New
for December 2013
The Great War: An Illustrated Panorama
by Joe Sacco
Sub-titled, "July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme", The Great War presents in a single
image a visual distillation of the events of that day. While this
is not the first 20+ foot-long single image comics book that has come
our way – that honor going to Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel's hyper
kinetic Elvis Road,
originally published in Switzerland in 2002 by Pipifax, and then in the
USA by Buenaventurra Press in 2007. But whereas Elvis Road
presented a frenzied instant of urban chaos that was unreadable – in
the sense that there was simply no way to narratively digest the
complexity of the image; all one could do was bask in the feeling of
being overwhelmed by the impossibility of taking it all in (which was,
of course, the point) – in The Great
War, Sacco has devised an elegant and ingenious synthesis of
single image and narrative progression. All 24 feet of the
drawing that makes up The Great War are devoted to delivering a
seamless flow of the story of that day, from the pacing general,
through the supply lines heading to the front, to the trench diggers,
through the troops themselves in full battle action on to the medical
teams removing the dead and wounded to the hospital tents and finally
to the cemetary - all in one single graceful comics equivalent of a
artfully choreographed tracking shot. And then there is a
mysterious shadow that looms over the center of it all, a shadow,
that – at least here at The Copacetic Comics Company – brings to
mind T.S. Eliot's 1925 poem, "The Hollow Men": Between the idea / And the reality /
Between the motion / And the act / Falls the shadow. A
true tour de force.
Kudos to Mr. Sacco on his accomplishment.
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Uzumaki
by Junji Ito
Now, for the first time (in North America, anyway) all three
volumes of this epic of weirdness are available in a single hardcover
edition. This is a hefty, well-constructed, 648 page volume that
contains everything that originally appeared in the three softcover
volumes along with an afterword – at a lower price than the combined
cost of the softcovers. Once you have entered Junji Ito's small
fogbound town on the coast of Japan you will never again look at
spirals in the same way again... "Spirals! This town is
contaminated with spirals! – aaaiiieeeeee..."
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$24.75
Sunny 2
by Taiyo Matsumoto
The second volume of Matsumoto's stunning new series on the lives of
adolescent outcasts is here.
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$20.00
Showa: A
History of Japan, 1926-1939
by Shigeru Mizuki
This
500+ page French-flapped softcover edition is but the first in
Mizuki's epic history of Japan during the years leading up to and then
encompassing The Second World War. Mizuki's trademark of highly
detailed realism mixed with cartooned caricatures combines here to
provide characters whom readers can empathize with as they traverse
historically accurate landscapes.
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Couch
Tag
by Jesse Reklaw
Jesse Reklaw's long-in-the-works Fantagraphics graphic memoir has
arrived just in time for the holidays. Divided into five long
chapter/ pieces – at least one of which ("Thirteen Cats of My
Childhood") he self-published (way back in... 2006?). Four are
presented here in a midnight blue pen & ink brushed ink wash tones,
and the last – "Lessoned" – in a raging full-blast of
color. The tone here ranges from whimsical to deranged as
childhood, adolescence and young adulthood are revisited.
Parents, relatives and friends are viewed through the respective prisms
of each of these life stages, making for a multipoint perspective that
provides some interesting contrasts. We've long been fans of
Jesse's work here at Copacetic, and we'd like to do our part in
introducing him to our customers, so, throughout the holidays we're
offering Couch Tag at a
special "get acquainted" price.
retail
price - $26.99
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$19.99
Fata
Morgana
by Jon Vermilyea
OK, while normally we refrain from cliché comparisons, it's hard
to resist blurting out, "It's Where
the Wild Things Are... on acid!" when bringing Fata Morgana to
someone's attention. Now that we have that out of the
way, Check out Koyama's online
preview and see for yourself what we're talking about. Did we
say Eye Candy?
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S.F. 3
by Ryan Cecil Smith
A mainstay of self-publishing for over half a decade, Ryan Cecil Smith
joins the Koyama roster with the third issue of his well received
galactic adventure series (space-pirates! scientist-fighters!), the
first two issues
of which have sold out (perhaps soon-to-be reprinted?). This
issue is by far the most substantial and it has additionally benefited
by receiving the "Koyama treatment". It sports a full color,
semigloss cardstock cover, and then 64, red-edged 7" x 10" pages.
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Pretty in Ink:
North American Women Cartoonists, 1896-2013
by Trina Robbins
Pretty in Ink is, in some
respects, a revised, updated and expanded version of Ms. Robbins's 1993
Kitchen Sink Press book, A Century
of Women Cartoonists. There has, of course, been an
explosion of new work by "North
American Women Cartoonists" in the intervening twenty years, as well as
plenty of new historical documentation and information
concerning the same, so there was every reason for Trina to produce
this new volume. In addition, whereas all reproductions in the
former volume were in black and white, the current market allows for
deluxe full color printing, and the 180 oversize pages constituting Pretty in Ink are full of them,
making for an enjoyable, informative and educational read. The
century of accomplishments in the face of adversity on display here are
sure to inspire any aspiring cartoonist, regardless of gender.
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Blue Is the Warmest Color
by Julie Maroh
And, speaking of women cartoonists, here's a notable work by one from
outside of North America, Julie Maroh. This graphic novel created
a bit of a sensation in her native France when in was published in
2010. It has now been both translated into English for North
American readers, and been made into a film – which was awarded the
"Palme d'Or" prize at the 2013 Cannes FIlm Festival, no less! Blue Is the Warmest Color is a 21st
century update of the archetypal tale of tragically doomed young
love. Despite the film winning at Cannes, the
author of this graphic novel is not altogether pleased. The
film was "freely adapted" from the graphic novel, and much was changed,
so anyone interested in this tale should strongly consider reading the
book before (or instead of) seeing the film.
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"Life
Zone"
by Simon Hanselmann
And now we head around the world and down under to enter the "Zone"
created by Australian cartoonist Simon Hanselmann, who made his North
American debut at CAB in November,
accompanying the release of this book. Best known here for his
Tumblr smash hit comic strip, Truth Zone, which appears
on Frank Santoro's Comics Workbook Tumblr,
Hanselmann's work has describe his work as being both "the South Park of comics criticism" and
"about nervous breakdowns and horrible substance abuse"; or perhaps
somewhere in between. Here, in "Life
Zone", we have "four new Megg, Mogg, Owl & Werewolf Jones
stories in luxurious full colo(u)r." Published by Space Face
Books of Vermont.
