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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:

Well, 2011 is in the rear view mirror. It was a long, busy year. I took four major comics roadtrips, managed to eke out both KING-CAT 72 and the illustrations for Pop Sandbox's THE NEXT DAY, and identified a lot of prairie plants here in the Stateline Area.

In 2012 I plan to spend more time at home drawing, with mostly weekend trips to regional comics shows. I'm hoping to finish both KING-CAT 73 AND 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.

That should keep me busy.

Here's wishing all of us a healthy and productive and peaceful 2012.

LOVE, John P.

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FIVE-DAY COMIX RETREAT WITH JOHN PORCELLINO:

Come on down to the new SAW school in Gainesville March 5-9, 2012 for a five-day hands-on seminar with John P., where you'll learn How to Draw Comix the King-Cat Way. You'll spend a lot of time walking around and looking at things, talking about comics, and drawing, and you might even see an alligator. ONLY TWO SLOTS STILL AVAILABLE! Complete info here:

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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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The new King-Cat #71 is OUT NOW! Please do us both a favor and buy one or two!

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KING-CAT EVENTS: January 2012

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

NO EVENTS SCHEDULED

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

4-Issue Subscription
U.S.A. -- $14.00
CANADA -- $16.00
EVERYWHERE ELSE -- $20.00

Gift Subscriptions are also available. Just include the name and address you'd like it sent to!

PLEASE NOTE: At the rate I’ve been going lately, a 4-issue subscription will last about 2-3 years! So if you’re a subscriber, please let me know if your mailing address changes! Thanks!

CURRENT AND BACK ISSUES

(Sorry the image looks so bad-- click here for a better one.)

Time Warp 1

(John P., Jason Shiga, and Noah Van Sciver at Time Warp Boulder's Free Comic Book Day event, 5/2/09; photo ripped from Noah's blog; he ripped it from somebody's Facebook site)

(Some old troll draws a picture at FCBD; photo by Leila Del Duca)

(Noah Van Sciver and John P. at Denver Comicfest, 4/19/09; Photo by the guy who was checking wristbands at the entrance.)

Thanks to Dan and Luke, and everyone who came out to the KILGORE BOOKS 1st Anniversary party last Saturday! O Ho: turn your computer sideways!

TAW SALE LISTING:
THOREAU AT WALDEN SALE COPIES: I was able to get a bunch of cheaper copies of TAW, and I am passing the savings on to you! These are just the same as the copies listed above for $17, however they have a small black mark on the top of the book, and a sticker over the bar code (on the back cover). If you'd like one of these copies, please send $12.00 (Don't forget to add shipping costs! Click here for ordering instructions, and when figuring postage use $17 instead of $12. If that doesn't make sense, write first!) (ALSO: Please write first for availability, as quantities are limited! Thanks!)

ORDERING SALE COPIES TAW:

ORDERING CHECKLIST:

1. Make a list of everything you would like to order (EXCEPT Subscriptions) and enter the total cost here. (If ordering SALE copies of Thoreau at Walden, use $17 per copy to figure the amount on this line): _____________

2. Figure POSTAGE & HANDLING, as listed on the chart below, based on your Line 1 total, and your location. Enter POSTAGE & HANDLING amount here: _____________

3. Enter total cost of any SUBSCRIPTIONS you would like to order: _____________

4. Add Lines 1, 2 and 3. Enter total here: _____________

5. SUB-TOTAL: If ordering SALE copies of Thoreau at Walden, SUBTRACT $5 (per copy) from line 4, and enter that amount here. Otherwise, enter the amount from line 4: _____________

6. COLORADO RESIDENTS ONLY: Enter applicable SALES TAX (as specified above, based on your line 5 total) here: _____________

7. ORDER TOTAL: Add Lines 5 and 6: _____________. This is your total amount due when ordering by mail; please send your order and payment to the P.O. Box listed above. If paying via PayPal, please continue to Line 8.

