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Title Creator Publisher Series Price
MOME #14 Emile Bravo, Gilbert Shelton, John Vermilyea, Ben Jones and more ... Fantagraphics MOME $13.50
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Read more and comment... 		Another fine issue from the recently reenergized MOME.  This issue's standout feature is Lilli Carré's, full-color, 32-page piece (graphic novella?), "The Carnival," that is a dream-like meditation on the desires that flow just below the surface of the quotidian, desires that are constantly struggling to break through, and yet seem always to be mysteriously held back by... what exactly?  "The Carnival" doesn't pretend to give you the answers, but it will help put you in a place where you might find some on your own.  The highlight for us here at Copacetic is an all-new Cold Heat tale by Frank Santoro, Ben Jones and John Vermilyea (who also turns in a solo piece here that has to be one of the most pithy portrayals of the American Way ever penned).  And there's plenty more including the continuation of Gilbert Shelton's multi-part saga which reveals -- among other things -- that he, along with fellow underground comix grandmaster, R. Crumb, is a lifelong Carl Barks fan. Emile Bravo provides a deeply sarcastic satire of American Politics; Ray Fenwick, Laura Park, Dash Shaw, Sara Edward-Corbett, Olivier Schrauwen, Josh Simmons and Conor O'Keefe are all on hand, and are joined by newcomers (to American Comics) Hernán Migoya & Juaco Vizuente; and the entire issue is punctuated by a series of one-pages by Derek Van Gieson.
Zap #15 Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Spain, Victor Moscoso and more ... Last Gasp $4.75
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Read more and comment... 		The legendary underground comic book that started it all back in 1967 is back with a 15th issue.  The long time regulars --  R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Spain and Victor Moscoso -- welcome a couple of fellow old-timers to the ranks of Zap for the first (?) time:  Paul Mavrides and Gilbert Shelton, to whose famous early (pre-Freak Brothers) creation, Wonder Warthog, is given one of the two covers in the 69 layout.  As would be expected, the highlight of the issue is the ten-page Crumb story, "Walkin' the Streets," which, if his dated signature is to be believed, he worked on for twelve years!  This is the story that was exhibited in its entirety at the latest Carnegie International.  If you missed it, you can take it from us:  it's a classic.  In addition to the individual works by the contributors listed above, another tradition returns in this issue --  the Zap Jam:  everybody dived in for a group two-page swim in the pen, ink and paper pool of comics.
MOME #13 Gilbert Shelton, Dash Shaw, Laura Park Fantagraphics MOME $13.50
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Gary Goth and Eric Reynolds The marquee highlight this time around is the first part (of three) to an all-new full-length saga -- "Last Gig in Shnagrlig," (no, that's not a typo) by the one and only Gilbert "Freak Brothers" Shelton.  Other MOME first timers this time around are David "Duplex Planet" Greenberger, Josh "Happy" Simmons, Laura Park and Pic.  They join Dash Shaw, Kurt Wolfgang, TIm Hensley (who contributes a whopping three stories this time out), Nate Neal, T. Ott, Sarah Edward-Corbett, Conor O'Keefe and Derek Van Gieson.  Alienation and absurdity abound, thoughtfully rendered with craft and care.