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The Book of Genesis, Illustrated
by R. Crumb
Yes, here it is: the most talked about book in comics. Five years at the drawing board hath wrought Crumb's own pen & ink rendering of the West's origin myth. Crumb, as he warned and as we would naturally expect, hasn't pulled any punches and has illustrated this tale as written, warts and all. Crumb says it best himself in his introduction: "I, R. Crumb, the illustrator of this book, have, to the best of my ability, faithfully reproduced every word of the original text... Every other comic book version of The Bible that I've seen contains passages of completely made-up narrative and dialogue, in an attempt to streamline and 'modernize' the old scriptures, and still, these various comic book Bibles all claim to adhere to the belief that the Bible is 'the word of God' or 'inspired by God,' whereas I, ironically, do not believe the Bible is 'the word of God.' I believe it is the words of men. It is, nonetheless, a powerful text with layers of meaning that reach deep into our collective consciousness, our historical consciousness, if you will. It seems to be an inspired work but I believe that its power derives from its having been a collective endeavor that evolved and condensed over many generations ..." Every line in this book is hand drawn. The only mechanical text is on the copyright page, the inside jacket flaps, and the commentary in the addendum. It's the Bible! It's a comic book! It's Crumb! It is, in short, amazing. Dive right in with this preview. Who wouldn't want this book?
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
Masterpiece Comics
by R. Sikoryak
Literally two decades in the making, here is a book that lives up to its name! There are levels of irony upon irony and then within and in between these there lurks hints and glimmers of more. There is militant subversion and blatant transgression of the exact same material for which is simultaneously exhibited the deepest respect and greatest empathy. R. Sikoryak is a truly singular master of comics who knows its classical forms and major practitioners inside out to a degree that is simply unparalleled. His work contained here will trigger a panoply of associations to anyone devoted to the form of comics and this is then squared for those who are on equally familiar terms with the literary classics that are adapted. Sikoryak's achievment in successfully splicing together classic literature and classic comics at the deep level of their respective genetic codes is such that the reading of this collection will, for some, spark a revolution in their perceptual apparatus that will topple the reigning dominant ideology and force a reordering of priorities. We have here the Book of Genesis as a series of Blondie Sunday pages; Dante's Inferno imagined as Bazooka Gum insert comics; Shakespeare's Macbeth as a Mary Worth sub-plot; Voltaire's Candide imagined as Ziggy; Marlowe's Faust as a series of Garfield dailies; Wuthering Heights as an EC horror comic; The Scarlet Letter as acted out by Little Lulu and Tubby; Kafka's "Metamorphosis" starring Charlie Brown; The Portrait of Dorian Gray as a sequence from Little Nemo in Slumberland; Waiting for Godot starring Beavis and Butthead; and, finally the piece de resistance, Crime and Punishment as a 1950s Detective Comics featuring Batman & Robin and the Joker followed by the encore of Camus's L'Etranger condensed into a series of Action Comics covers circa the same era. No self-respecting comics fan can hold their head high without having this volume in their library. Please take a moment to feast your eyes on this PDF sneak peek. And then take a few moments to read this 3-part interview with Sikoryak.
retail price - $19.95 copacetic price - $17.77
Locas II
by Jaime Hernandez
418 pages of the greatest comics of our time under one cover. This volume picks up, roughly, where Locas left off, and collects nearly all the standard comic book size formatted work that Jaime has executed since the conclusion of the original 50-issue run of the magazine size formatted Love and Rockets. Locas II bring together under one cover all six issues of the Penny Century series along with Jaime's contributions to the first nineteen issues of the twenty-issue run of the second volume of Love and Rockets. Not everything from this period is here, however. The most notable exclusion is the first work Jaime completed after the termination of L&R, vol. I, the three-issue mini-series, Whoa, Nellie! As it was only tangentially connected to the Locas storyline, it is not collected here. Also not included are numerous short strips – mostly one or two pages in length – that appeared in the aforementioned issues of Penny Century and L&R, vol. II, but are not related to the Locas continuity, as well as the full color, novella length work that originally appeared (slightly abridged) in The New York Times Sunday Magazine and subsequently appeared in Love and Rockets, Volume II #20. (Completists take note!) That said, what you are getting is a big book filled with the best of the best, all laid out in a mammoth narrative arc that continues to build on the magnificent structure of past work in creating the most richly complex and deeply human work in the history of comics.
retail price - $39.99 copacetic price - $33.99
Luba
by Gilbert Hernandez
At last! The second hardcover collection in the epic saga that began with the mammoth (and now, sadly, out of print*) Palomar. Luba is a massive 600 page hardback that collects the entirety of the three previously released softcovers, Luba in America, Luba: The Book of Ofelia, and Luba: Three Daughters, and then some. The combined retail price of these three softcover trades is $59.97 making the choice of this stunning hardcover a no-brainer for anyone who had yet to purchase this amazing material. And not only that, this time around the work is printed on non-reflective flat white stock yielding superior image quality, which it will make tempting to even those who already have the trades. Luba follows the the titular character along with a large supporting cast that spans three generations and the environs of Mexico and southern California. This is a series that is populated by some of the most colorful characters in the history of comics and that's saying something considering they're all printed in black & white. There are plot lines, actions, reactions and interactions galore. There is powerful social commentary side by side with action and laughs, and more insight into character formation and sexual development than you will find anywhere else.
