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Nathan’s also reopened his shop for the season.
https://nathanpietrykowski.storenvy.com/
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Alternative Comics
Max Huffman Studio Sale.
Max Huffman’s having a My Rent Went Up 75% studio sale. Originals at great prices. Head over to Max’s Instagram and click/tap the coloured story circle thingy round his profile pic.
https://www.instagram.com/maxhuffman/
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Tweet: Philippe Druillet.
The comic strip is a graphic writing. I break the narration, I break the layout. I take everything away pic.twitter.com/2bvPUzmbYz
— Philippe Druillet (@iamdruillet) April 28, 2023
Simon Hanselmann’s You Will Own Nothing And You Will Be Happy #1
You Will Own Nothing And You Will Be Happy #1 by Simon Hanselmann.
meggandmogg.com/products/you-will-own-nothing-and-you-will-be-happy-1
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Finally.
Pre-order: Simon Moreton’s Now Is The Time to Know Everything.
“Now is the Time to Know Everything explores the bewildering excitement of pregnancy and the heartbreak of miscarriage through a fragile blur of family stories, reflections on the past, present and future, and half-remembered dreams. Written against the backdrop of a burning hot summer, an unpredictable autumn, and a wet winter, it is a love letter to a person that never quite came to be.”
Likely to ship mid May.
https://smoo.bigcartel.com/product/now-is-the-time
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Download and read a short excerpt here.
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NB. This is not a comic as such: Words, drawings, photos, etc.
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Release: Nathan Cowdry’s War Epic.
“The year is 1944. As the sun begins to set on Germany’s war, the sadistic head of a P.O.W camp must decide how he wants to use his final days in charge.”
https://nathancowdry.bigcartel.com/product/war-epic
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Sounds, um, er, fun, I suppose.
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Fractures: Book One by A Wolfgang Crowe.
“In 2015 A Wolfgang Crowe was the target of a violent homophobic attack while working in his father’s shop. Inspired by that event, his four-part series, Fractures, tells the story of the physical, psychological and legal struggles that continue after cuts heal and bruises fade.”
A4. 48 pages. B&W. Perfect bound.
https://colossive.com/product/fractures-aaron-wolfgang-crowe-comic-lgbt/
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Release: Fred Noland’s Steady Rollin’.
Steady Rollin’: Preacher’s Kid, Black Punk and Pedaling Papa by Fred Noland.
“Starting as a hardscrabble misfit and minister’s son in the Bible Belt, followed by a stint as a suburban So-Cal Black punk, and onward to bicycle-obsessed, graphic novelist and dad in Oakland, Steady Rollin’ is a portrait of the author in time-lapse. His memoir is composed of vignettes, uncovering his origins as an artist, exploring relationships past and present, ruminating on trauma and loss, and ultimately finding his place in the flow of life. ”
6” x 8”. 220 Pages. Full-colour covers. B+W on cream paper with 32-page full-colour insert at beginning on white paper. Perfect-bound.
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Pre-order: 20 km/h by Woshibai.
“How fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly’s wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China’s most prolific and recognizable—yet anonymous—new underground cartoonists of the current generation.”
In store 5/16/2023.