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Do Not Disturb
My Waking Dream
by Laura Park
Idle away some moments with a fellow ink-stained inmate struggling to
escape the mundane in this tangibly appealing mini published by
Uncivilized Books.
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Madison
Square Tragedy
bu Rick Geary
The latest in Geary's long-running series of infamous murders has a
Pittsburgh connection. The subject of this particular murder,
Stanford White, was, at the turn of the last centurty, one of New York
City's most famous architects. He was more than a bit of a
playboy, and his most famous playmate was Evelyn Nesbit, who went on to
become the most important model for the illustrator Charles Dana
Gibson, becoming in the process, basically, the mold from which "the
Gibson Girl" – which became synonomous with the glamor of the era – was made. Nesbit went on
to marry a Pittsburgh heir with a dark side, who became obsessed with
Nesbit's earlier relationship with White, and the rest is history – of
the scandalous, era-specific sort that it is Geary's specialty in
recreating.
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Vikings'
End
by Rich Tommaso
Another action packed comic book from Rich Tommaso! Published by
his own Recoil imprint (file under Historical/Fantasy) Vikings' End combines viking
legend, European history, a love story and, of course, bloody viking
battles – all together and with more than one unexpected twist.
To be continued!
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Pachyderme
by Frederik Peeters; introduction by Moebius (!)
We've listed and sold several other Peeters works here at Copacetic,
but always they were done in collaboration with a writer. This is
the first of which he is the sole author, and it's a doozy! When
this full color hardcover was originally published in France in 2009,
Europe's most important cartoonist had this to say: "Pachyderme describes my own
unease. I want artists to take me far from every sensation I've
ever felt before, into territory that is less the perversion than the
reflection of some intimate, forceful urge. In Pachyderme lies something
mysterious and obvious that must, above all, not be explained."
-- Jean Giraud / Moebius (excerpted from his introduction to this
volume).
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Rebetiko
by David Prudhomme
In 1930s Greece, the country was governed by a military dictatorship
and the musical counter culture was made up of rebellious rebitis who loved to smoke hash,
drink ouzo, beat each other up, dance, sing, and, most of all, play a
music known as rebetiko (aka
the Greek blues) on their bouzoukis. While these cocks of the
walk seemed fond of making an impression on the ladies, they seem most
of all interested in each other here in this delicately rendered full
color graphic novel that was also originally published in France in
2009.
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Maria
M., Book One
by Gilbert Hernandez
The latest in Beto's B-Movie series "starring" Fritzi is but the first
of two parts...
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The Best
American Comics 2013
edited by Jeff Smith
This year's editor, Jeff Smith, famous for his epic cartoon fantasy,
Bone, has – in addition to excerpting the latest from comics standard
bearers like Alison Bechdel, Craig Thompson, Paul Pope, Terry Moore, et
al – has scored some excellent work by some of today's most adventurous
younger cartooonists, including Michael DeForge, Sam Alden, Jesse
Jacobs, Laura Park, Sophie Goldstein and Malachi Ward. And there
is plenty more great work by others who fall inbetween these two camps,
such as Sammy Harkham, Joseph Lambert, Leela Corman, Derf Backderf and
many others. It's simply another great Best American
anthology. Great
job, Jeff!
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The Best
American Nonrequired Reading 2013
edited by Dave Eggars & Co.
The Best
American Short Stories 2013
edited by Elizabeth Strout
The Best
American Essays 2013
edited by Cheryl Strayed
The Best
American Science and Nature Writing 2013
edited by Siddhartha Mukherjee
The Best
American Poetry 2013
edited by Denise Duhamel
And
while we're on the topic of Best American here's the latest
batch. All-American, all good. It's hard to go wrong.
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and
then there's...
The Best
American Infographics 2013
edited by Gareth Cooke; introduction by David Byrne
A sure sign of the times, the existence of this new addition to the
Best American series gives us a chance to focus on this not-too-distant
cousin of comics. Infographics – a classificatory label that much
more accurately represents the function of the form than that of comics
– are
delivery system for intellectual concepts
that combine information and graphics in such a way to enable rapid
assimilation/digestion in a manner that is not entirely dissimilar to
the way comics combine text and image to quickly and efficiently
deliver narratives: both are ever more in demand by today's
time-starved populace.
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The
Luminaries
by Eleanor Catton
This year's Man Booker prize winner was written by a young New
Zealander. Here's a pre-award review from
the Guardian UK, and here's a post-win review in the
NYTimes... and here's a brief NYTimes look at
Ms. Catton herself.
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Items
from our December 2013 listings may now be purchased online at
our eCommerce
site, HERE.
New
for November 2013
Hip Hop Family Tree, Volume 1
by Ed Piskor
A propulsive page-turner, this premiere edition of Hip Hop Family Tree is but the
first of six planned volumes
chronicling the rise of Hip Hop from a low-budget entertainment staple
of mid-1970s social gatherings in the Bronx to a globally embraced
manifestation of the vitality of US culture. This is the real
deal as only a comic book can bring it. HHFT has been serialized
on BoingBoing since the beginning of 2012, but we are here to tell
you that its crucial essence only arises in the physical form that has
now been unleashed on the world. Turning down the chance to cash
in with a New York publishing house and risk having his vision
compromised, Piskor chose instead to sign with visionary comics
publisher, Fantagraphics Books, who promised him Total Artistic
Control™, allowing him the free reign necessary to put together this
perfect package. Taking a page out of the Afrodisiac playbook by
employing the formal qualities and production values of the era
depicted and, in typical Piskor fashion, amping it up to the next
level, Hip Hop Family Tree
is packaged in the form of a deluxe Marvel
Treasury Edition, the gigantic 100 page comic books published
primarily during the mid and late 1970s – precisely the time period in
which Hip Hop was born – and so providing a perfect match of form and
content. The parallels between the comic books of the era and Hip
Hop are concisely chronicled in a three-page comics-essay appended to
the conclusion of the volume's story that can stand as the formal
thesis statement for the series. While there very well may be "no
business like show business," it's equally true that there's no history
like Hip Hop history and Hip Hop
Family Tree is here to announce this fact in a work that is as
edifying as it is entertaining. And, finally, anyone who has yet
to do so is encouraged to invest six minutes in the watching of this
short film made for Time.com that
provides an in situ portrait
of Ed P and
was directed by fellow-Pittsburgher, Julie Sokolow.
