Unstable Molecules is one of the best graphic novels Marvel has produced... well, possibly, ever, but, to hedge our bets, let’s say, "in quite awhile." In any event, it is like nothing Marvel has ever produced in the past. It is a textual analysis of comics done in comics, and it is one of the finest ever produced -- certainly the finest ever produced by Marvel! It should be considered in the context of Understanding Comics and Hicksville as much as the Fantastic Four. Telling the "true" story of the "real people" that the Fantastic Four were based on, this book is a work of metacomics and a dream come true for students of narrative theory...
(softcover edition) Well, it's hard to imagine that any Copacetic customers missed this one the first time around, but you never know. There may be a few of you out there lurking in the shadows who have been patiently waiting to pounce on the softcover once it arrives. Well, if so, then those of you who did will be happy to know that your wait is over. Now available in softcover is the most heralded comics memoir since... well, ever (yes, there's Maus, of course, but, properly defined, it isn't really a memoir). We've long been fans of Ms. Bechdel's Dykes to Watch Out For, and we gave Fun Home an enthusiastic review assoon as it was...
Defying the norm, this second collection of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon's classic romance comics – a genre which they created, by the way; Young Romance #1 was the very first romance comic book – is a better book than the first volume, with both stronger stories and superior reproduction than the first volume. Romance was among the most successful of comic book genres in the history of the form, and was the most popular during its heyday of the late '40s and early '50s – the period on display in this excellent volume. Many people have a negative perception of romance comics as cliche ridden melodramas of brainless women duped into marriage by...
OK, this is not just the perfect gift book for the jazz fan on your list, it is also makes for an ideal gift to give to anyone -- of any age -- who has a love of words and pictures. This sumptuous hardcover volume has the potential to turn the squarest square into the heppest cat. Everyone is a jazz fan in the making: this is just the ticket to inspire them to take a closer look. Jazz ABZ is a pæn to jazz in art and poetry that simply has to be seen to be believed. The essence of jazz -- collaboration, composition, and improvisation -- is embodied in this singular tribute to the form. The overall package is designed to resemble the...
Accruing accolades and awards by the bushelful, McBride's novel employs a staccato, jump-cut prose style reminiscent of Samuel Beckett, and puts it to new and original uses in this harrowing coming of age tale
Here's Anne Enright's review in the UK Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/20/girl-half-formed-thing-review
Here's James Woods in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/useless-prayers
Hold onto your hats!We havereceivedan all new, 48 page, full color, French-flapped,oversized, self-published comic book by Anders Nilsen, the first in a new series: Tongues.
A blend of classical mythology, current events and science fiction, the three segments/chapters that make up this first issuealso continue to confrontphilosophical and ethical concernsaddressed by Big Questions and Dogs and Water, and as such the series appears thus far toconstituteanextension of the themes present these works.
Here's a little bit about it along with some preview images: https://www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/blog/2017/5/24/tongues
Action and adventure comics simply don't get any better than this epic graphic novel by Jiro Taniguchi. Conceived of as an homage to the "spaghetti westerns" of cinema and bandes dessinée – especially the Lt. Blueberry series by Jean "Moebius" Giraud, Taniguchi outdoes them all in this tale of cowboys and indians... and samurai!
Sky Hawk is an historically accurate account of the post-civil war American west. As the railroads spanned the continent, an alliance (some might call it a conspiracy) of the railroad companies, the US government and gold hungry settlers of European ancestry pushed the Native American Indians off of more and more...
Having devoted himself to assembling the massively influential series of anthologies,Kramers Ergot, Sammy Harkham now at last steps into the spotlight himself in this collection devoted solely to his own work. Published by PictureBox,Everything Togetherlives up to its title, collecting a decade's worth of Harkham's concentrated comics narratives. Opening with hisminimalist meditations on personal perspective, "Napoleon" and "Elisha", the work ranges from hismost sustained pieces, the epic "Poor Sailor", "Somersaulting," the upside-down-under memoir of Australian adolescence, and "Lubavitch, Ukraine, 1876", to his short, comics-insider...
The Chad in Amsterdam hardcover published by Scratch Books in Amsterdam collects all six issues of Cleveland native, Chad Bilyeu's series – and it has just now arrived at Copacetic!
The Copacetic Comics Company is the (for now) exclusive distributor of this book in North America. We are, of course, selling it directly to our customers here on the site, but will also be distributing to shops in North America. Here in Pittsburgh, you will, of course be able to pick up from Doomed Planet Comics at the former Copacetic digs in Polish Hill, but if you live elsewhere, and would prefer to buy it in person and/or know of a shop (or, of course, are a retailer yourself) please feel free to let your local shop know about it and/or contact us directly about wholesale on this item.
And just to reassure anyone not already famliar with this series, despite being created and published in Amsterdam, it is written (almost) entirely in English.
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And, here's a press/info one-sheet PDF that may also be freely shared and/or used in promoting this book.
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