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King-Cat Classix

$24.95

by John Porcellino

John Porcellino has long been considered the greatest of all cartoonists coming from the self-publishing and zine movement of the early ’90s. His spare approach with words and pictures focuses on the smallest of details revealing a wealth of meaning and emotion in everyday events that most of us overlook in our daily hustle and bustle. Since 1989, he has released over 65 issues of his self-published comic King-Cat Comics and Stories.

Drawn & Quarterly
ISBN: 9781770464674
SKU: 9781770464674 Categories: , , Tags: , Product ID: 24168

Description

Expanded Second Edition with 70 more pages.

John Porcellino has long been considered the greatest of all cartoonists coming from the self-publishing and zine movement of the early ’90s. His spare approach with words and pictures focuses on the smallest of details revealing a wealth of meaning and emotion in everyday events that most of us overlook in our daily hustle and bustle. Since 1989, he has released over 65 issues of his self-published comic King-Cat Comics and Stories

This large collection focuses on the first fifty issues with extensive endnotes and an index along with selections of all the extra ephemera that makes an individual issue of K-C it’s own unique experience: essays, articles, stories, and letters from friends. Included are over 250 pages of comics ranging from John’s earliest scrawls to his later perfectly minimalist delineations. The comics range through all of Porcellino’s concerns–family, family pets, the natural world, work, music, romance. This book presents an artist who always knew what he wanted to do. King-Cat Classix shows Porcellino’s confidence and skill as it grows steadily through the past fifteen years.

“Punk rock was a revelation to the young John Porcellino, showing him that anyone could make art without formal education or technical virtuosity. However, unlike many people who have taken this lesson to heart, Porcellino is a born artist, someone whose nerve endings seem more sensitive to both the pain and the mystery at the center of this existence.” Baltimore City Paper

“Unvarnished. Punk.”—The New York Times

“Porcellino is a master at miniature poignance.” —Entertainment Weekly

“Porcellino’s short stories and observations about his life and the nature around him are simple and spare, but manage to capture his awe at the world.” —The Globe & Mail

“The best way to treat this book is like a collection of poems, to be dipped into lightly, a few pieces at a time… Porcellino has crafted an affecting scrapbook of a part-time artist’s life.” —The AV Club

384 page black and white paperback
Drawn & Quarterly, Second Edition, 2021
Originally published as a hardcover in 2007

Additional information

Weight 28 oz
Dimensions 8.25 × 5.5 × 1.5 in
ISBN

9789781894930

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