../../blog/catalog updates We distribute handmade and hard-to-find comics. en-us Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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. ../../blog/item/4840 ../../blog/item/4840 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT * [[House of Instant Booze]] (Cilla) * [[Brilliantly Ham-Fisted]] (Neely) ../../blog/item/4808 ../../blog/item/4808 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT 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 (book)|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 Creeps|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 Gfroerer|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. ../../blog/item/4807 ../../blog/item/4807 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[My Every Single Thought]], [[Buzz]] #3, and [[I Hate Mom's Cat]] by [[Corinne Mucha]]. Where does she get all this energy? * [[Chickadee]] by [[Briana Miller]]. Book-art with gray-tone watercolors and a heart. ../../blog/item/4326 ../../blog/item/4326 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Stay Away from Other People]] by [[Lisa Hanawalt]]. Sketchbooky comic or vice versa, memorably drawn from a very curious imagination. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #5-6 by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. The diary comes to a close, with no shortage of events. * [[Water Column]] #2 by [[Josh Frankel]]. The sea creatures are bigger now. ../../blog/item/4292 ../../blog/item/4292 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Comics Quest]] by [[Calvin Wong]]. Science fiction monster romance silliness, yay! * [[Estrus]] #7 and #1 by [[MariNaomi]]. Some of her older comics reprinted to disturb and educate you. * [[Laterborn]] #7 by [[Jason Martin]]. Kind of like rambling peacefully with an old friend by a campfire. ../../blog/item/4293 ../../blog/item/4293 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Monday]] #3 (Hartzell) * [[Trackrabbit]] #1-3 (Vasile) * [[Awesome. Thien Pham]] (Pham) ../../blog/item/4076 ../../blog/item/4076 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[The Natural World]] #2 by [[Damien Jay]]. The plot thickens and goes sideways--new characters, new problems. * [[Claptrap]] #2 by [[Onsmith]]. Handsome and disturbing sketchbooky thing. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #4 by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. He keeps having those kinds of days, plus other kinds. ../../blog/item/3913 ../../blog/item/3913 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Imaginary Homework]] by [[Theo Ellsworth]] ../../blog/item/3773 ../../blog/item/3773 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Break]] #3-7, [[Simple]], [[Still]] ([[Briana Miller|Miller]]) * [[An Inside Job]] #1 ([[Hob]]) ../../blog/item/3774 ../../blog/item/3774 Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[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. ../../blog/item/3669 ../../blog/item/3669 Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Manhole]] #2-3 and [[Washing Machine]] ([[Mardou]]) * [[Ochre Ellipse]] #1 ([[Jonas Madden-Connor|Madden-Connor]]) ../../blog/item/3662 ../../blog/item/3662 Sat, 09 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Rumbling]] chapter 2 by [[Kevin Huizenga]]. Kevin's ''Or Else'' stopped being published, right after he started serializing this startling adaptation. Now he continues it as a minicomic, gloriously. * [[The Life and Times of "Baby" Otto Zeplin]] #4 by [[BT Livermore]]. Grant's ghost is taking over. * [[Laugh-a-Graphs]] by [[Chris Cilla]]. Chris is busy making paintings, so here's another tiny cartoon morsel. * [[Brilliantly Ham-Fisted]] by [[Tom Neely]]. Non-literal, morbid, precise. Expanded version. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #2-3 by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. More cats and anxiety, plus now he's in a band. * [[Buzz]] #2 by [[Corinne Mucha]]. Short humor pieces by the Roz Chast of minicomics. ../../blog/item/3646 ../../blog/item/3646 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Just So You Know]] #1 by [[Joey Sayers]]. Joey's transgender memoir is, of course, constructed out of jokes. * [[The Lady's Murder]] by [[Eliza Frye]]. The webcomic is up for an Eisner; the print version is niftier. * [[Stun Nuts]] #4 by [[Chris Cilla]]. It's Cilla goofing around, it's rude, there are bees. ../../blog/item/3446 ../../blog/item/3446 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT 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 [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessereklaw/|on the Internet]], if you like computers. ../../blog/item/3279 ../../blog/item/3279 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Estrus]] #6 ([[MariNaomi]]) * [[Eye of the Majestic Creature]] #1-3 ([[Leslie Anne Mackenzie Stein|Stein]]) * [[The Factoids of Life]] #1 ([[Kevin Huizenga|Huizenga]]/May/Zettwoch) * [[Salivating Box and Friends]] ([[various artists|various]]) * [[Thingpart]] #6 ([[Joey Sayers|Sayers]]) * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #1 ([[Jesse Reklaw|Reklaw]])--new edition, see previous post ../../blog/item/3280 ../../blog/item/3280 Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Fine Tooth Comics]] and [[http://hobocomics.com/gh.php?id=3018|Stiff Whiff/Tranquil Time]], two pretty much indescribable collaborations by [[John Hankiewicz]] and [[Onsmith]]. ../../blog/item/3251 ../../blog/item/3251 Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[The Life and Times of "Baby" Otto Zeplin]] #1-3 and [[Business Casual]] by [[BT Livermore]]. Another funny Portland guy -- where do they keep them all? ../../blog/item/3092 ../../blog/item/3092 Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT * [[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! ../../blog/item/2904 ../../blog/item/2904 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT * [[Ochre Ellipse]] #2 by [[Jonas Madden-Connor]]. Won the Isotope Award and rightly so. * [[Monday]] #1 & 2 by [[Andy Hartzell]]. Catch up now that the third issue is here. ../../blog/item/2846 ../../blog/item/2846