One of the great allegorical novels of the twentieth century, Crash, originally published in 1973, is one of the definitive mile-markers of the transition from modernism to post-modernism. A novel in the grand tradition of the science fiction cautionary tale, Crash places the car at the center of technologically acculturated concsciousness. Ballard's clinically precise language is pitch perfect in the creation and presentation of a milleau in which human sexuality is channelled through an eroticization of the automobile in which the act of driving becomes the equivalent of love making which climaxes in collision. (fair warning: during the reading of this book, you may find yourself feeling disoriented and uneasy when you get behind the wheel; driving may become difficult; you may need to pull over and collect yourself; you might have to just get out of the car and walk) As part of a special purchase, we've secured a healthy supply of this excellent UK edition (along with two other classic Ballard texts) that we can now offer at a price so low that there's simply no excuse to put off reading this seminal text any longer.
PITTSBURGH COMIC BOOK ACADEMY TO MEET
WHAT: First meeting of the PITTSBURGH COMIC BOOK ACADEMY with Frank Santoro
WHERE: Lili Cafe, 3138 Dobson St. in Polish Hill Pittsburgh 15219
WHEN: Wednesday April 30th, 7pm to 9pm
Frank sez: "I’ve been wanting to try a “floating academy” for awhile now. This FREE event will be a simple hangout for anyone and everyone in the Pittsburgh area who wants to take comic book classes. I have tried to do this at Copacetic Comics upstairs in the same building but there are no chairs and tables - so I talked Lili Cafe into staying open an hour later than usual and we are going to try it out. I will lead a simple drawing exercise and we will talk shop."
**FREE** 7pm to 9pm - Wednesday April 30th.
Totally Confused Release Party
Please join us this Friday, April 11, from 7pm to 9pm for The Totally Confused Release Party celebrating the release of a clutch of new made-in-Pittsburgh comics:
You Can Did It! #1 by Nils Balls (delayed! Free print instead!)
Top of the Line #6 by Dan McCloskey
It's a Tough Economy by Nate McDonough & Jarrod Shanahan
Andromeda Quarterly #7 edited by Andy Scott
and "hot new prints" by Max Wheeler
How can you say no to a line-up like this?
FaceBookers can learn more at:
PIX 2014
Saturday 22 March 2014
10am - 5pm + 7pm - 11pm
10 South 19th St.
Pittsburgh PA 15203
(map)
special guests
• Farel Dalrymple
• Theo Ellsworth
• Gary Groth
• Danny Hellman
• Ed Piskor
• Trina Robbins
• Jim Rugg
• Tom Scioli
• Craig Yoe
FREE ADMISSION!
more at:
http://pixcomix.org
http://pixpo.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/PIXcomics
https://www.facebook.com/PittsburghIndieExpo
https://www.facebook.com/events/438086489651096/
contact: pixcomix@gmail.com
2013 - The Year of Made in Pittsburgh
2013 had many highlights, but the single most significant trend here at The Copacetic Comics Company was that for the first time in Copacetic history, the majority of the year's best selling works were made right here in town. In fact, a whopping seven out of the top ten best selling graphic novels (in a loose, format & price based sense) were Made in Pittsburgh!
Here's the list:
*(MiP) = Made in Pittsburgh
1) Hip Hop Family Tree, Volume One by Ed Piskor *(MiP)
2) Pompeii by Frank Santoro *(MiP)
3) Very Casual by Michael DeForge
4) The Ship of Soiled Doves by Nils Balls *(MiP)
5) Final Frontier by Tom Scioli *(MiP)
6) Memory (anthology) edited by Jeremy Baum *(MiP)
7) Heathen by Jeremy Baum *(MiP)
8) Love and Rockets: New Stories #6 by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
9) Made Fun by Nate McDonough *(MiP)
10) New School by Dash Shaw
11 - 15) The Blonde Woman by Aidan Koch, Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo, Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust, Hand-Drying in America by Ben Katchor & Sunny, Volume One by Taiyao Matsumoto
Then in the comics category, Made in Pittsburgh made another strong showing here at Copacetic Comics Company (as does St. Louis, with four in the top ten!).
1) Supermag by Jim Rugg *(MiP)
2) Pittsburgh Port Authority Comix by Paulette Poullet, Nate McDonough & Nils Balls *(MiP)
3) 3 New Stories by Dash Shaw
4) Capacity #8 by Theo Ellsworth
5) Redbird #2 by Dan Zettwoch
6) The Half Men by Kevin Huizenga
7) Sky in Stereo #2 by Mardou
8) Cut-Away Comics #1 by Dan Zettwoch
9) New Jobs by Dash Shaw
10) Copra #2 by Michel FIffe
And, finally, in the publications about comics, there was no competition: Comics Workbook Magazine #1 edited by Frank Santoro, Andrew White & Zach Mason *(MiP) outsold the next best selling publication about comics by over 10-to-1!
So, it's official: 2013 was the year of Made-in-Pittsburgh!
Here's hoping the trend continues in 2014...
