Pitchfork

Former Low bassist and current publisher, freelance writer, graphic novelist, and Tool fan Zak Sally will unleash the first volume of Sammy the Mouse, his previously reported "big long 250-300 page story about an alcoholic mouse and his alcoholic pals" on the world through a release party at Minneapolis' Big Brain Comics on Thursday, June 21.

At the party, Sally will sign copies of the comic-- a 32-page, two-color affair titled Sammy the Mouse #1-- before the whole thing moves a block down the street to Grumpy's bar, where Sally will play with his self-explanatorily named cover band TOGPTFFSOTWOTERATSYOA (aka Three Old Guys Play the First Five Songs Off the Wipers' Over the Edge Record and the Song "Youth of America"). Joining Sally in Three Old Guys are bassist Dale Flattum (ex-Steel Pole Bath Tub) and drummer Freddy Votel (ex-Cows). After their set, karaoke will ensue.

Sammy the Mouse #1 comes out via Fantagraphics Books in the U.S., and it is getting Italian, Spanish, and French editions through Fantagraphics' "Ignatz" series.