The Permanence of Warmth

New release 'The Permanence of Warmth' by John Carsey available now from The ComicBook Factory webstore. Here's the link: https://comicbookfactory.bigcartel.com/product/the-permanence-of-warmth

The Permanence of Warmth

Written and illustrated by John Carsey
NZD$ 9.95 + pp

English - 32 pages - Black and white and Colour (6 pages)

ISBN 978-0-473-44963-6

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Limited Stock (100 copies)

切腹姫とスケ番ジェシカ - Princess Seppuku and Boss Girl Jessica

Toge no Jizo Publishing has created a beautiful 96 page book collecting Princess Seppuku (2 mini-comics) and Jessica of the Schoolyard (12 mini-comics, note "Jessica of the Schoolyard" didn't translate well into japanese hence the slightly different  and I think slightly better "Boss Girl Jessica"). There's new cover art and a free postcard. Buy it directly from the publisher (if you can read japanese) HERE or from The ComicBook Factory shop HERE. I only have a few copies so grab one while you can... 日本語を練習する必要があります!

切腹姫とスケ番ジェシカ

Princess Seppuku and Boss Girl Jessica

96 pages - Japanese - Black and White

ISBN 978-4-990-53454-7

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Collected Comic Coming

Finally something worth mentioning, a complete collection of Jessica of the Schoolyard (12 mini-comics) and Princess Seppuku (2 mini-comics) is being published overseas as a 96 page book. I'm currently working on the front cover and will post some more detailed information about the book soon. The image above is from an unfinished third Princess Seppuku mini-comic (no idea if I've posted it before).

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 006

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011). Rough pencil outline...

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 005

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011). Rough pencil outline...

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 004

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011). Rough pencil outline...

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 003

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011). Rough pencil outline...

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 002

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011). Rough pencil outline...

Princess Seppuku Daily Strip 001

I'm on the last couple of episodes story boarding The Barefoot Bandits, so unfortunately no time for any (labor intensive) comic book work, however, I have started sorting through a large stack of paper that's been slowly accumulating over the years. It's mostly rough sketches and abandoned story outlines...

An attempt at a Princess Seppuku daily strip (2011)

The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics

From the back cover:
"22 Long lost masterpieces of underground comic strip art. A compelling selection of some of the very best of the genuinely underground, counter-cultural phenomenon that is CULT COMICS! What were mostly photocopied and stapled pamphlets, in short runs of anything from a couple of dozen to a few thousand issues, are collected together here in a single volume."

Features reprints of 3 Jessica of the Schoolyard comics.

The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics

Edited by Ilya - 448 pages - Black and White

ISBN 978-0-762-45468-6

Click HERE to purchase from Amazon

Holocaust Rex and the Plague Lords of Koch

The new Holocaust Rex comic is now available at the ComicBook Factory Big Cartel shop.

Book two introduces Doctors Moresby and Stoffel as they navigate the plague infested city of Koch looking for a suspected witch. As Rex hacks and slashes his way into the city, the plague is now the least of Koch's problems...

Holocaust Rex Book Two:

The Plague Lords of Koch

32 pages - Black and White

ISBN 978-0-473-29168-6

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Reviews of Treasury of Mini-Comics Vol.1

"...the book stands as a remarkable repository of modern art." - Publishers Weekly
"...a meaty, entertaining volume." - Robert Boyd, The Great God Pan is Dead

This big little book (over 800 pages) came out October last year and included some of my comic work. Here are some reviews - The Comics Journal HERE The Publishers Weekly HERE The Great God Pan is Dead HERE The Poopsheet Foundation HERE

Volume two should be available January 2015.

Treasury of Mini Comics - Volume One

Edited by Michael Dowers - 848 Pages
Black & white with some color

ISBN 978-1-60699-657-7

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Wow Cool Distribution

Princess Seppuku is currently being distributed in the US by the mega distro site Wow Cool, (and through selected stores). If you're looking to buy a copy of Robot-X or The Lower Depths and you're looking for a discount, this is the place to get it. There's a huge collection of great alternative and underground comics, the  only way to save the economy is by spending up large.

Link to Wow Cool's blog
Link to Wow Cool shop

Failed Jimmy Rickets Comic - Page 5 / 5

This is also ends a run of new blog posts everyday, I think I'll cut it back to every second day, see how that works for the next month, hopefully with some fresh NEW material.

Failed Jimmy Rickets Comic - Page 4 / 5

Failed Jimmy Rickets Comic - Page 3 / 5

Failed Jimmy Rickets Comic - Page 2 / 5

Failed Jimmy Rickets Comic - Page 1 / 5

Have posted this before? I can't remember... It's another cartoon abortion, this time with little Jimmy Rickets. Intended for the Fantagraphics Hotwire anthology #2 but never did the clean up and colouring.

Failed Connie Radar #001 / 8

And that's the end of that one... a new failed comic next time.

Failed Connie Radar #001 / 7