Be
Gay, Do Comics! – Queer History, Memoir, and Satire
from The Nib
edited by
Matt Bors &
Matt
Lubchansky
Be Gay, Do Comics! collects
roughly 250 pages of full color comics from
The Nib,
that, taken together, run the LGBTQ+ gamut, in the process
fleshing out quite a diverse spectrum of experiences.
The 40 contributors to this volume, assembled here
by (we believe) Matt Bors and Matt
Lubchansky, including Kendra Wells, Hazel
Newlevant, Maia Kobabe, Matt
Lubchansky, Breena Nuñez, Sasha
Velour, Shing Yin Khor, Levi Hastings, Mady
G, Josh Trujillo, Bianca Xunise, Kazimir
Lee, and many more, employ a wide variety of
modes. Starting out with an important history lesson
(and there are plenty more along the way) and moving
on through personal accounts, jouralistic accounts
and the unpacking of terms and definitions, all
interspersed with wry one-pager reflections by Joey Alison
Sayers, this collection is packed with positive energy and
joyful vibes. Diverse as they are, all
contributors, are united in their celebration of all
things gay. Check
this out for more.
retail
price - $24.99 copacetic price - $21.75

Old
Growth
by Niv Bavarsky &
Michael
Olivo
This 200+ page, full color, hardcover (featuring
metallic ink!) has been released by Fantagraphics
under its "FU" (Fantagraphics Underground, in case you
were wondering) imprint, which usually indicates a print
run of 1000, or less.
Old
Growth is
a trippy, dreamy mythological/philosophical in comics
form. Includes an semi-explicative interview with the
creators by Jesse Balmer at the conclusion.
Not really sure what to expect from that admittedly
vague description? Get a nice taste of
what's in store
HERE (just keep
scrolling down – and up, as the link seems to take you
to the middle of the preview? – but take your time
as the graphics may take a second to load).
retail
price - $35.00 copacetic price - $29.75
Ex.Mag
#2 - "Paranormal Romance"
by Jane Mai,
Michelle Kwon,
Mikkel Sommer,
Choo,
et al
Here's the middle volume of the the three volume
series from PEOW – Ex.Mag! This time around the
theme is paranormal romance, and once again showcases
the work of some outstanding contemporary comics
makers, including: Choo • Loïc
Locatelli • Jane Mai, Yon
Lee, Natasha Allegri, Leslie
Hung, Mikkel Sommer, Michelle Kwon
and Luis Yang. You can check out some
sample pages on PEOW's own page for this item,
HERE.
retail
price - $15.00 copacetic price - $15.00
Hokusai
Manga
by Katsushika Hokusai
Now at last available in the USA, here is a look at
where it all started – manga that is! This pint-sized
box set is truly power-packed! While it’s pages
measure a mere 4 1/4" x 5 3/4”, its three volumes
contain well over 1000 pages total, over 900 of which
are fully devoted to reproducing the most extensive
selection of Hokusai’s ten-volume handbook of drawings –
which he dubbed manga – that he originally published
between 1814 and 1820 (although an additional five
volumes were published long after his death, bringing
the total to 15 – we think; read the notes accompanying
these volumes for the full details) currently available
in a popular edition – and nowhere even remotely close
to this bargain price! Make sure to check this one
out next time you’re in the shop. Online customers
can get a sneak peek
HERE.
There is also a review (of the identical UK
edition) accompanied by plenty of sample pages
HERE.
retail
price - $34.95 copacetic price - $29.75
Gates of Plasma
by Carlos Gonzalez
We've had this one in the shop for a year... but
forgot to list it here. Sorry!
Gates of Plasma is the
latest and greatest work from
outlandish outlaw cartoonist, Carlos
Gonzalez. This 320 page tome takes readers on a
strange trip indeed. Think: Shaky Kane
mixing it up with Michael DeForge and Jesse
Jacobs as they adapt a lost early Charles Burns
fragment to a conjectural 22nd Century
scenario. Or maybe just visit its publisher,
Floating World's page on it
HERE,
where you can take in their take on it and also
be treated to some sample pages that will give
anyone unsure of what to expect an idea what
they'll be in for...
retail
price - $19.99 copacetic price - $17.77
Super Dimensional Love Gun
by Shintaro Kago
We finally managed to find a good source for this
title, and so now can offer here. Super Dimensional Love Gun collects
a big fifteen way out and wacky manga shorts from the
mind and pen of Kago Shintaro. 200 pages printed
on nice newsprint in the handy 6" x 8" softcover
format at a bargain price. So, if any Kago fan
has missed this one, now's your chance!
retail
price - $12.99 copacetic price - $11.75
Los Angeles Times
edited by Sammy Harkham,
w/ Jordan Crane,
Julie Doucet,
Max ,
Lale Westvind,
Archer Prewitt,
Connor Willumsen,
Matthew Thurber,
John Pham,
Ron Rege,
Simon Hanselmann and more!
Happy Thanksgiving, indeed! Arriving just the
day before, this 72-page tabloid newspaper edited by
Sammy Harkham is packed cover to cover with comics
– in (mostly) full color, duotone and black
and white – and is an amazing amalgamation of
artistry. Wow! And, oh yeah, it's
FREE (In the shop, just ask for a copy. Here on
the site it's not possible to make it's price zero, so
it's a penny. Also, PLEASE NOTE: there is
a
LIMIT of
ONE COPY per
customer.)
copacetic price - FREE... GONE!
Gross Exaggerations
by Milt Gross
The latest gigantic (13" x 16") deluxe Sunday
Press hardcovers, has arrived!
Gross
Exaggerations: The Meshuga Comic Strips of Milt
Gross 1926-1934. A selection of Sunday strips and
illustrations from the king of screwball comics,
Milt Gross! This work was grew out of the
Yiddish humor in vaudeville and went on to lampoon
all the foibles and quirks of everyday life. Here is
a curated collection of the major comic strips of
Milt Gross— Nize Baby, Count Screwloose, and Dave’s
Delicatessen —along with other comics, books and
illustrations from his prolific career. Most of
these lost gems have never been reprinted before!
Ivan Brunetti sez: "Genius
can manifest itself in two ways: the unfathomably
complex, and the unfathomably simple. Milt Gross
belongs to the latter category. He is one of the
all-time great cartoonists because he makes the
craft integral to the entire endeavor look so easy,
even enjoyable. When I envision the word
“cartooning” in the dictionary, the accompanying
illustration is always a drawing by Gross: Nize
Baby, Iggy, Count Screwloose, or any number of
walk-on characters from his strips. These spirited
drawings embody cartooning both as noun and verb.
Gross is an elemental force, and his command of line
and form convincingly argues for cartooning as the
purest, the most natural, instinctive, and
expressive—it’s tempting to say the only—way to
draw.
Mark
Newgarden sez: "Gross was first and
foremost a product of American popular culture and
operated with the understanding that his latest gag
had already begun disintegration on contact with
oxygen (as all popular culture must). And while his
generation’s bag of tricks has been long absorbed
into the hardpacked humus of cartooning convention,
this restless artist’s best work remains a
revelation, compulsively energetic and still
uncompromisingly funny. His mature line work in
particular maintains a markedly fresh vigor and
offhanded edginess that offers up as much a whiff of
the avant-garde as of a Bronx-bound IRT." And
check out
this interview/conversation between
screwball comics scholar, Paul Tumey and Sunday
Press publisher, Peter Maresca.
retail
price - $85.00 copacetic price - $78.75
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items and more may also
be found at our
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HERE.