The following books appear in the April 2007 PREVIEWS catalogue, and will begin shipping in in June 2007 to better comic book stores everywhere.Â
Spent
By Joe Matt
Hardcover book, 6.5 x 9.25 inches, 132 two-color pages.
$19.95
978-1-897299-11-1Â
Meet the original antihero Joe Matt: a master of a domain that includes over twenty-three self-edited eight-hour-long videotapes of bootlegged pornography; a penny-pincher who never fails to make a dime off his friends; a chronic masturbator who doesn’t understand why he never has a girlfriend; an obsessive collector frantically searching for the toys of his childhood; a callous son who throws out every gift his adoring mother gives him; a man so lazy that he urinates in a bottle rather than walk to the bathroom. SPENT is Joe Matt’s first new trade hardcover in years, and it collects in a re-edited and re-colored form his best storyline from the past 4 issues of Peepshow. Also offered here are other Joe Matt classics, Fair Weather and The Poor Bastard.
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Look for “Offered Again” Titles Behind the cut.
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The Poor Bastard (O/A)
By Joe Matt
Trade paperback, 6.5 x 9.25 inches, 176 pages, b/w.Â
$ 16.95 USD
978-1896597-44-7
This aptly-titled book collects for the first time Joe Matt’s compelling and often hilarious storyline chronicling the crucial moments in his miserable life, beginning with his secret lust for his lover’s best friend, and its ensuing devastating consequences. Ongoing troubles with women, an insatiable obsession with pornography…this poor bastard has serious problems, yet unlike the rest of us, he works them out in full public view, allowing us to get closer to him…maybe a little too close! An excellent companion to SPENT, Joe Matt’s new book offered here.
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Fair Weather (O/A)
By Joe Matt
Trade Paperback, 128 pages, 6 x 9 inches, b/w.
$ 14.95 USD
1-896597-74-2
Synopsis:
In Fair Weather Joe examines his 1970s suburban childhood. Young Joe Matt is a selfish child who steals from stores, takes advantage of his friends, threatens to burn his mother’s house down, teases those weaker than himself, and reveals himself to be a fairly normal child. Completely unsentimental and strangely kind of endearing, Fair Weather continues the American tradition of hilarious self-exhibitionism. An excellent companion to SPENT, Joe Matt’s new book offered here.
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It’s A Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken (O/A)
By Seth
Trade Paperback, 176 pages, 6 x 9 inches, two colors.
$ 19.95 USD
978-1896597-70-6
Voted by The Comics Journal as one of the top 100 comics of the 20th century. In his first graphic novel Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of New Yorker cartoons. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten gag cartoonist from the 1940s. But his obsession blinds him to the needs of his lover and the quiet desperation of his family. Wry self-reflection and moody colours characterize Seth’s style in this tale about learning lessons from nostalgia. His playful and sophisticated experiment with memoir provoked a furious debate among cartoon historians and archivists about the existence of Kalo, and prompted a Details feature about Seth’s “hoax.”
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I Never Liked You (O/A)
By Chester Brown
Trade Paperback, 200 pages, 6 x 9 inches, b/w.
$ 15.95 USD
978-1896597-14-0
Synopsis:
One of the classics of modern graphic novels, back in a new printing. Chester Brown tells the story of his alienated youth in an almost detached, understated manner, giving the book an eerie, dream-like quality. For the new definitive softcover edition Brown has designed new layouts for the entire book, using “white” panel backgrounds instead of the black pages of the first edition.
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– Christopher