The ranks of indie comics publishers have shrunk but once more, as Birdcage Bottom Books has introduced they’ll stop publishing, as writer J.T. Yost has undergone “intense personal upheaval.”
In a publication despatched to contacts, Yost introduced that he could be stepping away after the Spring publishing season, and Daniel Whitfield would proceed working transport and success.
In addition to being a writer of word – maybe greatest identified for anthologies like Digestate, Bottoms Up and Too Tough to Die – BBB was an essential distributor for different small press comics publishers, and it’ll proceed in that capability, at the very least considerably, beneath Whitfield.
In the e-mail, Yost defined extra of how the corporate would evolve:
I haven’t been capable of finding somebody keen to take over the a number of roles I inhabit, however I’m nonetheless holding out hope somebody will in order that BBB can proceed in some kind (please attain out if ). We had a ton of exceptional comics within the pipeline, so hopefully these will nonetheless be revealed (Fieldmouse Press shall be publishing November Garcia’s Complete and Utter Malarkey!)
I’m looking for a extra dependable/secure supply of revenue, so if you understand of any job openings that would make the most of my ability set, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I’m hoping to proceed working inside publishing (doesn’t need to be comics), however I’m open to different alternatives as nicely (particularly if it’s a vegan or non-profit firm!).
I’d like to get the remainder of the BBB publications at the moment in our basement delivered to Daniel in California, so if any of you occur to be driving from NYC to California (close to L.A.), I’d be blissful to pay you to load up your trunk.
Thank you a lot for being what I truthfully take into account my prolonged household. I’ve had so many great interactions with a lot of you at exhibits, on social media, or by way of e mail, and I can’t thanks sufficient!
The finish of Birdcage Bottom Books follows the same introduced wind downs for Peow Studios and ShortBox final yr, and Koyama Press earlier than that. Running an indie small press is actually a labor of affection, and like being in an indie band, and ultimately actual life considerations meet up with individuals.
But happening on a excessive word, the e-mail additionally included information of BBB’s remaining season, which, like different current books, shall be run on Crowdfundr.
STEADY ROLLIN’: Preacher’s Kid, Black Punk, and Pedaling Papa
by Fred Noland
Starting as a hardscrabble misfit and minister’s son within the Bible Belt, adopted by a stint as a suburban So-Cal Black punk, and onward to bicycle-obsessed, graphic novelist and pa in Oakland, Steady Rollin’ is a portrait of the creator in time-lapse. His memoir is composed of vignettes, uncovering his origins as an artist, exploring relationships previous and current, ruminating on trauma and loss, and in the end discovering his place within the circulation of life.
Noland employs types that seize the essence of the second and dialogue that displays the multi-layered complexities and challenges of communication. Steady Rollin’ is an autobiographical anthology stitched collectively by years of labor throughout types that vary from the sharp and detailed renderings for his New Yorker items to dreamier representations from his childhood. His reflections are at turns absurd, bitingly humorous, and poignant. With its investigation the into the cycle of life from the Before Times to The New Normal, Steady Rollin’ paperwork a world and a life in transition
6” x 8”, 220 pages. $20
Full-color covers B+w on cream paper with 32-page full-color insert at starting on white paper. Perfect-bound GN
THE COLA POP CREEMEES: Opening Act
by Desmond Reed
Dramedy has by no means seemed so… squiggly.
The Cola Pop Creemees: Opening Act is the debut graphic novel by Desmond Reed, and options seven tales starring the 5 members of the eponymous psychedelic rock band, The Cola Pop Creemees.
Laugh and cry as you witness Ralph Jonathan, Mona Gertrude, Gil Christopher, Henrietta Susan, and Wallace T.J. sort out melancholy, anxiousness, trauma, household, heartbreak, jobs, dad and mom, recollections, dependancy, medication, alcohol, stress, comics, obsession, loss, creativity, music, college, unrequited love, psychological well being, existential disappointment, and extra!
6” x 8”, 240 pages. $15
Full-color covers with b+w inside. Perfect-bound GN
Flop Sweat #7
by Lance Ward
Flop Sweat is an ongoing serialization of Lance Ward’s autobiographical comics organized chronologically. Previous self-published collections of those comics had been featured in The Best American Comics. Ward’s life has been rife with pitfalls: abandonment, dependancy, psychological sickness, sexual assault, arrest, tried suicide, and even a demise expertise (not “near-death”, he was clinically deceased!). Yet, by way of all of it he has one way or the other maintained a positivity about and loyalty to his artwork, even after crushing his drawing hand!
In difficulty #7: After fulfilling his psychiatric dedication, securing his first condominium, and coping with reminiscence loss as a consequence of psychological sickness, Lance finds himself within the make use of of an ex-rock star and lands a gig as a radio present co-host!
5.5” x 8.5”, 24 pages. $6
Full-color covers and inside. Saddle-stitched
Flop Sweat #8
by Lance Ward
In difficulty #8: Working at a vinyl report retailer and co-host of a Heavy Metal radio present, Lance struggles with the darker aspect of the enterprise. Also consists of the story of Lance’s coronary heart assault, demise, and resurrection!
5.5” x 8.5”, 32 pages. $6
Full-color covers and inside. Saddle-stitched
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