../blog We distribute handmade and hard-to-find comics. en-us Tue, 11 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT At [[http://thesecretheadquarters.com/events.php|The Secret Headquarters]]: * The rest of this month: art from [[http://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/3174/|''Henry and Glenn Forever'']], a hilarious artifact by several people including [[Tom Neely]]. * June 4: opening reception for [[http://www.spanielrage.com/journal/2010/5/11/primal-donna.html|"Primal Donna"]], art by [[Vanessa Davis]]. ../blog/item/4855 ../blog/item/4855 Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT Catching up with more of the SF Bay Area crew... * [[Just So You Know]] #2 by [[Joey Sayers]]. There are a few moments in this one that are a little sad. But it turned out happy! * [[The Natural World]] #3 by [[Damien Jay]]. Visually wild and it's getting kind of scary now-- the witch hunt seems to be on. * [[Salad Days]] by [[Minty Lewis]]. Minty returns to the field she pioneered in ''PS Comics'': anthropomorphic fruit having problems. Except this time there's a gorilla, and a little hope. * [[Black Tea]] #3 by [[Jason Martin]]. More slices of life from a quiet guy who likes being alive. ../blog/item/4840 ../blog/item/4840 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT OK, time to catch up now and there's a whole lot of stuff, so it won't all fit on the front page. And there's more on the way soon. Books books books. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do (book)|Ten Thousand Things to Do]], the book, by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. Collects issues 1-6 of the mini plus a little bit more. My, it's handsome. * [[Neely Creeps|Neely Covers Comics to Give You the Creeps!]], hereafter known as ''Neely... Creeps!'', by [[Tom Neely]]. Collection of those horror cover remakes you may have seen here and there. Brrrrrrrr. * [[Ariadne auf Naxos]] #1-2 by [[Julia Gfroerer|Julia Gfrörer]]. "New" in the sense of "Why didn't we have this before?" Puts the Rude in Erudite, and has the best running gag about Doctor Who ever. * [[Kitchen Conniption]] by [[Vanessa Davis]]. It's Vanessa's cookbook and it's yummy. * [[Barbarian Comic]] by [[Alixopulos]]. Short and sweet. It's about barbarians. * [[Postdoc]] by [[Hob]]. Like the cover says: "drawings of TV doctors dressed for other jobs." * [[Lucky House]] and [[Eternity]] by [[Eliza Frye]]. Very atmospheric very short stories showcasing Eliza's striking art and design. * [[The Ratnest]] #1-2 by [[Patrick Keck]]. Cryptic, visually lush and rather disturbing. * [[Clutch]] #19 by [[Clutch McBastard]]. More diary madness. 2003 was apparently a pretty good year, 2004 not so much. * [[Stun Nuts]] #6 by [[Chris Cilla]]. There's a ghost, a breast, some big noses and lots of food. ../blog/item/4807 ../blog/item/4807 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT * [[House of Instant Booze]] (Cilla) * [[Brilliantly Ham-Fisted]] (Neely) ../blog/item/4808 ../blog/item/4808 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Possibly the most insanely entertaining and labor-intensive thing we ever sold here was Jason Shiga's ''Meanwhile'', an 80-page, zillion-panel multidimensional choose-your-own-adventure comic involving time travel, memory transference and hideous death. It uses an intricate system of cut-out page marker tabs, and Jason used to make the whole thing by hand. Well now he'll have to find some other way to spend his time, because ''Meanwhile'' has FINALLY been published in hardcover (and in color!) by Abrams/Amulet Books. [[http://www.abramsbooks.com/Books/Meanwhile-9780810984233.html|Check it out]] and give it to brave children. ../blog/item/4517 ../blog/item/4517 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT * This Friday, 2/5: [[Lisa Hanawalt]] appears at [[http://www.thesecretheadquarters.com/events.php|The Secret Headquarters]]. ../blog/item/4491 ../blog/item/4491 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT Are you in Hamilton, Ontario? If not, why not? You could be hanging out at [[http://www.mixedmediahamilton.com/|Mixed Media]] and finding books, including some of our comics. ../blog/item/4492 ../blog/item/4492 Sat, 16 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT Are you in Providence, RI? If so, why not put down that copy of ''Rhode Island Sluts''* and check out the eclectic offerings at Ada Books, the latest retailer to carry comics books from Global Hobo. (* cultural reference from ''Dumb and Dumber'', which is the source of almost all I know about Rhode Island-- sorry) ../blog/item/4468 ../blog/item/4468 Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT Our newest retail pail is the spiffy new-ish San Francisco store and gallery Mission: Comics and Art. It's really an extremely cool store--let's hope it won't get so cool that we can't go there. Leef has declared this Indy Comics Week, so stop by and show him some love. ../blog/item/4401 ../blog/item/4401 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[My Every Single Thought]], [[Buzz]] #3, and [[I Hate Mom's Cat]] by [[Corinne Mucha]]. Where does she get all this energy? * [[Chickadee]] by [[Briana Miller]]. Book-art with