KING-CAT 73 + SEPTEMBER TOUR

Just formally announcing that yes indeed, the new King-Cat, #73, is available now.  Also, I'll be doing a quick bit on the road in the followup to its release.  Details below!

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KING-CAT COMICS #73 with that rascally Mr. Bowser, cat fun, In Search of the Cuckoo Bird, a Comix Dream (with cameos by Kevin H. and Anders N.), letters, a poem, Top 40, and more!  32 digest pages, in glorious black and white.

USA: $4 check/mo; $4.28 via paypal
CANADA: $5 USD via paypal
EVERYWHERE ELSE: $6.50 USD va paypal

Payable to:
John Porcellino
PO Box 142
South Beloit, IL 61080

or via paypal to: kingcat_paypal AT hotmail DOT com

ON THE ROAD:

Sat.-Sun. September 15-16

SMALL PRESS EXPO

Bethesda, MD

I'll be at SPX sharing table #49 with Noah Van Sciver, Joseph Remnant, Lisa Hanawalt, and Domitille Collardey.  I'll have the new King-Cat plus books and back issues, Tee-Shirts, and a selection of Spit and a Half distro stuff, including Ignatz-nominated The Lobster King by Clara Bessijelle.

Also, I'll be participating in two panels on Saturday afternoon:  Publishing During the Apocalypse at 1PM in the White Flint Ballroom, with Leon Avelino, Box Brown, and Annie Koyama, moderated by Heidi MacDonald;  and Drawing Out Childhood: Summoning Childhood Experience at 3PM in the White Flint Ballroom, with Derf, MariNaomi, and Julia Wertz, moderated by Mike Dawson.

Weds. September 19, 7 PM

QUIMBY'S

Chicago, IL

King-Cat 73 zine-release party with my special guest Noah Van Sciver, who'll be debuting his new Fantagraphics published GN, The Hypo.  We'll be reading, showing slides, answering questions, and signing stuff, so come on down!

Sat. September 22

TWIN CITIES ZINE FEST

Minneapolis, MN

I'll be tabling with a vast, luscious spread of King-Cat and Spit and a Half titles, two tables full!  Eat up!

Sat. October 6

HANDMADE AND BOUND FESTIVAL

Nashville, TN

Same deal as Mpls, this time at Watkins College of Art, Design and Film:  Loads of the best comics, graphic novels, and zines from around the world!

See you there!

MARCH 2012 TOUR DATES

Hittin' the road again, folks.  Stops in Gainesville, Chapel Hill, Durham, Baltimore, and Chicago--  dates below!

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March 5-9, 2012: SAW Workshop, Gainesville FL

5 Day Comix Workshop with John Porcellino

March 9-10: CHICAGO ZINE FEST

(Spit and a Half table will be manned by Jake Austen of Roctober Magazine)

March 14: Chapel Hill Comics, NC

John P. slide show, booksigning, and Q+A; 5-7 PM

March 15: Duke University, Durham NC

John Porcellino lecture: Perkins Library, Rare Book Room; 7 PM

March 16: Atomic Books, Baltimore MD

Slide show and Q+A, with John Porcellino and Dina Kelberman; 7PM

March 23: Quimby's Books, Chicago IL

Sammy the Mouse Vol. 1 release party with Zak Sally, John Porcellino, and Dale Flattum

March 24: Rational Park, Chicago IL

One-Day Exhibition: "Physical Evidence," a three-person show of comics, printmaking, zines and more featuring Dale Flattum, John Porcellino, and Zak Sally

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More in April:  Chicago, Columbus, Urbana

2012

Hey everyone, here's my first comic of the new year. It'll appear in all its newsprint and smeared-ink glory in the upcoming Roctober 50th issue extravaganza. And probably in King-Cat 73 as well, which I hope to have out by the end of summer.

Click to enlarge

So what else is going on? Well, I have some plans for 2012, let's see what happens. I really hope to get back onto a two issue a year schedule for King-Cat. The last bunch of years have been so confusing and unpredictable for me that it was hard to do. But things are settling in here and hopefully I can get it done. I have plenty of stories, just not a lot of focus.

On the tour front, I'll be heading to the Southeast again in a month or so-- for a 5-day workshop I'm running with Tom Hart at the new Sequential Artist's Workshop in Gainesville. (There's still one slot open, so if you're interested contact the school ASAP!)

After Gainesville, I'll head up the coast with stops at SCAD, Duke University, Chapel Hill Comics, and Atomic Books in Baltimore. Dates here.

Convention-wise, I know for sure I'll be at SPACE (Columbus), TCAF (Toronto), CAKE (Chicago), and SPX. Probably a bunch of regional shows too (Madison, Milwaukee, Minneapolis etc). I'll be in Gainesville during the CHICAGO ZINE FEST (sigh), but Jake of Roctober will be manning a stripped down Spit and a Half table for me there.

Speaking of Spit and a Half: In the nineties when I was running the distro, my plan was to start publishing other people's books as well. I began with comix-zines from Jenny Zervakis, Tom Hart, and Jeff Zenick, but health issues prevented me from moving forward on that front. Well, I have slow, tentative plans to begin publishing again, beginning with a new international comics anthology called POSSUM, out sometime this year. Check back for details. And other ideas which shall remain unannounced at this point.

Meanwhile, I'll continue work on THE HOSPITAL SUITE, my all-new collection of comics for D+Q. It'll include three medium-length stories, The Hospital Suite, 1998, and True Anxiety, documenting my health issues of the past 15 years. A barrel of laughs, for sure! (Actually, it won't be all doom and gloom, I promise!) Perhaps this book will be published in 2013?

OK. That's plenty. Best of luck to everyone in 2012. Let's hope the world doesn't end.

LOVE,
John P.