category: catalog updates
October 4, 2011
new to the store for October 2011
August 6, 2011
new to the store for August 2011
Please welcome Tym Godek and his unpronounceable book “!”, which is a whole lot of fun and is also one of those formal-experiment artifacts that aren’t done often enough these days.
And some late additions from Francois Vigneault: his latest birdwatching zine Bird Brain #5, and the first two issues of the very fun fantasy anthology Elfworld.
April 29, 2011
new to the store for April 2011, continued
Another new one from Stumptown, slightly delayed but here now: Julia Gfrörer’s truly upsetting adult horror story Too Dark to See. This made me cry.
April 17, 2011
new to the store for April 2011
Stumptown was hopping. There are more things on the way from California, but here’s the Oregon haul:
- N.Y.D.I. #1 by Jesse Reklaw. Jesse explains why self-publishing is terrible and you shouldn’t do it. Wait, what? Well, just read it.
- The Disconnect by Joan Reilly. Comics from Joan have been scarce since Hi-Horse and this is a swell surprise.
- Yawning Void #1, Go On Outside #1, and The Possum and the Pepper Spray by Pete Hodapp. It’s about time Wisconsin was represented here. The first comic Pete sent to GH was one of the best pieces of unsolicited mail I’ve received, and then I lost it, so it’s a good thing he showed up at Stumptown.
- Play Overlord by Sean Christensen, Amy Kuttab, and Theo Ellsworth. One of the more fun jam comics that was ever jammed.
- Cultists of North America (and the Gods Who Regard Them) by Jon Lewis. It’s more words than pictures, but as you know if you’ve read True Swamp, he writes really good words too.
- Danger Country #1 by Levon Jihanian. First chapter of a nifty fantasy saga, not exactly parody but deadpan as all hell.
- Doppelganger by Tom Neely. (Yes, there should be an umlaut.) What happens if you induce hallucinations after reading Thimble Theater.
April 16, 2011
back in stock, April 2011
February 19, 2011
new to the store for February 2011
- Zirp #4 by Till Thomas. Finally another installment from our favorite German self-publisher! More stressful things happen to the protagonists, but there’s some time for romance and shuffleboard too. And then there’s another damn cliffhanger ending...
November 23, 2010
new to the store for November 2010
Some of these are new new new, and some are things from earlier this year that didn’t get added till now for no good reason.
October 19, 2010
back in stock for October 2010
May 5, 2010
new to the store for May 2010
Catching up with more of the SF Bay Area crew...
- Just So You Know #2 by Joey Sayers. There are a few moments in this one that are a little sad. But it turned out happy!
- The Natural World #3 by Damien Jay. Visually wild and it’s getting kind of scary now— the witch hunt seems to be on.
- Salad Days by Minty Lewis. Minty returns to the field she pioneered in PS Comics: anthropomorphic fruit having problems. Except this time there’s a gorilla, and a little hope.
- Black Tea #3 by Jason Martin. More slices of life from a quiet guy who likes being alive.
April 29, 2010
back in stock, April 2010
new to the store for April 2010
OK, time to catch up now and there’s a whole lot of stuff, so it won’t all fit on the front page. And there’s more on the way soon. Books books books.
- Ten Thousand Things to Do, the book, by Jesse Reklaw. Collects issues 1-6 of the mini plus a little bit more. My, it’s handsome.
- Neely Covers Comics to Give You the Creeps!, hereafter known as Neely... Creeps!, by Tom Neely. Collection of those horror cover remakes you may have seen here and there. Brrrrrrrr.
- Ariadne auf Naxos #1-2 by Julia Gfrörer. “New” in the sense of “Why didn’t we have this before?” Puts the Rude in Erudite, and has the best running gag about Doctor Who ever.
- Kitchen Conniption by Vanessa Davis. It’s Vanessa’s cookbook and it’s yummy.
- Barbarian Comic by Alixopulos. Short and sweet. It’s about barbarians.
- Postdoc by Hob. Like the cover says: “drawings of TV doctors dressed for other jobs.”
- Lucky House and Eternity by Eliza Frye. Very atmospheric very short stories showcasing Eliza’s striking art and design.
- The Ratnest #1-2 by Patrick Keck. Cryptic, visually lush and rather disturbing.
- Clutch #19 by Clutch McBastard. More diary madness. 2003 was apparently a pretty good year, 2004 not so much.
- Stun Nuts #6 by Chris Cilla. There’s a ghost, a breast, some big noses and lots of food.
December 9, 2009
new to the store for December 2009
November 27, 2009
new to the store for November 2009
October 30, 2009
new to the store for October 2009
August 22, 2009
back in stock, August 2009
July 25, 2009
new to the store for July 2009
June 14, 2009
new to the store for June 2009
May 20, 2009
new to the store for May 2009, continued
- Ramble On and Hattie and Millie by Calvin Wong. Calvin is one of the Bay Area’s best-kept secrets; it’s good that he’s putting more comics on paper now.
May 15, 2009
back in stock, May 2009
May 8, 2009
new to the store for May 2009
April 7, 2009
new to the store for April 2009
February 6, 2009
Ten Thousand Things now with more things
An unusual update: The ridiculously productive Jesse Reklaw, while working on issue 2 of his diary comic Ten Thousand Things to Do, decided that each issue should be 64 pages long instead of 40. So when he reprinted issue 1, he added 24 new pages (and a new cover, which actually includes the title of the comic now, just to confuse people). The cover price is still $4, and the smaller first edition is now gone.
This means that if you have one of the old ones, and you get issue 2—to be released any day now—you’ll be missing 24 days of Reklaw’s life (and yes, he does have a life after the book tour). It’s possible that Jesse will make the extra stuff available in some kind of ashcan format; you’ll know the details as soon as we do. He’s also been putting the strip on the Internet, if you like computers.
back in stock, February 2009
January 19, 2009
new to the store for January 2009, also
January 2, 2009
new to the store for January 2009
November 14, 2008
new to the store for November 2008
- Monday #3 by Andy Hartzell. Finally!
- The Factoids of Life #1 by Kevin Huizenga, Dan Zettwoch, and Ted May. Minicomic collection of Amazing Facts... and Beyond!, which is now on our short list of most fun newspaper strips ever.
- Quite Mad and Other Works, Lake, Sing, Enough, Outside, Buried Veins, and Talk to a Live Nude Girl by Molly Barker. Molly is better known in the book-arts world than in comics and hasn’t drawn much for a while, so we were very happy to get some of these rare gems.
- New Construction #2 by Kevin Huizenga. All-thumbnail-sketches issue, with some from Dan Zettwoch and Ted May too. For devoted fans & others who are curious about how things are made.
- My Alaskan Summer and Shithole by Corinne Mucha. Missed these the first time around. Hilarious.
- Ten Thousand Things to Do #1 by Jesse Reklaw. Why another diary comic? Because Jesse is really good at quick sketches and epistolary writing.
- Manhole #3 and Washing Machine by Mardou. Mardou’s storytelling keeps getting more ambitious; these slice-of-life comics are a great introduction.
- Salivating Box and Friends by Jesse Reklaw, Andrice Arp, Nate Beaty, and Levon Jihanian. The return of five-minute comics!
November 1, 2008
back in stock, November 2008
October 24, 2008
new to the store for October 2008
August 31, 2008
back in stock, September 2008
new to the store for September 2008
July 31, 2008
new to the store for August 2008
