Hot off the press, it's the latest publication from Bubbles Press. And here's what the publisher, Brian Baynes, has to say about it:
"The third book from Bubbles and the first collected works from Anand, one of India's best young cartoonists. Born, raised and based in Delhi he's been self-publishing a one-man anthology called Zoo for a few years now, and inside this collection is the first three issues. I first read Anand's Zoo a couple of years ago and I was immediately struck by his creative storytelling. Incredibly human narratives that come with a dash of surrealism and comedy. A fantastic brushstroke to guide you through these eight amazing comics. I'm very excited to be publishing his work for the first time in America, truly one of my favorite artists going."
It runs 120 magazine-size (8 1/2" x 11") pages, and is printed in black and white offset on high quality newsprint, making for a nice feel and an absorbing reading experience. Comics!
Here's an issue sure to appeal to a wide swath of Copacetic customers. Edited by Caroline Cash, it includes equal parts hepster faves fromn the USA and new-to-us experimenters from Europe.
If there's anyone reading this who has yet to try an issue of this long-running international comics anthology, this might be the issue to go out on a limb and try one of these pint-size powerhouses.
Cover: Caroline Cash (USA) Contributors: Anand (India), Caroline Cash (USA), Elizabeth Pich (Germany), Emma Hunsinger (USA), Gabriel Mason Howell (USA), Heather Loase (USA), Hetamoe (Portugal), Ivo Puiupo (Portugal), Jana Ribkina (Latvia), Jurijs Tatarkins (Latvia), Konig Lu. Q. (Switzerland), Leo Fox (UK), Margot Sounack (France), Martins Zutis (Latvia), Momo Gordon (Germany), M.S. Harkness (USA), Tara Booth (USA), Vivanna Maria Stanislavska(Latvia), Yasmeen Abedifard (USA), Zane Zlemesa (Latvia) Guest Editor: Caroline Cash (USA)
Format: A6*, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, environmentally friendly Munken paper. * (note to newbies: the A6 format translates to 4" x 6").
Support: Latvian State Culture Capital Foundation
Imported from India by Bubbles Press, here's the latest from the on-man comics powerhouse, Anand! 72 (roughly) magazine-sized pages make up this attractively printed squarebound edition of the fifth issue of Zoo.
All orders for this issue also come with w 32-page digest-size comic book, 4 Ears: The Story So Far..., (re)presenting the first appearance of the character 4 Ears who appears in the lead story of Zoo #5.
