I've been doing this New Alternative and Small Press Arrivals posting all year, so I should probably explain from time to time what this is I'm trying to accomplish. First off, I don't buy all of these comics! I love all of you creators, but I don't live in a freaking warehouse. I scour online bookstores (like Gosh Comics London) and alternative comix distributors (like Domino), and find the newest comix listed and share cover art with a link back to the seller. These self-published comix have small print runs so sell out rather quickly sometimes. Hopefully, these posts, even though they might quickly be out of date, can serve also as a historical record of the self-publishers who put self-expression over aping their favorite genre work or chasing a YA graphic novel deal (although those pursuits are certainly not discouraged by me). Keep on publishing your own! -Gary Usher (Inspiration from Clay Geerdes COMIX WORLD/WAVE and Steve Willis-edited CITY LIMITS GAZETTE from my misspent youth)
QUIMBYS.COM NEW ARRIVALS AS OF 9/16:
CHICAGO, COMICS, AND LIFE: 1999-2012 by Anders Nilsen
FREAKY #9 by Andrew Goldfarb and etc.
SCHOOL NIGHT COMICS #1: GHOST STORIES FOR BEDTIME by Sebastian Mata
CITY SLANG: THE SONICS RENDEZVOUS BAND STORY INCOMING by Chairman Ralph and Lisa D. Quinlan
PRETZEL GIRL #1 by Sue Cargill
PREVENTATIVE MEASURES COMIC ANTHOLOGY #1 by Kiki and Bouba
GATOSHOP.MX (MEXICO CITY, MX) LOOKS LIKE DOMINO SOUTH IT'S SO PACKED WITH GREAT COMIX! HERE'S A SELECTION OF WHAT INES ESTRADA AND GABRIEL FRAGA (PICTURED BELOW FROM THEIR SITE) HAVE ON OFFER:
A TUNNEL TO ANOTHER PLACE (APOLO CACHO)
VIRUS TROPICAL (POWERPAOLA)
SOMEONE PLEASE HAVE SEX WITH ME (GINA WYNBRANDT)
NOCTURNE (TARA BOOTH)
MONAS (VALIS/INECHI)
ZINES 2009-2019 (HEATHER BENJAMIN)
LA MALA SENDA (SALVADOR JACOBO)
SUBMISSIONS #1 (EDITED BY GINETTE LAPALME)
BIRDCAGE-BOTTOM-BOOKS.MYSHOPIFY.COM (SAN BEERADINO, CA) NEW ARRIVALS AS OF 9/17:
MOURNING DOVES ARE PEOPLE, TOO
TROUBLE DOWN SOUTH
DAY AND AGE: YEAR ONE
DAY AND AGE: YEAR TWO
COSMIC FERN
RIDE AT YOUR OWN RISK
UPSTATE #3 Study up for CANON #2!
STORE.SILVERSPROCKET.NET NEW ARRIVALS AS OF 9/17:
YES, BUT
FLOWER BED #1
JUICE
FUGU COMIX #3
SYNCING [OMNIBUS]
DAVOR GROMILOVIC: SECRET OF MELEKTENJAL'S KING
HANK THE ARTIST
LITTLEDEERCOMICS.IE NEW ARRIVALS AS OF 9/18:
BIFFAENTROPY EDITION RESTOCKS:
VENOMOUS FEATHERS SPLIT #3 edited by Venomous Feathers
PRESTIGE GOBLINS by Alexander Laird
MEGILLAH SUNDAY FUNNIES edited by Chad Bilyeu
BUSINESS INSIDER by Grayson Bear
YANKEE DOODLE STRANGLER #2 VS. TANKA TRUK by David G. Caldwell
MINAMI'S LOVER by Shungiku Uchida
MOLE #9 by Andrew Pilkington
ANGUESANGUE by Daniel Lima
CHUA by Lily Thu and Generoso Fierro
RJ CASEY HAS A NEW MONTHLY COLUMN "ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES" AT
TCJ.COM COVERING THE KINDS OF COMICS WE LOVE.
THE COMICS JOURNAL has a long tradition of covering the more alternative side of small press self-published comics. Starting with their very first issue, TNJ #27 in 1976, Doug Fratz's "TNJ Listings: Fanzines" included Clay Geerdes and Bob Vojtko amongst the more fannish efforts, continuing through Dale Luciano's era-defining "Newave Comics Survey" in TCJ 96-102, and, of course, the classic "Minimalism" column. Hopefully, RJ Casey has a long run with the new column. I always applaud the editors of TCJ for giving a little space to such an ethereal corner of the comics world.
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