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VILLAGE VOICE REVIEW OF JOHN P'S BOOK
COMIC'S JOURNAL REVIEW OF JOHN P'S BOOK
ZAK TALKS TO MARK WHEAT ABOUT COMICS
HAR HAR!! IT'S DONE!!!
yeah, i said "it'll be done in 4 months!" and then it wasn't, and so i said "whoops, no; now it'll be done in 3 months, i really mean it this time." then it wasn't again and you get the picture but the point is NOW IT IS DONE, AND IT"S GREAT.
yup; "Dead Ringer" by Jason T. Miles. La Mano 005. and it's a doozy; look:
many of you have seen Jason's work in the past few issues of Kramer's Ergot. some other of you might've seen his stuff in issues of Arthur magazine a couple years back; or maybe you saw the cover and strip he did for the wonderful Yeti magazine. some of you crazy sons of bitches might even have one or more of the really great mini/ zines he's kicked out (good for you if this is the case, but if for some reason you've missed all these things, try his site for a look-see: http://jasontmiles.blogspot.com/).
Jason's work runs the gamut from flat-out whack-a-doo inscrutable nutjobbery of the first order to...more narrative work (still pretty great/ weird), but Jason's stuff is never anything other than deeply considered and deliberate exploration of whatever tangent he's found himself persuing: "Dead Ringer" is absolutely one of my favorite pieces he's ever done: it is somehow the "straightest" narrative i've ever seen of him, while somehow the proceedings are oblique and pointed at the same time.
i'm really not good at describing stuff like this: let's just say it's a damned powerful piece of comic book.
i know we are both stupid proud of the format we came up with: as (it seems, these days...) always, the book has chipboard front and back covers, is hand collated, assembled and bound, with a tipped in back cover. 14 interior single sided pages, printed on heavy business card stock. real big, too: 15 1/2" wide, 10" tall.
the whole thing, of course, printed on Maisie the 50 year old AB Dick offset press,by yours trly, in an edition of 500.
the picture doesn't really do it justice: i don't know if it looks like a portfolio or an art book or a zine or what, it sort of looks like some bastard offspring of all of the above, AND THAT'S JUST HOW WE LIKE IT.
so. have at it. tell your friends.
it's $14, plus $4.50 postage and handling cuz it's so big. as always, i'm really proud of this one, and Jason is too.
I KNOW YOU"RE NOT GONNA BELIEVE THIS, BUT ALSO:
NEW LA MANO SHIRTS.
(dont have a photo yet but will soon)
yup, i really did it (well, actually scott brown mostly did it, in his basement, and i helped him out). the La Mano "logo" in black, on a white on sale T. call me crazy, but i like the cheap shirts. also i'm broke. so that' s what they are. and watch now as i pass those savings on to you:
$9 postpaid.
i got all the way from XL down to a little wee kiddie shirt, so tell me what you want.
more big news soonish. maybe. as always, i've got some stupid shit up my sleeve. god bless those of you who still check this website.
onward and upward, you freaks. --zak.
ps-- note that the hardcover edition of the William Schaff potfolio is SOLD OUT. you missed your chance, kids. but to tide you over, why don't you buy the new Kid Dakota CD, "A Winner's Shadow"; it's (as always with the Kid Dakota...) a great record; great songs, great playing, great great great, and it features amazing shadow box/ collage cover art by our man William Schaff. www.kiddakota.com
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POISON PAD by Dave Kunz man, these sort of unsolicited "WHAT THE HELL?!?" items make my world go round: a 1" loosleaf stack of 1/4 size sheets of crappy paper (in a nice handmade cardboard box), defined as "A Notepad Novella" and "Disposable Fiction". you open it up. the first page is the "Users Manual", to wit; "1. Remove entire POISON PAD from box cover. 2. Read first panel. 3.Flip panel over, place to the side. 4. Repeat until done. 5. Re-read or use blank side as note paper. 6. In case of paper cut please do not contact an attorney.". next page reads "Not that it matters but everything that follows was found stuffed inside an old beercase behind a falling down garage in an alley next to a garbage bin." what follows story is told through copies of notes between roommates of a house scrawled on junk mail, photocopies of the contents of a wallet, personal notes, and whatever else...it all comes together as a story with just the right combination of hilarious and upsetting, and i've never seen anything quite like it in my life. i'll be damned if i'm gonna use mine as a notepad, but maybe you will. each box seems to be numbered and personalized. highly reccomended. $7 + $3.50 postage and handling |
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SAMMY THE MOUSE #1 by Zak Sally the ongoing story of a mouse named Sammy and his pals Puppy-Boy, H. G Feekes, Him, and...i dunno, a bunch of others; they run around and drink too much and do stuff. me; i think it's hilarious, but you know, i'm going to be working on this damn thing for the next 5 years (it's going to run 8-10 issues), so i OUGHT to think that. it's a real pretty 2-color 32 page book on nice heavy paper, with a full color wrap-around cover (standard format of the Coconino Press' international "Ignatz" imprint, released here in the states through Fantagraphics books, then later in France, Italy and Spain). disclaimer: if you live here in minneapolis, why don't you go buy it at Big Brain comics? do that. that would be nice (and actually, if you live in a big city and there's a good comic store with nice folks running the joint that deserves your support, go buy it there.) other than that, i'd be happy to sell you one over the interweb, and i'll even sign the thing should you so desire. $7.95 + $2.45 postage and handling |
