Here's a deluxe, expanded (224 pages) hardcover reissue of the seminal collection of the formative years (the 1990s) of the phenomenal, Norwegian comics creator, Jason. 

This collection will be of special interest to those who would like to witness – and study – the development of a personal style.  But anyone who has comics running through their veins will relish the comics that make up this collection. 

This volume is packed with Jason's fantastic homages to his comics heroes, including:  Moebius, Gilbert Hernandez, Basil Wolverton, Ernie Bushmiller, George Herriman and more (plus an amazing Moebius/Herriman mash-up)!

And it goes without saying that no self-respecting Jason fan can be without this volume. (but we had to go and say it, just for a frisson of Jasonic irony). 

Here's the Copacetic write-up of the original 2008 softcover edition:

A lot of you may have wondered, as we did, when Hey, Wait! was first released in the US, "Hey, wait a minute -- who is this guy Jason, and how did he appear, seemingly out of nowhere, with this fully developed style?"  Well, Pocket Full of Rain at long last provides US readers with the answer.  Here are the works that Jason produced leading up to his US debut, but that had never before been published here until now.  Pocket Full of Rain contains over 120 pages of comics, along with a 16-page color section of covers and illustrations -- almost all of which was originally published in his native Norway during the 1990s.  This is the work that show us Jason's development as an artist.  Jason fans will find this an engaging and possibly even fascinating collection, and students of comics will find this a volume worthy of study, so if you area among the latter, make sure to take a look.

These are comics to read while the world ends.