KGB Bar
Comic readers amid the commie kitsch at KGB Bar: Gary Lutz, Robert Lopez, and Chiara Barzini
“It’s a nice warm evening and a cozy crowd,” said series curator Suzanne Dottino, who introduced each speaker. The friendly, petite blonde welcomed guests and helped attendees to their seats until there were none left. The event had the vibe of a liberal-arts mixer: pretty girls arrived in pairs; solo shaggy dog bookworms nursed beers quietly under the hammers and sickles; young goateed men in tweed nudged closer to the readers; a striking Rasputin lookalike in a hoodie had staked out a place at the bar; Jonathan Ames wandered the room. More
