Hello darlings! Welcome back to Lubchansky Home news, and our first on the new home at Beehiiv, which I moved it over to for obvious reasons!
Anyway! SIMPLICITY has been out one month now, and the main leg of book tour is over. Thank you SO much to anyone who came out in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Boston, Providence, Philly, Chicago, and Minneapolis! The response has been honestly overwhelming and I’ve been so touched. This book is really personal to me, I put so much of myself into it, and seeing or hearing anyone reading it just the best thing I can imagine. People were so nice and lovely and the turnout was frankly bonkers. I’m still kind of reeling! I want to thank in particular: Ave , Sylvie, Chris, Nina and Adam, and Stacie for bringing me lovely handmade stuff!
(Also it was a bestseller in USA Today? So that’s kind of nuts. I think.)
Speaking of tour, I’ve also got one last date coming up! Next Sunday, Sept 7, I’ll be at Fantom Comics in Washington DC! I absolutely loved doing my Boys Weekend event at Fantom and I’m really excited. I’m going to miss SPX this year for a family thing so this is your chance for a while to get a signed book if you’re in the area- See you there!
I’ll also be on a panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday the 21st – keep an eye out on their site for the time and location! I’ll make sure to put it out on social media too.
The big doings of August was basically just touring! I’m glad to be home and back to work on Between the Collapses, my next book. It’s another weird one!
One more thing! Sex Change and the City, the Girl Dad Press follow-up to the award-winning (!) 2 Trans 2 Furious, is now available for pre-order. I did the cover again and have got a fairly deranged comic in this one too. It would be some real irreversible damage to not get this one:
Frog and Peach Report
We just passed ONE YEAR of having these dopes in my house. Look at them. I demand this of you:
bonk
Tour Food Rankings Corner
This month’s Corner Corner? Well, as per my previous book tours, I bring you now! A graded ranking of everything I ate while on tour.
BEST OF THE BEST
Fried pork buns at Kung Fu Kitchen (Boston)
Fried Chicken at Big Jones (Chicago)
The “So Long Sal” at Middle Child (Philly)
Literally anything at Downtime Bakery (we had: A garibaldi, some banana bread, a roll with cheese and jam, a quiche, and some peach pie) (Philly)
This is the Slot Where Something from Hard Times in Minneapolis Would Go But My Flight Was Delayed and I Did Not Get to Go (Fuck me)
VERY, VERY GOOD
Roast beef sandwich and the Green salad at Meetinghouse (Philly)
Hash and eggs at Martin’s Coffee Shop (Boston)
Egg and cheese croissant and, more importantly the Hazelnut iced coffee at White Electric (Providence)
Chashu and Egg Onigiri from Mariuchi Mart (Providence)
Banh mi Op La at the Breakfast Den (Philly)
I AM NOT MAD
Crispy carnitas torta from La Lupita (Providence)
“Half-baked” Crepe at Bar Lunette (Boston)
Fried Chicken Sandwich at Zaftig’s (Boston)
Mac and Cheese Pizza at Up/Down (Minneapolis)
Chicken Pickle Sandwich at Tattooed Mom’s (Philly, a load-bearing bar for me emotionally)
EVER STALWART
McDonald’s McGriddle (Chicago O’Hare)
SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO ME
Shake Shack Breakfast Sandwich (Minneapolis-St. Paul International. I feel like these used to be good. The Shake Shack being open for breakfast used to be a treat and these used to be really good. Is everything getting worse or am I getting old. Will I die someday?)
GOD CANNOT SEE THIS
Caesar Chicken Wrap at Jimmy John’s (Boston Logan Terminal A. Okay I’ve never had Jimmy John’s before, this is truly vile. A wicked establishment. Shame on us all for allowing this to happen.
AUGUST Comics, from my Patreon
PODCASTS!
No Gods No Mayors has chronicled some truly deranged Guys.
Temporal Culture War is finally nearing the end of the first season of Enterprise. Also we watched Jason X.
Odds and Ends
Went on Trashfuture to talk about Eric Adams and his bag of chips.
Was on The Bechdel Cast talking about one of my very favorite movies, First Cow!