retail price - $39.95 copacetic price - $33.95
Asterios Polyp
by David Mazzucchelli
This is perhaps the longest awaited work in the history of comics (No? Let us know what, in your estimation, beats it.). Over ten years in the making, Mazzucchelli's first ever solo graphic novel, is also his first major work since his 1994 graphic adaptation of Paul Auster's City of Glass, a trailblazing, highly influential work which put him at the forefront of the then nascent "serious" graphic novel movement. David Mazzucchelli's work with Frank Miller in the mid-80s -- Daredevil: Born Again and Batman: Year One -- made him a mainstream comics superstar, but then he walked away from it all to pursue his own calling of an independent, more thoughtful form of comics and became a legend in the process. And now here we are, over twenty years later with his most important work. Talk about anticipation! Mazzucchelli has spent the last decade pondering the possibilities and potentials of the comics form and Asterios Polyp embodies his findings. Metaphysical speculations in comics form combine with Mazzucchelli's own idiosyncracies, Eisnerian pathos, and a notable Japanese aesthetic, as well as explorations and deconstructions of the printing and production process that shows commonality with contemporaries Paul Hornschemeier (specifically The Three Paradoxes), Dash Shaw (particularly Bodyworld), and Frank Santoro (pretty much everything), all of which is woven together in a tale clearly inspired by classical Greek mythology, dramatics, and philosopohy that commands the reader's full attention, forcing perceptual and conceptual apparatuses into overdrive and demanding multiple readings.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $26.95
The Best American Comics 2009
edited by Charles Burns
Anyone who you think needs to be brought up to speed as to what's going on in comics today would be a good choice to receive this star-studded anthology filled with the best and the brightest from the last twelve months of comics, as judged by Charles Burns. In a book like this, we feel that the contributor list says it best: Doug Allen, Peter Bagge, Gabrielle Bell, Matt Broersma, Daniel Clowes, Al Columbia, Robert Dennis Crumb, Sammy Harkham, Tim Hensley, Gilbert Hernandez, Kevin Huizenga, Ben Katchor, Kaz, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Michael Kupperman, Jason Lutes, Tony Millionaire, Jerry Moriarty, Anders Nilsen, Gary Panter, Laura Park, Mimi Pond, Ron Regé, David Sandlin, Koren Shadmi, Dash Shaw, Art Spiegelman, Ted Stearn, Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, Dan Zettwoch. 'Nuff said. W e also still stock the three previous volumes in this series, so you can really do someone a favor, if you feel so inclined.
retail price - $22.95 copacetic price - $20.00
The Complete Jack Survives
by Jerry Moriarty
Begun thirty years ago, Jack has at last found a permanent luxury dwelling in this sumptuously produced (by Buenaventura Press) oversized hardcover book that will be treasured by comics aesthetes everywhere. Jerry Moriarty, who has the courage to admit that, "When I started out, I didn't know what I was doing," took a chance and headed into unknown territory, taking a painterly sensibility rooted in the depression-era painting of Hopper, Sheeler and Burchfield, and grafting it straight onto his own hardwired, homegrown comics sensibility. Without taking the time to worry what it all meant or where he was going, he just struck out for the territory and made it all his own. Take a tour.
retail price - $34.95 copacetic price - $29.75
Low Moon
by Jason
Here it is, the first Jason omnibus. Five – count em'! – graphic novellas in one hardcover volume. All new, none before published in the United States (although the work whose title supplies that of the collection, "Low Moon," was serialized in the New York Times). This works out to less than half the price per work compared to the softcover editions we're all so familiar with (at the copacetic price, they're a mere four dollars and change each). The lead off tale, "Emily Says Hello," is Jason at his darkest. You won't wallow in despair for long, however, as it is followed by "Low Moon" which is a quirky – and funny – take on the classic western, as only Jason could do. Then we have the pivotal, center story, the aptly, if oddly, named, "&." A period piece set during what appears to be the silent film era, this is a bit of gloomy slapstick, an apparent contradiction in terms that only Jason could pull off, and the source of the cover image. Next up is "Proto Film Noir," which we are not going to say anything about, just to keep you guessing at what a story bearing such a title could possibly be about (here's a tip: don't bother, you'll never guess). Finally, the book closes with "You Are Here," which may very well be the definitive Jason story, and has to be one of the most pithy stories ever penned on the price exacted by the failure of forgiveness. Did we mention that all stories are full color? While everyone doubtless has their own personal favorite Jason book, we feel comfortable stating that from an objective standpoint, this one is clearly the best yet. So, what are you waiting for?
retail price - $24.99 copacetic price - $22.22
Map of My Heart
by John Porcellino
To celebrate King-Cat Comics and Stories' twentieth birthday, Drawn and Quarterly has given us a present: this swell 360 page volume that collects King-Cat Comics and Stories #51 - #61 – all classics – in their entirety, along with copious notes, bonus comics, journal and notebook entries, maps, and even an index (of titles)! This one should be a no-brainer for everyone except those who already own the originals (and even they might be tempted by the bonuses). Those who are unfamiliar with Porcellino's work can get a nice PDF taste of it here. And, we're adding to the celebration by offering a special discount.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic special price - $19.95
Aya: The Secrets Come Out
by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
The third volume in this intelligent and endearing look at bourgeois life in Côte d'Ivoire – The Ivory Coast to those of us in the English speaking world – during the 1970s that focuses on the trials and tribulations of a large cast of characters (that are helpfully outlined in a double page spread to assist those readers for whom this volume is their first to get up to speed) that centers on a young woman named Aya. Oubrerie's art is stunning as usual, as he continues to bring to life the unique color pallet of western Africa. At once exotic and mundane, this series truly brings this time and place back to life.
retail price - $19.95 copacetic price - $17.77
Red Snow
by Susumu Katsumata
Canadian publisher, Drawn and Quarterly extends their manga winning streak with the excellent hardcover collection of ten short stories. Susumu Katsumata is yet another of the manga maestros who are woefully under-recognized here in North America that D & Q has taken upon themselves to introduce to what they hope – and so far has been – an appreciative audience. Katusmata's work is unique in that it falls into the category of gekiga – the grittier form of manga pioneered by Tatsumi and others – yet, unlike the vast majority of those practicing their craft within this form, Katsumata's tales are set in rural pre-modern Japan, giving his work some parallels with that master of Japanese cinema, Akira Kurosawa. Includes an interview with and biography of the author.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
gifts for less: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror
by... The Kramers Ergot Gang!
