Doomed Planet Comics – First Anniversary SALE + PARTY!
Believe it or not, it's now been a full year since Copacetic Comics handed off the shop on the third floor at 3138 Dobson Street to Doomed Planet Comics! To celebrate, this coming Saturday and Sunday, November 16 & 17, Doomed Planet Comics will be having its BIGGEST SALE EVER. Details below:
And that's not all: from 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Saturday, Doomed Planet will be hosting an Anniversary Party featuring a special guest appearance by recent Pittsburgh transplant, Cameron Arthur, who will be selling and signing the first issue of his new made-in-Pittsburgh comic book mini-series, Broken Wires!
AND, Copacetic will be in the house on Saturday afternoon and staying through to at least 7:00pm. So, both Bills will be in the house. Looking forward to seeing any erstwhile Copacetic customers. Hope you can make it!
Comics >>> Made in Pittsburgh >>> Comics
The large majority of Nate McDonough's comics making has, thus far, taken place in Pittsburgh. His magnum opus, Longboxes began here in Pittsburgh, and is continuing in his new home in Durango, Colorado. The first Longboxes collection has just been released! It's a whale of a read at 288 pages. Don't miss it.
You can get an eyeful of Longboxes on our Tumblr post, HERE.
Cameron Arthur began his comics creating career in Texas, where all issues of his single-creator anthology title, Swag were created. Now, since relocating to Pittsburgh, he has embarked on the creation of a three-issue series Broken Wires. The first issue is out now! – and the second has just been completed and will soon be at the printer.
Get a taste of Broken Wires, from our Tumblr post, HERE.
Pittsburgh comics!
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Don’t sit out this election! Voting is both a privilege and a responsibility.
AND, if you – and/or anyone you know – are still on the fence about voting and/or who to vote for, and are looking for convincing arguments regarding the candidates in the presidential election – either for yourself or to share – this new site, 270 Reasons, has some good ones, many written by people you may already be familiar with, like Anders Nilsen (whose argument is in comics form natch').
Hurt / Used / Ex-Library Copies – For Less!
While rooting around the archives, we occasionally come across copies that are either Hurt, Used and/or Ex-Library – in other words, not new; aka "reader copies." At the Copacetic shop we generally placed these copies in "Book Alley" where – as we discounted these copies "40 to 80% OFF!" – customers could browse for deals. So, we have now created a section on the site that groups all these copies together and so effectively serves as a virtual "Book Alley" >> HERE <<
The first batch is now up...
... with more to follow.
The revolutionary classic Dutch graphic novel, Iris is now – finally! – available for the first time ever in North America in this beatuifully printed edition from Fantagraphics, featuring a punchy English translation by Laura Watkinson. Thé Tjong-Khing's artwork exquisitely conveys the psychedelic and pansexual glory of 1968 while simultanesouly conveying the underlying paranoia and anxiety of the era that is woven throughout Lo Hartog Van Banda's story and script. There are plenty of parallels between 1968 and today, and much food for thought here in addition to the æsthetic glories. Take a peek:
