Remember the glory days of cinema studies and those great illustrated screenplay editions, filled with stills from the film? Well, it looks like the fine folks at Inventory Press do, as well, with exhibit A being this softcover...
While Harlan Ellison's star has dimmed somewhat with the passing of the years, likely due, at least in part, to his abrasive personality, it remains hard to overstate his influence on science fiction, and then, in turn, on...
We had been selling this in the shop since it was published in 2017, but only now, with Trina's passing, did we realize that it wasn't listed here on the site. The Last Girl Standing is an amazing, mind-blowing memoir of...
Co-edited by former Pittsburgher (and Copacetic customer), Alec Dunn, Signal weaves a story of how culture is central to social transformation, both yesterday and today.We now have all nine issues in stock! (links below...
This 320 page, full color, 8 1/2" x 12" hardcover volume is a fantastic collection of some of the finest prints ever produced. It presents full-page, full color reproductions of all 118 of Hiroshige's Edo prints, along with...
Ed Steck's latest traces a harrowing intersection between horror movies and horror life, with each overlapping the other, making for a blurry consciousness wherein nothing is clear, but, eventually leading to connections,...
Here's from the publisher, University of Minnesota Press: The first English translations of the original novellas about the iconic kaiju Godzilla! Godzilla emerged from the sea to devastate Tokyo in the now-classic 1954 film,...
Out of print for thirty years, Self-Portraits is once again available in this new edition from New Directions, who have this to say abou it: “Art dies the moment it acquires authority.” So said Japan’s quintessential rebel...
At long last we have a definitive collection of the work that flowed from the pen of the actress – most closely associated with John Waters – adventurer, "East Village raconteur," and lifelong writer, Cookie Mueller that...
The definitive account of the early jazz scene -- and so 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...
The back cover blurb pretty much says all that you need to know: "For the first time in English, Osamu Dazai's hilariously comic (!) and deeply moving prequel to No Longer Human." ... but we'll throw these in for good measure:...
Now is the time to get hep to that enigmatic polymath connecting so much of mid-to-late 20th century avant garde counter culture. Out of print for over two decades, the still definitive single volume work on Harry Smith is now...
If you’re looking for a book to kick-start your brain and move it into a higher gear, a book that will set your thinking on a fresh path and that by doing so will help extricate us, as a society, together, out of our present...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?...
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 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 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...
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...
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...