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.  Pocket Full of Rain and Other Stories presents a thoroughly enjoyable collection of his comics, while simultaneously providing a fascinating look at the evolution of his cartooning abilities and approach that led to his instantly recognizable mature style.

This volume is also packed packed with Jason's fantastic homages to his comics & art heroes (and heroines), including:  Hergé, Edward Hopper, René Magritte, Moebius, Gilbert Hernandez, Frida Kahlo, Basil Wolverton, Ernie Bushmiller, George Herriman and more (including some amazing mash-ups, especially the Hopper/Magritte and  Moebius/Herriman), providing further clues to the not-so-secret origins of his sensibilities.   But readers will still have to to work out on their own how he came to develop his singular style.

This expanded edition also preserves James Sturm's enthusiastic and insightful introduction from the original edition.  Speaking of which –

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.

Check out some pages HERE.

These are comics to read while the world ends.