New for September 2016
Libby's Dad
by Eleanor Davis
Never one to rest on her laurels, Ms.
Davis has once again headed out into new territory, thematic as well as
technical, in this 40 page, full color comic book. Superficially the tale of an all-girl suburban sleep over
pool party at the home of the divorced father of one of the girls – the
titular character – Libby's Dad
is a multilayered and multileveled tale of the porous border between
innocence and ignorance. Set firmly in the present, Davis pithily
portrays contemporary mores and cogently addresses contemporary
concerns in her presentation of both story and setting, yet manages to
evoke timeless narratives that echo – albeit indirectly – biblical
themes, specifically that of the Garden of Eden and the fear of an
angry and wrathful God. Davis accomplished these evocations in large
part through the visuals, in her choices of what is depicted as well as
the manner, materials and mode through which she she realized these
depictions. Her primary choice was to execute Libby's Dad entirely
in colored pencil, with no black line. Complementing this was her
decision to dispense with panel borders, which makes for organic
amorphous panel-to-panel transitions within and between each page.
These traditional linguistic signs of the ink line and the panel
border both serve limiting and controlling functions which are
traditionally related to patriarchal values. Davis’s decision to
eliminate them paradoxically calls more attention to the theme of
patriarchy, which is woven through the tale, by virtue of their
absence, and simultaneously serves as a subtle and suggestive
counterpoint, an allusion to the values that are excluded from the
patriarchy, which is also directly referenced in an image of Libby’s
mom. Additionally, as the cover image amply illustrates, images of
vegetation are a significant aspect of the diegesis and serve to create
a pronounced garden motif which can – and should – be read here as a
sign for the Garden of Eden. It is an Eden that the girls in the story
are, evidently, in no hurry to depart from.
retail price - $8.00
copacetic price -
$7.25
Garden of the Flesh
by Gilbert Hernandez
The etymological base-root of the word genesis is the Greek word for "be born or produced." In Garden of the Flesh,
a handy, 96-page, full color comic book with debossed leatherette
cover, Gilbert Hernandez follows etymology and goes back to the
base-root of genesis in his depiction of practices involved in bringing
about "being born or produced," in his take on the first fifth of the
book of Genesis (roughly 2: 7 through 9: 1). He wants to remind
readers just what the Lord means when s/he proclaims, "Be fruitful and
multiply." Doubtless, most readers will have their own ideas about
this, and many will find themselves questioning the likeliness of the
acts herein depicted, but most will just take it for what it's worth,
knowing that that's what "artistic license" is all about, and that
depictions of scriptural events have throughout history commonly
reflected the then current norms of the society and culture which
produced them, and that there is no reason to expect our era to be any
different in this regard. As our society and culture finds itself
permeated with pornography at this historical juncture, it should come
as no surprise to find that popping up in representations of scripture
at this time. And, any reader who has a difference of opinion is
granted an Artistic License of their own by virtue of their residing in
the USA, and so is welcome to go out and create, publish and
disseminate their own particular point of view (as Chester Brown has done--
and he lives in Canada! – along with, of course, R. Crumb in his
complete comics adaptation of the Book of Genesis, and Basil Wolverton,
with his idiosyncratic take on aspects of both the Old and New
Testaments, most notably the Book of Revelations re-imagined as a
nuclear holocaust), should they feel strongly about it. Here in
this volume, readers have the option of exploring Gilbert Hernandez's
point
of view. And, lest the meaning of what's in store here escape
anyone
reading this, please note that Garden of the Flesh is a publication intended for, and the sale of which is limited to, ADULTS ONLY.
retail price - $12.95
copacetic price -
$11.75
The Longest Day of the Future
by Lucas Varela
The power of images to communicate is amply demonstrated in the pages of The Longest Day of the Future.
