Media Release -- We haven't been slacking off during the winter lull over here - we've been hard at work buffing high-gloss finishes on books and filing down page edges and generally laying the groundwork for an incredible 2014 of brilliant literary comics. Since they're all but ready for public consumption, we thought it might be nice to introduce you to all of the books on our winter and spring lists.
JANUARY 2014
Available in the US January 28
Available in Canada January 21
THE DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM A DAZZLING NEWCOMER WITH A SINGULAR, IDIOSYNCRATIC STYLE
Ant Colony immerses the reader in a world that is darkly existential, with false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers, as it follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. Michael DeForge plumbs the deepest human concerns—loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more—with humor and sensitivity. DeForge's brash, confident, undulating artwork stands out in this volume.
$21.95 / 112 pages / full color / hardcover / ISBN 9781770461376
FEBRUARY 2014
Available everywhere February 11
MOOMIN'S TAIL GETS ITS FIFTEEN MINUTES OF FAME
Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.
One day Moomin notices that his tail seems to be thinning. Worried that Snorkmaiden will no longer love him if his tail goes bald, he consults several tail specialists and even gets an X-ray. Nothing helps! Finally Moominmamma cooks up a magic potion, and it works like a charm, but now Moomin's lustrous new tail is, well, solid gold! Moomin becomes the toast of society and the target of paparazzi and money-making schemes. Moomin and the Golden Tail is a thoughtful consideration of the consequences of fame, and a classic story by Tove Jansson.
$9.95 / 56 pages / full color / flexicover / ISBN 9781770461338
Available everywhere February 11
THE MOOMINS PICNIC WITH THEIR ANCESTORS, A PAIR OF PIRATES, AND, BEST OF ALL, MYMBLE
Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format.
After a disastrous helicopter ride through a thunderstorm, the entire Moomin family is stranded on a desert island—the very island their ancestors came from! They make the best of it, but their ancestors don't let them live in peace and quiet for too long. Soon the whole island will have to deal with the explosive consequences of their ancestors' misbehavior.
$9.95 / 48 pages / full color / flexicover / ISBN 9781770461345
Available everywhere February 18
INTIMATE VIGNETTES OF WOMEN COMING OUT
"On Loving Women is in turns wistful, sexy, goofy, bittersweet, frank, and adorable. Diane Obomsawin's deceptively simple linework and straightforward writing style capture the breathless sweetness of holding another girl's hand for the first time, and the happy, lusty intimacy of a virginity-ending, drunken threesome. Delightful."—Ellen Forney, author of Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
On Loving Women is a series of sweet, intimate accounts of women coming into their queerness. Each story is a master class in reaching the emotional truth of a situation with the simplest means possible. Her stripped-down pages use the bare minimum of linework to expressively reveal heartbreak, joy, irritation, and fear.
$16.95 / 88 pages / black and white / paperback / ISBN 9781770461406
Available everywhere February 28
AN UNSETTLING AND GORGEOUS ANTI-FAIRY TALE
"A fairy tale where the darkness is only natural: the real world of Beautiful Darkness not only includes but embraces decay, calm indifference, and animals who act like animals, just like life -- and death. And neither its prince or princess are quite what we expect. Read it outdoors for maximum effect."—Kathe Koja, author of The Cipher and Under the Poppy
Beautiful Darkness is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. Join princess Aurora and her friends as they journey to civilization's heart of darkness in a bleak allegory about surviving the human experience.
$22.95 / 96 pages / full color / hardcover / ISBN 9781770461291
MARCH 2014
Available everywhere March 4
WITH FEW WORDS AND GORGEOUS STYLE, A CARTOONIST TAKES AIM AT THE HYPOCRISIES OF THE ART WORLD
White Cube is Brecht Vandenbroucke's debut book, a collection of lushly painted, irreverent strips poking fun at the staid, often smug art world. His pink twins offer an absurdist view on the institutions of that world—questioning what constitutes art and what doesn't, as well as how we decide what goes on the walls of the gallery and what doesn't.
Vandenbroucke's distinctive work blends the highbrow with the low, drawing equally from Gordon Matta-Clark's site-specific artwork and the Three Stooges' slapstick timing. With a knowing wink at the reader, Vandenbroucke continuously uncovers something to laugh about in the stuffiness and pretentiousness of the art world.