gray-tone watercolors and a heart. ../blog/item/4326 ../blog/item/4326 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 GMT If we haven't had books from someone in a while, it almost never means we forgot about them. People are making things, just not necessarily minicomics: * [[Rina Ayuyang]]'s collection ''Whirlwind Wonderland'' has been co-published by [[http://sparkplugcomicbooks.com/books/whirlwindwonderland/pages/www.html|Sparkplug Comic Books]] and Tugboat Press (Sparkboat? Tugplug?). Rina also made a [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rinaok/3943458794/|baby]]. * [[Vanessa Davis]] has been doing a ''big!'' ''Monthly!'' ''COLOR!!'' strip about all kinds of things in the online magazine ''[[http://www.tabletmag.com/author/vdavis/|Tablet]]''. * [[Theo Ellsworth]] has a new non-self-published comic, ''Sleeper Car'', from [[http://www.secretacres.com/store/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=65|Secret Acres]]. He's been working on a new website which isn't up yet, but there's all kinds of flabbergasting art on [[http://theoellsworth.blogspot.com/|his blog]]. * Back in September, [[Lisa Hanawalt]] and [[Damien Jay]] [[http://www.spxpo.com/?page_id=22|WON FREAKING IGNATZ AWARDS]]. ../blog/item/4297 ../blog/item/4297 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT If you're one of those "social" type people: Global Hobo Comics Distribution You can become a stalker fan, etc. - mostly it'll be the same stuff that's on this blog, just may be more convenient for people who hang out on Facebook a lot. ../blog/item/4294 ../blog/item/4294 Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Stay Away from Other People]] by [[Lisa Hanawalt]]. Sketchbooky comic or vice versa, memorably drawn from a very curious imagination. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #5-6 by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. The diary comes to a close, with no shortage of events. * [[Water Column]] #2 by [[Josh Frankel]]. The sea creatures are bigger now. ../blog/item/4292 ../blog/item/4292 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Comics Quest]] by [[Calvin Wong]]. Science fiction monster romance silliness, yay! * [[Estrus]] #7 and #1 by [[MariNaomi]]. Some of her older comics reprinted to disturb and educate you. * [[Laterborn]] #7 by [[Jason Martin]]. Kind of like rambling peacefully with an old friend by a campfire. ../blog/item/4293 ../blog/item/4293 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT Last-minute planning department: I'll be bringing a whole lot of minicomics and related artifacts to Burning Man next week, to set up some kind of tiny library/show-and-tell at my camp. If you happen to be in Black Rock City, come say hi at [[http://bioluminati.com/|Bioluminati]] (5:30/Biology). - Eli ../blog/item/4106 ../blog/item/4106 Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[Monday]] #3 (Hartzell) * [[Trackrabbit]] #1-3 (Vasile) * [[Awesome. Thien Pham]] (Pham) ../blog/item/4076 ../blog/item/4076 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT * [[The Natural World]] #2 by [[Damien Jay]]. The plot thickens and goes sideways--new characters, new problems. * [[Claptrap]] #2 by [[Onsmith]]. Handsome and disturbing sketchbooky thing. * [[Ten Thousand Things to Do]] #4 by [[Jesse Reklaw]]. He keeps having those kinds of days, plus other kinds. ../blog/item/3913 ../blog/item/3913 Sun, 19 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT Just to keep people in suspense, for what it's worth, here are some reports from artists whose work we've been pretty excited about: * [[Damien Jay]] has the second issue of ''[[The Natural World]]'' done. He'll be debuting it next weekend in San Diego and we should have it around the same time. Also, don't miss Damien's medieval ghost story in the latest ''[[http://tugboatpress.com/|Papercutter]]'' (also featuring a long story by Minty Lewis, and a little taste of ''[[Bluefuzz the Hero|Bluefuzz]]'' by Jesse Reklaw). * [[Josh Frankel]] is working on [[Water Column]] #2, ETA late August "if the cursed stars align." * [[Andy Hartzell]] has been distracted by his day job, but what a day job it is: Andy was chiefly responsible for writing and directing the new [[http://www.telltalegames.com/store/frightofthebumblebees|Wallace and Gromit videogame]]. * [[Till Thomas]] has been living in Cambodia and working on ''Zirp'' #4, which he hopes to complete early next year. Issue 3 will be reprinted "sooner or later." ../blog/item/3877 ../blog/item/3877 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT * July 18-August 19: a solo show of new work by [[Theo Ellsworth]] at [http://www.gr-sf.com/2009/07/grsf-theo-ellsworth-solo-show-71809.html Giant Robot], 618 Shrader St. Opening reception on July 18, 6:30-10pm. ../blog/item/3870 ../blog/item/3870 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT * Thursday, June 25, at [[http://www.mtbs.com/events.html|Modern Times]]: reading by [[Joey Sayers]] and [[http://pscomics.com/|Melanie Lewis]], with special guests [[http://tessasbraces.blogspot.com/|Tessa Brunton]], [[http://helllllen.org/|Hellen Jo]], [[Calvin Wong]] and [[Jason Shiga]]. DO NOT MISS. ../blog/item/3818 ../blog/item/3818