Fantagraphics is hosting an art exhibition at its Seattle gallery to celebrate the release of its new book, LUST: Kinky Online Personal Ads From Seattle's The Stranger, illustrated by Ellen Forney.
This festive event takes place on Saturday, February 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, located at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle's lively Georgetown district.
LUST: Kinky Online Personal Ads From Seattle's The Stranger takes a peek at the alluring deviance revealed in the alternative weekly's "Lustlab" section. Each week for the past several years Forney has selected one ad to illustrate as a "Lustlab Ad of the Week" cartoon in both the print and online versions of the newspaper. LUST collects these images and includes fascinating interviews with several of the advertisers, with an introduction by former Stranger editor Dan Savage.
The exhibition, opening Saturday, February 9, will include more than two dozen seductive selections from the book. Creative custom LUST chocolate Valentine novelties will be dispensed by sensuous hostesses to an exotic mix of love songs by DJ David James. Forney will present a short multimedia performance based on the book's contents.
