New Linocut Prints for the L.A. Zine Fest

I made a series of one off prints to sell at the zine fest tomorrow. Come buy one from me for $10, if you dare.

Santa Cruz!

Santa Cruzers can cruz on down to Logos Books and Comicopolis for the full spread of Gnartoons Brand Comic Books. Also, in San Francisco I recently dropped off books at Dog Eared Books and Alley Cat Books.

Here's the entire list of the best book shops ever:

Port on Ice

I'm happy and proud to announce that the Royal Squid Press has begun printing someone's work other than my own! I designed and printed the covers for author R.F. Kramers literary debut, 'Port on Ice'. In addition to the short story 'Port on Ice', the book also includes a poem by author/poet Chris Kalman and a three-page comic by yours truly (about a classroom guinea pig named Merlin). I have already sold out of my copies, so you will have to order your copy through the man himself: rfkramer (at) gmail (dot) com. This is a very limited run for the first printing, only 60 copies! So place your order quickly! This is the author's debut.

Takilma

New Book!

This book is very different from everything else that I've worked on, I drew it in a realism style so I hope nobody minds a break from the cartoons for a few pages. It tells the story of a strange and spooky dream that a friend of mine had. I spent a lot of time working on these pages last Winter, hope you like it... Now back to the toonz!







This book is currently available online at the Gnartoons Online Store and also in real-life at the following shops where you can use paper sacks full of pennies to buy them:

Blue Stockings
172 Allen St.
New York City, NY

Comicopolis
829 Front St.
Santa Cruz, CA

Isotope Comics
326 Fell St.
San Francisco, CA

Logos Books
1117 Pacific Ave
Santa Cruz, CA

Mission: Comics and Art
3520 20th St.
San Francisco, CA

Needles and Pens
3253 16th St.
San Francisco, CA

If you would like to have it at your local shop, have them laser-breath me an email -> James(at)gnartoons(dot)comfortable

Gnarlton Livingston

Would you like to take a peek at my new book? It's an illustrated account of Carlton Livingston's 1984 smash hit, "100 Weight of Collie Weed". The book is signed and numbered, features hand printed covers and an additional hand printed poster insert.

You can order your Copy of Gnarlton Livingston for $5, here.

SF Zine Fest!

This weekend is the San Francisco Zine Fest in Golden Park! It’s free to attend the event and I will be sitting at the Gnartoons table all day Saturday and Sunday, so come offer up some high-fives (save me some good ones).


I’ve been working my little liver off trying to prepare for the festival, and guess what? It payed off, I’ll be debuting a brand new comic book at the festival tomorrow! So come to the park this weekend and be one of the first to pick up a copy of my new book, ‘Gnarlton Livingston’.

Beastie Preview Pages

Preview pages are up for the new book. Also, I wanted to add that you can find this booklet of important information regarding the breeding habits of sea serpents at the Rock Paper Scissors Collective in Oakland, CA (2278 Telegraph Ave.) in addition to most of the lovely stores on this list.

Beast Begat Beast

There's a new Gnartoons zine out on the market: Beast Begat Beast. It's a comic book all about lustful leviathans and the re-zoning of sea serpent maps. It's already on the shelves in stores in Chicago, Baltimore, Portland, Olympia, Seattle and Oakland, click here for the list of shops (I'll deliver copies to San Francisco, Berkeley, and Detroit as soon as I get this next batch folded up). You can also order a copy with seemingly-fake internet money through paypal here.

Baltimore, Berkeley, Chicago, Oakland, Olympia, Portland, San Francisco, and Seattle

These are all of the cities where citizens can walk to their local book shop and buy Gnartoons Brand Comics right off of the shelves.

Look at my Flermp

Here are a few preview pages from my new book, Flermp. It's an art zine that's packed to the brim with doodles, sketches, comics and cartoon characters. It's available for sale online and also in a few stores in the Bay Area.

Flermp

Surprise! There's another new Gnartoons book out on the shelves right now.

Schralpin'

I've been distributing books all over the bay for the past few days. If you want to carry my books in your shop, give me a shout: James(at)gnartoons.com. This list will be growing over the next few days.

Robot Smut!

The new book is up for sale online for $5! CLICK HERE

Schprockets!

Gnartoons Presents: Stobor.
Available: Thursday, July 14th from Royal Squid Press.

Cover Bot

I announced on Monday that there will finaly be a new Gnartoons book coming out on July 14th! Each of these books will feature a unique hand-printed cover that's signed and numbered.



Check back on Monday for some interior-page previews!

Stobor Press Release

Announcing the release of a new Gnartoons Brand Comic Book from Royal Squid Press!



Available online and in select bookshops on July 14th. Mark your calendars with vibrant ink stains.

The Royal Squid Press

Hear Thee, Hear Thee!

The Royal Squid Press, the newly formed printing branch of Gnartoons, is officially off the ground! I have completely converted my studio apartment into a DIY (ahem, excuse me, I mean *professional*) printing press. I've been busy carving linoleum/wood/rubber by hand in order to print book covers uniquely and authentically. After being pressed, the cover of each book is signed and numbered and then hangs to dry from a tangled web of strings that stretches from wall to wall across my apartment. The result of using strings that stretch across my ceiling rather than using a drying rack is a floating canopy of fluorescent comic-cover-clouds that hang above my bed and drawing table, which I aesthetically enjoy with great immensity.

The first release from Royal Squid Press will be available for purchase in June at independent book shops throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and online at Gnartoons.com. Further information will be posted right here on this very blog and also on the Gnartoons facebook page.