It’s not too soon to start planning for SPX. Here’s the first debut we’ve heard of, FUNNY AMINALS, an anthology by an array of luminaries.
CCS graduates and Sunday’s Co-editors, Bryan Stone, and Jeff Lok and their bestest forest friends bring you, Funny Aminals!
Contributors include: 2009 Ignatz award nominees Colleen Frakes and Cat Garza, as well as Brandon Elston, Emily Wieja, Jose Luis Olivares, Denis St. John, Kubby, Penina Gal, Bryan Stone, Jeff Lok, Morgan Pielli, and Dane Martin. With a cover by Cat Garza, an essay on the history of the funny animal comic by Steve Bissette, and games and puzzles!
The release date for the book is SPX 2009 at the I Know Joe Kimpel table. It will also be available in select comic shops, and online at http://www.iknowjoekimpel.com and http://funnyaminals.com.
Not safe for children!
64 pages. $15. On newsprint. Full color cover on cardstock.
I can’t wait for this book! All my friends are in it :)
15 beans for 64 pages? That seems a bit steep for a book of newcomers.
So, what’s the relationship between this book and the original FUNNY AMINALS, that contained (among other things) the first incarnation of Art Spiegelman’s MAUS?
FUNNY AMINALS
It’ll probably be closer to 10 beans but we’d thought it’d be better to overestimate. Also it’ll have a hand stitched spine, fancy!
The only relationship we have with the Crumb book is the name and an undying love for Funny Aminals. Actually our full title on the final cover will be Funny Aminals A Funny Animal “Comic Book”.