JEREMY KAI is a self-taught photographer from Toronto. With his underground shots of sewers and water systems he hopes to awaken in urban dwellers a new sense of mystery and mythology.
DAVE KIERSH is one of my favorites. I consider him a Great American Artist-- his art addresses a uniquely American flavor of loneliness and desire, with his recurring themes of suburban, teenage anxiety, lust, "romance", and desolation.
DIRTBAGS, MALL CHICK, AND MOTORBIKES: This Xeric-awarded book features 5 short stories touching on Dave's usual obsessions, but with the depth and flavor of YA writing/Afterschool Specials: A fatherless boy lusts after his ailing mother's caregiver, a naive young girls gets in trouble at the mall, two High School kids from opposite sides of the tracks have a strange encounter in the bleachers, and more. Some of the strongest narratives Dave's produced yet, leavened with sitcom humor, all in lushly drawn full color. 136 pages, perfect bound; $15.00. 
From Neverland
ALEX KIM draws comix.
►NEW! -- DUMPLING KING #1 by Alex King (Oily): Steven and Marcus are friends who work at a dumpling restaurant. When Steven, the delivery boy, commits suicide, dumpling apprentice Marcus takes over his job, and their boss, Mr. Wu, warns him of the mysterious Chang family. Excellent first issue! 12 mini-sized pages, b+w; $1.00. Reviewed by Rob Clough here.
►NEW! - KINDLIN' QUARTERLY #7 ed. by M. Young: This newish underground comics anthology features a nice mix of young talent and comics veterans. TNumber Seven is the "auto-bio issue" and features work by Dave Kiersh, Chad Woody, Lizzee Solomon, Delaine Derry Green, Steph Neary, Nate McDonough, and Ed Piskor, among many others. Low-key and unpretentious, The Kindlin' Quarterly hearkens back to the Golden Age of Comix Zines, when people had fun, told their stories, and got out before you knew it. Refreshing. 64 digest pages, with color covers and b+w interiors; $5.00.
Above: Three spreads from Kindlin' Quarterly #7
Above: Three spreads from Kindlin' Quarterly #8
KING-CAT COMICS AND STORIES: A wide selection of my own King-Cat zines and King-Cat related books are available through Spit and a Half. Please click here to view my main site for info, and feel free to add any items to your order!
(SEE ALSO: JOHN PORCELLINO)
(SEE ALSO: JOHN PORCELLINO)
"Applying specific visual art techniques to a sequential project, Aidan finds a balance between her abstract, painterly work and pencil rendering. An exploration into mysticism and abstraction, Q possesses a mysterious power, subjective and symbolic."
8 pages, 16" x 24", full color; $4.00.
REBECCA KRAATZ is a Canadian cartoonist obsessed with, among other things, the 1940's, but her comics are not nostalgia trips, they're totally contemporary in spirit and approach. These are some of my favorite comics of recent times. (Here's a good interview if you're interested!)
KU(Š) : This great little anthology comic from Latvia is a perfect way to expose yourself to some of the amazing work that is going on internationally. And all the comics are either in English, or include English sub-titles! So no excuse! Cheap, too. (PLEASE NOTE: KUŠ! is their main title, Š! are similar, but slightly smaller editions. Please be specific when ordering, as some issue numbers duplicate!)
(Š!) #4: Lost in the City, August 2009 -- The fourth issue of (ku)š! is about getting lost or being lost in the city. Cover drawn by Paul Paetzel and 84 pages comics in full color from Latvian artists: Kavi::, Dace Sietiņa, Ingrīda Pičukane, Mārtiņš Zutis, Rūta Briede, Kaspars Groševs and Reinis Pētersons and international artists: Keisei Kanamachi (Japan), Lai Tat Tat Wing (Hong Kong), Paul Paetzel (Germany), Léo Quievreux (France), Rokudai Tanaka (Japan), Oleg Tischenkov (Russia), Yoshi (Lithuania), Lamelos (the Netherlands) and König Lü.Q. (Switzerland). Don't get lost in the city! 84 pages in color, approx. 4" x 6", $6.00. 
