Derek Ballard show and SAW grand opening

Friday Jan 27, 7 – 10 pm!

SAW Grand Opening and Book launch party/gallery show for Derek Ballard’s Cartoon Show

At SAW, SE 5th Ave at Main Street, (behind Citizen’s Co-Op.)

SAW is proud to open its doors to the public and showcase Gainesville comix artist Derek Ballard.

Derek Ballard has worked extensively as a illustrator and t-shirt designer and has had comics published in Vice, Juxtapoz & Beautiful/Decay, Faesthetic, Typhon, and The Drama. Cartoon Show is his first book collection. Ballard’s comics are a combination of intense imagery rooted in visionary science fiction, 80s style and modern street art, drawn with bold, angular brush strokes and vivid colors. Cartoon Show is a genre comic of futuristic originality.