With Palookaville 20, Seth bids a fond adieu to the world of the pamphlet comic book, and steps into the arena of the hardcover annual. Bringing his singular design strengths to bear, this classy little tome continues the tale of Clyde Fans, provides an in-depth look at his "Dominion CIty" project, replete with peeks at some fabulous spreads from his ledger sketchbooks, a batch of selections from his straight-up sketchbooks, volumes seven and eight, and a new (at least to us) 14-page story, "Calgary Festival." Not convinced? Check out this PDF preview.
In this, the twenty-first issue of cartoonist/illustrator/designer Seth's (almost) annual, Palookaville, we have another elegantly designed hardcover volume. Between the two embossed covers – which show Seth moving closer to Deco stylings – readers will find three "sections" containing: the continuation of the fourth installment of Clyde Fans; selections from the seventh and eighth volumes of Seth's "Rubber Stamp Diary", and the first forty pages of "Nothing Lasts", a tale taken from "Sketchbook 10." It pretty much goes without saying that this is a must for all fans of Seth's work. To anyone yet to sample his wares, all we have to say is, "What are you waiting for?"
We were initially blinded by the reflective green foil cover of this issue. Once our eyes adjusted, it was possible to make out the details. The latest issue of Palookaville is another design-centric comics collection of all new work by the inimitable Seth. Highlights this time around include more "Clyde Fans," the second chapter of his auto-bio comic, "Nothing Lasts," and a photographic look at a\the Seth-designed real world barbershop (!?!) run by his wife that is accompanied by an apocryphal quasi-comics history of of said barbershop (sort of). Only Seth could pull something like this off...