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Nate Denver -- Wait, You're Not a Centaur
2 color cover on metallic blue pearlescent paper with full length
Nate Denver's Neck CD (entitled "Ghost Alarm" tipped into the back cover of each and every
book (with a HAND DRAWN ELEPHANT on EACH AND EVERY CD SLEEVE). 120 interior pages of pure
Nate Denverness: fifty stories of exactly 50 words apiece, with tons of drawings and
thousands of elephants. intro by Adam Jones (of TOOL).
sample page #1, #2, back cover quotes. (these are
all PDFs)
$16 + $3 postage and handling.
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William Schaff portfolio
10 scratchboard images by artist William Schaff (better known for his CD artwork with
Godspeedyou Black Emperor!, Okkervil River, Kid Dakota, and others...) in an insanely
beautiful package. i really think you should buy this one.
10 offset prints (on 110# felt paper, suitable for framing) in a hand-made portfolio.
limited to 500 copies, signed and numbered by the artist.
$30 + $5 postage and handling.
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John Porcellino -- Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man
The first in a series of books from the author of King Cat Comics &
Stories, this sweet and sad book chronicles John's time as a mosquito man and
the repercussions this career had on his life.
106 pages, 2-color cover, Squarebound.
$12 + $2 postage and handling.
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LAMANO T-SHIRT #2
well well well, here are shirts. look at that cute kid wearing it. the thing about these shirts are that they just have a print of the La Mano hand and logo on the front, and NOTHING on the back. also they are cheap as shit shirts (let's call them "light weight"), because those heavy T's take forever to break in and that kind of bugs me. anyway, this is reflected in the price, which is
$9 postpaid in the US
as you might expect from the photo, i've also got these in some real small and kids sizes, so email me if you're interested in those.
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SAMMY THE MOUSE POSTER by Zak Sally
yes, it IS very big. 25 1/2" x 34", 2-color (brown and semi transparent
blue, just like the comic) silkscreens on super heavy archival paper.
signed and numbered, i did this thing (with the kind help of my pals at
Aesthetic Apparatus) in an edition of 105.
so get on it. 6-8 years down the line when i've finished this story and
sold out to...whomever, you'll wish you would've got one.
$35.00 + $6 postage and handling
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SKOAL KODIAK LP: "THREE ARE HAVING GRAPE EMERGENCY"
it took me a while, but once i figured it out, it hit hard: Skoal Kodiak are the best band to come out of minneapolis in a LONG TIME-- they somehow mix sequenced beats, live drumming, weird dub/ kraut/ wobble bass, full bore circuit bent noise and screaming into something that makes you DANCE so hard you break your hip. no kidding. totally original, totally amazing. if these guys had any interest in world domination they could probably pull it off in a heartbeat, but thankfully for all of us they just really like playing together. boy do they. this LP has a hand-silkscreened cover, and...god damn is it good. SO GOOD.
$10 + $2.50
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KNIFE WORLD LP:
the music would be enough, really-- crazy good guitar playing (somewhere between "shredding" and...southern rock boogie, but too...OFF to really fall in either category) and spazzed out drums with songs about anal visitors and hamburger man (or something, maybe they were lying, i don't know...)-- it WOULD be enough, but it's not; the LP is a GATEFOLD, and it is in old-school/ 2 color 3-D. how, you ask, could you view this 3-D cover? does it come with the requisite 3-D GLASSES? why yes it does-- they are BUILT INTO THE CENTER RING OF THE VINYL ITSELF. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME, YOU MUST HOLD THE RECORD UP TO YOUR FACE AND LOOK THROUGH IT to experience the 3-D cover. how they pulled this off is beyond me, but it is SO NEAT.