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SAMMY THE MOUSE POSTER by Zak Sally yes, it IS very big. 25 1/2" x 34", 2-color (brown and semi transparent blue, just like the comic) silkscreens on super heavy archival paper. signed and numbered, i did this thing (with the kind help of my pals at Aesthetic Apparatus) in an edition of 105. so get on it. 6-8 years down the line when i've finished this story and sold out to...whomever, you'll wish you would've got one. $35.00 + $6 postage and handling |
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MICHAEL YONKERS WITH THE BLIND SHAKE: Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons CD man, what can i say? the old guard meets the new turks, resulting in a cd that actually sounds like what it is : A COLLABORATION, in every sense. Michael's songs and frenetic all-noise-freakout guitar, backed up by the white-hot tight-as-a-whip Blind Shake fellas, and everybody sounds like they are having the time of their friggin' lives. i'm honored to have been a part of this thing ( i did the cd art and design), and i got some copies of it to sell on the site, so order away. $12 + $2.50 postage and handling |
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FELT PILOTES: Wonderful Summer CD When Johnny P. came through town a while back, he had some of these Cd's by his old band on him, and i HAD to get some to offer to you folks: this is a pretty great record any way you cut it (my favorite songs being One Eye Open and Good Night, but really there's nary a stinker in all 10 tracks...), but those of you who might be wondering what the heck the guy who does King-Cat sound like singing and playing guitar, well-- here's your answer, and you'll be glad you asked. only $10 + $2.50 postage and handling |
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HATER PACK you know, the genius behind these sticker packs can explain better than i ever could. look here: http://paperbackculture.blogspot.com/2007/09/hater-pack-is-now-available.html $5 + $2 postage and handling |
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MAINSTREAM BLACKOUT by Jason T. Miles man, but this is a beautiful little book; simple and elegant like a good old 'zine, but hearty and meaty like...something else; which is also how one could describe the contents-- 26 pages, one (insane) drawing per page. really-- these ratty/ precise abstract/maybe not so abstract drawings made me a little afraid for Jason's sanity, but i just talked to him and he's doing just fine, so ENJOY!!! $5 + $2.50 postage and handling |
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FLOATING MOATS poster by Tony Remple man, i'm not sure i've EVER seen a poster this big. seriously, it's just enormous. and really beautiful; these are blueprint prints, so the disclaimer here is that they are not "archival", but keep it out of direct sulight and you oughtta be ok for...a decade or 2, i think. i've only got a couple of these, so order quick if you want one. and you do. shipped in a giant fucking tube. view bigger picture $16 + $7 postage and handling |
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BIKE RIDER by Josh Bayer while Josh's previous comic, "The Fighter" related to an ersatz Bob Dylan, his new book is punk rock all the way: centering around the titular NYC bike rider, this one reads like a Black Flag song feels. sort of. Josh's work is really unlike anyone else's, both in look, tone, and execution. he's going for a lot, and when he hits it, he nails it to the floor. thoughtful and so full of energy that it's like the stuff exploded onto the page, with Josh's drawing hand straining to keep up. this one is, again, tabloid size on newsprint, but spans a very dense, very thick 64 PAGES. $5 + $3 postage and handling |
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NATE DENVER SILKSCREEN POSTER ok, all of you savvy enough to buy this wonderful book know that on the bio page is a photo of our man HOLDING A FALCON ON HIS ARM. we couldn't resist, so we did a silkcreen of it. i must say, it's darn nice; same blue metallic paper as the cover of the book (2nd edition), same colors too-- black and metallic silver. cheap, too. shipped to you in a sturdy tube. $12 + $5 postage and handling |
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IDA PEARLE ALPHABET CARD SET you know, it's not going to be long before Ida is rich and famous (in fact, she might be now, i'm slow with stuff like that); she's STUPID talented. what we have here is a set of 26 full color images, each pertaining to a different letter of the alphabet; bright and simple enough for your kid to love, but graceful and elegant to the degree that an adult would be half blind not to appreciate them. Ida's work blurs the lines between collage and illustration (and not so much here in this set, but also between "sequential narrative" and static images...check out her site at thepapermoon.org), and her work graced the cover of the bestselling Liz Mitchell children's album "You Are My Litlle Bird". moms, dads, take note. my boy loves 'em. each set hand assembled and sealed in plastic (with a bow) sample images $44 + $5 postage and handling |
