Catch This: Josh Wagner & Theo Ellsworth

Bizarre, but stunning and beautiful, the distorted worlds Josh Wagner and Theo Ellsworth create in their comics are engaging, fun and shot in the arm for readers. 

From Ellsworth's Capacity

Josh Wagner's Fiction Clemens, or "The Adventures of a Zen Cowboy," is a comic where the typical western genre mixes with science fiction, and the result is somewhere completely unique. As Wagner describes, the titular character is "the reconciliation between fate and chance," which for Fiction often means drawing guns, getting in fights, and continuing an epic battle between himself and his nemesis Kitchen. Pulpy, yes, but philosophical throughout. 

Theo Ellsworth is a blend of Windsor McKay, Dr. Seuss and Tony Millionaire, drawing worlds that are highly detailed and distorted, blending the organic, monstrous and mechanic. Difficult to encapsulate, Ellsworth's short comics Capacity and Sleeper Car are books to read repeatedly to discover even more layers to the author's work.

Both Wagner and Ellsworth read and discuss their previous and latest works tonight at Pilot Books starting at 7pm.

Pilot Books, 219 Broadway E.