$15 + $2.50 p+h
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MICHAEL YONKERS WITH THE BLIND SHAKE: Carbohydrates Hydrocarbons CD
man, what can i say? the old guard meets the new turks, resulting in a cd that actually sounds like what it is : A COLLABORATION, in every sense. Michael's songs and frenetic all-noise-freakout guitar, backed up by the white-hot tight-as-a-whip Blind Shake fellas, and everybody sounds like they are having the time of their friggin' lives. i'm honored to have been a part of this thing ( i did the cd art and design), and i got some copies of it to sell on the site, so order away.
$12 + $2.50 postage and handling
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FELT PILOTES: Wonderful Summer CD
When Johnny P. came through town a while back, he had some of these Cd's by his old band on him, and i HAD to get some to offer to you folks: this is a pretty great record any way you cut it (my favorite songs being One Eye Open and Good Night, but really there's nary a stinker in all 10 tracks...), but those of you who might be wondering what the heck the guy who does King-Cat sound like singing and playing guitar, well-- here's your answer, and you'll be glad you asked.
only $10 + $2.50 postage and handling
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GHOST COMICS
ex La Mano intern/ burgeoning cartoonist of some note/ chronic overachiever Ed Moorman put together this anthology with the general theme of "GHOSTS" and i'll be damned if he didn't put together a swanky as heck anthology-- don't take my word for it though, they gave him a XERIC FOUNDATION GRANT to put the thing out. a really nice mix of known quantities (Porcellino, Heatley, Craghead, Hankiewicz, and the best single drawing yours trly has ever done...) and not so known (but still great) stuff. this really is a nice book-- price is right, too; 176 pgs perfect bound for ONLY
$10 + $2 p+h.
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BLOOD OF THE IMBECILES
i've seen local cartoonist Brett Von Schlosser around for some years now, and always felt embarrassed that i hadn't seen his stuff; well, i finally did and...you know that feeling when you're reading something and you're constantly thinking "is this totally AMAZING, or is it COMPLETELY RETARDED?". well, i got to the end of this nice little mini and i hadn't solved that question, but i think in this case that it's a VERY GOOD THING. i mean, i pretty much LOVED this comic (plus, it made me laugh out loud a couple times...no small feat for a 24 page 1/2 size deal..."I SLIPPED AND ALSO THE SNAKEBITE ON MY NECK HURTS A LOT")
$5 + $1 p+h
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THE STRONG, SILENT TYPE by Bart King
one of my students did this, and it is a thing of great beauty; the ENTIRE BOOK is silkscreened in 2-colors, from the cardstock cover (black and red) to the 16 page comic inside (black and green). Bart draws ridiculously well, and his storytelling is no small shakes either. a really solid little book. i mean it.
$5 + $1.50 p+h
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THICK MUTT (or something) by jason miles and sluggo
now look, this is an ART MINI; full of cut-ups and collaboration betwixt Mr. Miles (whom you know from Dead Ringer, right?...RIGHT?!?) and sluggo/ remple. god knows what is going on here, but it's no less than 2 separate minis and a fold-out poster on newsprint packaged together and looking so elegant that it makes me think i ought to save them for the inevitable day when people start asking $150 for these things, cuz i think they only made 50 or 20 or something. but no, i'm selling them here, now.
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HATER PACK
you know, the genius behind these sticker packs can explain better than i ever could. look here:
http://paperbackculture.blogspot.com/2007/09/hater-pack-is-now-available.html
$5 + $2 postage and handling
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MAINSTREAM BLACKOUT by Jason T. Miles
man, but this is a beautiful little book; simple and elegant like a good old 'zine, but hearty and meaty like...something else; which is also how one could describe the contents-- 26 pages, one (insane) drawing per page. really-- these ratty/ precise abstract/maybe not so abstract drawings made me a little afraid for Jason's sanity, but i just talked to him and he's doing just fine, so ENJOY!!!
$5 + $2.50 postage and handling SOLD OUT!