$22.95 / 64 pages / full color / hardcover / ISBN 9781770461390
APRIL 2014
NEW YORK POSTCARDS
Available everywhere April 8
"In [Tomine's] illustrations, Edward Hopper–like situations—of dogs under disused railway bridges, or people on a street corner—take on a wry edge."— The Economist
Adrian Tomine's illustrations have graced the pages and covers of publications such as The New Yorker and the New York Times Magazine for more than a decade, offering a singular vision of an incomparable town. This set of postcards collects thirty of his most iconic images.
$14.95 / full color / box set with 30 postcards in it / ISBN 9781770461598
OVER EASY
Available everywhere April 15
A FAST-PACED SEMI-MEMOIR ABOUT DINERS, DRUGS, AND CALIFORNIA IN THE 1970S
"Mimi Pond is a national treasure! Her sharp observations, singular point of view, and sure hand have created a dazzling and charming must read/see!"—Todd Oldham
After getting denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret Pond finds salvation from the straight-laced world of college and the earnestness of both hippies and punks in the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking Imperial Café. Over Easy is equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California – with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex and drug use – and brilliant coming of age story.
$24.95 / 272 pages / two-color / hardcover / ISBN 9781770461536
MAY 2014
THE WORN ARCHIVE: A FASHION JOURNAL ABOUT THE ART, IDEAS, AND HISTORY OF WHAT WE WEAR
Available in Canada April 29
Available in the US May 6
FOREWORD BY JANE PRATT
The WORN Archive is a manifesto on why fashion and clothing matter. For eight years, the Canadian magazine has investigated the intersections of fashion with pop culture, gender, identity, and art. This book features the best content from the journal's first fourteen issues, assembled by founder and editor-in-chief Serah-Marie McMahon. Articles touch on topics as wide-ranging as the relationship between feminism and fashion; the definition of hijab; how to tie a tie; the history of flight attendant attire.
The WORN Archive is the ultimate cultural style map for those who don't want to be told how to dress, but are seeking a transformative understanding of why we wear what we do.
$29.95 / 416 pages / full color / paperback / ISBN 9781770461505
BENSON'S CUCKOOS
Available everywhere May 14
WORKPLACE STRESSES MAY PROVE KILLER IN THIS OFF-THE-RAILS OFFICE SATIRE
Richard thinks he's in luck when he snags a job at the cuckoo-clock factory, but things start to go wrong right off the bat with meltdowns in the conference room and oddly evasive, idiotic responses from his new coworkers. When the company goes on a retreat, everything spools quickly out of control.
From the author of Anna and Froga comes a wry, offbeat whodunnit that centers on office life. Anouk Ricard's subtle, sardonic humor undermines the characters' attempts to be taken seriously, as they bungle kidnappings, misunderstand social cues, and let petty disagreements become feuds. With cleverly observed dialogue, charming artwork, and brilliantly over-the-top plotting, Benson's Cuckoos will delight the adult fans of Ricard's comics for kids.
$19.95 / 96 pages / full color / paperback / ISBN 9781770461383
PETTY THEFT
Available everywhere May 27
A HILARIOUS ROMANTIC COMEDY ABOUT KLEPTOMANIA AND BOOKLOVERS
Pascal is in a bad place: he and his girlfriend of nine years have just broken up, he's staying in a friend's spare room, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back, precluding any running for a long while. So Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. While at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book - when she darts out of the shop without paying, he decides that it's time for a little detective work.
A wry and charming tale from the author of Reunion, Bigfoot, and Nicolas, Petty Theft is a comedy of errors, a laugh-out-loud account of a man on a mission, and a heavily fictionalized memoir about the addictiveness of book ownership.
$19.95 / 104 pages / black and white / paperback with flaps / ISBN 9781770461529
EVERYWHERE ANTENNAS
Available everywhere May 27
"Delporte's pages are gorgeously rendered in soft, radiantly colored pencils that belie the quiet grief at their core."— The Comics Journal
The deeply affecting Everywhere Antennas is the portrait of a woman caught in the margins, struggling to balance the demands of technology and human interaction. Julie Delporte (Journal) shows her anonymous narrator coming to terms with a rare and misunderstood sensitivity to the radioactivity of urban life. Delporte's roughly hewn figures, drawn in brightly contrasting colored pencil, shape Everywhere Antennas' melancholic construction of isolation in the modern world.