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Zak Sally -- Recidivist 3
five long years in the making, and it's finally done:
ladies and gentlemen, it's the third (and final) issue of Recidivist. 106 pages,
hardcover, with fancy embossed cover and endpaper stock. stories about cars, love, eating,
fear, and secrets. or something. Eric Lorberer of Rain Taxi called this book "an eloquent
step forward for the graphic novel."
Sample pages -- #1, #2 (PDFs)
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Nate Denver -- Wait, You're Not a Centaur 2 color cover on metallic blue pearlescent paper with full length Nate Denver's Neck CD (entitled "Ghost Alarm" tipped into the back cover of each and every book (with a HAND DRAWN ELEPHANT on EACH AND EVERY CD SLEEVE). 120 interior pages of pure Nate Denverness: fifty stories of exactly 50 words apiece, with tons of drawings and thousands of elephants. intro by Adam Jones (of TOOL). sample page #1, #2, back cover quotes. (these are all PDFs)
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William Schaff portfolio 10 scratchboard images by artist William Schaff (better known for his CD artwork with Godspeedyou Black Emperor!, Okkervil River, Kid Dakota, and others...) in an insanely beautiful package. i really think you should buy this one. 10 offset prints (on 110# felt paper, suitable for framing) in a hand-made portfolio. limited to 500 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.
$30 + $5 postage and handling.
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John Porcellino -- Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man The first in a series of books from the author of King Cat Comics & Stories, this sweet and sad book chronicles John's time as a mosquito man and the repercussions this career had on his life. 106 pages, 2-color cover, Squarebound.
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King Cat #65 -- John Porcellino The PLACE issue: places I've lived, places I've been, places I've wanted to be. Essays and comics about Iowa City, DeKalb Ill., Brighton Colo., Scott County Kansas, and Elgin; Looking for Home. 40 digest pages, $3.00 + $1 P&H |
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King Cat #66 -- John Porcellino This recent issue features two "long" stories: "Las Hojas" - about playing football with the kids in my old neighborhood, and "Freeman Kame" about... Freeman Kame. Plus Snornose, Blue Light, and a letter from Al. 36 digest pages, $3.00. +$1 P&H |
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King Cat #67 -- John Porcellino A loose collection of stories and shorter impressions... art, life, fear and opening up. Sleeping in the Car in L.A., Colorado Folk Artist Square-Head John, Walking in San Francisco; plus letters, Top 40, and much much more. 40 digest pages, $3.00 + $1 p&h |
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SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER A
COUGAR by Jacob Stolz to tell you the truth, i have very little idea what the hell is going on here...i was at a record store and some guy walked up and handed me this little 'zine and i said "...uhhh...thanks.". i got it home and i'll be damned if it isn't a very strange, funny, and semi-informative little book about cougars and, well...what you should do if you encounter one. nice drawrings, too. $2 + $1 P&H |
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SLUGGO POSTERS this image is the confabulation of...i dunno what they are calling themselves-- is WAS "K. K. and Knox Poonis", which i find kind of icky, but really it's tony and jason. regardless, this is a neat 11" x 17" print (done on Maisie, the La Mano press). metallic silver and burgundy on a translucent stock. whoooo. it's $6 + $1 P&H. |
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Asthma by John Hankiewicz unbelievable stuff. John has been self publishing a comic called Tepid for some years now, and his work has appeared in places like Kramer's Ergot and Arthur magazine. this hefty, 120 page volume (with 2 colors throughout) collects a bunch of John's various minicomics. his work is indescribable, and defies definition. unbelievably precise in both image and language, John's comics are like nothing ever seen in comic form. drawing from influences i can barely scratch the surface of (i want to say Borges and Kafka, but am no expert on either...), these stories read like unremembered dreams that will not go away or surrender to easy explanation. this thing gets my highest recommendation. 8 1/2" x 11"
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The Fighter by Josh Bayer i picked up a copy of this oversized, tabloid-style newsprint comic at this year's MoCCA in NYC. at first glance it's scratchy, bizarre artwork seemed to fall under the category of "not my cup of tea", but then i read it and boy was i wrong: seemingly a look at the life and spirituality of a rock musician (a thinly veiled Bob Dylan), i feel inadequate to describe this thing: meaty, thoughtful, strange, and utterly singular-- i can't draw comparisons to anything else because i can't think of anything i've read that is quite like it, in the best possible way. it's really great work, and a great read (and by the way, the art isn't scratchy, it's gorgeous). josh drew an original cover for EACH COPY. amazing. at a measly $2, you should check it out.