Lucas Varela simultaneously constructs and communicates an entire
future society predicated on a projected subsuming of national
political systems into that of corporate business, one in which
corporate icons dominate personal identity and brand loyalty trumps
all. This is accomplished entirely without words, in this 120 page
full color pantomime graphic novel that was originally published in
France. There is more, of course, to this work than simply the
construction of a future society. There is also its deconstruction
which is set in motion by a crash-landed alien and his very special
briefcase... Fans of Jason's savvy genre tales are sure to enjoy Varela's
creation, as are any who enjoy savoring the communicative power of
images in sequence.
retail price - $24.95
copacetic price -
$21.75
retail price - $12.00
copacetic price -
$12.00
Arab of the Future, Volume 2
by Riad Sattouf
The second volume in the eye-opening Arab
of the Future graphic memoir of growing up in the Middle East and
Europe has arrived. Riad Sattouf created a gripping portrait of his
early years in Syria and Libya in the first volume. We imagine we're not alone in looking
forward to digging in to this second volume...
retail price - $26.00
copacetic price -
$22.75
Cosplayers
by Dash Shaw
Here's the hardcover
edition of Dash
Shaw's take on this contemporary phenomena. This volume collects
all
extant Cosplayers stories from Cosplayers #1 & #2 along with the
story that appeared as the second half of Hip Hop Family Tree
"Three-In-One", which was, more or less, #3, and combines
them into an integrated whole that includes a brand new story wherein
the protagonists flirt with "the big time" (you can probably guess how
it turns out, but we're not going to tell you!). Suffice it to
say that the latest
from Dash Shaw has arrived.
retail price - $22.99
copacetic price -
$20.00
Real Deal Comix
by Lawrence "Raw Dog" Hubbard & H.P. "R.D. Bone" McElwee
Back in 1990 when the first issue of Real
Deal Comix was released on the world, who thought that the day would
come when it would be collected in a deluxe hardcover volume complete
with debossed, gold foil logo? Well, arrive it has and we have it!
Real Deal Comix has just been collected by Fantagraphics in this 160-
page edition which collects all issues from the original 1990s run, and
a new story prepared especially for this volume, along with a couple of
previously unpublished rarities and an interview with Lawrence "Raw
Dog" Hubbard, himself!
retail price - $29.99
copacetic price -
$25.75
Cheap Novelties
by Ben Katchor
YES! The book that announced Ben Katchor's special genius to the world, Cheap Novelties
is at long last back in print in this fabulous hardcover edition from
Drawn & Quarterly that will go quite nicely on the shelf next to
Katchor's other great works, such as Julius Knipl, Real Estate PHotographer, The Beauty Supply District, and The Cardboard Valise.
Katchor has the uncanny ability to use comics to reveal the past that
lies latent in the present, how the lost can be found right in front of
your eyes if you only look at it... just so. These revelations
are made possible by the inherent qualities of the comics medium, and,
of course, by Katchor's deep understanding of the capacities of these
qualities to work on the memory and the imagination of the reader, to
mix and blend the two and so synthesize a unique "reality" that, in
some important ways, is more real, than that perceived solely by the
senses.
retail price - $22.95
copacetic price -
$20.00
LOAC Essentials Presents: Krazy Kat 1934 - The Complete Dailies
by George Herriman
OK, here's a treat: the complete run of
Krazy Kat dailies from 1934, reproduced full size, on high quality
newsprint, in a chunky, horizontally formatted hardcover volume from
IDW's Library of American Comics Essentials series. This is the same
format as the two Baron Bean collections that IDW released over the
last couple years, that we know at least a few Copacetic customers
picked up. Recommended! <>HC • B&W • 328 pages • 12″ x 4.25″
retail price - $29.99
copacetic price -
$26.75
I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This
by Nadja Spiegelman
Who knew? The daughter of Art Spiegelman
and Francois Mouly has penned a memoir about her relationship with her
mom -- and her mom's relationship with her mom, and how it all fits
together.
retail price - $27.00
copacetic price -
$23.75
Born to Run
by Bruce Springsteen
Yeah, yeah, we know: You already bought
it; you pre-ordered it the second you heard it was coming out. We put
this up for the one person who didn't know about it. Now you know!
retail price - $32.50
copacetic price -
$28.75
Items
from our September 2016 listings may now be purchased online at our
eCommerce site, HERE.
