Welcome to the home of AMATL COMIX ~ the graphic novel publishing imprint of San Diego State University Press! OUR LATEST ISSUE! The New ALL COMIX, ALL GRAPHIC NARRATIVE SPECIAL EDITION OF pacREV 2023 Edited by Giovan Michael or via ... or over 40 years, the one and only pacificREVIEW: A West Coast Arts Review Annual has published emerging and established writers of poetry, fiction, and prose. Now, for the first time in the storied life of this small yet mighty publication, our ever-evolving journal has turned its eye to the world of graphic narrative, highlighting over 30 artists telling moving and important stories through comics, collage, graphic poetry, and more. This beautiful edition is an explosion of color, emotion, art, and political dissent. It is loud, irreverent, and patiently waiting to be experienced by you. Amatl Comix is so high on this special issue that in an unprecedented collaboration, pacREV and Amatl Comix have colluded to make this journal issue a regular book in our growing catalog of texts. Our thanks to Gio Michael for making this co-op project a reality Contributors to Amatl Comix #6 include Norma Sadler, Adele Gaburo, Helena Westera, Rema Shbaita, Abigail Bitter, Marie Sosa, Patrick McEvoy, Mariana Tapia, Breanna “Nana” Rohde, Paola Ramirez, Emily Teaze,, Ashley Lavisesdeh, Mariana Tapia, Neil Kendricks, Annie Rue, Adele Gaburo, Dylan Wells, Robert Lang, Bradley Medina, Cassandra Jordan, Andrew Smith, Christopher Reynoso, Rafael Flores, Alexa Ariizumi, Sinai Wright, Tatiana Bohorquez, Lucky Dasari, Amy Burton, Kyra Williams, Paloma Burner, Yao Xiao, Jacquelin Molina Guillen, Kirstin Curtis, Annie Rue, Nayeli Nova Fernandez, and Iris Quiroga. Some random snapshots from this gorgeous, full color, comix collection: THE COMPLEAT MOSCOW CALLING by José Alaniz! order now! The Compleat Moscow Calling José Alaniz Paperback – February 24, 2023 AMATLCOMIX 2023 “Both wonderful and
wonderfully demented. Also makes me
strangely nostalgic.” Gary
Shteyngart, author of The Russian
Debutante's Handbook and Absurdistan
Advance Notices!
"The
Compleat Moscow Calling makes for quite the
culture shock with its tale of a
Mexican-American's adventures in pre- Putin
Russia. Remarkable, multilingual- a sequential
arts achievement!" Hector
Rodriguez, creator of El Peso Hero
"Treat yourself to José Alaniz's
idiosyncratic comics created in Russia after
the fall of the Soviet Union. With a
journalist's eye and a cartoonist's wit, he
spins grand tales that interweave a talking
bat and a motorcycle-riding Baba Yaga amongst
his many other characters. Taking inspiration
from such divergent sources as Dostoevsky, The
Clash and Sal Buscema, Alaniz adroitly mixes
fact and fantasy to serve up an entertaining
visual Molotov cocktail. Heed the call!" Javier
Hernandez, creator of the El Muerto
graphic novel series
Black Representation in the World of Animation "While
mesmerized by ink-lined cells shaking to their own
rhythm and beat, Darius Gainer has written a long
overdue text chronicling an obscure field that is,
as all aspects of Black history are, joyously and quintessentially
American."
Tim Fielder author of INFINITUM: An Afrofuturist Tale “Gainer's work is painfully necessary and brilliantly articulated. With the proliferation of animated images representing people of color, a text of this nature is vital and Gainer rises to the task.” John Jennings Professor of Media & Cultural Studies at UC Riverside & Eisner Award Winning Genius! CLICK TO ENLARGE by Darius S. Gainer! Now Available via Amazon... or, a better deal! Direct from SDSU Press/Amatl Comix on sale for $19.95 with 99¢ shipping Our first
title! MORE THAN
MONEY, A Memoir by Claudia Dominguez
¡click for a large, high-resolution view! Purchase now at the Amatl Comix/SDSU Press store @Amazon.com or, better, and less expensive, purchase direct from SDSU Press for $19.95 + 99¢ shipping! Our 2nd title, Amatl Comix #2, a re-issue of our Hyperbole Books title! Latinx Comic Book Storytelling: Odyssey by Interview by Frederick Luis Aldama or, here, direct from SDSU Press, at discount, $23.95 with with 99¢ shipping for US-based customers! Or, NEW!, for overseas customers! Purchase Aldama's curated conversation-festival here for $23.95 + overseas, first-class shipping via USPS, $24.95 (with our apologies--so expensive, we know!): Our Newest Title! Available
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or ... more bang for your buck ... here, on sale for $18.95 via the "add to cart" button with 99¢ shipping (domestic US only), direct from SDSU Press! Read the Foreword to THE PHANTOM ZONE by Álvaro Rodriguez, co-screenwriter with Robert Rodriguez, of Machete--click to enlarge! Click to Expand Congratulations to the Ohio State University Press on their LATINOGRAPHIX Publishing adventure--follow their graphic narrative-fueled evolution here: https://ohiostatepress.org/books/series/latinographix.html
Amatl Comix Masthead Editorial Board William "Memo" Nericcio San Diego State University memo AT sdsu DOT edu Publisher and Editor Frederick Luis Aldama The Ohio State University aldama.1 AT osu DOT edu Editor Sam Cannon Louisiana State University, Shreveport samuel DOT cannon AT lsus DOT edu International Editor (Latin America) Theresa Rojas Professor, Modesto Junior College; Director, Latinx Comic Arts Festival rohast AT yosemite DOT edu Katlin Sweeney Assistant Professor of Cinema and Digital Media, UC Davis kmsweeney AT ucdavis DOT edu More to Come! Submissions: Have a comic or graphic novel to submit for our consideration? Send your best comic, or chapter or two, along with a letter of introduction, to: Amatlcomix William Nericcio, Publisher c/o SDSU PRESS MC 6020 / AL 282 SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY San Diego, Califas 92182-6020 619.594.1524* * ... much better to email the publisher than call! bill nericcio bnericci@sdsu.edu or any member of our editorial board listed above! Hit our LOGO-globe to return to the SDSU Press mothership! |
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About the backsplash -- borrowed off the cool folks at Heritage Auctions! Click to enlarge! "Barry Grossman, Betty and Veronica #228 Near-Complete Issue Production Color Guides Group of 21 (Archie, 2007). Included are the color guides for all pages from the four stories from this issue. These printer's reference color guides were produced by photocopying the linework onto 8.5" x 11" paper and coloring with watercolors. There are handwritten color call-out notations on the pages. The very first page is signed by Grossman. In Very Good condition." |