(Š!) #5: After Snowfall, December 2009 -- Cover by Kaspars Groševs (Latvia). The new issue has 84 pages full of freezing stories by 18 different artists: Aisha Franz (Germany), Anna Sailamaa (Finland), Ernests Kļaviņš (Latvia), Hironori Kikuchi (Japan), Ignacio Serrano (Spain), Ines Christine Geißer (Germany), Johan Klungel (the Netherlands), Kolbeinn Karlsson (Sweden/Iceland), König Lü. Q. (Switzerland), Maija Līduma (Latvia), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Oļa Vasiljeva (Latvia), Olegti (Russia), Reinis Pētersons (Latvia), Rūta Briede (Latvia), TeER (Germany) and Yoshi (Lithuania). 84 pages in color, approx. 4" x 6", $6.00.
(Š)! #7: Excellent new issue features comics on the theme of Forest Tales. Great work all around, including swell comics by Yoshi (LITH), Duy Thang Nguyen (CAN), Kolbeinn Karlsson (SWE), Derek M. Ballard (USA), and Michael DeForge (CAN), plus many more. Essential modern comics reading. 100 full color mini-sized pages, perfect bound; SOLD OUT!
Duy Thang Nguyen from Š! #7
(Š)! #8 -- The Midnight Sun: The new issue is the ALL-FINNISH issue, and if you're an aficionado of European comics, you know the Finnish are producing some of the most brilliant and cutting-edge comics today. Featuring an all-star cast of contributors: Aino Sutinen, Amanda Vähämäki, Anna Sailamaa, Evan Androutsopoulos, Henrik Duncker, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Jari Vaara, Jarno Latva-Nikkola, Jyrki Heikkinen, Karri Laitinen, Katja Tukiainen, Katri Sipiläinen, Kuningas Lü. Q., Mari Ahokoivu, Marko Turunen, Mikko Luostarinen, Mikko Väyrynen, Roope Eronen and Tommi Musturi. Masterful cover by Roope Eronen and Amanda Vähämäki. 148 4" x 6" full color pages, only $9.00. Highly recommended!
Above: Just some of the beautiful pages from (Š)! #8: The Midnight Sun
►NEW! -- (Š)! #9: The newest release from KuŠ, this one features an all-star, all-woman international cast of cartoonists, including Ines Estrada, Dunja Jankovic, Lilli Loge, Jen Wang, Emily Carroll, Ingrida Picukane, Zejian Shen, and Mickey Zacchilli, among many many more. By now you know you can't go wrong with these publications, and this one is another in that long line of fascinating and illuminating international comics anthologies. 164 pages, 4" x 6", full color throughout; $12.00.
►NEW! -- (Š)! #10: Thi hits just keep coming from this Latvian Comix outfit! The new issue of their acclaimed anthology features work by international artists on the theme of Sea Stories. Standouts include: Andrea Bruno, Ansis Purins, Mare Odomo, Box Brown, Noah Van Sciver, Oskars Veilands-Kustikous, Anna Vaivare, and Luka Va, plus many many more! 146 pages, 4" x 6", full cover covers and interiors; a steal at $10.00!
►NEW! - (Š) #11: The "Artventurous" issue features stories inspired by artworks, artists, and creation. It's the usual must read collection, with contributions by Brecht Vandenbrouke (BEL), Olive Booger (FR), Aidan Koch (USA), Simon Moreton (UK), Nicolas Mahler (AT), and many many more! 146 perfect-bound pages, 4" x 6", full color throughout; $11.00.
Above: several spreads from Š #11
Above: A plethora of images from Š #12
KUŠ! #7: This larger format issue features a host of comics on the theme of "Music," including work by Olive Booger (FRZ), Geneviève Castrée (CAN), Matthew Thurber (USA), Miriam Katin (USA), Paul Paetzel (GER), and your truly, John P. (only my second comic EVER in full color!) 6" x 8"; 100 perfect-bound full-color pages, ONLY $8.00!!! (Thanks the Latvian Arts Council for that!!-- Hello, America??? Anybody home???)
KUŠ! #8: Another larger format issue, this one with the theme of Gardening. EXCELLENT comics by Oskar Pavlovsis (LAT), Ingrida Picukane (LAT), Jaakko Pallasvuo (FIN), Yoshi (LITH), James Turek (USA), and Hinori Kikuchi (JAP) among many many more. Be forewarned: a lot of Garden Gnomes show up in this issue! 6" x 8"; 116 perfect-bound full-color pages; $9.00. 