Just roll this one up and you've got the perfect stocking stuffer for the heppest of your pals. What makes this Simpson's comic book different from all other Simpson's comic books? Well, this 48 page (no interior ads!) full color comic book "starring" the Simpsons is written and drawn by Kramers Ergot alumni Tim Hensley, Matthew Thurber, Kevin Huizenga, Jordan Crane, Ted May, Sammy Harkham, Will Sweeney, Jon Vermilyea, Ben Jones, John Kerschbaum, Jeffrey Brown and C.F., and features a cataclysmic cover by none other than dazzlin' Dan Zettwoch - 'nuff said!
retail price - $4.95 copacetic price - $4.44
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
By Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou
Artwork by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna
Here is the ideal gift for any and every comics reader of the math and/or logic persuasion, as well as those intrigued by the developments in these fields that led to Alan Turing's breakthroughs that made computers possible and so indirectly gave birth to the information age amidst which we currently find ourselves. This engaging and highly readable graphic account the history of mathematics and logic during the first half of the twentieth century is quest's end: buy it, wrap and you're done. Employing the dramatic device of linking all the historical events to the life of the philosopher/mathematician, Bertrand Russell, and bracketing the story with a self-referential account of its creation in the present, the authors have managed the difficult feat of simultaneously educating and entertaining the reader in equal measure. Needless to say (but, as all of you reading this well know, that has never stopped us before and we see no reason to let it start stopping us here) this book is packed with potential to be the perfect holiday gift for any mathematically inclined comics reader. Learn plenty more about it at: http://www.logicomix.com
retail price - $22.95 copacetic price - $20.00
Hot Potatoe
by Marc Bell
Voot O'Reenie! Break out the Slim Gaillard and get comfortable! This gigantic album of the one and only Marc Bell, Canada's answer to long lonely winters, is coming over and you'll want to be prepared. Comics, illustration, mixed media and Bell's own idiosyncratic combinations of these that together embody one of the most singular ouevres in the art comics biz are all amply on display in the over 270, 9" x 12" pages. Color and black and white works are reproduced accordingly and with care in this multiple-paper-stock-employing oversize hardcover volume that is an ideal tonic for chasing away those winter blues, and has been released just in time to do the job
retail price - $39.95 copacetic price - $33.95
Project Recess, Volume 3
by James Jean
The third installment in the elegantly designed and much demanded (the first two were quick sellouts) series of the art of James Jean provides an intimate look at the working methods of this talented, stylish and popular artist. A plain black die-cut cover hints at the informal sketchbook/scrapbook contents within. Fans who have been waiting to get an up-close and personal look at the creative core of James Jean now have their chance. Check this out for an idea what's in store (but only a hint, as the cumulative effect of a book full of work can't be captured in a preview),.
retail price - $34.95 copacetic price - $29.75
A Drifting Life
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
OK, someone's been waiting for this one. Eleven years in the making, a whopping 840 pages in length, A Drifting Life is the graphic memoir of one of the all-time manga greats. Over the last several years, Drawn and Quarterly has been assiduously releasing Tatsumi's classic gekiga, in which he pioneered a street savvy, morally ambiguous form of comics that thrived on grittier material and was more ambivalent about the post-war boom in Japan. A Drifting Life chronicles the years 1945 through 1960, during which the author -- who was born in 1935 -- came of age, discovered his artistic talent and entered the competitive (and combative) world of manga. Personally compelling, narratively engaging, artistically challenging, A Drifiting Life also provides an informative look at the manga industry during the critical post-WWII years. Not to be missed. Be sure to take a look at this PDF preview.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $25.00
George Sprott
by Seth
With George Sprott, Canadian comics connoisseur, Seth has has achieved the trifecta of a perfect match of story, art and design. This lavishly produced, spectacularly sized (12" x 14"), and yet modestly priced volume, demonstrates that Seth has taken his book design skills to another level by integrating it deep into the fabric of his work; to such a degree that the apprehension and full appreciation of the material is inseparable from it. George Sprott is simultaneously a character study, a historical saga, and a cultural analysis – providing a synecdoche for Canada in the twentieth century – but most of all it is a comics feast prepared by one of today's top cartoonist's operating at the height of his powers. Make sure you check out this preview. This is one book that is sure to warm the cockles of a comics fan's heart.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
You'll Never Know
by Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler's memoir of her life with father (and mother and her own daughter, and more besides... but the central focus here is on dad) is both a moving memoir and a visual feast. Formally, it shares some aspects with Maus: the adult child interviewing the elderly father to pry out the WW II memories before they're lost forever, and the concomitant presentation that intertwines these present day efforts with the actual recollections themselves. Tyler, of course, brings her own distinct visual style to these efforts, but, more than that, she has hit upon an effective, original formal device of presenting her father's WW II recollections in the form of a comics scrapbook/photo-album that is sure to pull at the heartstrings of some readers. There are probably not an awful lot of Copacetic customers out there who have a still living father who fought in "the Big One," but this book will be appreciated by anyone who can be engaged by a deeply personal and heartfelt exploration of family history as well as anyone who enjoys fine comics, and will provide a special pleasure to those who would like to celebrate and explore the father-daughter bond.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
The Quest for the Missing Girl
by Jiro Taniguchi
Here's an instant classic of story-telling in comics form that is one of our favorite's of the year here at Copacetic. This work is as excellent a piece of craftmanship as you are likely to find anywhere in comics today. Let's just come right out and say it: Jiro Taniguchi is the man. Divided into a meticulously planned and expertly paced thirteen chapters, this book presents a classic story arc involving an archetypal man of honor repaying a debt. The archetype to which Shiga belongs falls into the same category as Wolverine™ and The Punisher™: that of the emotionally wounded male unable (or unwilling) to commit to a loving, reciprocal, sexual relationship but ready, willing and able to commit everything to a heroic task to compensate for this lack and close the wound. Shiga's character, abilities and environs are, however, endowed with a far, far greater degree of verisimilitude than those of any character on display in corporate-owned American comics; not to mention the fact that his actions show him to be possessed of a significantly greater moral acuity and personal virtue. The narrative follows the well worn path – defined by Raymond Chandler some sixty years ago, when he wrote, "down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid" – of the virtuous civilian soldier, personally above reproach, who pushes his way through the morass of a contemporary urban environment, wherein he must make his way over, under, around and/or through a wall of lies – erected by the inevitably corrupt powers-that-be with the self-serving purpose of maintaining their unjust and clearly exploitative control of the society they share with the hero – and thereby reach the truth and bring justice. The Quest for the Missing Girl is so close to a perfect realization of this particular form that we might want to consider it a material manifestation of its Platonic ideal in comics. Taniguchi's attention to detail is such that gaijin readers will receive the added bonus of being taken on what amounts to a guided tour through a cross section of Japan that will provide them with a greater understanding and appreciation of its topography, society and character. We're not in the business of spoiling the immense reading pleasure afforded by a work such as this, so we will refrain from revealing any of the plot particulars, prefering instead to offer our assurances that you will not be disappointed. And, while we would be the first to concur that today the term "graphic novel" primarily serves to promote the marketing of comics in bookstores, should this term ever manage to cohere into an actual literary form, we feel confident that The Quest for the Missing Girl will fit the bill. Anyone wanting to know how it's done need look no further, this is quest's end.
