[comix] ALTERNATIVE COMICS' FEBRUARY RELEASES
New books to be part of “Alternative Comics” month
Gainesville, Florida, October 18, 2003: February 2004 is going to be “Alternative Comics” month! Alternative Comics has announced that for February 2004, it will release a number of new and eagerly awaited projects including the second volume of the Eisner Award and Harvey Award nominated
Rosetta: A Comics Anthology, Alison Cole’s
Never Ending Summer graphic novel, the first volume of the
Hi-Horse Omnibus anthology, the larger-format
Magic Whistle #9 annual by Sam Henderson, and the third and final chapter in Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello’s
A Sort of Homecoming graphic novel.
Rosetta: A Comics Anthology Volume 2
Nominated for both the 2003 Eisner Award and 2003 Harvey Award for “Best Anthology,”
Rosetta is an anthology of sophisticated works by an international cast of award winning artists.
Rosetta is targeted at a mature audience which views comics as a valid art form equal to any other.
Rosetta not only entertains with new stories by over twenty award winning cartoonists from North America and around the world, but also reveals the creative processes and compromises that occur in the creation of comic art in the form of a sketchbook section. The contributing artists have been set the task to go beyond the boundaries set by their previous works and to push themselves into areas that they consider dangerous to their reputations.
Edited by Ng Suat Tong, with Edmond Baudoin, Andrea Bruno, Santiago Cohen, Martin Tom Dieck, Anke Feuchtenberger, Jason, Miriam Katin, Megan Kelso, Peter Kuper, Max, Pedro Nora, R. Sikoryak, Vincent Stall, Ted Stearn, Craig Thompson, and a number of other stellar cartoonists.
For mature readers; 196 pages; deluxe perfect bound TPB; partial color; 7" x 10"; $19.95 US; ISBN: 1-891867-62-8
Never Ending Summer
A graphic novel that pays attention to the strange details that make up everyday life, the story is an autobiographical account that follows a group of friends through a summer filled with uncertainty and confusion. Relationships break down between boyfriends, friends, and family, throughout which the author must discover how to maintain a sense of balance. Parties, excessive drinking, and financial instability add to the commotion. Drawn in a beautiful minimal style with delicate 2-color interior,
Never Ending Summer reflects upon the immediacy of the present and the potential of events to come.
Allison Cole graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in Printmaking. She began making her own silkscreened comics a few years back, and has created 15 different minicomics titles to date. She has contributed to anthologies such as
Studygroup12 and
Kramers Ergot, and has several more projects in progress. Allison currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.
Never Ending Summer, deluxe graphic novel by Allison Cole, For Mature Readers, trade paperback, 96 pages, partial color, 7” x 8.5”, $11.95, ISBN: 1-891867-66-0
Hi-Horse Omnibus Volume 1
Hi-Horse leaps in a bold new direction with this gorgeous new special, introducing a new generation of comics innovators, 18 in all, to the world. Included are Gabrielle Bell's uninhibited but clear-headed chronicle of an artist's model, and Dan Zettwoch's “The Crucial Point," a zen-like anecdote about a cliff-diving hobo. Andrice Arp provides the “Cover of the Year!”
The Comics Journal calls
Hi-Horse “intelligent, imaginative ... a striking book that stands out from the other anthologies." Get your
Hi-Horse and discover the future of comics!
Edited by Howard John Arey, Andrice Arp, Joan Reilly, and Bishakh Som; Designed by Andrice Arp;
By Howard John Arey, Andrice Arp, Gabrielle Bell, Martin Cendreda, Damien Jay, Cole Johnson, J Bradley Johnson, Ellen Lindner, Lark Pien, Joan Reilly, Jesse Reklaw, Olivia Schanzer, Karen Sneider, Bishakh Som, Zack Soto, Hsiao-chen Tsai, and Dan Zettwoch
Hi-Horse Omnibus Volume 1; For Mature Readers; deluxe trade paperback; 96 pages; 7” x 10”; $11.95; ISBN: 1-891867-67-9
Magic Whistle #9 trade paperback
Sam Henderson comes out of seclusion with the new "annual" format for his long-running, always funny series. He's added a few sketchbook pages and some longer pieces such as the full-color 24-page "The Hamburger Joe Story". Don't worry, Sam hasn't gone artsy-fartsy or anything – it's still the same kind of hilarity which has earned him Harvey and Emmy nominations... plus the usual ass or two. If you've never read this title before, find out why it's beloved by intellectual lowlifes and lowlife intellectuals alike.
By Sam Henderson, For Mature Readers; deluxe trade paperback; Partial Color; 96 pages; 6” x 9”; $11.95; ISBN: 1-891867-68-7
A Sort of Homecoming #3 of 3
From the Eisner nominated creators of
My Uncle Jeff comes this serialized graphic novel about friendship, brotherhood, and a bond that even death can’t break. Owen's journey concludes as he arrives home for David's funeral, facing everyone he has shut out and the bitter memories of his own father's death.
By Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello, For Mature Readers, $3.50, 32pg, B&W ISBN: 1-891867-61-X
Damon Hurd is twenty-four years old, happily married to someone far smarter than him, and lives too far north of New York City. Besides writing and reading comix, he frequents jazz clubs, smokes fine cigars, and brews amazingly good beer. One can usually find him at pubs in a little town called New Paltz where he sucks at pool, but excels at drinking.
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