYCHO SISTERS. Only 5 Dollah! Facebook page
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Sat, Sept 4, 2021: Mike Diana New Art @ Hive Gallery LA, CA
Mike has a couple NEW pieces at Hive Gallery: “Song of the Siren” Femme Fatale show curated by Christie Shinn:
Opening Sept. 4: 8-11pm, thru Sept 25
*Per Health Department, Face Masks required for event (not optional)
Mike Diana Face Mask of Death!
Facebook Event
Fri, Feb 7, 2020: “Adults Only” comix reading w Mike Diana @ Printed Matter, NYC
Fri, Feb 7th, 2020: “Adults Only” comix reading with Mike Diana, Jennifer Camper, Katie Fricas and Carlo “Uranus” Quispe, Printed Matter, NYC
Printed Matter Event
Fri, Feb 14, 2020 PRETTY GROSS Group Show @ Superchief NY
Sept 6-28, 2019: Mike Diana @ Windsor, Ontario CANADA Headboiled Angeltrip Boiled Angel screening & Art Exhibition
Aug 7 – 30, 2019 – Mike Diana. Selected Works. Glass Door Projects @ Empirical Nonsense NYC
Empirical Nonsense 87 Rivington Street NYC 10002
PRESS RELEASE
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June 21-22, 2019: Mike Diana @ TROMADANCE FilmFest Brooklyn, NY
-Screening of Boiled Angels: The Trial of Mike Diana
-Screening of G.O.P.(Gag On Penis) animated music video of Mike’s cover art for TFG the band
-Exclusive release of new Mike Diana/TROMA t-shirt
-Q&A’s with Mike Diana, Frank Henenlotter and Troma’s Lloyd Kaufman
http://tromadance.com/schedule.php
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May 24 – 26, 2019: Mike Diana @ MOVIATE Underground FILM Festival – Harrisburg PA
BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana – Special screening with artist Mike Diana in attendance www.moviate.org
April 4-6, 2019: Mike Diana @ Cleveland Int’l Film Fest (CIFF43); Boiled Angels Screening
BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana – Special screening with artist Mike Diana in attendance
CIFF43 Screenings: Tower City Cinemas
Thurs, Apr 04 @ 8:50PM
Fri, Apr 05 @ 4:50PM
Sat, Apr 06 @ 2:30PM
Nov 22, 2018: Cannibals Kids Mike Diana Exhibition @ La Jetée, Montpellier, France
CANNIBALS KIDS Mike Diana Exhibition
80 rue du faubourg Figuerolles
Montpellier, France
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Nov 15-18, 2018: Mike Diana @ Le Monstre Fest, Geneva Switzerland
MONSTRE FESTIVAL Micro-Publishing Fest
L’Usine – Centre Culturel Autogéré
4 Place des Volontaires, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland
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Sat, Nov 10, 2018: Mike Diana @ COLOR GIANTS Cinema Comix Expo – in assn w/ Comic Arts Brooklyn, NY
Free Screening: BOILED ANGELS: The Trial Of Mike Diana Q&A w Mike Diana & director Frank Henenlotter @ Brooklyn Fireproof – 102 Ingraham Street, Brooklyn NY 11237 – presented by Color Giants @Khloaris in ass’n w Comic Arts Brooklyn
Sun, Nov 11, 2018: Meet Mike @ CAB (Comic Arts Brookyn) NY
COMIC ARTS BROOKLYN – FREE ADMISSION @ Pratt Activities Resource Center 395 Dekalb Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11205 Presented by Desert Island Comics
& Pratt Institute Comic Arts Brooklyn
Sun, Nov 4, 2018: Mike Diana @ ITHACA FILM FESTIVAL BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana Screening
ITHACA FILM FESTIVAL – BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana – Special screening w Mike Diana & director Frank Henenlotter in attendance
IthacaFilmFestival.com
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Sept 21-23, 2018: Mike Diana @ Printed Matter’s NY ART BOOK FAIR @MoMA PS1, Queens
Mike Diana & Carlo Quispe will be selling the brand new URANUS 2 – 134 page comic – say hello @ WWIII Illustrated table Printed Matter Program
July 14-18, 2018: BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana screening @ FANTASIA Film Fest Montreal, Canada
BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana – OFFICIAL SELECTION @ FANTASIA FILM FEST – MONTREAL 22nd Edition! Fantasia Int’l Film Festival is recognized as the largest and most influential event of its kind in North America, ranking among Montreal’s major events. It’s fantastical & phantasmagorical!
https://fantasiafestival.com/en/films/boiled-angels-the-trial-of-mike-diana
BOILED ANGELS screenings @ De Sève theater in Concordia University:
Sat, July 14th @ 5:05 pm
Wed, July, 18th @ 1:00 pm
June 21, 2018: Mike Diana’s Blood Brain Action Figure Release! Live on Instagram w Barbarian Rage!