retail price - $25.00 copacetic price - $22.22
The Photographer
by Emmanuel Guibert (he wrote and drew it), Didier Lefevre (he lived it and photographed it) & Frédéric Lemercier (he laid out and colored it) - translated from the French by Alexis Siegel
A unique – at least in our experience – work, The Photographer interweaving the actual photographs taken by intrepid photojournalist Lefevre during his numerous journeys in Afghanistan accompanying Medicins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders to us Yanks) during 1986, when the country was at war with the USSR and, as the cold war had yet to be resolved, was therefore, at that time, a strategic ally of the USA. This is a work that puts the reader right there in this far away, alien place, and then guides them while simultaneously interpreting the experience. In this way the reader, too, can be there, after a fashion, and connect to these lives of "others" that are so different from our own, and yet, if only by virtue of our shared humanity, still remain, at their most basic level, the same. Learn more by reading this interview with Emmanuel Guibert as well as Kate Culkin's review at Publisher's Weekly.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $26.95
Life, in Pictures
by Will Eisner
Here's another sure fire hit with anyone who appreciates a fine comics reading experience. Like its two fine precursors in W.W. Norton's excellent series reissuing Eisner's classic mature work – The Contract with God Trilogy and Will Eisner's New York – Life, in Pictures is a large, well bound, hardcover edition which contains three complete works accompanied by critical introductions and annotations, all printed in the signature sepia tones of Eisner's late work. This time around we get: The Dreamer, a roman á clef about Eisner's early years in comics; and two full length graphic novels that provide a history of Jewish life in America – To the Heart of the Storm and The Name of the Game. Also, be sure to keep in mind the fact that these hardcover Eisner omnibuses are a terrific value as they contain three complete works each of which retails for $16.95 (except for The Dreamer, which is less) in softcover. You really can't go wrong.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $27.50
The Complete Humbug
by Harvey Kurtzman & Co.
What can we say about a book like this one? It's all here, the entire run of Humbug, the hidden tributary of so much in contemporary comics. If there is a hidden link in the overall understanding of the history of the development of the comic book form, this might just be it. Humbug is the talismanic work that links that links the early pioneer days (1935-1955), The Genesis, of comic books -- aka The Golden Age -- with the Underground comix scene of the 1960s, The Exodus; that links, in other words, "the greatest generation" with their children, "the baby boomers." Created by Harvey Kurtzman along with fellow Mad Magazine refugees, Will Elder, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Jack Davis, who were frustrated with the commercial limitations and wanted to strike out and capture the zeitgeist in their own fashion unfettered by the commercial considerations of profit-driven publishers. And thus, alas, the seeds of its demise were sewn with those of its creation: it's artistic success predicated upon its commercial failure. At last, the entire run of 11 issues of Humbug is being reprinted in a deluxe, two-volume slip-cased edition, much of it reproduced from the original art! This release is a long-awaited landmark comics publishing event.
retail price - $60.00 copacetic price - $50.00
The Wolverton Bible
by Basil Wolverton
While, from a historical perspective this release is not of the magnitude of the aforementioned Humbug collection, from a purely artistic point of view it might just give it a run for its money. Compiled and edited by Wolverton’s son, Monte, this 304-page hardcover volume provides excellent quality reproductions of the detailed pen & ink work that represents Wolverton's final, and most sustained, body of work. The drawings are arranged as closely as possible according to Wolverton's original conception and, unlike most (all?) previous editions presenting this work, each is accompanied by the original caption written by Wolverton. The Wolverton Bible is printed on flat, bright white stock, and -- for the first time ever under one cover -- includes all of Wolverton’s artwork for the Worldwide Church of God corporation, all of which was produced between 1953 and 1974. This volume comprises over 550 works illustrating select Old Testament narratives, as well as 20 apocalyptic illustrations inspired by the Book of Revelations, and dozens of cartoons and humorous illustrations for various Worldwide Church publications, most notably The Plain Truth. Recording artist and noted EC authority Grant Geissman provides an insightful foreword, while Monte Wolverton delivers commentary and background in the introduction and in each section. Basil Wolverton is one of comics' true originals and we are grateful to have this opportunity to experience these amazing works. An added bonus to this book being released now is that it gives us a chnace to take in Wolverton's treatment of the Book Of Genesis side by side with R.Crumb's (see above), given that Wolverton was one of Crumb's early influences.
retail price - $24.99 copacetic price - $22.22
Prince Valiant: Volume I: 1937-1938
by Hal Foster
Hal Foster is the king of the Sunday comics page. Disciplined, controlled, majestic – he was the undisputed master (OK, we're sure somewhere out there is someone who would dispute this claim, given the chance) of the classic Sunday page adventure strip, of which Prince Valiant remains the gold standard. Comics as we know them are unimaginable without Hal Foster's work, which inspired a legion of imitators, many of whom went on to become greats in their own right; yet without ever completely breaking free of the master's influence. Fantagraphics' earliest (outside of their journalistic endeavors) and longest running publishing project was collecting Prince Valiant, so you know that it is a strip that rests close to the heart of Gary Groth. The fact that the vast majority of the fifty or so volumes of this series are long out of print, when combined with the much higher quality reproduction that is now affordably available for projects such as these, make the relaunch of this project an idea whose time has come. Enthusiasts will be happy to learn that Fanta has done a fine job this time around: the initial, 11" x 14", full color, hardcover volume presenting two full years of this epochal strip far surpasses their original Prince Valiant series at every level. Please do yourself a favor and at least take a look at this fine volume. Your eyes will thank you.