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The Rage of Poseidon
by Anders Nilsen
At last we have a substantial all new work by the creator of Big Questions. Never one
to rest on his laurels, Mr. Nilsen has taken a novel approach to the
graphic novel in The Rage of Poseidon
by 
presenting it in an accordian/concertina format that allows
the reader the standard option of paging through the work as in any
graphic novel as well as the unique opportunity to "hang" the work
across a surface of their choosing: a floor (providing it's long
enough), around the walls of a room (providing it's big enough),
between trees (well, that might be a stretch); or any other way might
conceive of doing so. This second option is, we would surmise,
enabled to allow the work to be viewed - think gallery - as well as
read. This dual aspect of comics - their ability to be
simultaneously viewed and read - is one of the unique features of the
form, and as such has yet to be adequately studied. Nilsen, with
this elegantly simple production decision, has given readers. viewers,
and comics scholars an excellent opportunity to explore this dichotomy
(among other things) in The Rage of
Poseidon.
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Delusional
by Farel Dalrymple
Despite a relative paucity of in-print work, Mr. Dalrymple is something
of an artists' artist who is held in high esteem by many other comics
creators, especially here in Pittsburgh. Now, with the 232 pages
of work in both black and white and full color that is contained in
this sturdy hardcover volume just published by AdHouse Books, it's easy
to see why. Delusional provides a full
spectrum, 360˚ look at Mr. Dalrymple's ample artistic skill set:
comics in black and white and color are, of course, the main
attraction, but we are also treated to his sketches, work-ups,
illustrations, paintings and more. Check
out the super swell PDF
preview now!
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Iron Bound
by Brendan Leach
This epic graphic novel takes readers to the early 1960s back
streets and alleyways of Newark, New
Jersey. Its 250, blocky, horizontally formatted pages are filled
with harsh black and white artwork that combines elements that are at
least reminiscent of Richard Sala and Lynda Barry in its figures and
Ben Katchor in its streetscapes, all of which merges together
seamlessly to create a solid cartoon universe (You
can read the first chapter here, to see what we're talking
about.).
And, as an added bonus, this graphic novel comes complete with its own
flexi-disc record (red "vinyl"!) of music written and recorded by the
official Iron Bound band, the
Newark Wanderers. Here's
a review on PopMatters, and here's
the TCJ
take.
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The Mysterious Underground Men
by Osamu Tezuka; edited by Ryan Holmberg
Here's the
second volume in PictureBox’s “Ten Cent Manga” series designed to
reveal and articulate the links between American and Japanese culture
in the post-WW II years. This full color, 176 page hardcover
reproduces the original two-tone color scheme for an authentic reading
experience. PictureBox sez:
"Originally published in Osaka in 1948, The Mysterious Underground Men
tells the story of Mimio the talking rabbit, as he struggles to prove
his humanity while helping his friends save earth from an invasion of
angry humanoid ants. While Tezuka’s New Treasure Island (1946-47) was
the first major hit for the 'god of manga,' the artist himself regarded
this later book the first of his signature 'story manga'.
Inspired by
Bernhard Kellermann’s Der Tunnel
(1913) and drawing widely on European and American science fiction, as
well as Milt Gross’ own pioneering 'graphic novel,' He Done Her Wrong (1930), this
full-color edition of The Mysterious
Underground Men
will not only introduce to English-language readers a founding monument
in modern Japanese comics. It will also offer a rare glimpse at the
wide-ranging Western cultural sources that made up young Tezuka’s
world." This edition is special treat for all of Tezuka's
American fans.
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Gold Pollen and
Other Stories
by Seiichi Hayashi
Yes! Here's an archival manga collection done right.
Publisher, PictureBox and Series Editor, Ryan Holmberg have teamed up
to produce a exemplary edition that sets
a new standard which we can only hope others
will heed. Art and editorial direction mesh perfectly as paper
stock, reproduction, layout, introduction, editorial essays and overall
book design all come together to deliver an æsthetically
sumptuous, editorially excellent and academically rigorous 176 page
hardcover volume focusing on the life and work of manga auteur, Seiichi
Hayashi. PictureBox states, "Seiichi Hayashi (b. 1945) was a leading
figure in Tokyo's hotbed of avant-garde artistic production in the
1960s and '70s. He is best known for his lyrical and experimental manga
for Garo, the famous alternative comics magazine. The present volume
collects a handful of Hayashi’s most important manga from this period,
including “Red Dragonfly” (1968), “Yamauba’s Lullaby (1968), and “Gold
Pollen” (1971). Published here in their original full color, these
stories mix traditional Japanese aesthetics with Pop Art sensibilities,
and range in topic from the legacies of Japanese rightwing nationalism
and World War II, to the shadow of America over 60s Japanese youth
culture. " Hayashi
was a true original whose influence resonates to this day, in America
as well as Japan. This
is the first volume in their series, Masters of
Alternative Manga. They're certainly off to a good start.
Recommended!
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Hic & Hoc presents: Unknown Origins and Untimely
Ends: a Collection of Unsolved Mysteries
edited by Emi Gemmis
Despondent fans of the long gone and largely forgotten comics that
focused on mysteries and legends, like Adventures into The Unknown, House of
Mystery, House of Secrets, Journey into Mystery, Mysteries of
Unexplained Worlds, Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, Tales to
Astonish, Unknown Worlds, and the many others that were for decades a
central part of the comics firmament finally have a reason to
rejoice! Unknown Origins &
Untimely Ends is an
awe-inspiring anthology jam-packed with tales of the
inexplicable. The 32 stories by as many creators that fill this
180 page volume are each strange and unsettling in their own unique
fashion and together make for an intensely engrossing read; no duds
here! Editor, Emi Gemmis has done a terrific job in assembling a
wide ranging variety of talented artists, each with their own distinct
style. Contributors come from all over, from as close as
Pittsburgh, PA (Nate McDonough) and as far away as South Australia
(Owen Heitmann), and count among their ranks Evangelos Androutsopoulos,
Sam Alden, Melinda Tracy Boyce, Box Brown, Nikki DeSautelle, Julia
Gfrörer, Andy Glass, Jenn Woodall, and almost two dozen
more. We can pretty much guarantee that these tales – which the
introduction states are "all true... (even if) many are also
unbelievable" – will have readers heading to the internet more than
once in an attempt to assuage the gnawing mystery eating away at their
inherent rationality, and feeling a (perhaps unwanted) kinship with
Shakespeare's Hamlet, who succinctly summed it all up when he said –
There
are more things in heaven and
earth, Horatio,
Than
are dreamt of in your philosophy.
