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New Books In Stores April—May, 2015 By

Sam Alden Farel Dalrymple

Ted May

Rich Tommaso

Malachi Ward

& Many More!

Al t e r n a t i v e C

o m i c s i n t h e F

e b r u a r y & M a r c h

D i a m o n d P r e v i e w s

I n d y W o r l d . c o m

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Alternative Comics has been a co-operative

organization of independent comic book editors,

publishers and artists since 1993 and is the

home to some of the finest creator-owned

graphic novels and comic books. We bring the

best indie comics to the direct market through

Diamond Comic Distributers. This issue of Indy

magazine—Volume 3, number 1—is the first print

edition in longer than we care to remember.

Alternative Comics is now the home to Floating

World Comics, Hic and Hoc Publications, Revival

House Press, Study Group Comics and our home

imprint, Alternative Comics. We hope to continue

bringing you the finest indie comics from all

corners of the comics world.

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Clover Honey

by Rich Tommaso

Abigail is an aspiring hitwoman out

to prove her value to the family, but

everyday life gets in her way. She

braves the wilds of Newark, overpriced

parking, trac jams, and bad hair days

to track down Trevor, her former mentor,

who is on the lam with a big briefcase of

mob dough. A heavily revised, redrawn

and expanded 20th anniversary editionof Rich’s debut graphic novel.

Rich Tommaso has been writing and

illustrating original comics and graphic

novels since 1994. His graphic novel

with writer James Sturm, Satchel Paige:

Striking Out Jim Crow, was praised in T he New York Times and in 2008

won an Eisner award for Best Reality-Based Work. 136-page paperback

Diamond Code: FEB150911 ISBN: 978-1-934460-86-3 $14.95

Alamo Value Plus #1 by Rusty JordanLaid-back cashiers at the discount

grocery store Alamo Value Plus, Tony

and Duane, learn of the sometimes

dangerous, always hilarious adventures

of their manager, Baldemar Pretzeldorf’s

harrowing journey that enabled his

escape from a totalitarian regime

abroad. 28 page black and white

comic with color covers.

A Revival House Production.

Diamond Code: FEB150910

ISBN: 978-1-934460-67-2

$4.00

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In Stores April 2015 In February Diamond Previews #317

Johnny Viableand His Terse Friends by Steve Aylett

Collects stories from ‘Dodgem Logic’ plus a bunch of

new tales. This is not a comic you can read and still expect

to live a normal, productive life. “The most original and

consciousness-altering living writer in the English language,

not to mention one of the funniest.” – Alan Moore. 64 page

full color comic. A Floating World Comics production.

Diamond Code: FEB150913 ISBN: 978-0-9886624-7-6

7.95

Haunter by Sam AldenSam Alden’s rst long-form work, painted in lush

and colorful ink washes. It’s a wordless tale of

a young woman trying to survive an ancientevil in an unknown land. The pacing and

storytelling in Haunter is completely

masterful. 6" x 9" 96 page full color

paperback.

A Study Group production.


ISBN: 978-0-9794178-5-6

$15.00

“It’s impossible to start the thing and

not keep reading. It really ows.”

—Jef Smith







Sample page from Steve Aylett’s Johnny Viable



Alternative Comics New Release

Mimi and

The Wolves #1

by Alabaster

Act I: The Dream — the rstMimi book, Alabaster’s follow

up to her awesome debut The

Complete Talamaroo — begins

an epic tale of aairs, alliances,

and friendships in a quest

for power and self-discovery,

evoking classic children’s

literature and illustrations

while probing darker, moremysterious themes. 64 page

black and white paperback

with color covers. A Hic & Hoc

production.

Diamond Code FEB150915

ISBN: 978-0-9887999-2-9

$12.00

Men’s Feelings #1 by Ted May The rst solo comic by Eisner-

nominated Injury co-creator Ted May

in nearly a decade. A collection of

vignettes and gag strips featuring an

assortment of gamblers, pizza boys,

entrepreneurs, and even a magician.

May gently lampoons the whimsical

aspects of the modern cultural

landscape. 36 page black and white

digest comic with color covers. ARevival House production.

Second edition! Get the whole comic

featured in Best American Comics

2014!

Diamond Code FEB150914

ISBN: 978-1-934460-59-7

$5.00







In Stores April 2015 In February Diamond Previews #317

The purely hallucinatory digest you’ve searched for

is here, done in Cerio’s unique cross pollination of

tripping visions and skittering twee. Included are

previously unreleased stills of Cerio’s characters fromhis various lms with top-hatted eyeball performance

greats The Residents, a dozen short narratives, a

collection of paintings and collages and stills from his

newest lm The Magnicent Pigtail Shadow.

Steven Cerio is an artist who has spent

over two decades relentlessly documenting

a universe devoid of death and decay.

A prominent rock poster and magazine

illustrator, his work is best known from his

ongoing collaboration with San Francisco-

based, performance art and music group,

The Residents. His ABC Book won a

Firecracker Alternative Book Award.


ISBN: 978-1-934460-23-8

$9.95

Sunbeam OnThe Astronaut by Steven Cerio

Scaffold by VA Graham & JA Eisenhower Scaold tells the fantastic story of a migratory

ancient people living on a world-sized structure that

is constantly in motion. Graham and

Eisenhower draw at a xed, ant farm-like

scale, creating layouts that form one big,

continuous space, along with maps that

gives the reader a birds eye view of the

narrative.

64 page 9.5" square black and white

paperback. A Hic & Hoc production.


