Re/Read is an occasional column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid examining backlist books you may have missed or are worth another read. This time we’ll break with routine and discuss a more recent title, In the Pines: 5 Murder Ballads, by Erik Kriek. I’ve been thinking a lot about these songs since the passing earlier this month of Billy Roberts, who penned the classic murder ballad “Hey Joe” in 1962. He later played with my friend Steve Lalor in the West Coast folk trio The Driftwood Singers. I saw Roberts perform only once, in 1968 at the legendary Sky…
Digital Translations and More Backlist Titles!
This week’s digital releases feature translated comics from Italy and the Netherlands, as well as plenty of backlist wonders to tide you, and your tablet, over for the week. And away we go… Zanardi presents the work of Andrea Pazienza to English-speaking audiences for the very first time. Pazienza portrays a lost generation of late 1970s/early 1980’s teenagers coping with family issues, school, sex, and drugs. A true outrageous visionary, Zanardi collects Pazienza’s work into one handsome volume and is now available through comiXology and Google Play. In the Pines is a collection of Dutch cartoonist…
