Drawn & Quarterly another LPC victim
Johanna Draper Carlson
consequences for the comic industry. They were the primary bookstore
distributor for many diverse publishers. With so many people pinning
their hopes for growth, new audiences, and support for diverse titles on
bookstores, their financial problems could result in a contraction of
this important market.
The following is their press release. Due to a particularly vocal
complaint, I have removed price information so that discussion of this
important news doesn't become sidetracked in troll-like spats. I'm
leaving the publication list because I think it's important, at times
like these, to consider the scope and diversity of what small publishers
put out. I hadn't realized, until I saw this, just what I'd have missed
without this one publisher.
If you're looking for suggestions, personally, I would recommend that
everyone read Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks if they haven't already. It's
a stunning graphic novel about the various possibilities inherent in the
comic format, set in a mythical New Zealand town where everyone reads
all kinds of comics.
The work of Jason Lutes is lovely. If you want a quick sample, The Fall
is a self-contained mystery one-shot written by Ed Brubaker and
illustrated by Mr. Lutes.
Anything by James Sturm is worth reading, especially if you're
interested in historical tales. I've also enjoyed all of Adrian Tomine's
work; the illustrations are very pretty, and the stories capture the
ennui that affects some young adult lives.
The D&Q Anthology Volumes 3 and 4 were very attractive coffee-table-size
softcovers with an amazing variety of contributions. Some of the pieces
made me fans of those authors for anything they do in future.
The Gasoline Alley reprint series announced below promises to be
gorgeous. I'd read the modern strip, but I didn't realize how
historically significant the series was until I saw the beautiful Sunday
strip reprints in one of their recent anthology volumes.
Press release follows.
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Shortly after its book distributor filed for Chapter 11, Drawn &
Quarterly announced it will be having an online sale to "fill in the
gaps" left by the anticipated shortfall in cash. The sale runs until
midnight April 17th and as a special bonus, orders of at least $150 USD
will receive the new Chris Ware sketchbook for free when it is published
in September. D&Q's online catalogue features extensive descriptions and
graphics of everything we have in print and a "shortlist" (title/author)
is provided at the end of this e-mail (thanks to Jeff Mason!). D&Q's
secure online ordering catalogue can be accessed by going to our home
page and clicking on the "order" icon at the bottom.
http://www.drawnandquarterly.com
NEW PROJECTS FOR 2002/2003
Although many people may be familiar with the core group of cartoonists
we already publish (Chester Brown, Adrian Tomine, Seth, Julie Doucet,
etc) there are a number of exciting new projects planned for the next 12
months that are just about to be announced:
- D&Q will be co-publishing art books with esteemed Dutch publisher Oog &
Blik. The first in this series will be the Chris Ware sketchbook, planned
for autumn release, and a new art book by R. Crumb is in the works for
later this year.
- D&Q will also be co-publishing books with Italian publisher Coconino
Press, first with the Baru collection "Road To America" this June and
followed by the book "5 is the Perfect Number" by great new Italian
cartoonist Igort.
- In perhaps its most ambitious plans ever, D&Q will soon begin
publishing a series of fifteen annual books collecting the comprehensive
Frank King "Gasoline Alley" b/w newspaper dailies beginning with 1921
and running until approximately 1950. Each book edition will be about
320 pages and will collect 2 years worth of strips (for example, Book
One will collect 6 days per week of the years 1921 and 1922; Book Two
will collect 6 days per week of the years 1923 and 1924, and so on). Joe
Matt lent me photocopies of some of these years and I can attest that
King's "Gasoline Alley" is truly one of the greatest (and until now,
sadly undiscovered) strips of the 20th Century. Plans are also in the
works to publish separate full-color editions of the "Gasoline Alley"
Sundays.
- D&Q will also publish the work of several promising new talents over
the coming year, including a new book by 21-year-old Quebec native
Genevieve Castree, whose exquisite line drawings is somewhat reminiscent
of Tove Jannsen and Julie Doucet. As well, "Drawn & Quarterly Showcase",
a new semi-annual book focusing on the work of new talents, will be
launched in early 2003. D&Q commissioned three cartoonists to each write
and draw an approximately 40-page self-contained story for this 120 page
book. The three cartoonists for the first edition are Kevin Huizenga
(who self-publishes "Super Monster"), Anders Brekhus Nilson (who
self-publishes "Asomatognosia"), and Nicolas Robel (published many books
with Bulb Graphics in Switzerland and has a new story in the recent
Drawn & Quarterly Volume 4).