8. PAYPAL ORDERS ONLY: When making payment through PayPal, mulitply Line 7 by 1.07, and enter that amount here: _____________. This is your total amount due when paying via PayPal. Please send PayPal orders to kingcat_paypal AT hotmail DOT com. Thank you!

current postage chart:
POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHART

Order Total:	USA	CANADA / MEXICO	EVERYWHERE ELSE
$3.00 or less	$1.00	All amounts add 10% of order total plus $1.00	$3.00
$3.01 - $15.00	$2.00		75% of order total
$15.01 - $50.00	$3.00		65% of order total
$50.01 and up	$4.00		50% of order total
		(minimum $2.00)	(minimum $3.00)

This new title, written by Paul Peterson and Jason Gilmore, and illustrated by John Porcellino, features the true stories of four suicide survivors-- the lives that led them to their decision, and their lives in the wake of it. Published in conjunction with a National Film Board of Canada sponsored web-documentary. 100 pages, in navy blue ink; perfect-bound; $17.00.

MAP OF MY HEART (Drawn and Quarterly Books, Montreal: 2009)

Map of My Heart collects selections from King-Cats 51-54 as well as issues 55-61 in their (near) entirety, including such classic KC strips as "I Saw Where the Root Hog Lives," "Psalm," "Forgiveness," "Introduction to the Night Sky," and "Punt No Tell," among many, many others. Over seventy-five individual comics and stories are included, PLUS: extensive endnotes, maps, bonus comics, journal entries, and the complete 24 page mini-zine, The Kukoc Cat Named Maisie! 360 pages, softcover, $25.00. AVAILABLE NOW!

THOREAU AT WALDEN (CCS/Hyperion Books for Children, New York: 2008)

BACK IN STOCK! On Independence Day in 1845, the American philosopher Henry David Thoreau moved into a small cabin, built by his own hands, on the shore of Walden Pond outside Concord Massachusetts. He lived there for two years, two months and two days, and wrote a book about his experience called Walden, which has gone on to become one of the most influential philosophical works in the world.


Walden's message of self-reliance, self-reflection, social criticism, and harmony with nature has resonated with readers for over 150 years. Thoreau at Walden is an impression of Thoreau's time at the pond, with text taken directly from Thoreau's own published writings. Henry David Thoreau is one of my biggest inspirations as an artist and human being, so this project was very near and dear to my heart.

110 page graphic novel by John Porcellino, from the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Introduction by author D.B. Johnson, coloring by JP Coovert; with endnotes and a quotational cross-reference. Printed in brown and black ink. Hardcover: $17.00.

KING-CAT CLASSIX (Drawn and Quarterly Books, Montreal: 2007)

This 384 page hardcover collection compiles the "best of" the first fifty issues of King-Cat, 1989 - 1996. It features such classic strips as "Hold Everything" and "Ringtail Revenge" (starring Racky Raccoon), "Three Balls," "Ed, the Happy Trucker," "October," "Justify My Love," "Desperation Angels," and much much more, including the All Sam issue and the Violent Garden, Ranks of the Damned, and Cadillac March series in their entirety.

Rounding things out are a generous selection of King-Cat articles, essays, "Snornose Pages," Top 40s, letters columns, cover images, and an extensive set of endnotes by yours truly, John P.

Beautifully designed by Tom Devlin, this book is a giant chunk of King-Cat history, much of it unseen for over fifteen years!

6" x 9" hardcover book with dust jacket, 384 pages. Over 140 individual comics and stories, $30.00.

DIARY OF A MOSQUITO ABATEMENT MAN (La Mano, Minneapolis: 2005)

In my younger days I worked for five years as an exterminator - a Mosquito Abatement Man, and wrote about my on-the-job experiences in King-Cat. This new collection contains all the Mosquito Abatement stories as they originally appeared in King-Cat from 1989 - 1999, plus 30 pages of new comics (drawn in 2004) to round things out. Nicely designed by Tom Devlin, this book received the 2005 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection. Two color covers, 106 pages, squarebound. $12.00

PERFECT EXAMPLE (Drawn and Quarterly Books, Montreal: 2005)

This collection contains all the King-Cat stories taking place in the year 1986: Live Evil (from King-Cat 50), Belmont Harbor (KC 47), Perfect Example (52 - 53) and Escape to Wisconsin (from issue #50). An epic story of teenage confusion: Girls, friends, girlfriends, guitars and punk rock. Full color covers, nice multi-color interiors, squarebound. 124 pgs, $17.00

NOTE: This is a new edition of Perfect Example (originally published by Highwater Books in 2000). The content is the same as the Highwater edition, however the "bio" at the end has been updated to 2005, and the covers have been re-designed.