MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
SOUNDS OF YOUR NAME TP
(W) Nate Powell (A) Nate Powell (CA) Nate Powell
Nate Powell's intricate black and white art focuses on the terrors and pleasures of growing up. Poignantly plumbing the existential angst of youth, he invokes great coming-of-age novels with only a few dozen words. This book collects his self-published zines and comics dating back to 1992, his first two graphic novels ( and ), and new work. These stories build vignette by vignette into a rich tableau of lofty dreams and Deep South disappointment, car crashes and love letters, first kisses and four-tracks. Powell's work is a reminder of the persistence of wonder against all odds.
THREADBARE TP
(W) Anne Elizabeth Moore (A) Leela Corman (CA) Meggyn Pomerleau
takes the reader from the sweatshops of Cambodia to the traditional ateliers of Vienna, from the life of a globetrotting supermodel to the warehouses of large clothing retailers, from the secondhand clothing markets to the politics of the sex industry, drawing connections between human trafficking, garment manufacturing, and sex workers in a beautifully illustrated comic series.