The Copacetic Comics Company

Featured Books

- A Punkhouse in the Deep South: The Oral History of 309
  
  Aaron Cometbus, Scott Satterwhite
  
  $16.75
  
  Documenting and celebrating 25 years (and more!) of the 309 Punkhouse in Pensacola, Florida in 152 pages, this softcover book was (thankfully) edited and coordniated by former Punkhouse residents Aaron Cometbus and Scott...
- We Others: New and Selected Stories
  
  Steven Millhauser
  
  $8.88
  
  Long-time Copacetic customers are well aware of how highly esteemed Mr. Millhauser is within our walls. Millhauser has painstakingly crafted a voice in writing, an approach to the material, and a fictional method that combined...
- McSweeney's #64: The Audio Issue
  
  Claire Boyle
  
  $29.75
  
  Those readers who also enjoyed the elaborate/clever/charming designs and packaging achieved by various and sundry issues of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern over the years are in for a real treat with this one! We're going to pass...
- The Translator Without Talent
  
  Ryan Holmberg
  
  $19.75
  
  It's here: the first book from Bubbles Press! This is, more or less, a compilation of Holmberg's amazingly detailed Instagram posts, fleshed out with additional commentary and an introductory essay. To the best of our...
- You Can't Win
  
  Jack Black
  
  $16.25
  
  Finally, a new edition of the seminal novel,You Can't Winby Jack Black. Here's a book thatcan lay claim –if any can –to having launched the "outlaw" literary counterculture, way back in 1926. This edition sports an intense...
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
  
  Ibram X. Kendi
  
  $16.19
  
  Whilethis book has been enthusiastically soldin ourshop since shortly after its publication, we now feel thatitshould also be offeredhereas well. The single most important work of history to arrive at Copacetic during the...
- Smoketown
  
  Mark Whitaker
  
  $16.25
  
  Inspired by the Teenie Harris Archives at theCarnegie Museum of Art, renowned journalist and media executive, Mark Whitaker – whose grandparents were Pittsburghers during the Teenie Harris era –delveddeep into the history of...
- Seventeen Years of Media Consumption (2002 - 2018): The books; The recordings; The films
  
  John W. Fail
  
  $75.75
  
  Readers of this space are more likely than not to have their identity invested fairly heavily in media consumption. Who are we? How do we see ourselves? Where does this vision of ourselves originate? How is it formed?...
- Really the Blues
  
  Mezz Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe
  
  $15.25
  
  The definitive account of the early jazz scene -- and much more... An unforgettable reading experience that opens new perspectives on American history and cultural life. Now, at last, back in print from New York Review Books! ...
- American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassination
  
  Terrance Hayes
  
  $15.75
  
  The latest poetry collection by the National Book Award-winningMacArthur Fellow,Pittsburgh-based poet, Terrance Hayes features 70 poems sharing the same title, identical with that of the collection itself. Prepare to be...
- In the Swarm
  
  Byung-Chul Han
  
  $12.75
  
  In the Swarm presents a cogent response to the rising tide of internet inf(l)ected consciousness that is deeply rooted in the European – primarily German – philosophical tradition, but don't let that scare you off. This slim...
- Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
  
  Michael Tisserand
  
  $29.75
  
  Krazy Kat aficionados have long placed its creator, George Herriman at or near the center of the development of comics and cartooning. A prodigious talent, and true comics pioneer – possessed of an unquestionable genius – he...
- Bowie
  
  Simon Critchley
  
  $15.25
  
  This very personal,heartfelt,thoughtful, intelligent, conciselywrittenand thoroughly engaging tribute to the life, work and figure of David Bowie is agem of a book sure to be treasured by any Bowie Fan. Written shortly before...
- Jazz A B Z
  
  Paul Rogers, Wynton Marsalis + 1 more
  
  $19.95
  
  OK, this is not just the perfect gift book for the jazz fan on your list, it is also makes for an ideal gift to give to anyone -- of any age -- who has a love of words and pictures. This sumptuous hardcover volume has the...