New for August 2016
Zona #1, 2 & 3
edited by Frank Santoro
We've finally negotiated an allotment of this new, unique, handcrafted
series from Comics Workbook that is put together right here in
Pittsburgh. The premiere issue features a hand pulled silkscreened
cover printed -- on both sides! -- in red and black, with an added
yellow layer on the front cover only, on heavy stock. In the first issue you'll
find four ten-page B & W stories (each with their own "cover" -- or
frontice piece, in the case of Frank Santoro): untitled by Frank
Santoro; "a resting place" by Harry Moyer; "Homesick" by Gabriella
Tito; and "Drongo Culture" by Jack Brougham. Each of these stories
takes its own approach to the form, and each is rewarding. The
new-to-us talent of Jack Brougham, with his innovative use of the grid
and solid chops displayed in "Drongo Culture" was a particular treat.
Comics Workbook switches things up with the second issue.
Here we have a single, full-length comics piece that looks just like
something that you would find in a comics workbook. In the twenty-two,
full color pages that make up this issue, Frank Santoro has prepared
what is in effect a "behind-the-scenes" look at the Comics Workbook
techniques (pat. pend.) that employ a limited color palette to convey
mass and spatial relations, and in combination with more traditional
blackline, character and action. It is a demonstration of the visual
shorthand underlying completed comics that you normally don't get to
see, one that efficiently transitions visual ideas onto paper so that
they can then subsequently be built up into a finished product. This
issue will be of primary interest to practicing comickers, story-board
artists, and the like; to get an idea of how to visualize narrative
progressions. The third issue of Zona returns to the format of the first -- but with
a twist. As with Zona #1, #3 contains four ten-page stories by four
different artists, each with its own "cover", making for 44 pages of
art total. 
The issue leads off with "Gulls" by Kurt Ankeny in full
color, followed by "Alabaster Trees" by Jacqueline Huskisson, "Caught
in the Light" by Paddy Lynch and finishing up with "Guilt Came Along"
by Tyler Landry, all in black and white. Huskisson and Lynch work with
the official Comics Workbook grids, with Huskisson mixing it up between
9-panel and 8-panel grids, while Lynch sticks with the 8-panel grid
throughout, while Ankeny and Landry both opt for the three-tieir page,
with Ankeny keeping the center tier of each page as a single,
full-width panel, and breaking up the top ad bottom tiers into two or
three panels, respectively, for a 3-1-2 beat, while Landry holds it
steady throughout with a straight run of three panel pages. If the
issue has a theme, it appears to be relationships -- but there is quite
a breadth to the variety of interpretations on this theme on display in
the pages of this issue. And then there's the cover. The special twist
to this issue is that each cover is an original piece hand drawn in
black and blue marker (with occasional red fine-line marker highlights)
by Frank Santoro. Here too we have variations on a theme, but the
theme is formal: each cover is a head shot of varying degrees of
abstraction; the latest batch are armor-like, bearing a fleeting
resemblance to Iron Man, but each is a unique, original drawing. Nice!
Each issue in the series is hand signed and numbered by Frank Santoro. All three issues have been produced in a limited
edition of 100. Don't miss out!
retail price - $20.00@
copacetic price -
$20.00@
Epoxy #5
by John Pham
Now, while we're on the topic of hand crafted comics, is the ideal time
to bring to the forefront this work by one of the masters of the
handmade comic book, John Pham. Epoxy #5 shows Mr. Pham hitting
new heights of intricacy in production execution. This is actually
three magazines in one: 1) a 20-page 8" x 10.5" issue of Epoxy, into which is bound 2) a 40-page 4.5" x 6.25" issue of Jay & Kay and 3) a 16-page 3" x 4" issue of Cool Magazine
(into which, in turn, is bound a tiny poster and two other super-tiny
inserts; whew!). All are handmade, state of the art risograph printed
employing the Phamicomic Color Process™ that can be found nowhere else.
