Anthology Of Funny Animal Comics To Debut At SPX

Dear Furry Bellied Friends Of The Press,

CCS graduates and Sunday’s Co-editors, Bryan Stone, and Jeff Lok and their bestest forest friends bring you, Funny Aminals!

Contributors include: 2009 Ignatz award nominees Colleen Frakes and Cat Garza, as well as Brandon Elston, Emily Wieja, Jose Luis Olivares, Denis St. John, Kubby, Penina Gal, Bryan Stone, Jeff Lok, Morgan Pielli, and Dane Martin. With a cover by Cat Garza, an essay on the history of the funny animal comic by Steve Bissette, and games and puzzles! Plus extras!

The release date for the book is SPX 2009 at the I Know Joe Kimpel table. It will also be available in select comic shops, and online at http://www.iknowjoekimpel.com and http://funnyaminals.com. For more, Please visit:

http://funnyaminals.com

Not safe for children!

64 pages. $10. On newsprint. Full color cover on cardstock.

For Immediate Release

Contact: Colleen Frakes
Email: ColleenFrakes@gmail.com
URL: www.iknowjoekimpel.com
Phone: (802) 356-2972

FIRST FRIDAY BOOK RELEASE PARTY

WHERE: Revolution, 26 North Main Street, White River Junction VT, 05001

WHEN: Friday July 3rd, 6pm-9pm

DEBUTING FOUR NEW COMICS:

Woman King by C. Frakes $7
5.5 x 5.5″, 88 pages, perfect bound

http://www.tragicrelief.blogspot.com

A story about a girl raised by bears and the cyclical nature of war.

“(Frakes’) lines are confident and vivid, her backgrounds are lush, and she knows how to apply dry brush strokes in a really effective, elegant way.” Sarah Morean, Daily Crosshatch

Monsters & Girls: Amelia Part 2 by Denis St. John $5

http://denisstjohn.blogspot.com/

36 pages of Twisted Terror!
Amelia faces creatures and horrors both real and imagined in this strange book that brings new meaning to the term “body horror”, for mature audiences only!
The first issue will also be there, and free glow in the dark eye balls!

“Monsters and Girls? What else is there?”-Gilbert Hernandez

Indestructible Universe Quarterly 2, by Morgan Pielli $5
8.25 x 6.75 20 pages

http://www.morganstories.com

Apoplectic aliens. Harmonious hadrosaurs. The ghastly grin of God. Morgan
Pielli’s anthology series Indestructible Universe Quarterly explores the
edge of the human experience by way of the strange and the surreal.

“These are just the kind of books that you hope you’ll come home with…
Really cool, beautifully done, and in turns interesting, exciting, and
inscrutable.” –Jim Ottaviani, Two Fisted Science, Suspended in Language

and

Don’t Hate, Menstruate by Jen Vaughn $5
5 x8 1/2″ 24 pages

http://thevaughncurse.com/

A 24 page comic made in 24 hours focusing on one girl’s trials and errors (and more errors) with different feminine products.

“Bloody Good Comics. Period.” -Dennis Pacheco of Neon Girl

“These comics are good…it’s about time a woman came in and did a little menstruating on the place, ya know?” -Liz Baillie of My Brain Hurts

ABOUT THE LOCATION

Revolution is open Seven Days a Week - Mon-Sat, 10am-7pm, Sundays 12pm-5p

Revolution is a dynamic independent boutique featuring eco-chic apparel & ultimate gear for men and women.

Established in 2002, founder, Kim Souza modeled Revolution after urban thrift legends including, Eva B’s (Montreal), Beacon’s Closet (Brooklyn) and The Garment District (Cambridge).

In 2007, Kim partnered up with mother-daughter team, Ann & Simi Johnston, to reinvent Revolution to become the most radical shopping experience in the Upper Connecticut River Valley region of Vermont and New Hampshire.

Mixed with a core of pristine vintage clothing, you’ll now find a series of collections from local independent designers, a vast selection of reconstructed apparel, 7th Avenue designer surplus, accessories & housewares made from recycled & vintage materials, all blended with new merchandise which meets our standards of a sustainable ethic of production

Contact us via: info@shoptherev.com or 802.295.6487

Free Food and Drinks at the Event!

From the Daily Cross Hatch:
Frakes has come a long way since her earlier mini Tragic Relief (which was later re-drawn for the Xeric-funded release). Her lines are confident and vivid, her backgrounds are lush, and she knows how to apply dry brush strokes in a really effective, elegant way. Attending the Center for Cartooning Studies has clearly had a huge impact on how she works.

From Rob Clough at High-Low:
Frakes’ work reminds me a bit of Eleanor Davis in the way she works in myth and allegory, putting a modern spin on it…Like Davis, there’s a sensitivity in her line that borders on fragility, informing the actions and gestures of her characters.

From Henry Chamberlain at Newsarama:
Colleen Frakes’ Woman King, a continuation on her take on fables and myth. Since her Xeric winning Tragic Relief, her work has gotten sharper and the scope of her storytelling keeps getting more complex. A recent graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies, Frakes finds herself coming into her own with Woman King giving us a distinctive style and vision.

And a nice mention from Brett Warnock at Top Shelf:
I got her awesome book Woman King, too, but in mini-comic form only. I saw at MoCCA that it’s out now as an a beautifully designed “real” book.

Buy a copy for yourself here!

Well, the IKJK crew survived another year at the MoCCA Festival, and we did it with outstanding charm and good humor. The new location this year at the Lexington Avenue Armory provided plenty of room for our books, as well as plenty of lounging space behind the table.

Colleen Frakes sets up her always-impressive spread.

Former IKJK member Adam Staffaroni stopped by for a chat.

Caitlin Plovnick and Jon-Mikel Gates rest after some exhausting table-sitting.

John Chad was sad. Because he sold so many books. He hates to part with them.

One of our favorite people in the whole world, Tom Devlin, stopped by to impart his wisdom upon David Yoder. And on the rest of us.

Morgan Pielli's eyes were glowing red again. And see that crazed look on his face? We were afraid.

Ken Dahl was just wacky.

We took a lot more photos of middle fingers, just cause it's funny. No really, it is.

It was awesome to see the IKJK 4-Square anthologies on display at Jim Hanley's Universe.

I guess that’s all we have to share for now. Phew, posting this was exhausting. Off to rest up- see you all next year! Thanks to Colleen and Penina for the pics.

Nice one here from InkStuds, and on Newsarama!

Stumptown 2009 was two tons of fun!

I Know Joe Kimpel shared table space with the Center for Cartoon Studies, Tragic Relief and Jon Chad Comics.

As usual, Girls Don’t Poop was the bestseller, with Jon’s comics coming in at a close second. There are new Girls Don’t Poop and Tragic Relief t-shirts, which will also be at MECAF, MoCCA and SPX!

Pictures soon, right now, sleep!

A great review of Trivial is up today on Midnight Fiction. I won’t try to paraphrase since Richard says it all… go check it out!  I agree with every word. Thanks, Richard!

If you haven’t been to Midnight Fiction, it’s a great site all about mini-, alt, and small-press comics.  Partner site of the equally great Poopsheet.  Check them both out!  There’s a lot of great stuff in both places