See/Hear Mike Diana LIVE on Instagram @barbarian_rage 8PM EST Mike Diana’s Blood Brain Action Figure Available Friday, June 22nd. Scott Cherry of Barbarian Rage will be talking comics, art, toys and other shit with Mike Diana on the eve of the toy drop… giveaways?
MIKE DIANA’s BLOOD BRAIN Action Figure Concept and Card Art by Mike Diana (Boiled Angel). Glow-in-the-dark brain encased in a drippy, bloody body. Hand painted, hand casted, carded, numbered and signed. Limited to 50 pieces. Get yours at MikeDianaComix.com/store
April 27 – May 13, 2018: MIKE DIANA SOLO EXHIBITION @ SUPERCHIEF GALLERY, NY + Mike Diana Movie Nite
Mike Diana Solo Exhibition @ Superchief NY. Opening Night April 27th, 2018, 7PM Superchief NY: 1628 Jefferson Ave, Queens
Facebook event
KHLOARIS presents THE MIKE DIANA MOVIE NIGHT, a new program of films made by and with Mike Diana. Includes some of Mike’s very unusual home movies, animated excerpts and more. Included are two new pieces made in collaboration with KHLOARIS: TFG’s music video for G.O.P. (Gag On Penis), with Mike’s cd cover/poster art animated to striking effect, and a mini-doc Mike Diana’s Apartment.
Dance party directly afterwards, boogie to Mike Diana’s artwork. Adults only.
$10 – Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018, Superchief NY – 1628 Jefferson Ave., Queens, NY
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Sat, Apr 21, 2018: Mike Diana @ Cinedelphia 666 – BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana – Pennsylvania Premiere!
Mike Diana @ Cinedelphia 666 BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana Pennsylvania Premiere! Mike Diana & director Frank Henenlotter in attendance! Boiled Angels @ Cinedelphia
Sat/Sun April 7-8: Mike Diana @ MoCCA Art Festival NYC
Meet Mike Diana @ MoCCA Arts Festival April 7-8th, 2018 @ Metropolitan West, NYC (West 46th St bet 11/12 Aves)
Society of Illustrators / MoCCA Art Fest
Sat, March 31, 2018: WHAT THE FEST!? NYC hosts the World Premiere of BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana
WHAT THE FEST!? hosts the World Premiere of BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana, Sat, Mar 18th 4PM @ IFC Center, NYC
Expected to Attend: Director Frank Henenlotter, Producers Anthony Sneed and Mike Hunchback, Subject Mike Diana
What The Fest!? Event
Fri, Mar 9, 2018 – Mike Diana @ Superchief Gallery NY Spring Group Art Show & Juxtapoz Magazine Spring 2018 Issue Release Party
There Will Never Be A Gallery Big Enough Mike Diana is part of Superchief Gallery’s NY Spring Group Art Show / Juxtapoz Magazine Spring 2018 Issue Release Party
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Wed, Feb 28, 2018 – Special Encore! Color Giants Animation Fest @ Superchief NY – premiere of MIKE DIANA /TFG animated music video G.O.P. (Gag On Peni$)
Color Giants Underground/Experimental Animation Fest – debut of MIKE DIANA animated music video for TFG: G.O.P. (Gag On Penis) – Wed, Feb 28, 2018, 7pm-10pm Superchief Gallery NY – 1628 Jefferson Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385 – $10
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Fri, Nov. 17, 2017: Meet Mike Diana @ Helper in Brooklyn
Mike Diana @ Helper in Brooklyn RESCHEDULED!!
495 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Friday, November 17 “Common Graves” Dawn Frasch Orlando Estrada Mike Diana
Curated by Carlos Rigau
Helper Projects
Sat, Nov 11, 2017 – Mike Diana @ CAB (Comic Arts Brooklyn)
Meet Mike Diana at Comic Arts Brooklyn (CAB) November 11, 2017 ,11-7PM
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Desert Island Comix Brooklyn
Sun, Nov 12, 2017: COLOR GIANTS presents THE COLOSSUS: Guttural, Mellow, Raucous, Tender, Raw – Curated by KHLOARIS Featuring works by MIKE DIANA and others
Sun, Nov 12, 6pm: THE COLOSSUS: Guttural, Mellow, Raucous, Tender, Raw Curated by KHLOARIS Featuring works by MIKE DIANA, DAME DARCY, JOHN GORAS, NOURI ZANDER, JEN DEUTROM, etc. KHLOARIS, along with infamous cartoonist Mike Diana will be on hand to discuss the animation event at Comic Arts Brooklyn 2017.