retail price - $29.99 copacetic price - $25.00
The Brinkley Girls
by Nell Brinkley
edited by Trina Robbins
While they might seem to be located on the other end of the spectrum of femininity from Tank Girl and Darla Vogel, this is simply a lack of historical perspective. "The Brinkley Girls" are actually the daring cartoon precursors to today's freaky females. In fact, much of the work contained in this volume is formally similar to Bob Fingerman's in that it is a combination of prose and illustration, with an admittedly very big difference being that here, with Nell Brinkley, it is the illustrations that are quite dominant, while the reverse is the case in Fingerman's work. As Brinkley's work evolved, some of it took on more of a sequential, comics-oriented approach, but it remained unique both its style and flavor throughout is nearly thirty year run. The Brinkley Girls were the creation of one Nell Brinkley, a fabulously talented artist – and a glamour girl in her own right – who plied her trade in the rough and tumble masculine world of Hearst Publications, specifically The American Weekly, during the years 1913 through 1940. Editor Robbins has done an equally fabulous job of assembling the material for this fine volume (which, by the way, is an elegantly proportioned 10" x 13" hardcover volume, printed in full color – from high resolultion scans of original materials – throughout its 136 pages), and her fine introductory essay puts it all in context. The artwork here simply has to be seen to be believed. Brinkley, rather than create a continuity based on a single character or set of characters, after the fashion of practically all other cartoonists, instead created an series of discrete self-contained continuity adventures featuring non-recurring characters that ran a set number weeks and then ended, to be followed by a new adventure. What connected them all, is that, figuratively speaking, they all "starred" a set of Brinkley's gorgeous – and gorgeously rendered – golden girls,and this is what ensured their lasting fame. Brinkley's work influenced a host of classic newspaper cartoonists, most notably Dale Messick, the creator of Brenda Starr, and its inffluence continues to be felt, both directly and indirectly, today: The work of Dame D'Arcey will appear in a whole new light after you've spent some time with this volume. Opening this book will open your eyes to an era and an artist.
retail price - $29.99 copacetic special price - $25.00
The Best of Simon and Kirby
By (well, yes, of course) Jack Kirby and Joe Simon
edited by Steve Saffel, with essays by Mark Evanier and an introduction by Joe Simon
Just say no to those horribly overpriced and poorly produced Marvel Masterworks and DC Archives editions and say hello to this sumptuous oversize hardcover edition that does it right. Not only is this 240 page book, at 9" x 13", a full 30% larger than these volumes, but the images are taken from excellent resolution scans of the original comics and it is printed on high quality flat white stock, and, as if that weren't enough, it is priced 20% less! Kudos to the fine folks at Titan Books for a job well done. And then there's the work itself. The over two dozen tales taken from this two-decade-long partnership that are contained in this volume amply display the breadth of vision and amazing ability of this dynamic duo. The work is divided by genre and then presented chronologically within each of the categories, which are: "The Heroes," "Way Out Science Fiction," "War and Adventure," "The Birth of Romance," "Crime Drama," "The Great Western," "Oh! The Horror!" and "Sick Humor." Simon and Kirby really could do it all! While we here at Copacetic will always maintain that the creative engine was primarily powered by Kirby while the business brains and marketing savvy were Simon's, Mark Evanier, working with the still living Simon to put out this volume simply repeats Jack's consummately diplomatic response to the question of who did what – "We both did everything" – and leaves it at that. No matter how you look at it, though, this team was one of the most important in the history of comics, and this is a book that no self respecting comics fan should be without (unless, or course, they already own the original comics, in which case our hat's off to them).
retail price - $39.95 copacetic price - $35.00
Supermen
edited and designed by Greg Sadowski
introduction by Jonathan Lethem
Ladies and gentlemen! Step right up and see the wonders of the ages! This is where it all began: the protoplasmic early days of the superhero comic book -- wild & heady, zany & crazy, fantastic & non-sensical, rough around the edges; all this and more. Reading these stories is like witnessing history in the making, it is being present at the birth. Sure, we've all read those original Superman and Batman stories along with other DC classics, as well as a those old Captain America, Submariner, Human Torch tales, and maybe a few other Golden Age Marvels (well, Timelys, actually), but these are usually presented in a self-promoting fashion by their corporate owners which mitigates and obscures the historical context in which these works need to be read to fully appreciate their novelty. The work here spans the years 1936 to 1941, with the bulk of it originating in 1939 and 1940. It is divided by publisher and includes the Comics Magazine Company, Chesler, Centaur, Fox, MLJ, Fiction House, Columbia, Your Guide/Rhoda and Novelty Press, Some of the earliest work by the brightest stars of the Golden Age are collected here: Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Lou Fine, Jack Cole, Basil Wolverton, Bill Everett, Ogden Whitney, Dick Briefer, Fred Guardineer, and, yes, Fletcher Hanks. It appears that this volume has been put together employing high quality scans of the original comic books which were then digitally restored and and enhanced and then crisply printed on flat (non-glossy) bright paper stock, and the results are excellent, A minor quibble is that, for our money, we would have preferred an off-white paper that more closely matches the newsprint upon which these comics were originally printed, but this is negligible when stacked next to all that is right with the production. While it should go without saying that no self-respecting comics scholar can pass this up, we hasten to add that anyone who misses the plain old fun that we associate with the term comic book, who wants a jolt of that good ol' four-color energy from back in the day, need look no further than this fine volume.
retail price - $24.99 copacetic price - $22.22
The Cream of Tank Girl
by Jaime Hewlett and Alan Martin
Here's a top choice for the permanent adolescent on your list. This is a great big and beautiful hardcover volume that will be a guaranteed treat for any and all Tank Girl true believers. Its primary achievement is to recreate the bonhomie of the good ol' days back at Deadline UK, where Tank Girl was the toast of the town and fun was the word of the hour. Most if not all of the fabulous Tank Girl covers are here, along with most of the Hewlett work that was produced for its pages that never made it into any of the Tank Girl collections. Also included are a select scattering of photos carefully calibrated to give readers that "you-are-there" feeling. And speaking of feelings, a distinct feeling -- almost a tangy taste -- of "we're never going to grow up and you can't make us" thoroughly permeates the proceedings here. Bonus material includes a complete storyboard for an unproduced Tank Girl animation by Hewlett, along with the beginnings of what was to be Hewlett and Martin's follow-up to Tank Girl, "The 16s." This was imagined as a Peanuts-like continuity strip, but it was, alas, not to be, and this volume closes out with a look at what might have been.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $26.95
The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack
by Nicholas Gurewitch
This is a giant, 256 page, oversize, horizontally formatted hardcover volume collecting the bulk of the extant PBF strips as well as several appendices wherein are found "lost" unpublished comics accompanied by brief explanations as to the basis of their exclusion; sketches and thumbnails; and a fairly lengthy interview, which , taken together, go a fair ways into demonstrating Gurewitch's creative process.