- Hamlet
(Act 1, Scene 5)
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three new zines by Theo Ellsworth!
Imaginary Homework
Logic Storm
Relax,
We Have Alien Vehicles
by Theo Ellsworth
Each of these three zines is 32 pages of cover to cover Theo Ellsworth
pen and ink magic. Imaginary Homework
is, actually, pretty much what the title suggests: 32 homework
assignments designed to exercise the imagination. Ellsworth
provides his readers/students highly inventive ways to engage, explore,
excite and ultimately enhance their own imaginations with exercises
such as: 
"Stare at a
familiar object in your home until it becomes alien"; and "Try to
experience all of your senses simultaneously without putting too much
emphasis on a any one sense." All assignments are – naturellement! – accompanied by an
Ellsworth drawing that perfectly illuminates the spirit of the work to
be done. On the inside front cover of Logic Storm,
Theo states that "there was something going on in my subconscious
that felt important" that impelled him to execute these drawings, and
concludes in his afterword on the inside back cover that doing so
"helped me to reach a deeper location inside of my imagination."
The 32 pages in between are non-stop psychic explorations in pen and
ink that amply live up to the title, so hold onto your hat! About
Relax, We Have
Alien Vehicles, Ellsworth states that "This is the deepest I've
ever been able to relax into the act of drawing and allow my
imagination to speak." Each of this zine's 32 pages presents a
pen and ink translation of one of Ellsworth's visits to "The Imaginary
Learning Center" and all are prime examples of Ellsworthania.
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Eye of
the Majestic Creature 2
by Leslie Stein
We've been meaning to list this here, but it kept selling out at the
shop, and so we failed to get around to doing so... until now!
Ms. Stein has, in fairly short order, developed a personal cartoon
language, and she is employing it adventurously here,
in her second collection. Starting off with a wholly original
comics commentary on Theodore Drieser's epic 1900 novel of a country
girl making it in the big city, Sister Carrie, Stein then
continues on in other, equally ambitious directions. Her work has
the potential to appeal to readers across the alt/indy comics spectrum,
and we look forward to seeing more of it. Take a look at this PDF
preview and see what you think.
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Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story
by Peter Bagge
Margaret Sanger is a solid choice to introduce to the comics
world. Not only did Sanger's early efforts to distribute (then
illegal) birth control information and contraceptives employ some of
the same channels as those used by early publishers in the then nascent
comic book industry (as detailed in Men
of Tomorrow), but comics readers as a group are likely to benefit
from being educated about the life and accomplishments of this prime
progenitor of the fight for reproductive rights who is arguably one
of the most important figures of the early 20th century. Mr.
Bagge did his homework and readers will come away with a solid
schooling in all things Sanger, but equally importantly, Bagge's
cartoon biography leverages the strengths of comics and his own cartoon
language to provide Sanger with a personal presence on the page that is
not possible in the standard historical biography. Get an idea of
what we're talking about in this PDF
preview.
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The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage
edited by J. David Spurlock & Stephen D. Kershak
And speaking of important women from the early 20th century whose life
and work intersected with early comic books, here's a book that is
likely to be the definitive single volume work on Margaret
Brundage. Ms. Brundage created a slew of iconic Weird Tales covers during her
stint as the magazine's premiere illustrator during the 1930s, such as
the 1933 "Bat Girl" that graces this collection's cover. Weird Tales was the
horror pulp, providing original publication to classic works by
H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard – among many
others –
that went on to define contemporary American horror and fantasy; it was
in its pages that the genre of Sword and Sorcery was born. The Alluring Art of Margaret Brundage
is a revelation in more ways than one. While its sumptuous
presentation of what may be the most substantial selection of her
classic pulp illustration yet collected is reason enough to celebrate,
what makes this book a real standout is its historical and biographical
component. Preceding the central art section are a half dozen
short essays introducing Brundage, along with a 1973 interview with the
artist. Following the art is the book's highlight: "The
Secret Life of Margaret Brundage," a heavily illustrated, sixty page
essay written by the book's editor, J. David Spurlock which chronicles
her fascinating personal life which includes a lengthy involvement with
the American political left and the civil rights movement. Who
knew? Now everyone can get hep to this intriguing individual.
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Donald Duck:
Christmas on Bear Mountain
by Carl Barks
No one has ever created better Christmas comics than Carl Barks.
"Christmas on Bear Mountain" is more than just another Barks Christmas
Classic, however: it has the added historical significance of
being the story for which Barks created his most famous
character: Scrooge McDuck – Uncle Scrooge to Donald and his
nephews. Scrooge – obviously patterned after the character of the
same name form Charles Dickens's A Chrismas Carol – was
originally created simply as the dramatic foil for Donald and his
nephews in this particular story that was originally released for
Christmas in 1947, and that was supposed to be that... but Barks
quickly realized that Scrooge had a lot more to offer, and he gradually
grew to be second only to Donald himself in the Disney Duck
Pantheon. In addition, this volume contains three more full
length classic full length Donald Duck adventures by Barks:
"Volcano Valley", "Adventure Down Under," and "Ghost of the 
Grotto, as well as seven more of his inimitable ten-pagers
from Walt Disney's Comics &
Stories. All works in this volume were created in
1947. As always when it comes to comics by Carl Barks, this one
is... Recommended!
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Walt Disney's Donald Duck Christmas
Treasury Gift Box Set
by Carl Barks
And is there a better way to confer the Christmas spirit than
with a specially priced box set containing both the aforementioned Donald Duck: Christmas on Bear Mountain and
last year's Donald Duck: Christmas
for Shacktown? No! So here it is, look no further.
retail
price - $49.99
copacetic price -
$44.44
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
This massive 771 page book has certainly hit the ground running, with
gushing reviews galore. "Dickensian" seems to be the general
consensus, but
before checking in with the reviewers, let's head to this brief
chat about the novel with Tartt at
the NYTimes.
Since
we're at the Times, here's
Stephen
King's take on The Goldfinch,
from their pages. NPR.