ISBN: 978-0-9887999-5-0

$15.00








Sample page from Malachi Ward’s From Now On



In March Diamond Previews #318 In Stores May 2015

The Caterer #3

by Steve Aylett & Jef Lint

One of the strangest comics that ever existed! Described

by Alan Moore as “the holy barnacle of failure,” The smirkingJack Marsden became a cult gure and role model for

enigmatic idiots in the mid-70s. His style and catchphrases

were such an insider code that hundreds of people got

beaten up by baed or enraged onlookers. Floating World

Comics has teamed with Lint biographer, Steve Aylett, to

present a reprint of Issue 3: this stand-out issue includes the

beginning of Marsden’s goat obsession, a erce appearance

by the ghostly Hoston Pete, a great example of the

Marsden “stillness,” and no less than four classic Marsdenhallucinations. Includes pull-out poster. 32 page full color

comic. A Floating World Comics production.

Diamond Code: MAR150860 | ISBN: 978-0-9886624-8-3 | $4.95

From Now OnShort Comic Tales of The Fantastic

by Malachi Ward A collection of hauntingly beautiful Science Fiction

and Horror short stories by Prophet and Ritual artist

Malachi Ward. Collects stories from Mome, Study

Group Magazine, Sundays, Best American Comics

2013, and more.

144-page paperback. Diamond Code: MAR150861

ISBN: 978-1-934460-91-7 | $14.95

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Irene 4 Dakota McFadzean, Andy Warner & d w, Editors

The fourth volume of the Irene anthology, co-edited by

Center for Cartoon Studies grads Dakota McFadzean,

Andy Warner and d w features stories and illustration

by Amy Lockhart, Emi Gennis, Jackie Roche, JamesHindle, Georgia Webber, and many others (including the

three ne editors). Cover Artist: Andy Warner. 168 page

black and white paperback. A Hic & Hoc production.

ISBN: 978-0-9887999-3-6 | $15.00


Infinite Bowman by Pat AulisioInnite Bowman tracks the story of a lost astronaut

wandering through the wastedlands, making his way

through the innite city, battling demons, and calling

his buddies jerks. Aulisio’s manic spattery squiggly

style pairs magnicently with his unique breed of inter-

galactic toilet humor. 6"×9" 176 page black and white

paperback with color covers. A Hic & Hoc production.

ISBN: 978-0-9887999-7-4 | $15.00

Diamond Code: MAR150862








Island Of Memory by T. Edward Bak ISLAND OF MEMORY examines Georg Wilhelm Steller’s

historic Second Kamchatka Expedition, which brought theRussians to Siberia and Alaska in the 18th century. Part

natural history, part adventure yarn and part experimental

narrative, this 72 page fever dream is the artistic realization

of Bak’s inquiry into the socio-ecological consequences

of empire. 6"×9" 72 page paperback. A Floating World

Comics production.

ISBN: 978-0-9886624-4-5 | 11.95


It Will All Hurt #1 by Farel DalrympleIt Will All Hurt is a weird, sad, silly, and sketchy, fantasy

adventure strip with magic and science-ction and some

ghting action. IWAH is one of the coolest science-fantasy adventure comics you will ever read, as regular

studygroupcomics.com readers know already (Even

Warren Ellis is a fan). It’s also a companion piece to

Farel’s amazing & beautiful graphic novel The Wrenchies

(2014) Second printing. 48 page full color comic. A

Study Group Production.


ISBN: 978-0-9794178-8-7 | $8.00


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Sample page from Farel Dalrymple’s It Will All Hurt #1




Sample page from Zack Soto’s Secret Voice #2



The Sequential Artists

Workshop Guide To Creating

Professional Comic Strips

by Tom Hart

Practical and in-depth tips on making and sellingdaily newspaper comic strips from an artist who has

been there. The SAW Guide to Making Professional

Comic Strips is a complete how-to manual for making

the best comic strips you can, from conception, to

idea generation, to layout, lettering, nishing, coloring

and even selling. Tom Hart is a cartoonist and the

Executive Director of The Sequential Artists Workshop,

a school and arts organization in Gainesville, Florida.

He is the creator of the Hutch Owen series of graphic

novels.

96 page paperback.


ISBN: 978-1-934460-89-4

The Secret Voice #2 by Zack SotoIn the aftermath his disastrous mission into the

underground troll kingdom, the mysterious warrior-monk

Dr. Galapagos seeks out old friends and new allies as he

races against time to stop the oncoming war. Meanwhile,

Proctor-General Absalom leads a desperate battle against

the Smog Emperor’s forces as the gates of the city

stronghold are breached! Action! Intrigue! Psychic warfare!

All this and more in this exciting hybrid of Fantasy and Super-

Heroic energy. 48 page full color comic. A Study Group

Production.

Diamond Code: MAR150866 ISBN: 978-0-9794178-7-0 | $8.00








Smilin’ Ed Comics by Raoul VezinaFirst collection of the classic comics by the legendary

cartoonist Raoul Vezina. Crisply and energetically

drawn, snappily written, lled with pop culture

references and always funny; the Smilin’ Ed Smiley

comics by Raoul Vezina were a breath of fresh air when

they rst appeared thirty-ve years ago, and they still

feel fresh now. All the original comics are collected

here for the rst time. 160-page paperback. 16 pages

in color. Diamond Code: MAR150868 | ISBN: 978-1-

934460-85-6 | $19.95

Titan #1

by François Vigneault When MNGR João da Silva is sent to Homestead Station on

the moon of Titan he nds himself caught in the simmering

tensions between the genetically-engineered Titan workers

and the Terran management. Will the union representativeMackintosh be an ally, an enemy, or something else? Armed

with only his intellect and the aid of his powerful “i” device,

João must work against the clock to discover what is going on,

before it tears apart the station and ignites a conict that could

change the face of the solar system. 32 page 5"×8" two-color

comic with color covers. Diamond Code: MAR150869

ISBN: 978-0-9794178-4-9 | $4.95








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