retail price - $24.99 copacetic price - $22.22
Comics for Kids
The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics
edited by Art Spiegelman and Francois Mouly
If the amazing kids' comics from the halycon days of yore are your thing, then you've hit the jackopot with this one! Well over 300 pages of classics, all scanned from the original comics themselves, and printed at approximately 120% of the originals. These scans have been digitally cleaned up a bit, so there's no newsprint background tones, just the flat white paper that they're printed on. While this might upset some purists, it was probably a good call as this book is clearly going to be marketed as a gift for children as well as for older fans, and lay people will have difficulty appreciating the nuances of newsprint; and they did a more than decent job of balancing the tones. The book is, somewhat arbitrarily, divided into five sections: Hey, Kids; Funny Animals; Fantasyland; Storytime; and Weird and Wacky. The book successfully draws across the spectrum of children's comics from the twenty years following the close of the second world war – the golden age of kids' comics that fed the baby boomers' imaginations before television took over. While certainly no one is going to agree with every choice, the editors – along with the board of advisors – picked a good crop of comics that is certain to contain favorites of every fan as well as win the hearts of every reader and, more importantly, is sure to capture the imagination of the next generation. Includes work by all-time greats Carl Barks, Basil Wolverton, Harvey Kurtzman, John Stanley, Bob Bolling, Walt Kelly, and many, many more (even Dr. Seuss, who started out in comics). Get a sneak peek, here (just click on the image of the open book at the top right, under "Sample Toon Treasury").
retail price - $40.00 copacetic price - $35.00
Adventures in Cartooning: How to Turn Your Doodles Into Comics
by James Sturm, Andrew Arnold, Alexis Frederick-Frost
And here's a book to help nurture the next generation of Art Spiegelmans. This volume was produced under the aegis of The Center for Cartoon Studies. It is the creation of the Center's director, James Sturm, and two of his students. It very simply provides the basic building blocks of comics while embodying core CCS principles of story-telling. It is primarily geared to encourage and empower youngsters to create comics of their own and is priced to encourage parents and relatives to buy it for them (or even for them to buy it themselves). There's a swell 17 page excerpt on the web, here. Check it out!
retail price - $12.95 copacetic price - $11.75
Beanworld: Wahoolazuma!
by Larry Marder
Good grief! Can it really be true that Beanworl is now 25 years old? Say it isn't so! Here in Larry Marder's lively hands, the art and craft of comics is reduced to its bare essentials: signs and symbols. Visually simple but deceptively deep, this is a work that works simultaneously on multiple levels and that has, as the back cover blurb succinctly states, "captivated readers from grade school to grad school." (volume 2 also available)
retail price - $19.95 copacetic price - $17.77
Melvin Monster
by John Stanley
Drawn & Quarterly launches their long held dream project of a John Stanley Library with this lush, Seth-designed hardcover volume containing 112 pages of full color comics – all scanned from the original comic books, for that collector frisson (all that's missing is the smell) – that originally comprised the first three issues of the 1965 Dell series. Seth has lavished his designer attentions on this book and it is another fine fetish-worthy volume. Not sure if Melvin Monster is for you (or, perhaps, a child near you)? Well then, just take a moment out of your busy day to peruse this full color preview and see what you think.
retail price - $19.95 copacetic price - $17.77
Nancy
by John Stanley
Drawn and Quarterly continues their long held dream to present the works of John Stanley in deluxe, Seth-designed volumes. Pretty much everything we said about the premiere volume in this series, Melvin Monster, holds true for this one... and then some!
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My
by Tove Jansson
This NOT a fifth book in the collection of Moomin comics. That collection was – to the best of our knowledge – completed with the fourth volume. What this IS, is something else altogether: an amazing example of book arts that combines storytelling, gorgeous full color illustration and inventive die-cutting to create a unique reading experience that can be enjoyed by all ages, but will, of course, be a special treat for any visually oriented youngster.
retail price - $16.95 copacetic price - $15.00
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Fantastic Firsts
by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby and the rest of the Marvel Bullpen
It's back! We just located a new source for this out of print classic. This terrific volume presents the origin and first appearance of every -- yes, that's right, EVERY -- superhero character and team that headlined their own title in the formative years of Marvel, the 1960s. Here's the list: The Fantastic Four, Ant-Man, The Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, Iron Man, Captain America, The Avengers, The X-Men, Daredevil, Sgt. Fury and his Howlin' Commandos, Nick Fury Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., and The Silver Surfer (although the actual first appearance of the Surfer in Fantastic Four #48 is not included; the sole exeption to the above claim of all-encompassing completeness). In addition, the publishers have tacked on at the end (presumably to boost sales) the first issue of the 2001 series, Wolverine: Origin. Despite its obviously poor fit, many readers will doubtless still enjoy it, in any case, and it doesn't detract one iota from the magic that precedes it. 424 full color pages!
retail price- $29.95 copacetic price - $25.00
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BOOKS
A Comics Studies Reader
edited by Jeet Heer and Kent Worcester
We knew it was only a matter of time until a book like this showed up on our shelves. To anyone interested in getting started in digging deeper into the amazing riches buried beneath the surface of the comics page, Heer and Worcester's A Comics Studies Reader is one of the best shovels money can buy. Sure to become the default primary source text for many a Comics Studies 101 class -- as well as becoming the go to text for the comics unit in pop culture classes -- CSR is provides a number of different critical approaches to the subject, in the process providing its readers with some valuable interpretive tools. Following the editors' introduction and Thierry Groensteen's overview essay, "Why Are Comics Still in Search of Cultural Legitimization?", the book is divided into four sections, each of which receives its own editorial intro: Historical Considerations; Craft, Art, Form; Culture, Narrative, Identity; Scrutiny and Evaluation. While everyone will doubtless have their own ideas about what should constitute a volume such as this, and there are certainly writers whose work we were disappointed not to see included, second guessing is easy. This is a fine survey of the burgeoning field of critical approaches to comics that serves its primary purpose quite well: to stimulate the intellects of students and scholars of all stripes and hep the rest of the world to what we've known all along: comics contain a motherlode of cultural treasures that will amply reward any and all who dedicate themselves to its study.
