Comix Reading List #50-#57: David Lasky Zines x 8

50. MANIFESTO ITEMS 11 (David Lasky) Patreon

This is a magazine-sized full color collection of a wide variety of comic strips created by David Lasky in 2021. I particularly liked the take off on "Wally Wood's 22 Panels That Always Work", it's a departure from most of the other work in here.

51. COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE 4 (Push Pull Press) Patreon

This is a local Seattle anthology to which David Lasky contributed four pages, some really nice color work in here.

52. JAGGED EDGES: THE MADNESS OF WRITERS/CANARIES IN OUR COALMINE (David Lasky/Liz Argall) Patreon

A good old-fashioned flip book with Liz Argall writing and David drawing "The Madness of Writers", and, conversely, David writing and Liz drawing "Canaries in Our Coalmine".

53. APRIL POEMS 2021 (David Lasky)

What it says, it's all of David Lasky's daily poetry from April 2021! Text with only a few illustrations.

54. POETRY MINI-COMIC (David Lasky) Patreon

I loved this little collage zine of one of Lasky's poems from the above book.

55. MANIFESTO ITEMS 12 (David Lasky) Patreon

Three wordless abstract comics stories with some added color. Pure gold.

56. MANIFESTO ITEMS 13 (David Lasky) Patreon

This is another thick collection of a years worth of mostly poetry comics and poetry from April 2022. More brilliant color and beautiful experimental comics by David Lasky. My favorite is the colorful abstract strip on the bottom of page 14 (counting front covers). However, there's strong work on almost every page, along with MANIFESTO ITEMS #11 this is the best way to track Lasky's progress as an artist.

57. HAIKU SUMMER (David Lasky) Patreon

According to the notes inside David Lasky taught a twelve week course on Haiku comics in 2021, these are his comic strip illustrations of each lesson. Did you know Lasky is a prolific comics art teacher? He has a youtube channel, I'm not sure if any of the video lessons are public, check out one of his classes if you get the chance.

April is National Poetry Month, as you would know if you subscribed to David Lasky's Patreon. So what better way to celebrate than focusing on my favorite proponent of poetry in comics. Lasky shares many abstract comics illustrating his haiku (and other) poetry on his Patreon account, and at a very reasonable price you get a big package of comics collecting his various works over the year. I misplaced my package from two years ago so this is actually two years worth of Lasky-ness, not proof that David is the Jack Kirby of poetry comics!

Happy Birthday David Lasky (1967-)

 

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David Lasky, middle

April 4, 2008

David Lasky was one of the first people I came into contact with when I sent my first minicomics into the tabloid COMICS F/X in the early 90s. If memory serves the mail brought his now famous ULYSSES adaptation (and, I think, a mini version of his BOOM BOOM series).

Original printing of ULYSSES

Even in these early days David was experimenting, the first issue of the digest-sized BOOM BOOM had a die-cut cover. This series was published after he moved to Seattle in 1992.

BOOM BOOM #1 (1993)

Lasky was in the second class of Xeric Grant recipients and published the James Joyce-oriented third issue of BOOM BOOM (1993).

BOOM BOOM #3 (1993)

Seattle publisher MU Press brought out David Lasky's BOOM BOOM as a regular-sized comic in 1994. The second issue of this version featured a biography of James Joyce in the style of 60s Jack Kirby comics!

BOOM BOOM #2 (1994)

Our paths intersected again when he published my Peanuts collage in the first issue of his OM anthology the following year. Note the similarity between this and the above cover.

Well, that's our tribute to the early comics of David Lasky in honor of his birthday. Follow his current work on Patreon.

Last Gasp Vault: Graphic Novel/Manga Sale

Last Gasp Books and Comix is running a 50% off sale in their Graphic Novel and Manga sections through Wednesday 11/30. Here are some highlights:

ARTICHOKE TALES

Megan Kelso returned to comics in a big way after over a decade this year with WHO WILL MAKE THE PANCAKES? Here's an opportunity to get her incredible previous graphic novel.

AS YOU WERE VOLUME 4

Here's a thick digest-sized anthology co-published by Last Gasp and Silver Sprocket. Many of the usual SS suspects...

BAREFOOT GEN VOLUMES 1-10

These are new hardcover and trade paperback editions released earlier this year.

CONTRABAND

UK independent comics legend Phil Elliott illustrates this, his most recent graphic novel (written by Thomas J. Behe).

DE CAPE ET DE CROCS TOME 5

French-language anthropomorphic medieval series with an extremely odd plot description. I would take a chance...

EL VOCHO

You can't go wrong buying anything and everything by Steve Lafler. 

(image from GCD)

GOODNIGHT, IRENE

A collection of stories originally published by Fantagraphics in the 80s from GOOD GIRLS by Carol Lay. I'm still traumatized by the image of Irene's lip plate, see cover above!

JAMAIS CONTENT!

Another French-language book, this time by Walter Minus (THE NEW YORKER).

JUST THE FACTS

A collection of non-fiction comics by David Collier. Another veteran alternative cartoonist who deserves wider recognition. 

MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1910-2011

This sounds like a ridiculous, genius, wild ride from the mind of Michael Kupperman.

MOXIE, MY SWEET

A collection of stories by the great Seattle comics creator Mark Campos, illustrated by fellow members of the Finecomix collective including my longtime favorite David Lasky.

SILLY DADDY: DEATH IN THE FAMILY

More 90s nostalgia, this time from Joe Chiappetta, a very memorable cartoonist and some truly weird art.

WENN MEIN HUND STRIBT MACH ICH MIR EINE JACKE

A German art book by Anke Feuchtenberger (W THE WHORE), from the Italian publisher Coconino Press.