KUŠ! FOLDOUT: This cool full-color booklet begins life as a 4.75" x 6.75" image of the Stone Age, and then keeps unfolding -- with each new fold revealing another artist's work (and a new epoch in time) -- until it unwraps to a full 18" x 24" poster of the crazy future. Artists include Marcus Nyblom (SWE), Oskar Pavlovsis (LAT), Lai Tat Tat Wing (HK), Patric Sandi (SWI), and Brecht Vandenbroucke (BEL). $6.00. 
MINI KUŠ! Artist's Books Four-Pack: Four individual 20 page booklets, one each by Martins Zutis, with his allegory of The Invisible Hand; Till Hafenbrak, with a "Little Shop of Horrors"-esque tale of Weeding; Kuba Woynarowski's "The Story of Gardens," a Burnsian comic on Nature's fecundity; and Ruedi Schorno's "Bearslayer Returns," a no-holds barred update on the 19th Century Latvian folk hero Bearslayer. 80 mini-sized full-color pages total, $8.00.
Martins Zutis
Till Hafenbrak
Kuba Woynarowski
Ruedi Schorno
►NEW! -- MINI KUŠ! #5 by Léo Quiévreux: This new addition to the Mini-KuŠ lineup (see their Four-Pack, above) paints a picture of a future world of economic insecurity, treachery, and global authority that's maybe not too far off. 20 mini pages, two-colors throughout; BACKORDERED.
►NEW! - MINI-KUŠ #6: "Killman" by Box Brown: In this epic space drama full of cosmic fisticuffs, Killman is trying to destroy all the gods while maneuvering between friends and foes alike. 28 mini-pages, full color throughout; $5.00.
►NEW! -- MINI-KUŠ #12: "Historyjki" by Maciej Sienczyk: Five surreal short stories from this Polish artist-- a scientific vessel is shipwrecked on a mysterious island; cleaning up the apartment; The Bread Faun; the Boil Man, and more. Deadpan, weird, and fascinating. 28 mini-pages, full color throughout; $5.00.
KUŠ! 3x3: Nine contemporary Latvian artists from the fields of photography, design, sculpture, painting, and other art forms-- Arnis Balčus, Ivars Drulle, Dace Džeriņa, Ernests Kļaviņš, Romāns Korovins, Kate Krolle, Daiga Krūze, Krišs Salmanis and Evita Vasiļjeva-- took up the challenge to create comics. The result: 3x3 unconventional stories on 9 pages each collected in one experimental comics book. 100 full color pages in a 6" x 8" jacket with French flaps; $8.00.
Above: pages from KuŠ 3x3
PATRICK KYLE is a cartoonist and publisher living in Toronto. He's a co-founder of the Wowee Zonk Collective.
►NEW! - BLACK MASS by Patrick Kyle (Mother Books): Collecting issues #1-6 of Patrick Kyle’s critically acclaimed self-published comic book series of the same name, Black Mass follows the stream of consciousness mis-adventures of protagonist Turdswallo Blackteeft and his roomate/brother/best-friend/spouse, Dingball as they stumble blindly through a multitude of the stickiest situations like the Fred and Barney of a bizarre nightmarish version of The Flintstones (with way more beer drinking and wizards). 208 perfectbound pages, 9" x 7", b+w; $20.00.
LA MANO 21: My friend the cartoonist Zak Sally is also a publisher. Beyond my own Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, Zak has published a number of other book-form projects, and those are now available from me.
LA MANO 21: My friend the cartoonist Zak Sally is also a publisher. Beyond my own Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man, Zak has published a number of other book-form projects, and those are now available from me.
Recidivist #3 by Zak Sally: The third and final issue of Zak's Recidivist series includes the strongest work Zak has done in his "dark" style yet. Six unsettling and impeccably paced poetic narratives --- serious, weird, dark-toned work that forms a powerful whole. Nominated for two Eisner awards. A companion piece to Zak's recent book from Fantagraphics, Like a Dog, which collects Recidivist 1 and 2. 104 pages, hardcover; $15.00.
