All comic book and graphic novel publishers, retailers, press, and fans are gearing up for the great Summer books, sales, and conventions. Alternative Comics is enjoying its busiest Summer to date, just releasing four books in the last 14 days, receiving a lot of fantastic press, and getting ready for our huge Summer swing through conventions!

Many of the cartoonists working with Alternative Comics are in the biggest and best anthologies released this Summer including:

DC's Bizarro Comics (James Kochalka, Nick Bertozzi, Dean Haspiel, Sam Henderson, Tom Hart, Steve Weissman)

Danny Hellman's Legal Action Comics (Bertozzi, Haspiel, Henderson, Kochalka, Weissman)

CBLDF's The EXPO 2001 Anthology (Graham Annable, Jen Sorensen, Jon Lewis, David Lasky, Ben Catmull, Kochalka, Henderson, Haspiel)

Recent news articles this month about Alternative Comics and cartoonists working with Alternative Comics:

Publishers Weekly discusses Alternative Comics and LPC

Alternative Comics cartoonists in The EXPO 2001 Anthology

Grickle reviewed by TheComicStore.com

Alternative Comics to sub-distribute Xeric Grant books

Sam Henderson pens SpongeBob SquarePants cartoon

James Kochalka reviewed by SpinnerRack.com

Dean Haspiel at June 28 New York comix reading

Nick Bertozzi and Dean Haspiel at June 27 NYC signing

Titans of Finance reviewed in Money Magazine

Alternative Comics signs with LPC Group

James Kochalka's Horrible Truth About Comics in Italian

James Kochalka interviewed by FAC193

James Kochalka tapped for CDNOW ad campaign

Titans of Finance article in The New York Times

Sam Henderson wins Firecracker Alternative Book Award

James Kochalka Newsarama interview about The Hulk

All Alternative Comics news stories are available on-line at: http://www.indyworld.com/news

Titans of Finance and Magic Whistle #5 are now in distributor catalogs and being offered from Diamond Comics ("Spotlighted" and "Certified Cool" on page 215 Previews Catalog), FM International, Last Gasp, Cold Cut Comics, Top Shelf, Red Route Distribution, Bries/Breeze, and LPC Group and will ship at the end of August (Titans of Finance) and beginning of September (Magic Whistle) Alternative Comics will fill advance orders directly to stores. Both Titans of Finance and Magic Whistle are getting incredible press lately (see news above) and are already generating ton of buzz.

Titans of Finance

What goes up must come down. It’s a natural law that the New Economy just learned all over again. Recent times have been fantastically dramatic in the cloistered world of American business: Narratives full of larger-than-life characters, outsized egos, astonishing hubris, and lots and lots of money. It’s action-packed. It makes good comics. Titans of Finance, a new and groundbreaking merger of reality – straight from the business pages – and comix. Meet Ron Perelman, the man who made millions while presiding over the Mighty Marvel Comics train wreck. Thrill to many more of Wall Street’s most well-known Icaruses. Never mind Spawn and Spider-man. These are our superheroes now.

(by Josh Neufeld and R. Walker) ISBN: 1-891867-05-9; DCD itemcode JUL011795; 24 b/w pages with full color covers; $3.50.

[More information is available at the Titans of Finance website: http://www.indyworld.com/josh]

[The official Alternative Comics website is: http://www.indyworld.com/altcomics]

Magic Whistle #5

Nominated for the third consecutive year for the Harvey Awards Special Award For Humor, Sam Henderson is the funniest man in comics, hands down. Despite rumors of selling his soul to Hollywood, Sam Henderson continues to produce the comics that helped him sell out in the first place. Magic Whistle continues to explore new ways of approaching conventions of humor and commenting on the issues we can all relate to, including the loss of one's hindquarters. The Brube and Gunther Bumpus appear, plus "He Aims To Please" stars in his own poignant story. This plus more reader participation pages. Hilarious.

(by Sam Henderson) ISBN: 1-891867-08-3; DCD itemcode JUL011796; 32 pages; B&W; full color covers; $2.95 US.

