Wednesday, February 26, 2003
ALTERNATIVE COMICS FOR MAY
Following are Alternative Comics' solicitations for May, with information coming from the company.
RUBBER NECKER #3
By Nick Bertozzi.
Ignatz-Awarded and Eisner-Nominated Nick Bertozzi has filled the third issue of his self-anthology tight with good stuff. Scratch your beard over the third chapter of the ground-breaking "Drop Ceiling" which averages 20 panels per page but is always quite readable. Have a laugh with the short "Superfriendlyland", a GRIT parody, or the "Silly Office Switchplates" that one can cut from the comic and affix to their light switches. Then wipe a tear from your eye after reading the tragic "Overpass." Have a quick cocktail, then pore over several innovative tree house designs, a short experimental comic "Reflection", and play the clever, ongoing "why is that the cover" game.
32 pages, partial color interiors, $3.50.
AIM TO DAZZLE
By Dean Haspiel.
Co-Published by Alternative Comics and Top Shelf Productions, Aim To Dazzle marks the return of cavalier vagabond, Billy Dogma, in the post-disaster adventure chronicles of the last romantic hero. This issue features a special introduction by Publishers Weekly editor Calvin Reid, and brandishes new yarns: Aim to Dazzle, Little by Small, Ice Man, and the 2-color mute tale Pinata. Including, the rarely seen 4-color Closet Shut-In, No Matter What, and anthology favorites The Big To Do, and The Y2-401-Special-K Problem. Dean Haspiel is the author of super-psychedelic romances and semi-auto-bio comix who occasionally mangles franchise characters for Marvel and DC Comics.
32 pages, $3.50.
SAME DIFFERENCE AND OTHER STORIES GRAPHIC NOVEL
Xeric Foundation grant award-winner! After gaining phenomenal popularity and critical acclaim online with smallstoriesonline.com, Derek Kirk Kim collects the stories that garnered him all the attention in the past two years with this handsome new collection. Through a series of sensitive--and often hilarious--short stories, Kirk Kim, deftly explores the not-so-average twenty-somethings' quarter-life crisis, romantic neurosis, and perhaps most refreshingly of all, Korean-American life. In September 2002, Kirk's self-effacing wit, ear for dialogue, and meticulous art style earned him the Xeric Grant as well as an Ignatz nomination, two prestigious industry awards. Find out for yourself why Derek Kirk Kim is considered a stand-out among the new generation of cartoonists and a fresh new voice in Asian American literature.
154 pages, $12.
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