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The Short List (navigate the online catalogue artist-by-artist for
complete descriptions and graphics, etc):
* CHESTER BROWN
* Louis Riel #1-6
* Underwater #1-11
* Yummy Fur #25-32
* Ed The Happy Clown (serialized in Yummy Fur #1-18)
* The Playboy (serialized in Yummy Fur)
* I Never Liked You (serialized in Yummy Fur); softcover
* I Never Liked You (serialized in Yummy Fur); signed hardcover
* The Little Man Short Strips 1980-1995; softcover
* The Little Man Short Strips 1980-1995; hardcover
* The Little Man Short Strips 1980-1995; hardcover signed
* DAVID COLLIER
* Surviving Saskatoon
* Just The Facts
* Portraits From Life
* Collier's Volume 2, #1
* JULIE DOUCET
* Dirty Plotte #1-12
* My New-York Diary; softcover
* My New-York Diary; hardcover
* My New-York Diary; hardcover signed
* My Most Secret Desire; softcover
* My Most Secret Desire; hardcover signed
* Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead! (Leve Ta Jambe, Mon Poisson Est
Mort); softcover
* Lift Your Leg, My Fish is Dead! (Leve Ta Jambe, Mon Poisson Est
Mort); softcover
* The Madame Paul Affair
* Long Time Relationship; cloth edition
* Long Time Relationship; signed cloth edition
* MAX
* The Extended Dream of Mr. D #1-3
* The Extended Dream of Mr. D (book)
* DEBBIE DRECHSLER
* Nowhere #1-5
* Daddy's Girl; softcover
* Daddy's Girl; signed hardcover
* JOE MATT
* Peepshow #1-6, 9, 11
* Peepshow #12
* Peepshow #13
* The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt
* The Poor Bastard; signed hardcover
* JASON LUTES
* Berlin 3-color silk-screened poster
* Berlin #1, 3-8
* Jar of Fools
* The Fall
* Berlin: Book One
* ARCHER PREWITT
* Sof'Boy Econo-Combo (collects #1-2)
* Sof'Boy 2001 Calendar
* JOE SACCO
* Stories From Bosnia #1 (Soba)
* Safe Area: Gorazde; hardcover
* SETH
* Palooka-Ville #1 (10th Anniversary Edition)
* Palooka-Ville #3-9, 11-13
* Palooka-Ville #14-15
* It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken; cloth hardcover
* It's A Good Life, If You Don't Weaken; cloth hardcover signed
* Vernacular Drawings: The Collected Sketchbook Drawings of Seth;
hardcover
* Vernacular Drawings: The Collected Sketchbook Drawings of Seth;
hardcover SIGNED
* Clydes Fans Part One
* JAMES STURM
* The Revival
* Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight
* The Golem's Mighty Swing
* ADRIAN TOMINE
* Optic Nerve #1-7
* Optic Nerve #8
* Optic Nerve Poster
* Optic Nerve T-Shirt One (bullet logo); extra-small; small, medium,
large, extra-large
* Optic Nerve T-Shirt Two (photographer); extra-small, small, large,
extra-large
* 32 Stories
* Sleepwalk and Other Stories; softcover
* DYLAN HORROCKS
* Hicksville
* Atlas #1
* MICHEL RABAGLIATI
* Paul In The Country
* DRAWN & QUARTERLY (the anthology)
* Drawn & Quarterly v1 #7-10 (magazine format)
* Drawn & Quarterly v2 #1-3
* Drawn & Quarterly v2 #4-5
* Drawn & Quarterly v2 #6
* Drawn & Quarterly Volume 3
* Drawn & Quarterly Volume 4
* The Best of Drawn & Quarterly
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Johanna Draper Carlson joh...@comicsworthreading.com
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Curt
<joh...@comicsworthreading.com> wrote:
[snip]
>* JASON LUTES
>* Berlin 3-color silk-screened poster
>* Berlin #1, 3-8
>* Jar of Fools
>* The Fall
>* Berlin: Book One
[snip]
I remember Jar of Fools. Beautiful.
I picked up the first issue of Berlin, but
never saw any subsequent issues.
Did that story ever conclude?
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Curt
Johanna Draper Carlson
> I picked up the first issue of Berlin, but
> never saw any subsequent issues.
>
> Did that story ever conclude?
Either #8 or 9 is the most recent issue. The Berlin: Book One collection
(released last year) is supposed to be the first of three volumes total.
Curt
> curt_...@yahoo.com (Curt) wrote:
>> Berlin
>> Did that story ever conclude?
>
>Either #8 or 9 is the most recent issue. The Berlin: Book One collection
>(released last year) is supposed to be the first of three volumes total.
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Thank you.
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Curt
Dave Doty
> I remember Jar of Fools. Beautiful.
> I picked up the first issue of Berlin, but
> never saw any subsequent issues.
>
> Did that story ever conclude?
The book took a hiatus after concluding volume 1. Issue 9, the beginning
of volume 2, is due out sometime in the next month or 2, IIRC.
Dave Doty