Khloaris.com
Sat-Sun Nov 4-5, 2017: Mike Diana at Horror-Rama Toronto! + Screening of BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana
Mike Diana at Horror-Rama Toronto! Sat-Sun Nov 4-5, 2017
Nov 5th, 3PM: BOILED ANGELS: The Trial of Mike Diana Meet Mike Diana and Frank Henenlotter all weekend! Join Mike Diana – the only American artist ever convicted of obscenity – and director Frank Henelottter as they discuss the upcoming documentary that chronicles this outrageous case and how it impacted Diana’s life.
SEPT 7 to OCT 5, 2017: MIKE DIANA DEVIANT BOY SOLO EXHIBITION @ ART ON A GALLERY NYC
SEPT 7 to OCT 5, 2017: Mike Diana Deviant Boy Solo Exhibition @ Art On A Gallery. Meet The Artist: Opening Reception: Thur Sept 7th. Closing Reception: Thur Oct 5th
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MIKE DIANA in FRANCE!
May 23 – June 17, 2017: Mike Diana & Stu Mead in Paris … America’s Most Wanted @ Galerie Arts Factory
May 23 to June 17, 2017: Mike Diana and Stu Mead in Paris… America’s Most Wanted – The Show of the century! Stu Mead and Mike Diana to be present at the opening! Hundreds of rare works! Mike’s wall paint! weeeeeee! presented by DIVUS PARIS @ Galerie Arts Factory 27, rue de charonne – 75011 paris / france
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Mar 31 – Apr 2, 2017: Mike Diana @ NJ HORROR CON & FILM FEST
Mike Diana @ NJ HORROR CON & FILM FEST @ Crowne Plaza – Edison NJ
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Twitter/Instagram: @njhorrorcon
Mar 4 – 25, 2017: Mike Diana Boiled Angel Solo Exhibition @ Superchief Gallery LA, CA
Mar 11 – 12, 2017: Mike Diana @ Big Apple Convention, NYC
MIKE DIANA in FRANCE
Oct 29-Nov 5, 2016: The Indélébile Collective presents Mike Diana Painting and Comics Exhibitions
MIKE DIANA PAINTING & COMICS EXHIBITIONS in France, presented by The Indelible Collective, The IPN Collective, The Wild Children Collective
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MIKE DIANA in THE NETHERLANDS! June 2016, Kapitaal presents Mike Diana in “The Sweet Boys” Artist in Residence program
Mike Diana @ Kapitaal: “The Sweet Boys” Artist in Residence program.
Illustrator Bobbi Oskam (bobbioskam.nl) invited two of his “heroes”, Mike Diana and Wayne Horse for collaboration, to learn, discuss and make new work, including screen-printing. They will be featured in an artist-talk and exhibition.
Movie: 3 June, 2016 http://bit.ly/1sRhfH1
Talk: 14 June, 2016 http://bit.ly/1WPyLao
Expo: 24 June, 2016 http://bit.ly/1NPcoPD
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Feb 14 – Mar 16, 2014: Mike Diana @ Le Dernier Cri France: AMERICA LIVE / DIE book presentation for Divus Editions
Le Dernier Cri Presents MIKE DIANA Petirama Belle De Mai / Impasse Antonin Artau – Opening Feb 14 @ 6 PM Presentation of the book America Live / Die Compilation c/o Divus Edition
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Sat, July 6, 2013: An Evening with Mike Diana @ Spectacle Theatre, Brooklyn, NY – Double-Feature Screening
An Evening with Mike Diana @ Spectacle Theature: Double-feature Blood Brothers and Baked Baby Jesus + Q&A w/Mike Diana
Spectacle Theatre Info 124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249
July 2-4, 2013: Mike Diana Live In NYC: Solo Exhibition, Book Release & Independence Day Party @ Superchief Gallery NY
Mike Diana Solo Exhibition: Book Release & Independence Day Party @ Superchief Gallery (9 Clinton St, NYC)
July 2, 6PM: Opening/Book Release
July 4, 1PM: Independence Day Party
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MAY 16, 2013: Mike Diana @ Miami Art Museum A Talk with Underground Cartoonist Mike Diana
Miami New Times: Mike Diana Returns to the State That Convicted Him of Obscenity
Aug 8, 2009: Mike Diana Closing Party & Raffle @ Passout Records, Brooklyn NY
Aug 8, 2009: Mike Diana Closing Party & Raffle @ Passout Records, Brooklyn NY
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Sat Mar 28, 2009: Mike Diana All-New Art Show & superpunkrock show @ Passout Records Brooklyn NY
Sat Mar 28, 7-10PM: Mike Diana All-New Art Show – Comix, Painting, Sculpture & Special Musical Puppet Review. come early for superpunkrock show
4-7pm: Iconicide, Hammerbrain, I.C.U. , Yo!Scunt
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