Books! Animation! Cartoonists LIVE in person at Floating World Comics in October!
Dash Shaw and Jesse Moynihan come to Floating World on Saturday October 3, from 4-6 pm to celebrate the release of their new books! Then head to Clinton St. Theater for A Night of Animation with Jesse Moynihan and Dash Shaw at 7 pm. The pair will screen new material they’re working on and host a discussion about their various artistic projects.
In Forming, Jesse Moynihan takes 50,000 years of socio-religious postulation and throws it in the blender to create one epic—and irreverent—battle royale between alien gods, Ancient Greek Titans, interplanetary assassin droids, and humanity itself. Originally begun in 2009 and garnering hundreds of thousands of followers online, Jesse Moynihan’s acclaimed Magnum Opus was never completed — until now!
Like Swimmers opens during the Covid summer of 2020, when Richmond-based web designer Mackenzie wakes up to find her younger brother Howie dead in their apartment. An autopsy reveals a startling cause: Howie was killed by a silver bullet. With no help from a police force overwhelmed by protest and plague, Mackenzie turns sleuth and goes on the hunt for an answer to what she believes is a simple question: who murdered Howie? Dash Shaw, fresh off the acclaimed Blurry, delivers a fast-paced mystery in lush painted color that delves into loss, calamity, and whether we ever really know the people we love.
WHO: Jesse Moynihan and Dash Shaw
WHAT: Forming + Like Swimmers release party
WHEN: Saturday October 3, 4-6pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 340 SW Morrison St. STE 1300, Portland OR 97204
Jesse Moynihan worked as a writer/storyboard artist for the Cartoon Network show Adventure Time from late Season 1 until the end of Season 7. He helped create the characters Lemongrab, Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant, Maja the Sky Witch, and Jermaine to name a few. He was heavily involved in the story arcs pertaining to Magic Man, Tiffany, Lemongrab, Betty, Wizard City, Glob, and Finn’s grass arm. In 2014 he co-created the animated short, “Manly” for Cartoon Hangover’s YouTube channel. Currently, Jesse lives in Los Angeles recording music for his collaborative studio project Make A Rising and writing and drawing Forming—an eon-spanning epic work of modern mythology about the trajectory of consciousness on planet Earth, now completed and published by Seattle’s Fantagraphics.
Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator. His latest title, Like Swimmers from New York Review Comics, is a fast-paced mystery in lush painted color that delves into loss, calamity, and whether we ever really know the people we love. His previous graphic novel Blurry was named a “graphic novel of the year” by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes and others. He’s also the cartoonist of Discipline, New School, Bottomless Belly Button, BodyWorld and others. He’s written and directed two animated features, most recently the 2021 film Cryptozoo, which won the Sundance Next Innovator Award. He currently lives in Richmond, Virginia.
