June 05, 2012

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"God brought us all together for a frickin' reason..." --Todd Hoffman, Gold Rush

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KING-CAT NEWS NOSE:
Sniffing out King-Cat related news since June 2005

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Hi everybody:

First of all, this here website is going to be overhauled over the next few months. It'll be viewable, but I won't necessarily be able to update it. To keep super-up-to-date with King-Cat doings in the meantime, I suggest you visit my blog:

www.johnporcellino.blogspot.com.

This summer I'll be finishing (I hope) King-Cat #73, plus a few other surprises. I'll be tabling at CAKE in Chicago June 16-17, but otherwise just hunkering down at the ol' drawing table. So wish me luck!

Otherwise in 2012, I'm hoping also to finish my all-new book for D+Q, THE HOSPITAL SUITE, which will contain three individual stories about my Journey Through Poor Health: "The Hospital Suite," which chronicles my experiences in 1997, when I went through a life threatening illness; "1998," which chronicles my experiences in 1998, when I went through a life threatening illness; and "True Anxiety," detailing my lifelong struggle with OCD. If all goes according to plan, this book should be available sometime in 2013, that is, if the world still exists.

I also have a few other projects planned, including HOT LOVIN' EVERY NITE, a collection of tour-comics by myself and road-buddy Noah Van Sciver; and the first issue of POSSUM, a new anthology of international underground comics, edited by yours truly.

LOVE, John P.

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KING-CAT 72 is available NOW! If you'd like to order an individual copy of the new issue, prices and ordering info are listed below.

KING-CAT #72:
USA: $4 check/mo; $4.28 via paypal
CANADA: $5 USD via paypal
EVERYWHERE ELSE: $6.50 USD via paypal

*Illinois residents, please add an additional 7.25% sales tax.

Also, Zak at La Mano just printed a new limited edition 2-color silkscreen print of the complete, uncropped image from the cover of King-Cat 67. These are printed on quality, acid-free paper, 18" x 24" (45cm x 60xm) in a signed and numbered edition of 64. Prices include first class shipping in a sturdy mailing tube:

USA: $50 check/MO; $53.50 via PayPal*
CANADA: $55.00 USD via PayPal
OTHER COUNTRIES: $59.00 USD via PayPal

*Illinois residents, please add an additional 7.25% sales tax.

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ORDERING INFO:
Paypal: kingcat_paypal AT hotmail DOT com

Check/MO:

John Porcellino
PO Box 142
South Beloit, IL
61080 USA

Thanks!

Another recently completed project is a book I illustrated called The Next Day. it's based on interviews with four suicide survivors, and is being released in conjunction with an interactive web-documentary.

(Cover price: $16.95)

It's available now in Canadian bookshops, and in the US Comics Market, but in the meantime, I have copies available that I'd be happy to get to you:

TO ORDER FROM ME (prices include shipping/handling):

USA: $20.00 via check/MO - $21.40 via PayPal
CANADA: It's probably easier/cheaper to get the book locally, but if you want one signed by me, or what have you: $23.50 USD via PayPal
OTHER COUNTRIES: $28.50 USD via PayPal

Send paypal payments to: kingcat_paypal AT hotmail DOT com

Check/MO payable to:

John Porcellino
PO Box 142
South Beloit, IL 61080

I'm also raising money by selling off a signed/numbered edition of promotional posters printed by Zak Sally for the Diary of a Mosquito Abatement Man book:

Prices include shipping in a sturdy mailing tube:

USA: $17 check/MO; $18.19 via PayPal
CANADA: $18.19 USD via PayPal
OTHER COUNTRIES: $21.40 USD via PayPal

PLEASE EMAIL FIRST TO CONFIRM AVAILABILTY! ONLY 6 LEFT!!!

That's it for now-- Thanks everyone!
John P.

OTHER KING-CAT RELATED WEBSITES:

John P. Blog
Spit and a Half Comix Distro
Spit and a Half Bandcamp
John P. Facebook Page
King-Cat Facebook Page
Spit and a Half Facebook Page
Online KC Comics Archive

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KING-CAT EVENTS: April - June 2012

ABOVE: John P. at Boulder, Colo. signing; (photo by Delaine Derry Green).

April 28: Midwest Zine Fest, Urbana IL

May 5-6: TCAF, Toronto ON

June 2: Grand Rapids Book Fair, Grand Rapids MI

June 16-17: CAKE, Chicago IL

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COMING SOON-- King-Cat 73 (self-published), The Hospital Suite (all-new graphic novel, D+Q) ... etc etc.