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David Bazan 'Fewer Moving Parts' CD Dave is another old friend, (and great songwriter), who formerly fronted the band Pedro the Lion. this is his first proper "solo" CD, which he self released. zak sally designed and did a bunch of drawings for this, and it all kind of makes up a little story. the cd contains 5 new bazan songs (and 5 acoustic versions of those same songs).
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Low/Dirty 3 silkscreen tour poster i (zak again) drew this 3-color poster for a tour i did (in my old band, Low), with the Dirty 3 back in 1997. there were a bunch of them left over laying in a closet, so with the kind blessing of all involved, im selling them here on the La Mano site for cheapish, (with all the proceeds going into the La Mano fund, not my pocket...as if ANYTHING from La Mano went "into my pocket"...i WISH...). anyway, they are real nice, and i'll sign it before i send it if you are into that kind of thing. they are 9 1/2" x 24".
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Zak Sally -- silkscreen
24" x 36" - shipped in a tube. $20 + $5 postage & handling |
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William Schaff -- silkscreen
William Schaff created this image for the Kid Dakota record
"The West is the Future". this here is a 17 1/2" print silkscreened (by Wes at Burlesque)
on Natural hued French paper, signed and numbered by Mr. Schaff himself.
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SAUCE by Zak Sally and Mr. Mike
bleak and embarrassing old comics (from '92 or so...) by two
jerks in the throes of early 20's um...somethingorother. a cross country split comic with
the "theme" of alcoholism (hardy har har...), this 20 page comic is actually the VERY
FIRST proper La Mano publication. i've still got a bunch of them sitting around, and am
now adult enough to sell them to you (as opposed to burning them in shame). maybe
interesting as a cultural artifact, i dunno... 20 pages with 2-color covers (and center
spread), digest size.
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Mr. Mike -- Popular Time Bomb
Mr. Mike (of Rump and Mount Holly fame) did this zine called
Popular Time Bomb in '95. i think he was probably losing his shit entirely at the time,
and it is SCARYLARIOUS!!...that's not funny (at all), but holy crap is this a great mag.
mike reprinted some of these for the La Mano art show, and the VERY limited quantities are
available here on the site. see mike bitch about computers!!! see ducky, carl urbanski,
and the whole gang!! it's hard to admit that your friends are genuises. 26 pages. woo
hoo!!!
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Zak Sally -- Recidivist 1
i found some issues of the very FIRST issue of Recidivist lying
around...it's not the REAL one, from '98 (those ones had color copy acetate medical
covers, just like your old school textbooks, but man were they a pain to make...), its a
facsimile copy i chucked together a while ago--color copy covers, 20 pages of comics. i
dont have many of these either, so they are ...
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La Mano T-shirt
look here: it's the very first ever La Mano t-shirt. heart on
the front, hand on the back. let everyone know how uncool you are. this first run is plain
old black on plain old white. i've got M, L, and XL. if you're worried if your size is in
stock, drop an email and i'll let you know if it's in stock.
$10 + $4 postage and handling. SOLD OUT! (new batch coming soon)
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