In case you missed them, Alternative Comics is shipping the following in August 2001 and can still be advance ordered from all of our distributors or directly from Alternative Comics:

Jon Lewis' latest True Swamp: Stoneground and Hillbound (ISBN 1-891867-07-5; DCD itemcode: JUN011872), 64 pages, $4.95. Two recent interviews from the last few weeks with Jon are available on-line at: http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/features/viewnews.cgi?newsid990838887,28429, on the Silver Bullet Comics website and at http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=comicwire&article=836 at the Comic Wire. Jon's True Swamp: Underwoods and Overtime (named to TIME's top 10 comics of 2000. See http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,91291,00.html on the TIME.com site) is now also offered again from Diamond Comics (Page 200 Previews Catalog; DCD itemcode: JUN011873) and all of the above distributors and directly from Alternative Comics for immediate shipping. 64 pages, $4.95.

The official True Swamp website is http://www.indyworld.com/ts

Alternative Comics: Comics Available Now

In case you missed them, Alternative Comics is shipped the following over the last 14 days and can still be ordered from all of our distributors or directly from Alternative Comics:

- Jen Sorensen's Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous - 64 pages, $5.95, squarebound. Xeric Grant Award Winner!

(ISBN: 1-891867-02-4; DCD itemcode: MAR011785) - in stores June 27, 2001

For Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous, see http://www.indyworld.com/slowpoke

- Jen Sorensen's Slowpoke #1 - 24 pages, $2.95

(DCD itemcode: SEP982006) - available immediately from inventory to stores

- Nick Bertozzi's The Masochists - 128 pages, $14.95, squarebound

(ISBN: 1-891867-03-2; DCD itemcode: APR011903) - to stores June 27, 2001

- Nick Bertozzi's Boswash - Xeric Grant Winner; Ignatz Award Winner

(ISBN: 0-9677678-0-6; DCD itemcode: APR011904) - in stores June 27, 2001

For Bertozzi's books, see http://www.indyworld.com/bertozzi

- James Kochalka's Peanutbutter & Jeremy: The Flibbledibble File - 25 pages, $2.95.

(ISBN: 1-891867-04-0. DCD itemcode: APR011905) - in stores July 5, 2001

- James Kochalka's original Peanutbutter & Jeremy - 24 pages, $2.95

(DCD itemcode: APR011906) - available immediately from inventory to stores

For Kochalka's books, see http://www.indyworld.com/kochalka

- Dean Haspiel's Opposable Thumbs - 48 pages, $4.95.

(ISBN 1-891867-06-7. DCD itemcode: MAY011908) - in stores July 5, 2001

For Opposable Thumbs, see http://www.indyworld.com/dino

Graham Annable's new Grickle book (ISBN 1-891867-01-6) shipped to stores April 25. Recent Grickle reviews:

TheComicStore.com: http://www.thecomicstore.com/ViewArchive.asp?cartid=&cat=reviews&name=review_6212001

TIME: http://www.time.com/time/sampler/article/0,8599,109975,00.html

iCOMICS: http://www.icomics.com/rev_052301_grickle.shtml

Comic Book Galaxy: http://indyworld.com/grickle/reviews2.html

Comic Shop News: http://indyworld.com/grickle/reviews1.html

128 pages, $14.95, squarebound. Available from Diamond Comics (DCD STAR System Code: STAR13433F), and all of our distributors and directly from Alternative Comics. For more information about the book, see the official site at: http://www.indyworld.com/grickle

Alternative Comics, publishers of cool comic books, releases some of the most original and intelligent titles being created today, including work from Graham Annable, Nick Bertozzi, Ed Brubaker, Tom Hart, Dean Haspiel, Sam Henderson, James Kochalka, Dave Lasky, Jon Lewis, Josh Neufeld, Jen Sorensen, and Steve Weissman.

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Have a great Summer!

Jeff Mason

Publisher

Alternative Comics

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