Fear of Song CD by Zak Sally: 9 song, debut solo CD by Zak Sally (ex-LOW), is 37 minutes of sustained, restrained power/noise pop. Shades of Fugazi, recent period Low (natch), and Shellac. Not only did Zak play every note/sound on this record but he also designed it, laid it out, made the plates, printed it on his own press, did the machine trimming and folding, hand glued images to the front and back covers, hand folded, taped, and inserted each disc into the cover and vinyl sleeve, and then signed and numbered each copy. It's called DIY. Check the La Mano site to hear song samples, and then buy a copy. $13.00
Wait, You're Not a Centaur by Nate Denver: Fifty fifty-word absurdist word sketches, illustrated with Denver's scratchy, weird, beautiful and hilarious drawings. Includes a full length music CD by Nate Denver's Neck, an introduction by Adam Jones of Tool, and 1,000 Elephants (including one hand drawn especially for you). Lovingly hand-produced on Zak's "obsolete" AB Dick press. Two color cover on metallic blue pearlescent paper, 120 pages, $16.00.
Dead Ringer by Jason T. Miles: The most imposing La Mano release, for sure: measuring in at 15 1/2 inches long by 10 inches high, with cardstock covers and 16 heavy interior pages, DEAD RINGER is cartoonist Jason T. Miles dead-to-center shot directly to the heart of something that can't easily be explained. Somehow this book is obtuse and pointed at the same time. It's also somehow a zine and an art book and a portfolio at the same time as well, so... it's pretty singular. BACKORDERED.
The Deitch Files (see below)
THE DEITCH FILES: New and amazing from La Mano is The Kim Deitch Files -- a limited edition portfolio of beautiful prints of the looseleaf "story" pages which serve as Kim's sketchbook. Included in the folio are selections of the original story pages from many of Kim's major works (Alias The Cat, Boulevard Of Broken Dreams) as well as many of his other projects (Deitch's Pictorama, Southern Fried Fugitives), never before seen projects (the aborted Alice's Adventures Underground), and even a couple pretty jaw dropping life studies. They are exclusively in pencil, many in a fully rendered style that is both insanely gorgeous and (in their way) totally different than what you "expect" from Kim's art. These pages have rarely been seen, and as individual pieces and as a look into the process of a master cartoonist... this is the real deal. Published in a limited edition of 250 copies, this thing is a treasure trove. Here's what you get: 30 plates printed on 100# cover stock (each plate measures 9.75 x 11.5 inches), packaged in a silkscreened button and tie "file" envelope with an introduction by Kim Deitch himself, and a "list of works" in a stamped file envelope. ONLY $45.00 (that's a DOLLAR FIFTY a print, folks!)
From The Deitch Files
(PLEASE NOTE: La Mano has also produced an even more elaborate DeLuxe (!) edition, available directly from them. Info here.)
TIM LANE: Did you know that Tim Lane-- whose recent book Abandoned Cars (from Fantagraphics) surprised a lot of people with its dark, Beat-inspired stories of the American Underbelly-- has been for years quietly self-publishing a comic book series called "Happy Hour in America"? Me neither, till last weekend. We now carry Abandoned Cars, and are proud to be the exclusive distributor for Happy Hour In America. Both are highly recommended -- there's no one else like Tim Lane in comics today.
ABANDONED CARS (Fantagraphics): Tim Lane's debut is a sprawling, noir/beat tour de force through the American underbelly-- of underworld denizens, sleazy bars, drifters, and the endless railroad. Short stories build upon one another to dizzying effect. Dark, surreal, funny and sad, just like our country. 168 pages with color hardcover, b+w interiors; $23.00.
Above: pages from Abandoned Cars.
HAPPY HOUR IN AMERICA #1: Hard-boiled stories, with comics and text-- The Belligerent Piano (Episode One), An Introduction to Jackie No-Name, and Ghost Road. 28 comic sized pages, awesome color covers, $4.00.
HAPPY HOUR IN AMERICA #2: Belligerent Piano (Episode Two), The Aries Cow Pt. One, and To Be Happy. 28 comic sized pages, and one of the best (full color) comic book covers I've ever seen, $4.00.
HAPPY HOUR IN AMERICA #3 by Tim Lane. Recent issue of this brilliant comic is hot off the presses! 28 comic-sized pages, full color covers, $5.00.
