The Copacetic Blog

Please join us in welcoming the Selfish Magazine “Just One More” Tour, which, in the person of founder and editor-in-chief, Taylor Yates -- along with potential TBA guest(s) – will be stopping in for a presentation at Lili Cafe from 7 to 8pm, followed by a reception and sales at Copacetic from 8 to 9pm.  

Selfish is a biannual, mostly memoir magazine that encourages women to share true stories through unabashedly creative means. Contents include essays, poetry, photo series, comics, illustrations, video stills and more. Issue two, “Just One More,” explores the ways in which we grapple with the countless moments that chip away at our innocence, the fluidity of identity, and the sweet futility of resisting change. Featuring the work of 30 contributors, “Just One More” takes readers through experiences of bewilderment, expansion, self-discovery, and more. 

A publication that celebrates the female story, Selfish was created as a means to tackle the continuing lack of female presence in publishing as well as encourage women to engage in creative truth-telling. Issue one featured the work of 18 contributors in the form of poems, essays, and photos. 

Alongside a reading from and discussion of the project, we will be encouraging female attendees to bring out their own work with the intention of publishing pieces collected on the road in our third issue, to debut next January. So, if this sounds like you, bring your work in to share! 

For more info: http://www.girlsgetselfish.com/

Head on up to Copacetic HQ on Saturday, August 8 to join us in welcoming Pittsburgh area comics creator – and publisher – JEREMY BAUM, to celebrate the release of his new graphic novel, DÖRFLER, just published by Fantagraphics books. Jeremy has created an exclusive poster especially for this event that will be FREE with any book purchase, AND will be bringing along a substantial selection of original art that he will be offering for sale. 7:00pm to 9:00pm.  Hope to see you there!

Join us in welcoming John Peña to celebrate the release of the first annual collection of his long running series of narrative drawings, Daily Geology: Year 2014.  

Peña digs through the strata of each of his days to find the most telling moment and concisely presents it in a pithy drawing that doubles as a single panel comic strip. This hefty tome collects those from 2014, all 365 of them!

Anyone unfamiliar with his work should take a moment to explore it @ http://www.dailygeology.com/ .  

Mark this date on your calendar and get ready for books to be signed, topics to be discussed and questions answered.

7:00pm to 9:00pm at 3138 Dobson Street, third floor.

We hope to see you there!

PLEASE NOTE:  The Copacetic shop will be CLOSED Friday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5.  

In addition, the Web Orders component of Copacetic will be CLOSED from Friday, July 3 through Sunday July 12.  In other words, any orders placed through this website during that period will not be processed until Monday, July 13. 

We apologize for any inconvenience.

And, yes, there is a modest amount of new material included.  In addition to all the cover illustrations, there is an illustrated appendix to each volume.