#cab 2014

I was very excited to get on this show having heard a lot of great things about it from the previous year. I did pretty well, considering I have never done it before...

Comic Arts Brooklyn 2014 & related acquisitions:

Late Era Clash #26 by Mike Taylor (Pegacorn Press), Twelve Gems by Lane Milburn (Fantagraphics), Kehittymättömät UFOt by Jyrki Nissinen (Zum Teufel), The Lonely Home by Ben Mendelewicz (Mega Press), Treasury of Mini Comics Vol 2 edited by Michael Dowers (Fantagraphics), When does Weird happen? by Cadu França (Self-published), Junior Detective Files by A. Degen (Sonatina), Now and Here by Lale Westvind (Pegacorn Press), Glancing by Conor Steschulte (Self-published)

Comics Workbook Magazine #s 5 & 6 edited by Andrew White, Zach Mason, & Frank Santoro, Trapper Keeper edited by Panayiotis Terzis (Mega Press), Escape to the Unfinished by Joe Kessler (Breakdown Press), Mimi and the Wolves Act II by Alabaster (Self-published), Werewolf Night Kitchen by Pat Keck (Self-published), Kroger Comix #s 1 & 2 written by M. Mosely Smith with art by Zerrin Koch, Reuben Storey, RC Kendig, Jenna Fitton, & Mary Jane Dunphe, Ebb Flow Float by Mimi Chrzanowski (Self-published), Science Comic / Romance Comic by Vinnie Neuberg (Self-published), Flies by Laura Perez-Harris (Self-published)

Making a Flower by Eric Rivera (Self-published), 2015 Calendar + Stickers by Inés Estrada (Gatosaurio), The Breakfast Thief & Ponte Las Pilas by Aleks Sennwald (Self-published), Defective Character Room by ?!??, The Blue Family by Leon Sadler (Famicon Express), Sindicalismo 89 by Inés Estrada (Breakdown Press), Smoke Signal #20 edited by Alex Spiro & Gabe Fowler (Desert Island), A Posthumous Message from Pete Toms (Self-published), RAV postcard (Mickey Z, Youth in Decline)

Scorpion Jelly by Karissa Sakumoto (Rude Comics), New Comics 5 by Patrick Kyle (Self-published), Janus by Lala Albert (Breakdown Press), Tactical by Sophia Foster-Dimino (Self-published), Selected Sketches by Lala Albert (Self-published), Untranslated #s 1-3 by Lando (Decadence Comics), Antarctic Seal by Leon Sadler (Famicon Express), Inhuman Condition by Andrew Scully (Discussion Comics), Jeans #3 edited by Harris Smith (Negative Pleasure Publications), Banana Sticker by Killer Acid

Weekend Extras: La Misma & Glue 7"s, Rakta 12", Totebag by Heather Benjamin, Murderer & Crazy Spirit Demo tapes, pins & buttons by Ginette Lapalme & Laura Perez-Harris, plus cop car.

CAB 2014 in Pictures! With Art Spiegelman, Roz Chast, Raymond Pettibon and a cast of dozens

The Beat took pictures at CAB 2014! Some of them are Hipstamatic. Live with it. This was a good show, as usual. I came back with a bag full of books and immediately started reading them, one of the virtues of the home show. Although jam packed the show was surmountable, and I thought I would go once around the room and take photos of every one so I would have good file photos for when someone…

CAB Fantagraphics debuts: Schrauwen, Horrocks, Rickheit, Knisly, Romberger and van Cook, ZAP….oh yeah

And that just about wraps it up here! With new books by Horrocks, Rickheit, Schrauwen, Knisley, James Romberger and Marguerite van Cook, and a little item called The Complete ZAP! I think Fanta is kinda….ruling. Get these REALY kids because they will go FAST FAST FAST.

Arsene Schrauwen by Olivier Schrauwen

Follow along as Olivier’s grandfather traveled to a remote colony to help build a utopia…

CAB Debuts from Drawn and Quarterly: Franz, DeForge, Mizuki and Lindgren

D&Q sent along info on their four debuting books this weekend at CAB:

Earthling Aisha Franz, translated by Helge Dascher

  First Year Healthy Michael DeForge

Showa 1944-1953: A History of Japan Shigeru Mizuki, translated by Zack Davisson

  Pippi Won’t Grow Up Astrid Lindgren and Ingrid Vang Nyman

To do tonight: Al Jaffee, Anya Davidson, Hic and Hoc and more pre_CAB events

Whoops a LOT to do tonight! Fire up your Über! These are ALL tonight.

A Faintly Lit Light- Group Show

at 4:00pm – 7:00pm

Right now! HOT DRINKS!

The Perfect Nothing Catalog 260 Johnson Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11206

Blaise Larmee / Quintessa Matranga / Lms Sadler / Aidan Koch / Marie Jacotey / Anthony Cudahy / Wiley Guillot

Pre-CAB party! Join us 4-7, Friday November 7th at The Perfect Nothing…

Comic Arts Brooklyn Debuts Part Two: from Breakdown Press to Toon Books

More amazing books to pick up tomorrow at Comic Arts Brooklyn or via your local comics shop or the web if you can’t attend. What are you most looking forward to? Many thanks to the creators and publishers for sending me info and to CAB’s Gabe Fowler for enabling this.

I’ll have D&Q and Fantagraphics in their own posts, BTW

MACANUDO #2

Liniers

Enchanted Lion

Sometimes Macanudo is standard…