Geoff
Nicholson in the LATimes. And, lest one get the wrong
impression that there is utter unanimity, here's
a dissenting view in the UK Guardian.
retail
price - $30.00
copacetic price -
$25.00
Comics
Workbook Magazine #1
edited by Andrew White, Zach Mason & Frank Santoro
And, finally, it's the premiere issue of a new bi-monthly magazine on
independent, small press and self-published comics! This magazine
features an interview with Sam Alden by T.S. Moreau, essays on Ernie
Bushmiller's Nancy by Dorothy Berry, and an interview with Comics
Workbook Composition Competition 2013 winner Dave Ortega. We also have
new comics by Oliver East, Sarah Horrocks, and Zach Mason. The cover
was drawn by Sam Alden. Comics Workbook Magazine is put together
by Andrew White (Editor / Wrangler), Zach Mason (Editorial Asst +
Design), and Frank Santoro (Editorial Supervision). 16 pages; 8
1/2' x 11"
retail
price - $2.00
copacetic price -
$2.00
Items
from our November 2013 listings may now be purchased online at
our eCommerce
site, HERE.
New for
October 2013
Love and Rockets: New Stories #6
by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
It's here! This year's comics message from Jaime and Beto, aka Love and Rockets: New Stories #6.
As readers of this space are no doubt already aware, this year
Fantagraphics is celebrating thirty years of publishing Love and
Rockets (at this point it's actually 31 years, but the celebration
shows no sign of letting up). This issue reflects (refracts?) a bit of this
hurly burly in that in contains two dozen inter-related tales!
The wait is over, now it's time to settle into an easy chair with a
reading light and be transported to the Perfect Sphere of True Comics,
with the Hernandez brothers as your guide. See you there!
retail price - $14.99
copacetic price -
$11.99
Co-Mix
by Art Spiegelman
It's here: the last piece of the Spiegelman puzzle. Co-Mix publishes an vast
career-spanning array of
Spiegelmania; taken together with the recently (re)published Breakdowns, it
brings (back) into print the vast majority of Art's miscellanea: short
pieces, comix, prints, New Yorker
covers, etc. While the wide world knows him almost solely through
his
perennial best-seller, Maus,
within the world of comics his influence has been felt more through
the works contained here. This book serves double duty as the
catalogue for the exhibition of the same name that was produced by
9eArt+ for the 2012 Angoulême comics festival, and which, after
travelling to Paris, Cologne and Vancouver, will be at the Jewish
Museum in NYC from 8 November 2013 through 23 March 2014. Co-Mix takes readers all the way
back to Spiegelman's early days with juvenilia from 1958 to 1964.
These are followed by a healthy helping of his comix work from/for the
NYC/SF underground scene in the sixties and seventies, along with a
sidebar on his Topps work – Wacky Packs and Garbage Pail Kids –
which is arguably his most well known work, when you think of their
ubiquity among two generations of American youth. Then we are
taken through the eighties when his pioneering work with Raw – including Maus – is highlighted along with
looks at some rare cover illustrations for a German publisher never (?)
before seen in the USA. His copious work for The New Yorker, primarily executed
in during the nineties, gets ample coverage; included here are many
covers that were rejected – apparently for skirting a bit too close to
the edge. The volume takes us all the way
forward to the present, through his graphic adaptation of The Wild Party to his post-9/11
work and including plenty of never-before-collected pieces ranging from
a stained glass installation to comic strips. The book closes
with an essay by noted art scholar Robert Storr and an illustrated
timeline of Spiegelman's life and career. The book itself is a
superbly designed and produced, massive, oversized, hardcover volume
that is an aesthetic treat in and of itself. Put together
by the team of Tom Devlin, Jeet Heer, Chris Oliveros, Philippe
Ghielmetti and John Kuramoto, Co-Mix
is essential for any appreciation and understanding of Spiegelman's
work.
retail price - $39.99
copacetic price -
$35.00
Battling Boy
by Paul Pope
Well, here it is... finally. Announced in 2007 for a fall 2008
release, finishing Battling Boy
has clearly been a a personal battle for Pope himself. Published
by First Second, Battling Boy
is the first volume in a series clearly aimed at pre- and early
adolescent readers, with a slant towards the male of the species.
While this is bound to be a disappointment for that segment of Pope's
readers who have primarily connected with those aspects of his previous
work which have dealt with more mature themes involving drugs and
sexuality, long-time
readers who were primarily attracted to
his bold art and vividly expressive inking will find much to engage
them here. The commercial considerations of this project demanded
a full color work with standard book dimensions, and while
we here at Copacetic have generally favored Pope's work reproduced in
such a way so as to play to his native strengths – on a larger scale
and in black and white – the
coloring job turned in by Hilary Sycamore is finely nuanced and highly
sympathetic to Pope's æsthetic (far more so than the coloring of
Pope's work in the recent Image Comics collection). The story
told in Battling Boy is a
shuffled deck of interlocking narratives that center on a boy descended
from a godlike realm (think Asgard) who is the son of their champion
(think Thor) who must prove himself in a rite of passage that takes
place in the city of Arcopolis, a mythological urban center along the
lines of an amalgamation of South American capital cities (think La Paz
and Lima) that was formerly under the protection of the famed hero,
Haggard West. Also figuring prominently in the plot is West's
daughter, Aurora. The foes beseting Arcopolis are a bevy of
monsters, rendered with clear relish and applomb by Pope as he expertly
channels his childhood joy in drawing scary creatures (and by doing so
recapitulates one of the book's central themes). While there are
narrative twists and turns aplenty, Pope sticks pretty closely to the
standard young-adult-novel, rite-of-passage playbook. As a result,
there won't be many surprises for seasoned readers well-acquainted with
the genre, but
the younger readers for whom this book was designed are sure to have
a great time reading this highly engaging graphic novel that was
created to connect with
their still vital sense of wonder.
We hope for the sake of these same young readers that Pope has at last
found firm footing for his continued work on this series, so that
subsequent volumes arrive before they're too old to enjoy
them.
retail price - $16.99
copacetic price -
$13.95
Fran
by Jim Woodring
Who is Fran, and what is her/his/its relationship with Frank, and what
part do they play in the Congress of Animals? These questions and
more are not answered in this, the latest comics dreamscape from the
one and only Jim Woodring, but they are delved into and their depths
are plumbed and readers will find themselves once again carried away
from their quotidian world and into the strange Woodringian forest...
retail price - $19.99
copacetic price - $17.77
Ship of Soiled Doves
by Nils Balls, with Erin Colby Griffin
Over three years in the making, Ship of Soiled Doves is
the debut graphic novel of Pittsburgh's Nils Balls, known around town
for his long running Skeleton Balls
strip. Catalyzed by co-conspirator Erin Griffin, this 148 page
(very)
graphic novel relates a tale that the promoters of the civil war's
sesquicentennial might have preferred he hadn't. As
a result of the chaos and confusion produced by the Civil War,
prostitution boomed in urban areas at the center of the conflict.