From Happy Hour in America, #3
►NEW! - HAPPY HOUR IN AMERICA #4 by Tim Lane: Amazing new issue features I Am a Myth, tons of Belligerent Piano, Welcome to Hopeville, In My Dream, and Notes of a Second Class Citizen. There is no one making comics like Tim Lane-- these super-noir, obsessive, and sharply idiosyncratic comics detail the grit, darkness, and surprise of Dirty America. $5.00.
Above: From Happy Hour in America #4
DAVE LAPP is a Canadian everyman, whose quiet, funny and poignant comics detail the everyday life of his Toronto environment.
►NEW! - PEOPLE AROUND HERE by David Lapp (Conundrum): A beautiful collection documenting overheard conversations and everyday interactions in contemporary Toronto. Simply yet skillfully rendered, these are solid, enjoyable comics! 164 pages, 6" x 9" squarebound paperback, color covers, b+w interiors; $17.00. BACKORDERED
BRENDAN LEACH is the author of Pterodactyl Hunters and other acclaimed comics.
►NEW! - NEW SLUDGE CITY by Brendan Leach (Retrofit): This excellent new comic details a night in New York City, 2092, in which two petty criminals take advantage of a new technology where old men temporarily rent young men's bodies to pull off a heist, that of course goes bad. Beautifully drawn in Leach's scratchy, expressive style, this is a cool little comic. 44 pages, 5.5" x 7", two color covers, b+w interiors; $5.00.
LEON BEYOND is the know-it-all alter-ego of the USS Catstrophe Crew: Kevin Huizenga, Ted May, and Dan Zettwoch. Their weird and hilarious fake-trivia column "Amazing Facts and Beyond... with Leon Beyond" runs in St. Louis' Riverfront Times, and is repackaged in self-published booklets, which I'm listing below. Strangely compelling, and kind of addicting, these strips are great additions to the author's oeuvres.
Leon Beyond Vol. One - The Factoids of Life: 38 digest pages, 2 color hand-silkscreened covers, $5.00.
►NEW! - Leon Beyond Vol. Two - Fact Parader: Star Clipper Anniversary, Gogant-O-Lantern, and Safe Holiday Hot Tubbin' are just a few of the many lively topics discussed herein. 48 digest pages, b+w; $5.00
►NEW! -- Leon Beyond Vol. Three - Back That Fact Up! 47 digest pages, $5.00.
►NEW! -- Leon Beyond Vol. Five - Factual Healing: 42 digest pages, hand-colored covers, $5.00.
JON LEWIS's beloved True Swamp recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary!
►NEW! - TRUE SWAMP #1 by Jon Lewis (Uncivilized Books). For over 20 years Jon Lewis has been detailing the funny, profane, and sacred lives of a bunch of swamp animals, and this booklet presents a wider cast of creatures and a more intricate view of the swamp than he's ever revealed before. Old friends Lenny the Frog, Hale Marmot and Nikolas the "grotesque foundling" are alive and at loose ends in this damp tapestry of deceit, discovery, bog gossip, self-loathing and natural magic. You'll love it! 32 pages, 5" x 7", with two color covers and b+w interiors; plus an introduction by Lewis. $4.00.
►NEW! - TRUE SWAMP: CHOOSE YOUR POISON by Jon Lewis (Uncivilized): "True
Swamp America ,
Incognito)." I'm so glad this book exists! 200 pages, 7" x 10", hardcover, b+w interiors; $20.00.
MINTY LEWIS has been producing some of the most wickedly funny and emotionally resonant comics in recent years, and (mostly) with fruit and pets as characters! This nice collection from Secret Acres collects her oeuvre in one handy book.
BRENDAN LEACH is the author of Pterodactyl Hunters and other acclaimed comics.
LEON BEYOND is the know-it-all alter-ego of the USS Catstrophe Crew: Kevin Huizenga, Ted May, and Dan Zettwoch. Their weird and hilarious fake-trivia column "Amazing Facts and Beyond... with Leon Beyond" runs in St. Louis' Riverfront Times, and is repackaged in self-published booklets, which I'm listing below. Strangely compelling, and kind of addicting, these strips are great additions to the author's oeuvres.
Leon Beyond Vol. One - The Factoids of Life: 38 digest pages, 2 color hand-silkscreened covers, $5.00.
