Our campaign to support our Spring-Summer 2014 season on Kickstarter is ongoing, and we're continuing to spotlight the books in question, a couple at a time. We've also put our season catalog online for you to browse. (Please note that all artwork, contents, prices, specs, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change.)
220-page black & white/color 7" x 9.5" softcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-754-3
Tim Lane continues his exploration of the Great American Mythological Drama that began with his first book, the critically acclaimed Abandoned Cars. This collection of stories is broadly linked together by the experience of wandering — both literally and figuratively. With compelling verisimilitude, the lives of his characters are depicted by way of rich mixtures of obscure myths and documented facts, dreams and reality, belief and disbelief, throughout a haunted landscape populated by the ghosts of a complex and rich fictional tapestry. You'll witness a young man's dubious quest to discover the myth of the protagonist from an obscure vintage comic strip; encounter sociopathic hobos in boxcars and misled young men whose facial pores sprout worms and who throw up babies into gas station toilets; visit modern "Hoovervilles"; and experience the life and death of an undocumented immigrant bookstore doorman, former boxer, and expert hustler.
For a Kickstarter pledge of $35 or more, pre-order this book signed by Tim Lane while supplies last! Or, for a pledge of $50 or more, get the book signed and with a sketch! Or, for a pledge of $30 or more, get Tim Lane's Dust Bowl or Cowboy linocut prints! Or, for a pledge of $60, get a signed book with the linocut print of your choice! Or, for a pledge of $150 or more, get one of two limited-edition signed large-format Tim Lane prints! Or the other one! Or, pledge $500 or more and get Tim Lane's The Lonesome Go Complete Box Set: Handmade box set (each one of a kind) featuring both special edition linoleum prints, both infographic prints, a mix of ephemera like Lane's radio shows, dioramas, vinyl album, DVDs, Happy Hour in America, and other zines related to The Lonesome Go and Abandoned Cars. (Or increase your pledge to the sum of all the rewards you want to mix-n-match!)
Hip Hop Family Tree Book 2
by Ed Piskor
112-page full-color 9" x 13" Flexibound softcover • $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-756-7
Book 2 covers the early years of 1981-1983, when Hip Hop has made a big transition from the parks and rec rooms to downtown clubs and vinyl records. The performers make moves to separate themselves from the paying customers by dressing more and more flamboyantly until a young group called RUN-DMC comes on the scene to take things back to the streets. This volume covers hits like Afrika Bambaataa’s “Planet Rock,” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s “The Message,” and the movie Wildstyle, and introduces superstars like NWA, The Beastie Boys, Doug E Fresh, KRS One, ICE T, and early Public Enemy. Cameos by Dolemite, LL Cool J, Notorious BIG, and New Kids on the Block(?!)!
For a Kickstarter pledge of $50 or more, pre-order this book signed and with a sketch by Ed Piskor while supplies last! Or, for a pledge of $40 or more, get an exclusive Ed Piskor hip hop t-shirt! (Or increase your pledge to $90 or more and tell us you want both!)