Amazing!
retail price - $18.00
copacetic price -
$18.00
Double-Head Tour; Tornar and Riparna
by Lale Westvind
It looks like we might as well stop beating
around the bush and come right out and proclaim this "Handmade Comics
Month" here at Copacetic, as here's yet another handmade wonder.
Risographed in purple ink on pink paper,
with a hand screened two color cover printed on heavy cream cardstock,
this is a tale found in “the museum of epics, in the city of
memory.”
We are led to it by our intrepid guide, Lale Westvind, who takes us
there through a very labyrinthine path indeed, one which crosses
cities, continents, oceans and interstellar space – as well as psychic
dimensions – and employs all manner of vehicular transport from race
car to star ship, from surf board to monster truck, from beast back to
energy wave: whether it’s running from or running to, it’s all
about
getting from point A to point B, whatever it takes. The actual
vehicles here, however, are symbol and metaphor, rendered in a
turbo-charged, quasi-draughtsman-like manner that is stylistically
located in the vicinity of the somewhat obscure neighborhood of C.F.
meets Fletcher Hanks. The tale related in “Double-Head; Torvar & Riparna”
is one of two souls meeting on the spirit plane while their corporal
beings remain trapped in the material world, the struggles their
meeting entail, and their search for refuge and, ultimately,
sanctuary. The challenge is how to convey the immaterial aspects of
their spiritual correspondence onto the material plane so that it may
be communicated here – and, crucially, perhaps enable readers to be
transported by this communication to the spirit plane in turn, and
share in this archetypal epic in the city of memory and so engage in a
bit of spiritual correspondence themselves. Readers will of necessity
need to actively participate in this process in order to maintain the
necessary ideational thrust to meet the required psychic escape
velocity to achieve spiritual lift-off.
retail price - $8.00
copacetic price -
$8.00
Street Angel: Alcatraz, Jr. -- Busted!!!
by Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca
OK,
one more. This one's not only handmade, but made in Pittsburgh to
boot! Street
Angel finds herself behind bars (but not for long, if we know our
Street Angel) in this, her latest adventure. Never one to shy
away from a formal challenge, Rugg here has also "imprisoned" Street
Angel formally in a series of grids – 4-panel, 6-panel (horizontal and
vertical), 8-panel, 9-panel and even 12-panel – before "busting out" in
a series of frenetic splashes and pages with borderless panels which
convey Street Angel to her hard won freedom. This is a comic book
to enjoy first and then study later, to see how it's done. 32
full-color, digest-size pages of rock-'em-sock-'em action and
hi-jinx humor are to be had here in this hand made, hand numbered, hand
signed edition of 300 copies. (And we hope all Copacetic
customers are hep to the homage that this issue's cover is paying!)
retail price - $10.00
copacetic price -
$10.00
Summerland
by Paloma Dawkins
Summerland is a unique piece of
comics work, one which turns the typical creative hierarchy on its
head, with the coloring in the dominant position, followed by the
inking, then penciling, and with the scripting tacked on almost an
afterthought. The boldly inked lines are minimal yet effective in
delineating the scene, and to brace the colors and let them do their
stuff, and what they do here is something new. In the pages of Summerland,
Ms. Dawkins has improvised an innovative approach to color, one in
which she "plays" the color scheme using tone clusters and chords,
rather than the normative approach of hitting single notes and then
combining them, and she does so to great harmonic effect. It is
difficult to describe the sensation that viewing these pages makes
other than to say there is an immediate impression of being surrounded
by color. The tonal proximity of the wall-to-wall colors vibrate the
optic nerves in ways that will serve to shatter more than one
preconception about comics coloring. We recommend that readers simply
let go of their narrative processors and immerse themselves in
absorbing this comic book, so as to savor the optical experience.