►NEW! - Leon Beyond Vol. Two - Fact Parader: Star Clipper Anniversary, Gogant-O-Lantern, and Safe Holiday Hot Tubbin' are just a few of the many lively topics discussed herein. 48 digest pages, b+w; $5.00
►NEW! -- Leon Beyond Vol. Three - Back That Fact Up! 47 digest pages, $5.00. 
►NEW! -- Leon Beyond Vol. Four - Brain Dump: 44 digest pages, 2 color hand-silkscreened covers, $5.00. BACKORDERED.
JON LEWIS's beloved True Swamp recently celebrated its 20th Anniversary!
►NEW! - TRUE SWAMP #1 by Jon Lewis (Uncivilized Books). For over 20 years Jon Lewis has been detailing the funny, profane, and sacred lives of a bunch of swamp animals, and this booklet presents a wider cast of creatures and a more intricate view of the swamp than he's ever revealed before. Old friends Lenny the Frog, Hale Marmot and Nikolas the "grotesque foundling" are alive and at loose ends in this damp tapestry of deceit, discovery, bog gossip, self-loathing and natural magic. You'll love it! 32 pages, 5" x 7", with two color covers and b+w interiors; plus an introduction by Lewis. $4.00.
►NEW! - TRUE SWAMP #2 by Jon Lewis (Uncivilized). Time to get mired in another heap of the real stuff from the pen of Jon Lewis. The roots sunk by the first issue become a sublime tangle as our lower invertebrates perform a mud folly of wonder, laughter and pain. See eggs hatch from the flesh of a toad. Hear the fatal call of the Babeer. Take a guided tour of Mercury. Get your orchid snipped. Live the swamp life for these 24 pages, and THEN tell Lenny the Frog he's got nothing to worry about. 32 pages, 5" x 7", with two color covers and b+w interiors; plus an introduction by Lewis. $4.00.
MINTY LEWIS has been producing some of the most wickedly funny and emotionally resonant comics in recent years, and (mostly) with fruit and pets as characters! This nice collection from Secret Acres collects her oeuvre in one handy book.
PS COMICS: The characters in PS Comics may appear to be large pieces of fruit or talking animals, but they behave just like their human counterparts: they are the drunk acquaintances, annoying coworkers, troubled schoolmates, jealous friends and vindictive roommates that haunt us all. Told with biting humor, the stories in PS Comics are quintessentially human, about the ongoing struggle to understand one another and connect, despite our individual worries, differences and quirks. 128 digest pages; compiles most of Minty Lewis's self-published work and includes new material. $11.00.
DAVID LIBENS is an Belgian cartoonist and one of the founding members of the Employé du Moi collective. His Badaboum Twist diary comics deal with his life as both a new father and a "French speaking guy married to an American citizen." Rough-hewn but sensitive stories of neurosis and love.
BADABOUM TWIST #1: Summertime, boring job, wondering what to do. 28 digest pages, $3.00. BACKORDERED
BADABOUM TWIST #2: Global Financial Collapse, fall leaves. 28 digest pages, $3.00.
BADABOUM TWIST #3: Issue three consists of a longer story about visiting his mother, followed by more diary comics (Winter snow). This one also features a nice ink wash added to the diary pages. 28 digest pages, $3.00.
Cult pulp writer JEFF LINT finds a classic work of his brought back to life, via Floating World Comics of Portland.
Steve Aylett and Floating World now present this reprint of The Caterer #3: a stand-out issue which includes the beginning of Marsden's goat obsession, a fierce appearance by the ghostly Hoston Pete, a great example of the Marsden 'stillness' and no less than four classic Marsden hallucinations. The leaning Chief Bayard's preoccupation with our hero results in the violent deaths of six people, and Jack delivers his infamous 'lipstick for dogs' diatribe.
Color throughout, including historic advertisements, a letters page, and historic information, this is an oblong gift to fans of 70s pulp and of cult author Jeff Lint. 32 comic-sized pages, $5.00.