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FLOATING MOATS poster by Tony Remple
man, i'm not sure i've EVER seen a poster this big. seriously, it's just enormous. and really beautiful; these are blueprint prints, so the disclaimer here is that they are not "archival", but keep it out of direct sulight and you oughtta be ok for...a decade or 2, i think. i've only got a couple of these, so order quick if you want one. and you do.
shipped in a giant fucking tube. view bigger picture
$16 + $7 postage and handling SOLD OUT!
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BIKE RIDER by Josh Bayer
while Josh's previous comic, "The Fighter" related to an ersatz Bob Dylan, his new book is punk rock all the way: centering around the titular NYC bike rider, this one reads like a Black Flag song feels. sort of. Josh's work is really unlike anyone else's, both in look, tone, and execution. he's going for a lot, and when he hits it, he nails it to the floor. thoughtful and so full of energy that it's like the stuff exploded onto the page, with Josh's drawing hand straining to keep up. this one is, again, tabloid size on newsprint, but spans a very dense, very thick 64 PAGES.
$5 + $3 postage and handling
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NATE DENVER SILKSCREEN POSTER
ok, all of you savvy enough to buy this wonderful book know that on the bio page is a photo of our man HOLDING A FALCON ON HIS ARM. we couldn't resist, so we did a silkcreen of it. i must say, it's darn nice; same blue metallic paper as the cover of the book (2nd edition), same colors too-- black and metallic silver.
cheap, too. shipped to you in a sturdy tube.
$12 + $5 postage and handling
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IDA PEARLE ALPHABET CARD SET
you know, it's not going to be long before Ida is rich and famous (in fact, she might be now, i'm slow with stuff like that); she's STUPID talented. what we have here is a set of 26 full color images, each pertaining to a different letter of the alphabet; bright and simple enough for your kid to love, but graceful and elegant to the degree that an adult would be half blind not to appreciate them. Ida's work blurs the lines between collage and illustration (and not so much here in this set, but also between "sequential narrative" and static images...check out her site at thepapermoon.org), and her work graced the cover of the bestselling Liz Mitchell children's album "You Are My Litlle Bird". moms, dads, take note. my boy loves 'em.
each set hand assembled and sealed in plastic (with a bow) sample images
$44 + $5 postage and handling SOLD OUT!
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King Cat #65 -- John Porcellino
The PLACE issue: places I've lived, places I've been, places I've wanted to
be. Essays and comics about Iowa City, DeKalb Ill., Brighton Colo., Scott County Kansas,
and Elgin; Looking for Home.
40 digest pages, $3.00 + $1 P&H
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King Cat #66 -- John Porcellino
This recent issue features two "long"
stories: "Las Hojas" - about playing football with the kids in my old neighborhood, and
"Freeman Kame" about... Freeman Kame. Plus Snornose, Blue Light, and a letter from Al.
36 digest pages, $3.00. +$1 P&H
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King Cat #67 -- John Porcellino
A loose collection of stories and shorter impressions...
art, life, fear and opening up. Sleeping in the Car in L.A., Colorado Folk Artist
Square-Head John, Walking in San Francisco; plus letters, Top 40, and much much more.
40 digest pages, $3.00 + $1 p&h
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SHOULD YOU ENCOUNTER A
COUGAR by Jacob Stolz
to tell you the truth, i have very little idea what the hell is
going on here...i was at a record store and some guy walked up and handed me this little
'zine and i said "...uhhh...thanks.". i got it home and i'll be damned if it isn't a very
strange, funny, and semi-informative little book about cougars and, well...what you should
do if you encounter one. nice drawrings, too.
$2 + $1 P&H
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SLUGGO POSTERS
this image is
the confabulation of...i dunno what they are calling themselves-- is WAS "K. K. and Knox
Poonis", which i find kind of icky, but really it's tony and jason. regardless, this is a
neat 11" x 17" print (done on Maisie, the La Mano press). metallic silver and burgundy on
a translucent stock. whoooo.
it's $6 + $1 P&H.