Women desperate to survive descended on the Nashville encampments
filled with Union soldiers and their pay packets. This
combination
led, unsurprisingly, to an outbreak of veneral disease, which the
powers that be in the Union Army soon realized must be addressed.
But
how? A certain Major General William Rosecrans issued an order to
George Spalding, provost marshal of Nashville, to “without loss of time
seize and trans
port
to Louisville all prostitutes found in the city or
known to be here.” While falling far short of this order, toward
this
end Spalding commandeered the steamer Idahoe, under the command of one
Captain Newcomb, and the rest is history. Here, however, we have
"herstory" as readers are provided with the perspective sorely lacking
from the history books: that of the (not so) "frail sisterhood"
themselves, as
they were set upon the Ohio and Cumberland Rivers in the summer of
1863. Ship of Soiled Doves
is unique in several respects, starting with it's vertically formatted
cover which serves to display a horizontally formatted interior; a
combination which provides retailers with their preferred orientation
while giving readers a chance to get horizontal and
immerse themselves in the lazy river meanderings. The work itself
merges form with content as Mr. Balls employs a fearlessly inventive
approach to indicating changes in the narrative's emotional register
through a variety of shifting page layouts that include anarchical
inserts into the comics diagesis of diagrams, casts of characters,
formal portraits, and, most importantlly, actual period newspapers
filled with apocryphal
(yet nonetheless believable) articles. The narrative we are given
here
doubtless incorporates a healthy dose of fantasy, but this is all to
the good as the result is a heady comics
stew that drops the reader right down into the thick of a significant,
yet
little explored aspect of the war between the states. Made in
Pittsburgh!
retail price - $15.00 copacetic
price -
$12.00
Final
Frontier
by Tom Scioli
Tom Scioli's latest publication is
a far-out and funky comics blast featuring the fabtastic four, Final
Frontier! Once again channelling his patented Kirby-Vibe®,
Scioli
delivers another absorbing page-turner in Final Frontier. Format fiends
will fill with wonder while contemplating this hand-assembled,
saddle-stapled, full color, 100 page comic book that fits snugly in the
hands. Make sure to pick up a copy next time you're in. You won't want
to put it down. Made in Pittsburgh!
retail price - $15.00 copacetic
price -
$13.75
Heathen
by Jeremy Baum
Heathen delivers on the
promise of its subtitle – "The
Sequential and Graphic Art of Jeremy Baum"
– and provides a generous 150+ pages of lush, full color (although with
a decided favoring of blues and greys) comics and illustration
work. Included here are the the short pieces, "Diner", "Someting
About Feet", "A Greater Hell Beyond", "Creation Story" (written by
Morgan Ritchie-Baum), "Murmur" and the complete 38 page "Extravagant
Traveler" (plus cover), along with dozens of full page
illustrations. Primarily employing
ink pen
and pantone markers, Baum's
work focuses on the borderlands: between waking and dreaming;
fantasy and reality; hallucination and perception; sex and
mystery. Heathen is a
great deal and the clear first choice for
anyone ready to take the plunge into BaumWorld™. Made in
Pittsburgh!
retail price - $12.95 copacetic
price -
$10.00
Andromeda
Quarterly, Issue 5
edited by Andy Scott
This time out we have 64 pages - more than half of which are full color
- from a dozen creators hailing from right here in Pittsburgh and as
far away as Serbia. While unstated, this issue's theme appears to
be that of separation and isolation.
Each of this issue's contributions refracts this theme through its
creator's own unique artistic lens.
The two opening pieces strive to visualize internal psychological
states through comics that fuse abstractions with
representations. These are followed by a nineteen page work by
Alexander Mostov, the issue's longest, which details the exactions of
an
isolated existence. An illustration and ad parody (concocted with Nick
Vincenti)
by the inimitable Nate NcDonough fill the middle two pages, followed by
a Matt Harrison one-pager on toy transference. Steph Neary then
provides a four page fantasia of being home alone before readers are
given the opportunity to culturally translate four short takes on
life's absurdities by Slavko Mali. Aaron Ward's "Rave"
demonstrates that even this supposedly most communal of experiences can
be isolating on our age of internet gadgetry. "Timmy and the
Spare Tire",
by Corey Ruffin provides a particularly bleak look at children left to
their own devices in the great out of doors, and the issue closes out
with a six page pencil-rendered piece on the danger of dependency.
It is worth noting that the majority of creators decided to let their
comics speak for themselves and left their contributions
untitled. Cover by Lizzee Solomon. Made in Pittsburgh!
retail price - $5.00 copacetic
price -
$4.50
Blindspot 3
by Joseph Remnant
The third issue of this standout auteur comic book series (think the
paradigmatic work of R. Crumb, along with Eightball, Neat Stuff, Yummy Fur, Dirty
Plotte, and, of course, Remnant's buddy Noah van Sciver's Blammo) has arrived, and we want to
let all straight up comic book readers that they should take a detour
over to Blindspot's spot on the racks a take a moment to check it
out. Each issue tackles exactly whatever is on Mr. Remnant's
mind, and regardless of what topic he decides to tackle, be it his
coffee shop ruminations, a meandering and unsatisfactory journey, a
disturbing dream, a day with nothing particular to do, the end result
is engaging, enjoyable and thought provoking. His finely detailed
pen and ink renderings of himself, his surroundings and characters he
meets up with bring the reader into contact with a fully fleshed out
world. Reader's who have yet to sample the pleasures of Blindspot
may feel a tug of familiarity due to Remnant's book length work on
Harvey Pekar's memoir, Cleveland.
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$4.50
S! The Baltic Comics Magazine #13 & #14
edited by David Schilter and Sanita Muizeniece
Two all new, 162 page, full color comics anthologies from Latvia.
