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Graphic Novels Fall 2015
Alterna tive Comics has Alternative Comics has been a co-operative co- operative organization of independent comic book editors, publishers and artists art ists since 1993 and is the home to some of the finest creatorowned graphic novels and comic books.
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Conditions On Te Ground Kevin Hooyman Conditions On Te Ground weaves a graphic stream o consciousness with metaphysical atmospheres and a mystical cast o characters. Kevin Hooyman’s antastically detailed comics elevate everyday situa situations tions into psychedelic sel-reflection and humorous revelations. Tis gorgeous 360 page hardcover collects all 10 issues o Kevin’s sel-published breakthrough series. Kevin Hooyman is a graduate o Brown University with a degree in Vi Visual sual Arts. Kevin's energized linework captures captu res the lushness and vibrancy o a psychedelic experience. His illustrations have been eatured in Arthurr Magazine Arthu Magazine, various album covers, Wes Anderson's Moonrise Moon rise Kingdom Kingdom, and a number o sel published Flo ating World World Comics production books. A Floating September, 2015 360 page black & white 6½"×9¼" hardcover ISBN: 978-0-9886624-9-0 $29.95 / $37.50 CAN
Schmuck Seth Kushner & Co. Foreword by Jonathan Ames (Bored to Death, Blunt alk, Te Alchoholic ) One man’s awkward coming-o-age-quest to find love in New York City, illustrated by 22 artists, whose individual short stories together tell a complete narrative. Artists include Josh Neueld, Nick Bertozzi, Dean Haspiel, Gregory Benton, Noah Van Sciver, Stephan DeSteano, and Christa Cassano. Cover Art By Joseph Remnant. Book Design By Eisner Award Award Winner Wi nner Eric Skillman. Seth Kushner was an environmental environmental portrait photographer photograp her whose work has appeared in Te New York imes Magazine, ime, L’Uomo Vogue, Sports Illustrated, Te New Yorker and others. He was a ounding partner in Hang Dai Editions with Dean Haspiel, Josh Neueld, and Gregory Benton. September, 2015 A Hang Dai Editions Production 176 page full fu ll color, color, 8"×10" paperback ISBN: 978-1-934460-84-9 $19.95 / $24.99 CAN
Smoke Gregory Gre gory Benton Afer an accident on an industrial arm unhinges two young brothers rom reality, they are guided through a weird and wonderul journey by Xolo, Xolo, the Aztec's mythological mythological protectorr o souls. Gregory Benton protecto B enton received the Society o Illustrators Illustrators inaugural MoCCA Award o Excellence or his critically acclaimed wordless book B+F. Smoke is another chapter in the lore o that universe. Gregory Benton has been making ma king comics since 1993. He cut his teeth on the political anthology World War 3, moving on to writing and drawing stories or Nickelodeon, V ertigo, ertigo, DC Comics , Disney Adventu Adventures, res, Watson-Guptil , , Entertain Entertainment ment Weekly Weekly,, and his books Hummingbird and B+F. A Hang Dai Editions Production September, 2015 72 page full fu ll color, color, 7"×7" hardcover ISBN: 978-1-934460-79-5 $14.99 / $18.99 CAN
Beef With omato Dean Haspiel With an introduction by Jonathan Ames A native New York bruiser is ed up with lie in the dregs o a drug-addled Alphabet City where his neighbors are shut-ins and his bicycle is always getting stolen. He escapes rom Manhattan Manhattan to make a resh start in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, only to ace a new strain o street logic—where most everything he encoun encounters ters is not as it seems. Dean Haspiel is an Emmy award winner and Eisner and Harvey Award nominee. Haspiel created Billy Dogma, illustrated or HBO's "Bored o Death," was a Master Artist at the Atlantic Center or the Arts, is a Yaddo ellow, a playwright ("Switch o Kill"), and is the co-ounder o Hang Dai Editions. Dean's comics include Te Fox with with Mark Waid, Waid, Te Alcoholic with Jonathan Ames and Te Quitter with with Harvey Pekar. A Hang Dai Editions / Alternative Alterna tive Comics Co-Production. September, 2015
96 page black & white 7½"×10¼" paperback ISBN: 978-1-934460-81-8 | $14.99 / $18.99 CAN