retail price - $24.95 copacetic price - $22.22
Starting Point: 1979 - 1996
by Hayao Miyazaki
This 460 page hardcover is a dream come true for anyone wanting to learn more about the life and mind of Miyazaki, the man behind what are probably the greatest animated films of our time. This volume collects essays, interviews, and memoirs written and conducted during the first two decades of his career. Readers will discover his theories of animation as well as how he came to formulate them, stories of his childhood, the founding of Studio Ghibli, as well as how all these came together. Food for thought, indeed.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $27.77
Old Rare New: The Independent Record Shop
by Emma Petit
Here's the perfect gift for the obsessive record collector in your life, those who regularly – dare we say, inevitably – stop in at Jerry's Records anytime they have some free time; this book may very well have their name on it. A celebration of the spirit of those who own, work and/or patronize – and especially those who live for – the shops that specialize in vinyl old, rare, and new, this volume takes its readers on a tour of many of the more notable of these shops (somehow managing to miss the one and only Jerry's Records, however), replete with interviews with and essays by vinyl devotees of many stripes. And, of course, there is plenty of visual documentation of the shops and the records that fill them. Learn more and access some full length reviews, here.
retail price - $29.95 copacetic price - $26.95
Chronic CIty
by Jonathan Lethem
Those of you who enjoyed Lethem's contribution to The Book of Other People – as we most certainly did here at Copacetic – will be pleased to discover that it was an excerpt from this novel, about which David Shields has to say: "I'm reminded of the well-rubbed Kafka line: A book must be the axe to break the frozen sea within us. Lethem's book, with incredible fury, aspires to do little less. It's almost certainly his best novel. It's genuinely great." How about them apples!
retail price - $28.95 copacetic price - $25.00
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
"Zeitoun is an instant American classic carved from fierce eloquence and a haunting moral sensibility. By wrestling with the demons of xenophobia and racial profiling that converged in the swirling vortex of Hurricane Katrina and post-9/11 America, Eggers lets loose the angels of wisdom and courage that hover over the lives of the beleaguered, but miraculously unbroken, Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun. This is a major work full of fire and wit by one of our most important writers." – Michael Eric Dyson
retail price - $24.00 copacetic price - $20.00
gifts for less: Dover Thrift Editions (in store only)
THE choice for anyone wanting to give the gift of classical learning for less. We may be the last place in Pittsburgh where you can get these budget beacons of culture. From Buddha and Confucius to Plato and Aristotle; from St. Augustine and St. John of the Crtoss to Emerson and Thoreau; from Austen and Dickens to Melville and Hawthorne; from Shakespeare to Blake to T.S. Eliot and so much more – all priced from as little as $1.00 (for, say, Hamlet) to, at most, $5.00 (for, say, Moby Dick). Check out our (sadly, not up to date) list, HERE, to get an idea of what you can choose from.
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If you ask us for the CD of the year, we'd say:
Joe Henry: Blood From Stars (CD)
Another impossibly good album from the one and only Joe Henry. Amazingly, you can listen to the entire LP online at his site, HERE (Just click on "Launch MP3 player to listen"). And while you're listening to it, you can take a moment to read the note he penned on the day of its release, HERE. And, please note that both the package and booklet covers feature photographs taken by Eugene Smith in Pittsburgh, PA during his epic Dream Street project of 1955-56.
retail price - $17.98 copacetic price - $15.97
And, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that we are once again featuring our favorite series of all time: the Proper Box! There are over 140 boxes to choose from. Each offers the best music in the best package at the best price. We just can't stop recommending it! All the titles in this series are uniformly excellent, but if we had to pick the one that will make you the heppest gift giver around, this would be it:
Proper Box 93: Louis Armstrong - King Louis
99 Tracks of absolute greatness. This is the music that defines the twentieth century, that once and for all distinguished the unique and original culture of The New World from that of its Old World forebears. Louis Armstrong changed the face of music and the music he created changed history. His career is nothing short of miraculous. No self-respecting American can be ignorant of the music contained on this set: it's the real declaration of independence. Finally, this music gets the Proper Box treatment: Five hours of music on four discs, each enclosed in their own LP-style jacket, accompanied by an informative 40-page illustrated booklet, all packed in a stylish, compact box for the copacetic price of only $29.75!
You really should know all your options before making up your mind, however, so be sure to check out the rest of the Proper Boxes, where you'll find the best music, in the best package, at the best price. Over 140 amazing boxes to choose from!
Web customers may now purchase these items – and more – directly, from our online gift catalogue at Copacetic 2.0, our new 24/7 eCommerce site.
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CINEMA - DVD
Last Year at Marienbad
directed by Alain Resnais from a screenplay by Alain Robbe-Grillet
w/ Delphine Deyrig and Girogio Albertazzi
There are few truly one-of-a-kind films. By any measure, Last Year at Marienbad is clearly one of them. A film that is successful like none other in recreating a mental landscape, that shows the inner workings of a restless mind and haunted memory, that employs the language of cinema to probe the interior twists and turns of consciousness, that demonstrates how thought is action in a manner that, while tempermentally quite different from, may yet be considered the most successful translation of the Proustian approach to narrative in any film yet realized. Here, in L'année dernière à Marienbad, like in Á la recherche du temps perdue, we are confronted with a life turned inside out. Robbe-Grillet, Resnais & Co. managed a feat that has yet to be repeated, and now we are presented with the – for now – definitive DVD edition, courtesy of The Criterion Collection (who else?). This is a two-disc edition with some interesting and worthwhile extras – including two short Resnais documentaries from 1956 & 1958 – but all pale next to the glory of the restored high-definition transfer of the film itself. Your film education is incomplete until you've seen this film. And this is also one film that can quite decidedly stand up to repeated viewings, as its aesthetic pleasures and intellectual challenges are not easily exhausted.
retail price - $39.98 copacetic price - $34.95
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (DVD)
a film by Robbie Cavolina & Ian McCrudden
Years in the making, this definitive documentary film portrait of one of the all-time great jazz singers is now here. It's a two-disc marvel with a bonus disc that includes what all true aficionado's crave: 90 minutes of uninterrupted live performances! Make sure to get a taste here, at the official Anita O'Day website.