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Asthma by John Hankiewicz
unbelievable stuff. John has been self publishing a comic called Tepid for some years now,
and his work has appeared in places like Kramer's Ergot and Arthur magazine. this hefty,
120 page volume (with 2 colors throughout) collects a bunch of John's various minicomics.
his work is indescribable, and defies definition. unbelievably precise in both image and
language, John's comics are like nothing ever seen in comic form. drawing from influences
i can barely scratch the surface of (i want to say Borges and Kafka, but am no expert on
either...), these stories read like unremembered dreams that will not go away or surrender
to easy explanation. this thing gets my highest recommendation. 8 1/2" x 11"
$17.00 + $2 postage and handling.
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The Fighter by Josh Bayer
i picked up a copy of this oversized, tabloid-style newsprint comic at this year's MoCCA
in NYC. at first glance it's scratchy, bizarre artwork seemed to fall under the category
of "not my cup of tea", but then i read it and boy was i wrong: seemingly a look at the
life and spirituality of a rock musician (a thinly veiled Bob Dylan), i feel inadequate to
describe this thing: meaty, thoughtful, strange, and utterly singular-- i can't draw
comparisons to anything else because i can't think of anything i've read that is quite
like it, in the best possible way. it's really great work, and a great read (and by the
way, the art isn't scratchy, it's gorgeous). josh drew an original cover for EACH COPY.
amazing. at a measly $2, you should check it out.
$2 + $1.50 postage and handling.
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David Bazan 'Fewer Moving Parts' CD
Dave is another old friend, (and great songwriter), who formerly fronted the band Pedro
the Lion. this is his first proper "solo" CD, which he self released. zak sally designed
and did a bunch of drawings for this, and it all kind of makes up a little story. the cd
contains 5 new bazan songs (and 5 acoustic versions of those same songs).
$12 + $2 postage and handling.
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Low/Dirty 3 silkscreen tour poster
i (zak again) drew this 3-color poster for a tour i did (in my old band, Low), with the
Dirty 3 back in 1997. there were a bunch of them left over laying in a closet, so with the
kind blessing of all involved, im selling them here on the La Mano site for cheapish,
(with all the proceeds going into the La Mano fund, not my pocket...as if ANYTHING from La
Mano went "into my pocket"...i WISH...). anyway, they are real nice, and i'll sign it
before i send it if you are into that kind of thing. they are 9 1/2" x 24".
$15 + $3 postage and handling.
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Zak Sally -- silkscreen
24" x 36" - shipped in a tube. $20 + $5 SOLD OUT!
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William Schaff -- silkscreen
William Schaff created this image for the Kid Dakota record
"The West is the Future". this here is a 17 1/2" print silkscreened (by Wes at Burlesque)
on Natural hued French paper, signed and numbered by Mr. Schaff himself.
$30 + $5 postage and handling, shipped in a tube. SOLD OUT!
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SAUCE by Zak Sally and Mr. Mike
bleak and embarrassing old comics (from '92 or so...) by two
jerks in the throes of early 20's um...somethingorother. a cross country split comic with
the "theme" of alcoholism (hardy har har...), this 20 page comic is actually the VERY
FIRST proper La Mano publication. i've still got a bunch of them sitting around, and am
now adult enough to sell them to you (as opposed to burning them in shame). maybe
interesting as a cultural artifact, i dunno... 20 pages with 2-color covers (and center
spread), digest size.
$2 + $1 p & h
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Mr. Mike -- Popular Time Bomb
Mr. Mike (of Rump and Mount Holly fame) did this zine called
Popular Time Bomb in '95. i think he was probably losing his shit entirely at the time,
and it is SCARYLARIOUS!!...that's not funny (at all), but holy crap is this a great mag.
mike reprinted some of these for the La Mano art show, and the VERY limited quantities are
available here on the site. see mike bitch about computers!!! see ducky, carl urbanski,
and the whole gang!! it's hard to admit that your friends are genuises. 26 pages. woo
hoo!!!
$4 + $2 postage and handling. SOLD OUT!
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