Imitating Life, Succe$$, And Other Stories Karl Stevens & Gustavo urner Succe$$ is a post-9/11 story about a new breed o young capitalists. Tey're eco-riendly, gadgetobsessed, and they scorn the gaucheness and vanity o the Gordon Gordon Gekko yuppies. yuppies. Tey're Tey're Reagan babies, programmed to "Just Say No" and "Just Do It" at the same time. I you looked at the back seat o their Priuses, you'd find wellthumbed copies o At Atlas las Shrugged . Tis collection also includes never-beore published Stevensurner collaborations prepared especially or Imitating Lie in 2015. Karl Stevens’ Te Lodger was was A Los Angeles imes Book Prize ful l color 8"×10" hardcover. hardcover. Finalist in 2010. 96 page full October, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-934460-72-6 $14.99 US / $18.50 CAN
Sky In Stereo Mar M ardou dou Iris, a young woman turning eighteen in early 1990s Manchester, England, is slowly losing her tenuous grip on her world o burger-flipping, burger-flipping, drugs, and Rock Ro ck ‘n Roll. Afer quitting her job at a clothes shop, Iris takes a position at a burger bar at the train station, where her crush cr ush on ellow burger-flipper burger-flipper Glen takes her down a dark path. Mardou is rom Manchester, England and now lives in St Louis, MO. She has been making mini-comics, including Ana Anais is In Paris Paris and Ma Manhole nhole since 2001, and was a ounder o the all-girl comic Whores O Mensa. Mardou contributed art to the 2015 film Te Missing Girl. A Revival House Press Production. October, 2015 180 page Black and White, 6"×9", Paperback Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934460-83-2 $17.95 / $22.50 CAN
Incomplete Works Dylan Horrocks Daydreams, antasy, true love and procrastination eature eatu re strongly in this marvelous selection o Dylan Horrocks’s shorter comics. Running rom 1986 to 2012, Incomplete Works is both the chronicle o an age and a portrait o one man’s heroic struggle to get some work done. First North American Edition. Dylan Horrocks has written and drawn graphic novels, comic books, comic strips and short stories or publishers around the world. His graphic novel Hicksville has been published in six languages. His second graphic novel Sam Zabel And Te Magic Pen was published in January, 2015. October, 2015 192 page black & white with 22 color pages 6"×9" Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934460-54-2 $19.99 / $24.99 CAN
Our cover art is by Dylan Dy lan Horrocks
She’s Not Into Poetry Mini-Comic Min i-Comicss 1991–1996 om Hart A collection o celebra celebrated ted mini-comics rom the early and mid-90s by om Hart, creator o Hutch Hutch Owen and director o the Sequential S equential Artists Workshop. Includes the classic comics Love Looks Lef, Te Angry Criminal, Maria, New Hat, Mañana, Heike and more. om Hart is a cartoonist and the Executive Director o Te Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida. He is the t he creator o the Hutch Hu tch Owen series ser ies o graphic novels, and has been nominated or all the major comic book industry awards. 272 page black and white 6"×9" paperback October, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-934460-88-7 $14.95 / $18.50 CAN
Alternative Comics Are Dead Alternative Comics Alternative C omics’’ flagship anthology returns. Tis volume will eature contributions rom comics creators Anders Nielsen, Leslie Stein, Paul Hornschemeier, Anya Davidson, Noah Van Sciver, Charles Forsman, Lane Milburn, Julia Wertz, Zak Sally, Malachi Ward and many others. Cover art by Hellen Jo. November, 2015 192 page black and white with 48 color pages 8"x10" Paperback ISBN: 978-1-934460-90-0 | $24.95 / $30.99
Sunbeam On Te Astronaut Astro naut Box Set Set Steven Cerio A box set o books bo oks and disks documenting Steven Cerio's work on the book Sunbeam on the Astronaut and the short film Te Magnificent Pigtail Shadow . Includes the complete complete book and film as well as a ull color reproduction o sketchbook drawings and studio photos, and the entire soundtrack to Te Magnificent Pigtail Shadow—eaturing narration by Kristin Hersh. Steven’s work is best known rom his ongoing collaboration with San Francisco-based group Te Residents. November, 2015 ISBN: 978-1-934460-75-7 $39.99 / $49.99
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