These feature a multitude of comics stylings from around the world,
with a concentration originating in the Baltics by artists that will be
less familiar to most American readers. Reading
each issue of S! is a voyage of discovery as one encounters numerous
talented artists for the first time as well as new work by some
favorites. The
artists Copacetic customers are likely to be familiar with should give
a good idea of the vibe: #13 is the auto-bio theme issue and
features
Simon Hanselmann, Jonny Negron, Julia Gfrörer, HTMLflowers and
Dogboy;
#14 is, believe it or not, the sports theme issue and features Conor
Stechschulte, Josh White, Michiel Budel and Lai Tat Tat Wing, among
many other sports minded cartoonists from around the world.
retail price - $12.00@ copacetic
price -
$12.00@
Tropic of the Sea
by Satoshi Kon
Best known to American audiences for his feature length animés,
most notably, Paprika, Satoshi Kon was
also a highly accomplished creator of manga. US readers finally
get a chance to discover this with Vertical's publication of Tropic of the Sea, a 200 page
graphic novel that was originally serialized in Young Magazine in 1990. Kon's
precise, dynamic and inventive art
immediately reminded us
of Katsuhiro Otomo's legendary work on Akira, which is high praise
indeed. Check out this detailed
review on goodOKbad, replete with a selection of examples of Kon's
art from the book.
retail price - $14.95 copacetic
price -
$13.75
The Summit of
the Gods 4
by Jiro Taniguchi and Yumemakura Baku
This is it, the penultimate chapter of this 1,500 page mountain
climbing epic scripted by Yumemakura Baku and impeccably rendered by
the master of natural adventure manga, Jiro Taniguchi. Back in
the day, in the intro to literature class, one
of the first lessons was that there are three types of dramatic
narrative: man vs. man; man vs. nature; and man vs.
himself*. Well,
we're here to tell you that The
Summit of the Gods has all three, as
the lead protagonists battle the mountains, rivals and their own fears
and doubts on their way to "the summit of the gods." *(nowadays
they likely have a more gender neutral way of phrasing this)
retail price - $24.95 copacetic
price -
$21.75
The
Treasury of Mini Comics
edited by Michael Dowers
This recently released chunky hardcover contains 848 pages of mini
comics by Copacetic stalwarts Ron Rege, Jr., Marc Bell and John
Porcellino along with Leonard Rifas, Justin Green, Gary Arlington, Mark
Connery, Jim Siergey, Larry Rippee, Richard Krauss, Bob Vojtko, Par
Holman & Clark Dissmeyer, Matt Feazell, Matt Howarth, Steve Willis,
Ronald Russell Roach, Edd Vick, Bruce Chrislip, Brad Johnson, Tim
Corrigan, Macedonio Garcia, David Miller, Colin Upton, Robert
Pasternak, David Lee Ingersoll, Roberta Gregory, Dylan Williams, Eric
Reynolds, Molly Keily, Blair Wilson, Jim Blanchard, Chris Cilla, David
Lasky & Jim Woodring, Leela Corman, David Heatley, Laura Wady,
Fiona Smyth, Karl Wills, Onsmith, Travis Millard, Mark Campos, Nate
Beaty, Peter Thompson, Carrie McNinch, Mark Todd, Esther Pearl Watson,
Andy Singer, Noah Van Sciver, Kelly Froh, Aaron Norhanian, Max
Clotfelter, Marc J. Palm and more!
retail price - $29.99 copacetic
price -
$25.00
Reggie 12
by Brian Ralph
The first thing the reader notices upon picking up this sprightly,
oversize hardcover volume, is the nearly translucent embossing
representing the innards of Reggie 12 (innards which, intriguingly,
from an interpretive standpoint, extend into the book's title logo;
indicating, what?: that the word and image are consubstantial?
that, as consumer good, the title logo and the visual representation of
the [imaginary] titular character are equally undergirded by their
artistic rendering? Points worth pondering...), a clever maneuver
that leads the reader to pause contemplatively before diving in to swim
through the cover-to-cover black and white and sky-blue comics.
The roughly two dozen pieces that make up this collection embody an
energetic cartoon synthesis of Felix the Cat and Astro Boy (sort
of). While one-pagers predominate – many of which originally in Giant Robot Magazine – the
pieces range in length through two, four and six pages, all the way up
to an eight page origin sequence. These include new (at least to
us) stories which all flow together with the old, making for a
relatively seamless reading experience. Power-packed fun for all
ages, from a founding member of Fort Thunder,
who can currently be found teaching at SCAD.
retail price - $21.95 copacetic
price -
$19.75
Palookaville
21
by Seth
In this, the twenty-first issue of cartoonist/illustrator/designer
Seth's (almost)
annual, Palookaville, we have
another elegantly designed hardcover
volume. Between the two embossed covers – which show Seth moving
closer to Deco stylings – readers will find three "sections"
containing:
the continuation of the fourth installment of Clyde Fans; selections
from the seventh and eighth volumes of Seth's "Rubber Stamp Diary", and
the
first forty pages of "Nothing
Lasts", a tale taken from "Sketchbook 10." It pretty much goes
without saying that this is a must for all fans of Seth's work.
To anyone yet to sample his wares, all we have to say is, "What are you
waiting for?"
retail price - $21.95 copacetic
price -
$19.75
"When
Did You See Her Last?" (All
the Wrong Questions #2)
by Lemony Snicket, with Seth
We suspect that the long delay in the release of Palookaville 21 was
due at least in part to the fact that Seth was busy working on this
second volume of the All the Wrong
Questions Series, "When Did You
See
Her Last?", with best-selling juvenile fiction author, Lemony
Snicket. This bargain-priced hardcover features series design, cover
and numerous interior illustrations by Seth. Nice!
retail price - $16.00 copacetic
price -
$14.75
March: Book One
by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
We're a bit late in bringing to your attention this graphic memoir that
was released to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the March
on Washington. March
brings readers a vivid comics account of Lewis's "lifelong struggle for
civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance
traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation... Book One spans Lewis's youth in
rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr.,
the birth of the Nashville Student Movement, and their battle to tear
down segregation through nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins." Some
readers may be curious as to why Lewis chose to tell his story in
comics form. It seems that his decision to do so is rooted – at
least in part – in the inspiration he and other student activists drew
from the 1958 comic book Martin
Luther King and the Montgomery Story (This is the same comic
book that was the subject of an exhibit at The Toonseum in 2010).
retail price - $14.95 copacetic
SPECIAL price -
$9.95
hardcover edition: retail price - $25.00 copacetic
price -
$20.00
Genius
by Steven T Seagle & Teddy Kristiansen
This science-minded graphic novel from First Second is a suspenseful
tale that takes a look at the crossroads of morality and science.
(:01) sez: "Ted Marx works hard at his career as a quantum physicist.
But lately the demands of his job have begun to overwhelm him. Then Ted
makes a startling discovery: his wife's father once knew Einstein and
claims that Einstein entrusted to him a final, devastating secret—a
secret even more profound and shattering than the work that led to the
first atom bombs. If Ted can convince his father-in-law to tell him
what Einstein had to say, his job will be safe. But does he dare reveal
Einstein's most dangerous secret to those who might exploit it?"
