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Bubbles Is in the House @ Copacetic!

Along with the latest issue of Bubbles – which features an interview with Copacetic fave, John Hankiewicz (conducted by Copacetic helmsman, Bill Boichel, no less) – we restocked our supply of the entire catalogue of Bubbles Press (although we sold out of Bubbles #19 before we had a chance to post this!).  So, now's a good time to fill in the holes in your collection, try one of the Bubbles Press books (three of which are projects of manga scholar/translator and Garo specialist, Ryan Holmberg), or take the plunge and check out Bubbles for the first time!

ALL AVAILABLE HERE

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I.L by Osamu Tezuka

I.L is a 350-page, mature-theme/adult graphic novel by the one and only Tezuka Osamu.  Originally serialized in Big Comics from August 1969 to March 1970, it is being published here in English for the first time (!) in this handy, budget-priced softcover format. 

It is composed of a series of 14 short comics (which are divided into two parts for reasons that aren't immediately obvious) of roughly equal length – each running 16 - 23 pages (with the exception of the triple-length finale) – all linked by the central figure of I.L and assembled here for one low price!

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In the Garden of Earthly Delights by Rich Tommaso

In the Garden of Earthly Delights is "a Tea Leaves Caper", featuring the dynamic duo, Trina and Dina, and, evidently the first in a series? (we hope so!)  It's a fun, throwback, semi-comic, art-heist story that is a drawn by Tommaso in a slightly tweaked variation of his trademark clean line cartoon style .

Composed of three chapters, this 80+ page, handy 5" x 7" edition is crisply printed in a brisk, minimal color palette of yellow, red and black on classic newsprint, for that Real Comic Book Feel™, making for a thoroughly enjoyable read, just the way we like it!

Nab a copy of this cheap treat HERE.

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ALIVE OUTSIDE, Cullen Beckhorn & Marc Bell editors

Here's an anthology to boost your start to 2025!  Alive Outside takes the baton from Kramers Ergot, Mould Map and Freak Buck and heads out into the unknown armed only with a  free-for-all editorial approach and an anything-goes æsthetic.

248 pages, multiple inset booklets, mixed-process 6-color offset, and extraneous Risograph materials. Edition of 900 copies.

Available HERE (shipping mid- to late-January)

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RESURGENCE!

Cogently edited by Abigail Susik, Resurgence! presents a selection from the twelve-issue run of the (very) small press, agit-prop zine of the same name published from 1964 to 1967.  These zines were the print manifestation of the anarcho-surrealist Resurgence Youth Movement (RYM) led  – or, at least, most closely associated with with – Jonathan Leake, that began life as an ultra-low budget mimeograph publication and maintained a "lo-fi" print æsthetic throughout its run.

HERE

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The Scrapbook of Life and Death by J. Webster Sharp

Eraserhead-era David Lynch surrealism meets Drew Friedman pointillism in this book of oneiric drawings with hints of underlying narratives that are inspired by selections from a massive series of scrapbooks made up largely of newspaper clippings that were collected 100 years ago.

Just for the record, we want to take a moment to note that this book, while a stunning work, presents page after page of unsettling and disturbing imagery. The images shared here have actually been selected for their relative tameness. More disturbing imagery awaits. So, this book is most definitely not for everyone.

Anyone still interested in taking the plunge, may do so by ordering a copy of the book HERE.

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Breakdown Press – New and Restock in at Copacetic

The long awaited return of Margot Ferrick is impressively embodied in her new pair of works, Half Gold / Half Dung and Star of Swan. And then there's the (very) limited edition of DOGBO by the one and only Jon Chandler. Plus: Restocks of Ebisu's The Pits of Hell and Baby Boom by Yokoyama! All from Breakdown Press at Copacetic.

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STRANGERS PUBLISHING is in the house, with a host of NEW and RESTOCK titles.

We don’t often get these in, so take a moment to take a look!

Book of Fuligin

edited by Ramón Perales Cano

Rusalka – Whispers of the Forest

by Kamila Kròl

Mabel and Francine

by Pierre Lloga

Makinophobe

by Rafael Zaiats

Dear Mother & Other Stories

by Bhanu Pratap

By the Lingering Light of a Slowly Dying Sun

by Tyler Landry

All now up on the site >>>

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It's... The 2024 Copacetic Holiday Gift Catalogue

This is a sampling of what's now up at CopaceticComics.com on the 2024 Holiday Gift Catalogue pages. In addition to our gift picks, we've also put together a number of value priced HOLIDAY SET SPECIALS – but only in very limited quantities. Worth a look, we'd say.

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The Artist's Sketchbook edited by Jenny Gaschke

We got in this sturdy, smyth-sewn, horizontally formatted, 336 page, full color hardcover volume features over 500 images scanned from sketchbooks in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum's extensive collection, just in time for the holidays. Covering 500 years of sketching, it is also notable for including a significant number of women artists.

Available HERE.

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PICTUREBOX TABLOID NEWSPAPER COMICS CACHE - FROM THE COPACETIC ARCHIVES

These tabloid newspaper comics publications were published directly by or in association with PictureBox during the aughts. All were published in small batches (i.e. low print runs). Some are now nearly twenty years old. We have pulled together the remaining extant copies from our archives and posted them on our site. Most issues are available in very low quantities; one to three copies.

>> HERE <<

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll - The Tove Jansson Edition

published by New York Review Books

To mark the 100th anniversary of its 1865 release, Tove Jansson embarked on an illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which was released the following year.  Now, just in time for the holidays, NYRB Kids has released a spiffy new edition of this long out of print 1966 edition of Alice's Adventure in Wonderland. 

Illustrated by the one and only Tove Jansson, this 6" x 9" hardcover is packed with black & white line drawings and full color plates that bring alive Lewis Carroll's timeless classic with a verve and splendor that is unique in the annals of this work.

Could be an ideal gift item for someone on your list...

Now available HERE (at a discount price, no less).

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The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta, Taschen 40 Edition

This 480 page collection of Frazetta works is exactly the same as the $200 original edition of this work, only with smaller dimensions – and BARGAIN PRICED!

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Tomorrow the Birds by Osamu Tezuka

Birds Rule! And on the world described and depicted in the 332 pages of Tomorrow the Birds, they literally do. Originally published between 1971 and 1975, this bevy of tales by the one and only Osamu Tezeka portrays an Earth where birds evolve to become the dominant species.

This collection is packed with page after page of crazy action and amazing art galore (much of which involves comical caricature, amidst which, it should be noted, are included a small number of potentially offensive racial caricatures).

This budget-priced, 5.75” x 8.25” softcover is their first English language publication.

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UFO Mushroom Invasion! by Shirakawa Marina

Alien mushroom people invade the USA in this new English language edition from Smudge books, edited and translated by Ryan Holmberg!

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Two Great New Single-Creator Anthology Comics Books! >>> Tim Lane's Mythologies and Apocrypha #2 and Marc Bell's Worn Tough Elbow #3

Tim Lane and Marc Bell, two simple, common sounding names each holding distinct, complex talents capable of producing outstanding work, as these two new comic books amply testify.

Two richly rewarding works from amongst our New Arrivals.

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PeePee PooPoo #1* by Caroline Cash

More fun with comics (and stickers) from Caroline Cah. 32 magazine-size pages.

*Actually the fourth issue

Available (at a reduced price, no less) HERE.