►NEW! - LITTLE HEARTS ed. by Raighne Hogan (2D Cloud): Sales of this new themed comics anthology benefit Minnesota's [MN] Love, a grass-roots organization dedicated to support of marriage equality. Contributors include: Michael DeForge, Eel Choy and Sam Sharpe, Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Remnant, MariNaomi, and Maurice Vellekoop, among many others. A great little collection of comics, and all for a good cause! 184 pages, 5" x 6", fulll color covers with color and b+w interiors; $20.00.
LIVING THINGS, edited by Little Otsu. This series of artists' books from Little Otsu features some of the best artists and illustators of our time, all drawing on the theme of "Living Things." I have the full series in stock:
►NEW! - THE CATERER #3, by Jeff Lint (Floating World): 33 years after the spectacular collapse of Pearl Comics, most historians lay the blame for that collapse on Jeff Lint's THE CATERER. Described by Alan Moore as "the holy barnacle of
failure," The Caterer dragged Pearl
into a legal hell when its hero spent the whole of Issue 9 on a killing spree
in a barely disguised version of Disneyland .
At the time, smirking "hero" Jack Marsden
became a cult figure and role model for enigmatic idiots, and his
style and catchphrases were such an insider code that hundreds of people got
beaten up by baffled or enraged onlookers..
Steve Aylett and Floating World now present this reprint of The Caterer #3: a stand-out issue which includes the beginning of Marsden's goat obsession, a fierce appearance by the ghostly Hoston Pete, a great example of the Marsden 'stillness' and no less than four classic Marsden hallucinations. The leaning Chief Bayard's preoccupation with our hero results in the violent deaths of six people, and Jack delivers his infamous 'lipstick for dogs' diatribe.
Color throughout, including historic advertisements, a letters page, and historic information, this is an oblong gift to fans of 70s pulp and of cult author Jeff Lint. 32 comic-sized pages, $5.00.
►NEW! - LITTLE HEARTS ed. by Raighne Hogan (2D Cloud): Sales of this new themed comics anthology benefit Minnesota's [MN] Love, a grass-roots organization dedicated to support of marriage equality. Contributors include: Michael DeForge, Eel Choy and Sam Sharpe, Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Remnant, MariNaomi, and Maurice Vellekoop, among many others. A great little collection of comics, and all for a good cause! 184 pages, 5" x 6", fulll color covers with color and b+w interiors; $20.00.
Above: Four spreads from Little Hearts.
LIVING THINGS, edited by Little Otsu. This series of artists' books from Little Otsu features some of the best artists and illustators of our time, all drawing on the theme of "Living Things." I have the full series in stock:
LIVING THINGS #1: "Guide to Eastern European Wildlife" by Lizzy Stewart. Surreal. Wolves howl, Caribou help with the laundry, gopher in a Russian Hat. 16 pages, 6" x 9", color and b+w; $7.00.
LIVING THINGS #2: "Pheromones" by Jo Dery. The Magic of chemical conversation, fom ants to orchids, gulls to boars. 16 pages, 6" x 9", color and b+w; $7.00.
LIVING THINGS #3: "The City" by Hannah Waldron. A city dweller explores a miniature world. 16 pages, 6" x 9", color covers, blue ink interiors; $7.00.
LIVING THINGS #4: "Shifting Shadows" by Lilli Carre. Surreal shadowplay: Cowboys, tears, French kisses, fears. 16 pages, 6" x 9", color and blue ink throughout; $7.00.
For more Lilli Carre, click here.
LIVING THINGS #5: "Mushroom Folk" by APAK: The Secret World of Fungi and Their Friends-- Flying Caps, Musicmakers, Water Sprites, and more, in lumious color and b+w. 16 pages, 6" x 9"; $7.00.
LIVING THINGS #6: "Winged Creatures of the Natural World" by Becca Stadtlander. Birds, insects, bats, and bees; plus a flying fish! In pencil, pen, and ink. 16 pages, 6" x 9", color and b+w; $7.00.
For more BECCA STADTLANDER, click here.
LIVING THINGS #7: "Amazon" by Liam Stevens. Birds, monkeys, serpents, and fish all co-mingle in this delightfully scratchy pencil and collage/diorama style. 16 pages, 6" x 9", full color and colored inks; $7.00.
For more BECCA STADTLANDER, click here.
AMY LOCKHART is a Canadian artist known for her jarring and strange drawings, paintings and animation. I have her D+Q Petit Livre in stock:
