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Title Creator Publisher Series Price
Nursery Rhyme Comics Gahan Wilson, Roz Chast, Tony Millionaire, Lilli Carre and more ... (:01) First Second $17.77
($19.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Chris Duffy This 115 page, full-size, full color collection of 50 "timeless rhymes" includes all the favorites and then some.  What makes this one different?  What makes it stand out from the crowd?  What makes it mind-bogglingly amazing?  The list of artists who created the 50 works that fill this volumedoes, that's what.  It is practically a "who's who" of contemporary cartoonists that stretches around the block.  We're only going to give you a baker's dozen here, just to whet your appetite:  Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (each contributing their own comics nursery rhyme), Theo Ellsworth, James Sturm, Jordan Crane, Eleanor Davis, Patrick McDonnell, Kate Beaton, Craig Thompson, Lilli Carré, Tony Millionaire, Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson... we think you get the idea. This is pretty much a guaranteed gift success story if a comics fan is involved in any capacity:  whether you're giving or getting, this one has it all.  And it is practically a Platonic ideal as a gift designed to sprout a love of comics in a new reader.
Uptight #4 Jordan Crane Fantagraphics Uptight $3.55
($3.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		36 pages (that's 50% more than previous issues) of hi-octane comics from the renowned graphic arts triple-threat (comics, prints & design) all-star, Jordan Crane!  This issue picks up where the last left off:  the cover and both stories pick right up where the last issue left off.  The relationship blues are sung in "Trash Night," the second chapter of the yet-to-be-titled major narrative, in which the animal impulses always lurking in human nature are released through a combination of stresses and poor self control; while in "Dark Days," we have the continuation of last issue's "Freeze Out," in which readers are taken on another journey through the symbol-laden dream world of school days that was first introduced in Jordan's magnum opus, The Clouds Above. 
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #15 Tim Hensley, Matthew Thurber, Kevin Huizenga, Jordan Crane and more ... Bongo $10.00
($4.99 list)
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Read more and comment... 		Just roll this one up and you've got the perfect stocking stuffer for the heppest of your pals.  What makes this Simpson's comic book different from all other Simpson's comic books?  Well, this 48 page (no interior ads!) full color comic book "starring" the Simpsons is written and drawn by full fledged members of The Kramers Ergot Gang, Tim Hensley, Matthew Thurber, Kevin Huizenga, Jordan Crane, Ted May, Sammy Harkham, Will Sweeney, Jon Vermilyea, Ben Jones, John Kerschbaum, Jeffrey Brown and C.F., and features a cataclysmic cover by none other than dazzlin' Dan Zettwoch - 'nuff said!  We were sold out, but just found three copies.  Act now, IF you can stand being charged over cover price...  Sorry!
Uptight #3 Jordan Crane Fantagraphics Uptight $2.75
($2.75 list)
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Read more and comment... 		Speaking of long awaited comic books, here's another one that copacetic customers have been patiently awaiting for (quite) awhile.  Well, we're quite pleased to announce that the wait is over for what is certainly one of the finest pamphlet comic book series going.  (Although we're not sure if one issue every two years really qualifies as "going.")  This time around we have a kind-of-sort-of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde split issue in which the Dr. Jekyll component appears an unnamed, cuckolded garage mechanic who is the protagonist in the first story (although one could easily make the case that it is girlfriend, Delores, who is in fact the protagonist of this story; but that would mess up our simile) and Mr. Hyde manifests as the (re)appearance of Simon from The Clouds Above in an all new adventure which, we suspect, serves a compensatory function.  Anyway, it's safe to say that this is one comic book that no self-respecting comics reader can go without.  Especially as no one can use the excuse of being too broke to afford this one.  It's worth it just for the cover alone.
The Clouds Above Jordan Crane Fantagraphics $18.95
($18.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		This is without a doubt Jordan Crane's finest work to date.  It brings together all of his strengths in one superb package.  From cover to cover, the attention to detail in the production is -- with the notable exception of the work of Chris Ware -- unsurpassed in comics today.  However, even Chris is herein surpassed when it comes to the attention paid to detail in coloring.  The Clouds Above has raised the bar when it comes quality color comics work.  This is one book you have to pick up and look at!  It is a work that can be enjoyed by young and old and appreciated on a number of levels; from its playful story to its superb color scheme, everything works together here.  What we are offering here is the hardcover edition, which is now out of print.  We still have a few copies.  They're almost gone, so don't miss this chance to score the classic in its original form! 
Uptight #1 Jordan Crane $4.00
($2.50 list)
OUT OF STOCK!
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Read more and comment... 		Whoah!   Speaking of los bros, it looks like Jordan's been hanging out with Jaime, or at least spending a lot of time with the second volume of Love and Rockets.  The lead story in this niftily designed new comic book series from the renowned indy comics man about town, "Below the Shade of Night," features a smart, tight line, that, combined as it is with a sharp placement of solid blacks, catapults Mr. Crane to the forefront of potential heirs to the legendary Hernandez style.  Both this story, and the next, "Keeping Two," which equally divide the issue between them, embody the theme implied by the title of the series.  Each of the stories presents an anxiety that is rooted in the follies and ignorance of childhod, adolescence and young adulthood -- each after their own fashion.  And, as you would expect from someone who is widely respected for his design, this is a nice package and priced with your pocketbook in mind.  This series is off to a great start.  Here's wishing it a long run.
Uptight All Night: 30 postcards Jordan Crane Chronicle Books $8.95
($9.95 list)
OUT OF STOCK!
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Read more and comment... 		Speaking of top notch artists, this contemporary master of line, form and -- especially -- color, who is best known here at Copacetic for his swell comics like The Clouds Above and Uptight, now has a nifty collection of thirty original, full-color, heavy-duty (they're printed on super-weight cardstock) postcards nestled on our shelves.  At the Copacetic price listed below the price works out to a mere 30¢ a piece for these little gems.  Send 'em to friends, hang 'em on the wall, put 'em in a frame -- you can do it all.
Uptight #2 Jordan Crane Fantagraphics $2.25
($2.50 list)
OUT OF STOCK!
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Read more and comment... 		All hail Jordan Crane in his effort to reinvigorate the standard pamphlet comic book.  Uptight is what a comic book should be:  an intense, well thought out, tightly crafted, personal expression at an affordable price.  Not for the faint of heart, this issue plunges the reader into a stressed out, anxiety prone world where everyone is right on the edge and some are going over:  "Take Me Home" follows a lonely shift worker haunted by a late night encounter; "Before They Got Better" gives us a perfect pitch rendition of domestic tensions rocking the boat without ever quite dragging it under the waves; and the second installment of "Keeping Two" shows its protagonist's imaginiation running away with him as he anxiously awaits his girlfriend's return from renting a video.  Each is vividly rendered and expertly paced.  This is a comic book.  Recommended.