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King-Cat Comics and Stories




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King-Cat Comics & Stories #71 John Porcellino Spit and a Half King-Cat Comics and Stories $3.00
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Read more and comment... 		Now's your chance to catch up with Mr. P!  While this issue was drawn during his sojurn in the sunshine state – Gainesville, FL, to be exact – the events chronicled primarily predate this move and bring readers up to speed.  As always, Porcellino delivers his trademarked style to bear on those key quotidian moments in life that prompt reflection and meditation on meaning and significance, as he moves through life accompanied by pen, ink and paper.
King-Cat Comics and Stories #70 John Porcellino Spit and a Half King-Cat Comics and Stories $2.75
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Read more and comment... 		The issue that marks the twentieth anniversary of King-Cat Comics and Stories.  And it really is an extra special issue, one of the best ever.  Twenty years.  Amazing. Congratulations, Mr. P.!
King-Cat Comics and Stories #69 John Porcellino Spit and a Half King-Cat Comics and Stories $3.00
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Read more and comment... 		Shame on us for neglecting to bring this to your attention earlier.  Yes, it's another 32 page gem by the zen master of comics and self-publishing.  In this issue we have comics on:  late night driving, haircuts, heavy metal, cats and cat adoption, as well as those magic meditations on nature as only John P. can manage.  Also, those hardy perennials,  'the King-Cat Top 40" and the "Catcalls" letters pages.  Year after year, King-Cat remains one of the great pleasures of comics.  Don't miss it!
King-Cat Comics and Stories #68 John Porcellino Spit and a Half King-Cat Comics and Stories $2.75
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Read more and comment... 		36 pages of comics and stories -- along with a short history lesson and the usual lists -- by the one and only John P.  What more do you need to know?  Now in stock.
King-Cat Comics and Stories #67 John Porcellino King-Cat King-Cat Comics and Stories $3.00
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Read more and comment... 		Just in time for Christmas, a stocking stuffer for all you mini-comics fans.  Always a cause for a modest celebration, this issue features the ususal mix of comics, stories, lists and letters -- 40 pages in all.
Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man: A King-Cat Collection John Porcellino King-Cat Comics and Stories $10.80
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Read more and comment... 		This book, only the second (the first, Perfect Example, is currently out of print, but is slated to be reprinted by Drawn & Quarterly within the next 12 months) ever collection by DIY legend John Porcellino, exploits the advantages avaliable only to someone with a long  career.  Starting with some pages from some of the earliest issues, the material in Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man spans a full decade, and it shows:  you can witness the evolution of Porcellino's graphic style, from the early rough work all the way through to his highly refined Zen/minimalist style of the present.  And then there's the story itself, full of the wistful resignation to life's exigencies that is the Porcellino trademark.
King-Cat Classix John Porcellino Drawn and Quarterly King-Cat Comics and Stories $25.00
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Read more and comment... 		Yes! 382 pages of comics selected from the next-to-impossible-to-find first fifty issues of King-Cat Comics (currently published under the title King-Cat Comics and Stories) by the long suffering self-publishing champ, John Porcellino.  King-Cat Comics is an ideal illustration of the  existentialist project that brings order and meaning to a life lived in an inherently absurb world.  Beginning in May of 1989, Porcellino put pen to paper and declared that he would have no rules dictating what he would produce, only that it would be true to his artistic instincts and that it would all be called King-Cat Comics.  As the years passed, King-Cat gradually evolved from its origins as a simple pastime, eventually becoming the central, defining aspect of Porcellino's existence.  Now, almost exactly 18 years later, just in time for the comic to reach the age adulthood, this fine collection is now available to give everyone a chance to experience King-Cat Comics' pen and ink birth, growth, maturation, and coming of age.  Also included are an introduction, extensive notes, and a complete index.  King-Cat Classix is the Swiss Army Knife of comics compendiums: it is the perfect beach book for the true-blue comics reader, the ideal gift book for the hard to please indy comics collector in your life, solid inspiration for a budding DIY comics creator, and, perhaps most importantly, a solid source for thoughtful reflection on the constitution of human existence.  Recommended!  Still need convincing?  Then check out this preview.