BIG NEWS, Y'ALL!

BIG NEWS, Y'ALL!

From here on out, Birdcage Bottom Books will be publishing Jamie Vayda's "LOUD COMIX". Jamie is insane, so he wanted to put out a new 32 page issue each month. We were able to subdue him with tranquilizers and with gentle brain-washing methods involving a harmonium and free vegan food, got him to chill the f**k out and agree to a new issue every two months. 

LOUD COMIX is a collection of stories authored by members of various rock bands & music enthusiasts (with an emphasis on southern punk luminaries). The first issue features stories by Sonny Joe Harlan (Murder Junkies, Shitcan Dirtbag, The Sonny Joe Harlan Band), Frankie Nowhere (The Chumps, Eastside Suicides, Faster Disasters, Flash Boys), Erika Lane (DISAPpointed PARents, Early Graves, KILLZALL, The Stovebolts) and Alan King (Hellstomper, Polecat Boogie Revival, The Beer Drinking Christians). 

Also, Losers Weepers #1 is back in print (3rd printing). Hopefully the pink cover will offset the depressing nature of this first issue. 

In Losers Weepers #1, J.T. Yost has found a novel way to show off the bizarre and seemingly unrelated detritus he has scavenged from the streets by incorporating found letters, notes and journals directly into an ongoing comic narrative. In issue #1, a newly sober homeless heroin addict relapses after bumping into an ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. 

* In other news, you may have noticed that this blog is no longer updated very often. We've pretty much moved everything to Tumblr, Facebook & Twitter. So, please follow us there!

Reviews on Roctober Magazine blog

So, before I start posting the afore-promised interesting stuff, here are a slew of reviews by Jacob Austen on the always excellent Roctober Magazine blog:

Read the review of Old Man Winter and the first two issues of Losers Weepers here.

Read the review of It's Dream Time, Snoop Doggy Dogg! here.

Read the review of Snakepit 2009 here.

Read the review of Supertalk #1 here.

A buncha reviews

Read Justin Giampaoli's review of 'It's Dream Time Snoop Doggy Dogg!' on Poopsheet Foundation here.

Read Joe Babinsack's review of 'It's Dream Time..." on Pop Damage here.

Read Andrea Speed's review of both 'Tales of Good Ol' Snoop Doggy Dogg' and 'It's Dream Time, Snoop Doggy Dogg!' on CX Pulp here.

Read Xavier Xerexes reviews of 'It's Dream Time...' and the first two issues of 'Losers Weepers' on ComixTALK here.

...and as a "bonus", there's a one-question interview with Martin Steenton from Avoid The Future! about my pet portraits here.

Reviews n' Such

I'm a little behind in posting reviews and whatnot, so here goes...

I don't think I've ever actively flagged someone down at a comic con to demand they check out my comics, but the two dudes at SPX wearing shirts that screamed "VEGAN" and "TOFU" were just too much to pass up. Turns out one of 'em (Richard De Angelis) writes a blog called Comic Book Justice, and he ended up buying a copy of Old Man Winter (which contains several animal welfare based stories). He wrote a bit about it here.

Carrie Try Harder's (those hyphenated last names just get weirder and weirder) review of Losers Weepers #1 and #2 on Inkstuds can be read here.

Nick Rennis & Eric Murphy wrote a short review of Old Man Winter on the Indie Street Radio blog. Just click right here to read it.

Justin Giampaoli airs some grievances about both issues of Supertalk on Poopsheet Foundation, but ultimately gives them a passing grade. Read the review of issue #1 here, and #2 here.