Did you make it to the APE show in San Francisco this past weekend? I didn't but below is a list – courtesy of
Jesse Reklaw – of items that were scheduled to debut at the show.
• ANTHOLOGIES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS
Baraka and Black Magic in Morocco
by Rick Smith
From hassles with transportation and the locals to language barriers and drugged carpet sales, this travelogue is a whirlwind through pre-9/11 Morocco, from Tangiers through the Sahara Desert and on to Marrakech and Casablanca. Partial color, 128 pages, 6x9?.
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Boy Trouble #5
edited by David Kelly and Robert Kirby
10th Anniversary Issue. Anthology featuring work by David Kelly, Robert Kirby, Tim Fish, Michael Fahy, Andy Hartzell, Craig Bostick and more. "This collection of comics captures with grace and humor – and frequently profound insight – the joys, pressures, and contradictions of being gay in America," says Dan Savage. 80 pages, 8.5x7".
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Garish Zow Comics #5
edited by Michael Allen and Tim Goodyear
Anthology of over 20 cartoonists. Squarebound, 112 pages, 8.5x6.5".
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Hi-Horse Omnibus Volume 1
edited by Andrice Arp, Howard Arey, Joan Reilly, and Bishakh Som
Hi-Horse leaps in a bold new direction with this gorgeous special, introducing a new generation of comics innovators to the world. Included are Gabrielle Bell's uninhibited but clear-headed chronicle of an artist's model, Dan Zettwoch's zen-like anecdote about a cliff-diving hobo, and 15 other stories. Deluxe trade paperback, 96 pages, 7x10".
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Magic Whistle #9 trade paperback
by Sam Henderson
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." Deluxe trade paperback, partial color, 96 pages, 6x9".
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Monster Engine!
edited by Toby Craig.
Featuring work by Pedro Boyd, Brian Canny, Peter Conrad, Toby Craig, Jim Rugg, Dalton Webb, Todd Webb and Tom Williams. Giant monster smack-downs, law and order on a different spatial plane, musings of the walking dead, bible-beasts from the deep, chatty inner demons, monsters under the bed, and things that go bump in the nightlife. 64 pages, 6.75x7.5".
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Real Stuff
by Dennis P. Eichhorn and various artists
Dennis P. Eichhorn has been a bartender, dishwasher, cook, doorman, process server, stable hand, sailor, bouncer, taxicab driver, phone interviewer, hod carrier, publisher, firefighter and paralegal investigator. He's also been writing comic stories about his life and experiences for the past fifteen years, illustrated by some of the finest cartoonists in the world. Such luminaries as Peter Bagge, Dave Cooper, Jim Woodring, Joe Sacco, Chester Brown, Peter Kuper, and Terry Moore are only a few of the contributors to this volume. 208 pages, 48 in full color.
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• COMIC BOOKS
A Sort of Homecoming #3
by Damon Hurd and Pedro Camello
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. 32 pages.
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The Babysitter #3
by Andy Ristano
Setsuko, with the help of her new friends the weirdos, attempts to navigate her way through a maze of violence and conflict. However, does conflict become unavoidable when Courtney Bigbuckerson forces her hand? Find out in the third and final installment of the babysitter. 32 pages.
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Be a Man
by Jeffrey Brown
Jeffrey Brown's own self-parody of his "ultra-sensitive" graphic novel,
Clumsy. A heaping of in-your-face male chauvinism, over-the-top machismo, and self-involved gratification. For all those jerks who complained that Jeffrey Brown was a sissy, finally you can see him "Be a man!" 32 pages.
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HellCar #12
edited by Eric Knisley
Includes work by Paul Friedrich, Mike Houston, Smell of Steve, Gus Fink, Steph Freese and Eric Knisley. Includes FREE CD featuring cuts by Pinback, Metric, and a live version of "Nothing Compares to You" by Sinead O'Connor, as well as many others. Full color throughout, 48 pages, 6x8.5".
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Jennifer Daydreamer: Anna & Eva
by Jennifer Daydreamer
Ben, a lonely, rebellious boy, longs to run away and join the circus, while Anna longs to talk to her dead sister, Eva. 84 pages.
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The Magic If
by Craig McKenney, Gervasio, and Estudio Haus
Stage magician Wynter Steele is sick to death of kiddie parties, retirement home gigs and office Christmas parties. So he plans a command performance for an upcoming magic convention, but infamous stunt magician Blaine Danvers may sabotage his professional as well as personal dreams.
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Mauled! #2
True Stories of Surgical Malpractice. 32 pages.
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Pewfell Volume 1: Spirekassle Stories
by Chuck Whelon with Adam Prosser
Color wraparound cover, 64 pages, 10.25x6.125".
