Smashed
by Junji
Ito
Within the pages of Smashed lurk a baker's dozen
of all new (to North American readers, at least)
gruesome stories awaits – by the manga master of horror,
Junji Ito; over 400 pages in all! " Bloodsucking
Darkness," "Deathrow Doorbell," "I Don't Want to Be a
Ghost," "Library Vision," and more. Get smashed...
on horror manga! Here's a brief preview from our
Instagram™ feed.
retail
price - $22.95 copacetic price - $20.00

House of the Black Spot
by Ben Sears
The new bargain priced full color all ages Double+
Adventure graphic album from Ben Sears is here!
The books in this highly engaging series contain fairly
sophisticated stories, themes and sub-plots, yet are
nonetheless appropriate for readers of all ages.
Scope out some spreads, here. Some of the material will go
over the head of younger and less experienced readers,
but there's nothing to harm or offend a young reader's
developing sensibilities. These are books for
younger readers to grow into, and older readers to enjoy
now. It's win-win!
retail
price - $12.00 copacetic price - $10.75

The Scar: Graphic Reportage from the
U.S.-Mexico Border
by Andrea Ferraris & Renato
Chiocca
This 40 page mid-size softcover presents readers with to
looks at life on the US/Mexican border: the first, "A
Night on the Border'" is set in Nogales, a city through
which the border runs, with its northern half located in
Arizona, and its southern half in Sonora; the second, "A
Day on the Border," is set in the desert terrain of
southern Arizona, along which the border wall – the
"scar" of the title – runs for 262 miles, before
petering out in the middle of nowhere. Written by
Andrea Ferris, who also supplies an Author's Note, and
illustrated by Renato Chiocca in detailed soft pencil
renditions.
retail
price - $8.00 copacetic price - $7.50
The Nib #2: Family
edited
by Matt Borrs
Better late than never, here's the second issue of The
Nib, the print publication of the popular left-leaning
comics journalism website of the same name. The
theme of this issue is "Family" and the highlight
for us here at Copacetic are the two cover and three
section-heading illustrations by Jillian Tamaki, all
superb. Here’s a look at what else you’ll find in
this issue: Nicole Georges interviews Alison
Bechdel about how writing a memoir changed her family
and herself. • Ryan Devereaux of The
Intercept reports on a Brazilian father and son
separated at the border, illustrated by Katie
Wheeler. • Mathew and Jake New, a pair of twin
brothers attend a twins festival in Twinsberg, Ohio, to
report back on their findings. • Four queer
cartoonists on how they are defining family for
themselves—L. Nichols, Luke Healy, Robyn Jordan,
and Archie Bongiovanni. • Features by Sarah
Glidden, Mike Dawson, Maki Naro, Andy Warner and Eleri
Harris. • Dispatches by Emily Flake, Matt Bors, Teddy
Hose, Vreni Stollberger, Joe Decie, Chelsea Saunders,
Keith Knight and Andy Warner. • Strips by
Kendra Wells, Ruben Bolling, Nomi Kane, Matt Lubchansky,
Jon Rosenberg, Gemma Correll, Joey Alison Sayers
and Ben Passmore. • Stats by Olivia Walch,
contributions by Erlend Sandøy and Sim Mau.
retail price
- $15.00 copacetic price - $13.75

The Book of Weirdo
by Jon B. Cooke
When Weirdo first
premiered nearly 40 years ago ( > Good Lord, Choke!
< ), it would have been hard to imagine it ever being
the subject of a coffee table book, but times
change! Here we have a heavy duty, oversize, 288
page book chock full of photos, illustrations, and, of
course, comics – entirely in black & white, natch' –
edited, and largely written, by comics scholar Jon B.
Cooke, with plenty of help from Weirdo alumni. In
addition to covering the life and times of the magazine
and its contributors – most notably, and centrally, R.
Crumb – there are plenty of interesting asides to
tangential issues such as Weirdo's connection to the
Church of the Sub-Genius, its link to the creation of
the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. the influence of
Bruce Duncan's Tele-Times, and much more!
retail
price - $39.95 copacetic price - $35.75

Foodgirls
by Lizzee Solomon
We finally got our
hands on a stack of Lizzee Solomon's compendium of her
best selling – and ineffable – Foodgirls™ postcards.
This 8 1/2" x 11" squarebound softcover, presents all
46 of these unique illustrations, one per
page. This volume's sub-title indicates that it
can also be considered an "Adult Coloring Book."
So, anyone so inclined can go to town here – the paper
is extra heavy stock, ready to absorb markers as well
as crayon and colored pencil.
retail
price - $15.00 copacetic price - $12.75

Grixly #45 & 46
by Nate McDonough
It's two-of-a-kind here at Copacetic, with a pair of
Grixlys! Each of these
hot-off-the-press made-in-Pittsburgh comics is a
16-pager, digest-size and jam-packed with comics; 4
pages in full color, 12 in B&W, all firmly bound
in a full color, cardstock cover. #45
features, "Comic Shop 2019" and a handful of
Instagram-formatted meditations on contemporary
social interactions, along with a deconstruction of
one particular anthology-submission process.
In #46 is packed with personal recollections and
reminiscences, plus satire! Take a gander, here. Grixly!
retail
price - $2.00@ copacetic price - $2.00@

Moneyland: The Inside Story of the
Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World
by Oliver Bullough
Ever wonder where all the money goes? Oliver
Bullough has the answer: Moneyland! Read it and
weep. Recommended (if you think you can stomach
it)! Anyone intrigued can dive right in and read
some of the precursor articles that were later
incorporated – in revised form – into Moneyland, along with more
recent pieces covering more or less the same beat, here on Oliver Bullough's archive on
The Guardian (scroll
down for the earlier articles that were adapted for
inclusion in Moneyland).
retail price
- $28.95 copacetic price - $25.00