Nick Francis Potter’s Big Gorgeous Jazz Machine is a collection of innovative graphic works and comics poetry, mixing lyrical comics with abstract, conceptual works, published by Driftwood Press. Cartoonist Sam Alden describes the book as “a lovely collection of comics poetry that doesn’t fear the page, the materials, or the reader. Every piece pushes a little deeper than you can anticipate, and every page shows off a fresh new experiment. Considered, organic, delectable!” Join us for an early book release party and pop-up show, featuring original artwork from the book and series of Risograph prints.

Nick Francis Potter is a writer, cartoonist, and educator living in Columbia, Missouri. He is the author ofNew Animals, winner of the Subito Press Prize for Innovative Prose, and Static Gifs, a chapbook from Greying Ghost. His prose and comics have been featured inNinth Letter, Black Warrior Review, Sleepingfish, Caketrain, Fourteen Hills, The Chattahoo-chee Review, andThe Los Angeles Review of Books, among many others. He is also the comics editor forANMLY. He has an MFA from Brown University and a PhD in English from the University of Missouri, where he currently teaches in the Digital Storytelling Program.