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Pirate Club #1
by Derek Hunter
A small group of elementary school kids lie, cheat and steal on their way to find a freedom only the open sea can offer.
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The Sketchbook Diaries #4
by James Kochalka
Sometimes sweet, sometimes twisted, always honest and often hilarious. In this fourth volume, James grows a beard, gets his wife pregnant, plays a bunch of rock shows, plays a bunch of video games, and struggles with the meaning of life. 96 pages.
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Supernatural Law #39
by Batton Lash
The lead story is "The Appeal of the 800-lb Gorilla," and the cover was drawn by a Bay Area artist known for his "good gorilla" art: Art Adams. The backup story, "The Scariest Kid on Earth," is a Chris Ware parody that is right on.
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Upside Down
by Tobias Tak
Follow the exploits of Klazeena and her companions ? the glamorous Schl?nzy and the wizard Gaboon, who suddenly find themselves thrown into a strange new world where nothing is as it seems. 40 pages, oversized.
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Yellow Baby #2
By Jed Alexander.
Features the serialized "Turtle, turtle" story about Cesar, a boy raised in the U.S. of mixed parents. He spends one long summer in Mexico with his grandmother, then returns, later, as an adult. Two colors throughout, 32 pages, 8x8".
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• MINI-COMICS
Alice in New York
by Henry Chamberlain
Love, hope, dreams, and adventures in the Big Apple. 24 pages.
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Attempted Not Known #9
by Peter Conrad
20 4-panel comics about smoking, each one in its own 4-page booklet, packed in a cigarette-box style package.
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Big Questions #6
by Anders Nilsen
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Do Tell
by Alixopulos
More half-baked philosophy from Alixopulos, this time in a shot-gun wedding with Zucker Bros style laffs. After a cartoonist's plane crashes in the wilderness he must survive a series of physical challenges, including armed bees and an alfalfa eating hillbilly, before achieving a lower consciousness. 24 pages, 8.5x5.5".
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Elf Mound
by various
Jam comic based on a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. 28 pages, 8.5x5.5".
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Frat-bot and Cod
by Joe Sayers
Comics and gags for all! With Detective Grandpa. 20 pages, 8.5x5.5".
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Imperfection and the Judgment Machine
by Paul Madonna
Collection of theme based drawings. Hand-bound, color cover, 100 pages.
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Litmus Test #13
by Nick Mullins
Contains the third and final part of "Kit Kaleidoscope and the Mermaid in the Jar," as well as an adaptation of the Langston Hughes poem "The Weary Blues."
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The Little Things 2003 Collection
by Brandon Hanvey.
A collection of his online diary comics from 2003.
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Mantequilla de Pato
by Alixopulos and Fredo
The jam comic from Hell. Silkscreened cover, 24 pages, 5x5".
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Midnight Creep
by Fredo
The "blues" comic from Hell. Silkscreened cover, 24 pages, 5x5".
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One Fine Day #3
by Tom Neely
Set in the era of silent movies and the style of early cartoons. Our heroes escape from prison to find the gangsters responsible for the robbery. They join a Hot-jazz band in order to sneak into the dangerous speak-easy bar that is the gang's headquarters. Color cover, 60 pages, 7x7".
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Passing Periods: Tackling Tough Topics for Today's Troubled Teens
by Joe Sayers
32 comics about the difficult issues affecting our youth. Not for teens! 32 pages, 4.25x7".
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Rainbow Pudding
by t edward bak
Collected stories and drawings 1997-2003, includes copy of "The Firefly Waltz" w/ 9 cards in an accordion fold-out format comic. Multi-color silkscreened cover, 88 pages.
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Seafood
by Josh Frankel
Examine life and death in the open ocean by swimming with one of its most voracious and majestic predators – the tuna. Silkscreened cover, 40 pages, 5.5x5.5".
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Secret Voice #2
by Zack Soto
Short stories of mysterious beings, shrinking robots, cloud kids, Dr. Galapagos, and more. New and old material. Silkscreen cover, 24 pages, 8.5x5.5".
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Sermons #1
by Kevin Huizenga
New mini-comic full of doodles, notes, gag strips, diagrams, etc. as drawn by the acclaimed D&Q /
Supermonster cartoonist, all while in church. 48 pages, 4.25x5.5".
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The Stereos: Battle of the Bands
by Brandon Hanvey.
Fictional story of a geek, a goth, a slacker, and a punk who have a band together. 48 pages, 8x8".
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The Stiff #2
by Jason Thompson
A bleak, disturbing take on the high-school romantic comedy genre popularized by Japanese comics. Previously available at www.girlamatic.com.
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• In addition, Alvin Buenaventura at
www.buenaventurapress.com will have many prints debuting at APE, including some by cartoonists Gary Panter, Sammy Harkam, Ron Rege, David Heatley etc.
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