retail price - $29.98 copacetic price - $25.00
The Golden Age of Television
This three-disc extravaganze from Criterion features some of the finest television dramas ever produced and in the process captures an era. Rod Serling looms large here, in his pre-Twilight Zone persona of heavy hitting director. Also, John "Manchurian Candidate" Frankenheimer, and script writer Paddy Chayefsky. Actors include Jack Palance, Mickey Rooney, Piper Laurie, Cliff Robertson, Kim Hunter and many,many more. 485 minutes of complete classic television dramas, all originally broadcast from 1953 to 1958, plus plenty of the great bonuses we have all come to expect from Criterion.
retail price - $49.98 copacetic price - $44.44
gifts for less: our massive SALE selection of classic DVDs (in store only)
We have ranged far and wide over the past year to bring our customers the biggest and best selection of bargain priced DVDs in the history of the store: we currently have in stock over 150 different movies that are all priced at $7.77@ or 3/$17.77 (which works out to less than $5.86@). There are TONS of classics here! Just for starters: The Lady from Shanghai by Orson Welles; Clash by Night by Fritz Lang (with stellar performances by Barbara Stanwyk and Marilyn Monroe); Shame by Ingmar Bergman; Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar; Drugstore Cowboy by Gus Van Sant (w/ Matt Dillon's finest performance of his career); Bird: The Life of Charlie Parker by Clint Eastwood (with a massively great Forest Whitaker); Sweet and Lowdown by Woody Allen (with Sean Penn in one of his best performances); Broken Flowers by Jim Jarmusch (w/ Bill Murray at his Bill Murrayist); Adaptation by Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman; The Squid and the Whale by Noah Baumbach; The Curse of the Golden Flower by Zhang Yimou (w/ Chow Yun Fat and Gong Li!); Before Night Falls by Julian Schnabel; Nobody Knows by Kore-Eda Hirokazu; All or Nothing by Mike Leigh; End of the Century: The Story of The Ramones (THE Ramones documentary)... the list could go on and on. ALL these great films – and well over 100 more – are now on sale (in, need we add, limited quantities) for the amazing copacetic price of $7.77@ or 3/$17.77!
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Crazy Deals
MAD's Greatest Artists: The Completely MAD Don Martin
This massive two-volume slip-cased edition is the same format made famous by the complete Calvin and Hobbes and Complete Far Side, and, like them, is a deluxe edition. The Completely MAD Don Martin weighs in at a walloping fifteen pounds and runs a mind-boggling 1200 pages that contain ALL of Don Martin's work for Mad Magazine. If you know anyone for whom this would be a dream come true, now's your chance to score it for a mere fraction of its original price! SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED
retail price - $150.00 copacetic crazy deal price - sold out
Rolling Stone Cover to Cover: The First 40 Years
official hype: "Easy to use and searchable digital archive with every issue, every page (even the ads!) of Rolling Stone from the last 40 years on 4 DVD-ROMs: Over 1,000 complete printable issues, cover to cover – that’s over 98,000 scanned pages, completely indexed and searchable. This edition includes the powerful Bondi Reader and search engine (Mac or PC). Find and read any award winning cover story, interview, photo or review in seconds. The browse-by-cover feature lets you visually locate any issue by its cover – simply click the cover and the issue opens to read. Custom reading lists let you organize the collection any way you want. PLUS, a photo-filled, 208–page page companion coffee table book providing a vivid behind-the-scenes look at the magazines history, from birth to today. All packed in an attractive slipcase." we say: This is a serious document of an era and its aftermath that spans at least two generations. The search function allows all readers the ability to focus on what they want to when they want to, but it's also possible just to read the issues as they appeared. While it is certainly true that Rolling Stone grew progessively commercial as it aged, it started out strong, and while it surely printed a lot of fluff it also showcased quite a bit of worthwhile writing by the likes of Hunter S. Thompson and many others. And now we have this massive archive for sale at an amazing 70% off it's original price. Think of it, over 1,000 issues of Rolling Stone for less than you'd pay for 10 issues on the newstand; in other words, 100 issues for less than the price of 1!!! SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED
retail price - $125.00 copacetic crazy deal price - $37.50
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Collector's Edition Mega-Set
Copacetic Comics is amazed to present our second Depression Buster Bargain™: A mind-boggling box of 21 discs featuring just about everything ever produced for television under the aegis of Monty Python's Flying Circus, and then some – over 36 hours worth (and that's not even including the copious bonus material) – at an equally mind-boggling price! The complete series, three live films, one German television show, six personal best shows, two NEW documentary films and bonus galore! What can we say about Monty Python that hasn't been said before? Taking the angsty absurdity of post-WWII European existentialists across the English channel and then running it through the Goon Show grinder, and, via American ex-pat and former Harvey Kurtzman underling,Terry Gilliam, adding a touch of Mad, the Python posse somehow stumbled on a secret formula involving a heretofore unseen combination of startlingly original format, style and sense of humor that gave birth to a once in a lifetime television experience that is now available at what may be a once in a lifetime price. SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED
retail price - $159.95 copacetic crazy deal price - SOLD OUT!
The Giant 600 Cartoon Collection Box Set
Here's one for on your list whom you feel is in need of some serious downtime: six hundred cartoons from back in the day (the 1930s through the 1960s) on 12 discs. At a nickel a cartoon how can you go wrong? We've put together a page for your perusal which contains the complete listing, here.
copacetic crazy deal price - $24.95
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Can't make up your mind? Afraid they might already have it? Not to worry, we offer a full complement of gift certificates: currently available in $10, $20, $25, $50 & $100 denominations.
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And, yes, we do third-party shipments (i.e. we will ship direct to a recipient at a different address from the purchaser), and we will gift wrap for a nominal charge (it's free for in-store purchases).
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Web customers may now purchase these items – and more – directly, from our online gift catalogue at Copacetic 2.0, our new 24/7 eCommerce site (payments through PayPal, now with no membership required – any credit card will do).
Pittsburgh customers can choose between shopping at our new and improved Copacetic HQ in Polish Hill, and our downtown location, Copacetic@TheToonSeum, located at 945 Liberty Avenue in the cultural district (Please note, however, that the standard Copacetic discounts do NOT apply at this location, as the proceeds serve to benefit The Toonseum*, and that this location is limited to stocking only items from the comics and cartoon categories).
*BUT, should you decide to take the plunge and become a member of The Toonseum, then you will be eligible to receive a whoppin' 15% off on all your purchases from Copacetic @ The ToonSeum, in addition to receiving a host of other great benefits!
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