Hot off the press, it's the latest publication from Bubbles Press. And here's what the publisher, Brian Baynes, has to say about it:
"The third book from Bubbles and the first collected works from Anand, one of India's best young cartoonists. Born, raised and based in Delhi he's been self-publishing a one-man anthology called Zoo for a few years now, and inside this collection is the first three issues. I first read Anand's Zoo a couple of years ago and I was immediately struck by his creative storytelling. Incredibly human narratives that come with a dash of surrealism and comedy. A fantastic brushstroke to guide you through these eight amazing comics. I'm very excited to be publishing his work for the first time in America, truly one of my favorite artists going."
It runs 120 magazine-size (8 1/2" x 11") pages, and is printed in black and white offset on high quality newsprint, making for a nice feel and an absorbing reading experience. Comics!
Here's an issue sure to appeal to a wide swath of Copacetic customers. Edited by Caroline Cash, it includes equal parts hepster faves fromn the USA and new-to-us experimenters from Europe.
If there's anyone reading this who has yet to try an issue of this long-running international comics anthology, this might be the issue to go out on a limb and try one of these pint-size powerhouses.
Cover: Caroline Cash (USA) Contributors: Anand (India), Caroline Cash (USA), Elizabeth Pich (Germany), Emma Hunsinger (USA), Gabriel Mason Howell (USA), Heather Loase (USA), Hetamoe (Portugal), Ivo Puiupo (Portugal), Jana Ribkina (Latvia), Jurijs Tatarkins (Latvia), Konig Lu. Q. (Switzerland), Leo Fox (UK), Margot Sounack (France), Martins Zutis (Latvia), Momo Gordon (Germany), M.S. Harkness (USA), Tara Booth (USA), Vivanna Maria Stanislavska(Latvia), Yasmeen Abedifard (USA), Zane Zlemesa (Latvia) Guest Editor: Caroline Cash (USA)
Format: A6*, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper. * (note to newbies: the A6 format translates to 4" x 6").
Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation
Imported from India by Bubbles Press, here's the latest from the one-man comics powerhouse, Anand! 72 (roughly) magazine-sized pages make up this attractively printed squarebound edition of the fifth issue of Zoo, which consists of three long-ish stories: "Notty Sis-In-Law: A 4 Ears Story"; "One Foot in the Grave"; and "Vulture", the destined-to-be-a-future-classic meditation on the life of the artist, creativity, ethics, the question of originality, and... comics! which, alone, is worth the price of admission; and a few assorted short-shorts to round out the edition.
AND: All orders for this issue also come with w 32-page digest-size comic book, 4 Ears: The Story So Far..., (re)presenting the first appearance of the character 4 Ears (who appears in the lead story) from Zoo #2.
We just scored TWO copies (*both include 4 Ears: The Story So Far..., just FYI) of this now out of print (at least in the USA) classic!
Limit: ONE per customer...
It's here! The the latest issue of the always all new, all hand printed comics anthology – Cram! Although this time around, "Comics" has been appended to the title, so, evidently, this fifth issue is, just to make it clear, Cram Comics! Looking over the assembled artists and their work, one gets the feeling that of looking through a window at a comics road that stretches long into the future.
Here's who you'll find in this issue:
Swayam Parekh
Cameron Arthur
James Collier
Anand
Médar De La Cruz & Médar Serrata
Sam Szabo
Michael D. Kennedy
Nate Doyle
Syd Madia
Cover by Lillian Ansell
And, that's right – up and coming Pittsburgh-based comics champ, Cameron Arthur makes his Cram debut, with the eight-page, "Sacred Heart," a two-color riso that also has the distinction of bieng his first color comics work.