There's a nice slideshow of eight pages or so of interior art, here.
retail price - $17.99 copacetic price -
$16.75
The Best
of Milligan & McCarthy
by Brendan McCarthy and Peter Milligan
This book is a real wow! It could probably be titled simply
Milligan and McCarthy, as it is pretty much all here in this Revolver-sized hardcover; and
it's all
good. Dark Horse has done a real favor to those comics readers
under
30 who may not have had the chance to encounter this work due to almost
all of it being out of print for over 20 years and most of it being
published in relatively small print runs. McCarthy has long been
a
dazzling comics artist with a pyrotechnic style, pioneering a
psychedelic vocabulary that ranges from clever mash-ups of pre-existent
imagery to the forging of a boldly original synthetic – and
occasionally synæsthetic – comics language which he employs to
match
Milligan's emphasis on difficult states of mind, ranging from the
fantastic to the occult and religious through to mentally ill.
The complete Paradax and Freak Wave and their masterpiece, Rogan Gosh are all here, along with
odds and ends. Also included is their highly unusual
collaboration with Carol Swain, Skin.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic
price -
$22.50
Satan Is
Alive
edited by Mark Rudolph
Is there anyone who's been looking for a comics
primer on heavy metal Satan
worship? If so, then this 144 page anthology of comics, pin-up
art and personal recollections centered on the Danish heavy metal band,
Mercyful Fate's renditions of all things satanic may be the
ticket. It contains the work of the comics faithful, including
Tim Shagrat, Vasilis Lolos, Tim Sievert, Tom Neely, Bruno Guerreiro,
J.T. Dockery, Sara Turner, Stephanie Buscema, Roger Langridge, Ben
Marra, Johnny Ryan and plenty more.
retail price - $12.00 copacetic
price -
$10.00
Monster 2013
edited by Paul Lyons
Printed by Paul Lyons and Roby Newton for Hidden Fortress Press of
Providence, RI, this year's incarnation of Monster is comprised of three
volumes, each printed in blue and red and each sporting engraved,
heavy-stock covers, and all wrapped together in a silk screened
slipcase. All three covers and the slipcase art are by Heather
Benjamin. The three volumes run 64 pages each – for a total of
nearly 200 pages of comics – and include work by Lale Westvind, Jordan
Crane (amazing!), Brian Ralph, Mollie Goldstrom, Paul Lyons, Mat
Brinkman, Roby Newton, Walker Mettling, Andy Neal, Kevin Hooyman,
Thomas Toye, Edie Fake, Brittany Hague, Jon Vermilyea (nice!), Leif
Goldberg, Mike Taylor, Sam Dollenmayer, Michael DeForge, Keith Jones,
Mickey Zacchilli, Marc Bell, Molly O'Connell, Seth Cooper and Devin
Flynn. Limited to 500 copies. These always sell out, so
don't snooze on this one...
retail price - $30.00 copacetic
price -
$27.50
Black Mass
by Patrick Kyle
This hefty softcover collects the entirety of Patrick Kyle's Black Mass series. Comprising
six issues originally published from 2008 to 2011, along with a couple
short pieces that appeared elsewhere, this 7" x 9" French-flapped
softcover contains 208 pages filled with densely packed black and white
comics that relates "the stream of consciousness mis-adventures of
protagonist Turdswallo Blackteeft and his
roomate/brother/best-friend/spouse, Dingball as they stumble blindly
through a multitude of the stickiest situations like the Fred and
Barney of a bizarre nightmarish version of The Flintstones with way
more beer drinking and wizards," according to the book's offical
release notes. Here's
a brief glimpse of what's in store.
retail price - $19.95 copacetic
price -
$15.95
Black Pillars 1
by Andrew White
This 48 page comic book by rising talent and Comics Workbook standout,
Andrew White confronts the arrival of mysterious black pillars that
simultaneously symbolize and announce the arrival of a significant but
as yet unknown change (think a post-9/11 take on the Monolith from
2001 via the mystery object from Presence
[well, sort of...]). White employs a variety of grids – primarily
3, 6 and 9-panel, with a bit of 8-panel for good measure – with which
to organize his bold brushwork, and manages to put together a quite
satisfying read in the process. This is the first of two
parts. Did we mention that this is a hand-numbered edition of 100
copies, each of which includes a unique, original color (quick) sketch on
the inside back cover?
retail price - $6.00 copacetic
price -
$6.00
The
Black Feather 1
by Ellen Lindner
Last time around, Ms. Lindner gave us a comics tale of youth on the run
in 1950s Coney Island in her engaging graphic novel, Undertow. This time around
she presents her readers with the first (full color!) chapter of a tale
of 1920s London.
retail price - $5.95 copacetic
price -
$5.35
The
Strumpet 1 & 2
edited by Ellen Lindner and Jeremy Day
And here's a couple of transatlantic anthologies with a focus on the
feminine. Edited by Ellen Lindner (see above) and Jeremy Day, Issue One
features 52 pages of comics including "Mint Condition" by Copacetic
favorite, Mardou, along with a back cover strip by Megan Kelso.
Issue Two is printed oversize and runs a whoppin' 92 gal-friendly
pages. Get in touch with all things Strumpetic, here.
#1 - retail price - $7.00 copacetic
price -
$6.50
#2 - retail price - $10.00 copacetic
price -
$9.00
The
Circle
by Dave Eggers
One of the most anticipated books of the fall 2013 line up is waiting
for interested readers on the Copacetic new arrivals table. Learn
more here, here and here is a brief Q&A with
Eggers that is focused on this work.
retail price - $27.95 copacetic
price -
$25.00
Love and
Rockets: The Covers
by Jaime, GIlbert and Mario Hernandez.
And what better way to end a listing that began with the new issue of
Love and Rockets than a new book collecting classic-era Love and Rockets work. Los
Bros arrive in style in this massive oversize hardcover coffee-table
book offering up an eye-popping collection of covers from the original
magazine run: front and
back covers of all fifty issues; plus the new covers
executed for the original trade collections, along with a couple done
for UK editions, and, as a special bonus, the cover to the original
self-published first issue! Not only that, the original art of
several of the most famous covers – including for #1 and #2 – is also
reproduced. Sit back and enjoy this trip down memory lane, while
getting to see these covers reproduced bigger and better than ever
before. Get a bit of an idea of what's in store with this PDF
preview.
retail price - $35.00 copacetic
price -
$29.75
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site, HERE.
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