Here, in Summerland it's the story that's the background.
retail price - $9.00
copacetic price -
$7.75
We All Wish for Deadly Force
by Leela Corman
This 88 page collection of short works by
Ms. Corman is the first or her works -- that we are aware of, at least
-- that is printed in full color. It's great to reaching out in many
new directions, artistic as well as thematic. The stories here range
all over the map -- both physical and emotional -- and present windows
on worlds that most readers will be new to. The stories contain
personal, historical, mythical and political themes, with a special
focus on Egyptian life, and all strive for empathy with their subjects.
retail price - $10.00
copacetic price -
$8.50
Lou
<>by Melissa Mendes
This 160 page softcover collects the
entirety of the fifteen issue Oily Comics run of Melissa Mendes's
charming series that manages to effectively capture key emotional notes
from both childhood and parenting. Lou shows
the inner child remaining in the parent while simultaneously
revealing that inner child being channeled through the parent to the
next generation; reemerging; regeneration.
retail price - $15.00
copacetic price -
$13.75
King-Cat Comics and Stories #76
by John Porcellino
After his major narrative forays in The Hospital Suite and King-Cat #75's
epic ode to Maisie Kukoc, John P. is in a reflective mode here. Small
snippets of walks, dreams, memories and recollections of comics-making
are mixed with seasonal thoughts and interspersed with an epic
selection of letters-to-the-editor, many of which specifically
reference places, locations and/or experiences shared with and/or
related to John P.'s own life. Taken together these ingredients
provide readers with a sense of the community that has built up around
King-Cat over the quarter-century of it's existence, with John's life,
art and work at it's center.
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$5.00
Cometbus #57
by Aaron Cometbus
Cometbus 57, which is, going by
the illustration on the inside front cover, the 35th anniversary
issue(!), is devoted to... interviews with NYC cartoonists (and other
comics industry professionals)! Within this issues 100 pages you will
find interviews with Gabrielle Bell, Robin Enrico, Jeffrey Lewis, Julia
Wertz, Bill Kartalopoulos, Gary Panter, Adrian Tomine, Ben Katchor,
Paul Levitz, Drew Friedman, Karen Green, Gabe Fowler, Kim Deitch &
Al Jaffee! While these interviews are not illustrated with examples of the artists' work, as is so often the case, each interview is
accompanied by a portrait of the interviewee by Nate Powell (March[see below!],
etc..) and the issue's comics-style wrap around cover is by Jeffrey
Lewis. Hot off the press!
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$5.00
Warp Wish Comix
by Nate Ward
From off the streets of Cleveland comes... the inaugural issue of Warp Wish Comix!
24, full color, magazine-size pages jammed with frenzied renderings of
inner space turned inside-out and outer space turned outside in. Think
of the detailed stipplings of Basil Wolverton via Drew Friedman grafted
onto a comics-universe co-created by Kaz and Dave Cooper, and you'll
begin to have some idea what to expect.
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$5.00
March: Book Three
by John Lewis, Nate Powell & Andrew Aydin
The culminating volume in the celebrated
trilogy recounting Congressman John Lewis's experiences on the front
lines of the civl rights movement is the most substantial, running 246
pages. In the pages of this third volume we experience events in
Jackson, Mississippi and Selma, Alabama, as well as the 1964 Democratic
Party Convention and the signing of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. During
these years, Congressman Lewis served as the Chairman of the Student
Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and was a key participant in
the events recounted here. Nate Powell's powerful visuals, inspired by
the events depicted in combination with his own inner convictions, will
serve to inspire readers in turn.
retail price - $19.95
copacetic price -
$17.77
The Osamu Tezuka Story
by Toshio Ban; translated and with an introduction by Frederik Schodt
This manga biography of the great Osamu
Tezuka runs close to 900 pages. It's a giant red brick of a book --
talk about heft! Created by Toshio Ban under the aegis of Tezuka
Productions, work on this began shortly after Tezuka's death in 1989.
