Here's the fourth issue of the hand crafted comic book anthology, Cram!
Edited by Andrew Alexander, this issue features 50 pages of risograph comics each of which takes its own approach to storytelling comics making and color (including two contributors who eschew it all together), all enclosed by a frenetically detailed wraparound cover by Max Burlingame.
The drawing on hand here ranges from clean line to rat line, the layouts from 30-panel pages to the full page splashes, all in the service of highly imaginative comics.
Artists featured this issue are: Kim Deitch, Gabriel Mason Howell, David King, Katie Lane, Paul Peng, Jake Terrell, Marc Torices & Beatrix Urkowitz.And don't forget: handmade = limited quantity; the first two issues of Cram are already out of print, and the third won't last much longer...
This is one of the unique – and nice – Entropy Editions we recently got in.
>> LIMITED SUPPLY <<
Here are the publisher details:
The latest from Gabriel Mason Howell, Little Misanthropist, shows him working through oscillations between misandry & queer desire & how one's own identity can shape that push & pull. Rendering his sardonic take on relationship dynamics with a high degree of craft, this update on a pre-pandemic self-release not only demonstrates Howell's evolution as an artist, but how his thinking on the topic has changed as well, making for a compelling mix of humor, wit, and pathos done with a sophisticated visual diction that complements his themes well.
Gabriel Mason Howell is a trans male cartoonist, illustrator, tattooist, and printmaker currently based in Chicago. In addition to various self-published releases, he's worked with Secret Acres, Bred Press, & Lumpen Magazine, amongst others. His design & illustration work spans a range of artists, such as Phoebe Bridgers, 100 gecs, Perfect Hair Forever, and PC Music, as well as an ongoing relationship with WKND skateboards.
Printed at Graphic Resources in St. Paul, MN
5”x7”
20 pages
Black offset on cotton candy 70lb stock
June 2024
EE10
For anyone who feels like going all out (all in?) for Entropy Editions, here's a little bundle of all four of the comics that we just got in that we're offering at a special discount.
Here's what's in this bundle:
Little Misanthopist by Gabriel Mason Howell
God's Sod House by Cedar Van Tassel
Cookie Nights by Andrés Magán
Split Brain by Hue Nguyen
Please see the individual listings for further details (click on the thumbnails below).
And here's a gallery of select pages from all four issues.
>> ONLY TWO SETS AVAILABLE >> GONE!
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
