We just got our hands on a big stack of this great comics anthology from 2005 that is a celebration of all things lesbian and gay, with a strong focus on the former. Editor, Jennifer Camper did an excellent job putting this one together, as there is an amazing selection of great, hard-to-find, black and white comics squeezed into this 88 page anthology by both well and lesser known creators. This anthology also includes a rare instance of the cartoon jam: "The Party" features Jennifer Camper, Howard Cruse, Diane DiMassa, Rupert Kinnard, Alison Bechdel and Ivan Velez, Jr. letting their inhibitions fly!
Only a few left... GONE!
Discovered during the move! ONE copy of a nice copy of the first printing of the 1993 edition of Hothead Paisan! Long out of print classic! Copy pictured is actual copy for sale.
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Discovered during the move! ONE copy of the first printing of the 1995 edition of Revenge of Hothead Paisan.
PLEASE NOTE: this copy is a little bit worse for wear, with a crease through the front cover (that does NOT break color, so not noticable in photo), along with a bit of wear and a few minor tears and corner creases. Over 200 pages!
PLEASE NOTE: Our PayPal buttons do not currently incorporate an inventory function and so are not capable of automatically registering that an item has sold out; this must be done manually. Thus, it is within the realm of possibility that this item may appear as still available when it has actually sold out. We will make every effort to mark this as sold as soon after the fact as possible, but should it sell in the middle of the night, then the item won't be marked sold until morning. That said, should someone "buy" this item after it is no longer available, that person will receive a full refund within 24 hours (along with an apology for our lack of technical proficiency).
Most frequenters to this space are familiar with Alison Bechdel's epic, Dykes To Watch Out For, but there may be some who are unfamiliar with its less patient contemporary, Hothead Paisan, Diane DiMassa's cartoon channeling of lesbian anger into "homicidally terroristic" fantasies of revenge that manage the hat trick of venting that anger by transmuting it into laughter, with a dark sense of humor that happens to also be very, very funny. Running through the 1990s, Hothead Paisan originally appeared in the form of a comics zine (from Giant Ass Publishing, a [very] small [friend-of-the-creator] press) of the type that would be familiar to anyone who shopped at Copacetic, but a bit ahead of the curve. These comics were then collected, also during the 1990s, in two trade collections by Cleis Press (who had a PO Box in Wilkinsburg at the same time as BEM; wonder if we ever crossed paths...?), both of which have been out of print for, what, twenty years?
But now, she's back! – arriving like the cavalry, right when she's needed most – in this very nicely put together, sure-to-be-definitive edition fron NYRC, which includes an introduction by Sarah Schulman and an interview with DiMassa by Jay Graham, along with wonderful-to-see scans of the original Giant Ass comicszine covers and other rarities; 456 pages!
Here's a brief Hype Up from NYRC:
Hothead Paisan is an icon of the ’90s lesbian DIY scene, a patron saint of those who wonder if going off the deep end is the only sane response to life in modern America.
Diane DiMassa’s Hothead starts out in a murderous frenzy—taking out a variety of chauvinists and creeps—but soon deepens into a reflection on oppression, self-destruction, and living it up outside the conservative norms of the ’90s. Hothead’s rage is stoked by her inner demon, Personality #2, but sometimes tempered with the help of Roz, her friend who offers Zen wisdom and tough love, and Chicken, her cat and constant companion.