Originally published in eight-page installments that ran in one of
Japan's top manga weeklies for two years before being collected (more
than once) and published in book form in Japan. Finally, with the aid
of some funding, it is at last being published in North America in a
translation by the west's foremost Tezuka authority, Frederik Schodt,
who has also penned an introduction for this edition. This looks like
a must read, it's just going to be matter of budgeting in the time;
maybe reading it eight pages a week, to replicate the experience of
reading it as it was originally released will be the way to go...
retail price - $29.95
copacetic price -
$25.75
Items
from our August 2016 listings may now be purchased online at our
eCommerce site, HERE.
New for July 2016
Hip Hop Family Tree, Book Four: 1984-1985
Hip Hop Family Tree 1983-1985 Gift Box Set
by Ed Piskor
The fourth volume of the now legendary Hip Hop Family Tree saga has
arrived! Hip Hop enters a new era with this volume as Salt-N-Pepa make
the scene as does the rapper's rapper, Rakim. Also, the era-defining
Def Jam records is launched and hip hop's center of gravity shifts
westward as we are introduced to Dr. Dre and Will Smith, and Hollywood
finally gets wind of it and starts to cash in with films like Breakin’, Breakin’ 2 Electric Boogaloo, Beat Street, and Krush Groove. AND, for the gift box crowd, the second massive Hip Hop Family Tree Box Set has also arrived. This time around there
is no bonus exculisve -- BUT, the price is ten dollars less than the
first box, SO the third
and fourth volumes can be purchased together for less than apart -- and with
this durable, shelfworthy slipcase thrown in!
HHFTbook4 - retail price - $27.99
copacetic price -
$23.75
HHFT 1983-1985 GBS - retail price - $49.99
copacetic price -
$43.75
Silhouette Zine
by Jim Rugg & Jasen Lex
This hand-made piece was created by Jim
Rugg and Jasen Lex for CSA PGH (Community Supported Art Pittsburgh) in
2014 in a limited, signed edition of 50 copies. It runs forty full
color pages, sports a laser-cut, black card-stock cover (courtesy
Lizzee Solomon of the Tech Shop), and comes with a 4 page booklet
providing artist and publication information in a modified MLA style. SPECIAL NOTE: Each copy includes an original pen and ink silhouette, hand drawn by Jim Rugg!
Through an arrangement with CSA PGH, Copacetic has been provided with
nine copies which we are now making available here through this ONE
TIME OFFER. Anyone interested in requesting a specific
silhouette drawing may email us at: copacetic at copacetic dot biz at
the time of placing your order (or include the choice in a note while
checking out through PayPal; if that is an option, which it
should be). We encourage anyone so inclined to send us a first, second
and third choice to improve the chance of snagging a drawing to your
liking. While we cannot guarantee any choices, we do promise to match
drawings on a first come first served basis, based on the time of
payment. We have provided a gallery of all nine of Jim Rugg's silhouette drawings (about half of which remain at the time of posting this listing) on ello, HERE.
copacetic price -
$60.00
Other Selves #1
by Theo Ellsworth
Yes! Believe it or not, according to Mr.
Ellsworth, this 68-page mini-comic is but the first issue in a
"mini-series" projected to run a whopping nine issues! We got these
straight from the source, and each comes signed with a micro sketch!
FUN!
retail price - $4.00
copacetic price -
$4.00
Someone Please Have Sex With Me
by Gina Wynbrandt
Gina Wynbrandt is back with her first
book-length collection. Here in glorious pink and blue are five
terrific tawdry tales of girls going so wrong they arrive at right.
