ALTERNATIVE COMICS
COMPLETE STRANGE GROWTHS 1991-1997
(W) Jenny Zervakis (A) Jenny Zervakis (CA) Jenny Zervakis
Jenny Zervakis was part of a wave of DIY cartoonists who came of age during the 1990's Zine Revolution. When most "alternative comics" of the era were loud and sarcastic, Jenny's zine, Strange Growths, was warm and emotionally bare. Now, for the first time, these inspirational and groundbreaking comics have been collected in book form. A Spit and a Half production.
NEPTUNE GN
(W) Aron Nels Steinke (A) Aron Nels Steinke (CA) Aron Nels Steinke
Drawn in beautiful black and white, Neptune is an all-ages graphic novel about a couple of kids and their dog, Neptune, who just might have supernatural powers. Playful and witty, Neptune is quite simply a pleasure to read. The debut graphic novel by the creator of Big Plans and Zoo Box. A Sparkplug & Tugboat production.
ORCHID GN
(W) Dylan Williams (A) Gabrielle Bell (CA) Mats
A cool compilation of actual Victorian stories interpreted by ten different artists. Highlights include 'Tobermory', written by H.H. Munro and adapted by Gabrielle Bell, Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" adapted by David Lasky; and, the compelling 'Green Tea' by J. Sheriden Le Fanu and adapted by Kevin Huizenga (Ganges). A Sparkplug production.
THE SCHIZ GN
Even in 1980s San Francisco, the five corners where art, law, sex, medicine, and madness meet is no place to live. This black comedy, written while the Go-Go Decade approached the peak of its collective consumerist psychosis, has finally escaped out into unsuspecting bookstores. Features nineteen illustrated interpretations of the story's twisting, twisted, and kaleidoscopic narrative shifts, as drawn by five generations of superb cartoonists.
THE WILLOWS ONE SHOT #0
(W) Nathan Carson (A) Sam Ford (CA) Sam Ford
Algernon Blackwood's immortal novella of extra-dimensional weirdness on the Danube comes to life with incredibly detailed artwork by Sam Ford (Wizard Rifle). Two women encounter strange horrors in the Hungarian wilderness of 1907. Nathan Carson's (Witch Mountain) graphic retelling reverently preserves the classic tale while breathing character-driven depth into H.P. Lovecraft's personal favorite short story. A Floating World production.