I was initially lured in to the show by Chippendale, whose zines I’ve become familiar with at stores like Family, Ooga Booga, and Giant Robot– but after checking out all the work, I’ve totally fallen in love with Matthew Thurber’s adorable intensity (e.g. the endearingly terrified horse in the picture above, entitled A Degree in Time Travel). I ended up slapping down a crisp Lincoln on the first issue of his new comic book, 1-800-Mice, which reads kinda like a Sally Cruikshank cartoon watched in the midst of a Vietnam acid flashback.

Check out my photos from the show after the jump, and make sure to stop by the Hope Gallery at 1547 Echo Park Ave before August 5th to experience the odor intimately.

Matthew Thurber’s Grandfather Taught Me How to Hunt Snakes and Lizards

Untitled by Brian Chippendale

Covers from two issues of Slime Freak by Carlos Gonzales

C.F.’s Wasp Rider

Brian Chippendale’s Smurf Hunk

Elmo in Dress by Brian Chippendale

David Kramer of Family/Kramer’s Ergot/Hope Gallery accepting my payment for 1-800-Mice

My new-to-L.A. pals Nathan (above), who’s interning at Teenage Teardrops, and Blake (below, leaping in rhapsody in front of Brian Chippendale’s The Proud Planet Hunters) helped set up the show.