Included here are "One Less Lonely GIrl", "Tiger Beat Exclusive",
"Manhunt", and the title track, "Someone Please Have Sex with Me" along
with the republication of Ms. Wynbrandt's 2dCloud debut, "Big Pussy."
140 pages in all. Lisa Hanawalt raves, "It's
impossible not to fall in love with this hilarious minx as she lunges
across the page, nostrils flared, hurling herself into increasingly
ridiculous romantic misadventures. Bow down to Gina as she explores
what it means to be horny as hell!"
retail price - $17.95
copacetic price -
$15.25
Turning Japanese
by Marinaomi
Turning Japanese delivers 200+
pages of comics reportage cum memoir that depicts a personal period of
an Asian-American-Californian's intercultural experiences first in San
Jose, then in Japan that lead, eventually, to transcultural
understandings. Marinaomi has in these pages created a work that's
both entertaining and educational! <>And one that has received plaudits from those best placed to make them, including Yumi Sakugawa: "It is a tremendous blessing to read anything that comes from a skillful graphic memoirist like MariNaomi. In Turning Japanese, her unflinching honesty, open heart and hard-earned wisdom challenges us to embrace the unexpected detours that unfold in our own lives. The empty spaces in her minimalist artwork contain many wells of unspoken feelings that linger with you long after you finish reading her book." <>And Jason Shiga: "The best comic about being Asian American in Japan. Like Fun Home and Persepolis, ,Turning Japanese is at once modest and grand. MariNaomi is a master of the small, intimate moments that build to a surprisingly emotional climax."
retail price - $24.99
copacetic price -
$21.75
Do Not Disturb My Waking Dream #5
by Laura Park
The fifth installment of Ms. Park's
popular series has arrived! This one is filled with short, reflective
narrative pieces that showcase her pithy, understated humor. Weighing
in at a mere 12 pages, the high quality of the work here will leave the
reader wanting MORE! Let's hope the next issue is already in the works.
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$4.00
ITDN
by Andrew Burkholder
ITDN is 2d Cloud's 2016 follow-up to Burkholder's 2015 Qviet collection, yes, but the work it contains is all from 2010 to 2014, so it is actually a prequel of sorts. The ten pieces in ITDN
reveal Burkholder as a relentless experimenter, taking different --
even opposing -- approaches to creating comics communications --
although all are focused on the inherent power of line to
delineate thought -- and then heading with each in one direction after
another, to discover where they may lead, which readers of Qviet already know. However, after finishing ITDN,
readers will likely suspect that whatever Burkholder releases in 2017
will be something else altogether, as he is likely to keep tinkering...
retail price - $22.99
copacetic price -
$20.00
AltComics #1
retail price - $5.00
copacetic price -
$4.50
Hellbound Lifestyle
by Alabaster Pizzo & Kaeleigh Forsyth
Here's the latest from the Retrofit / Big
Planet publishing group. Freshly flush from their recent Kickstarter
funding round, they are now able to up their publsihing ante with an
enhanced product line, to which fact this release amply attests. And here are the details: "Kaeleigh
Forsyth wryly observed and recorded the weird moments of
her life in private notes on her phone, and now her friend Alabaster
Pizzo has illustrated these secret thoughts in hilarious detail." | 72
color pages, 7x9 inches (178x229 mm), softcover perfect bound graphic
novel.
retail price - $10.00
copacetic price -
$8.75
Elf Cat in Love
by James Kochalka
Retrofit / Big Planet is back! with this, their first ever hardcover release by the comicker
that launched the Retrofit line nearly five years ago with Fungus,
the one and only James Kochalka. Here's the dope on his
latest: "When the incredibly conceited Elf Cat goes on a quest
for the Ice
Sword with his magical friend Tennis Ball, they will face dragons,
magical hot dogs, snowflake princesses, and confront their feelings! If
you find love in many places, can you see it when it is right in front
of you?"
| 100 black & white pages, 5.5x8.5 inches (140x216 mm), our first
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