OCCUPY COMICS Collected Book Hits Comic Shops This Week
with brand new 10-page story by Amanda Palmer and David Mack
One of the largest coalitions of socially-conscious creators in the history of comics, Occupy Comics will finally bring its complete, collected book to specialty retailers on April 1, with an advance release to comic shops on March 26.
The 160-page book features the work of over 60 creators including Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta), David Lloyd (V For Vendetta), Molly Crabapple (Shell Game), Art Spiegelman (Maus), Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead), J.M. DeMatteis (JLA, Spider-Man), Matt Bors (War Is Boring), Bill Ayers & Ryan Alexander-Tanner (To Teach: The Journey in Comics), Joshua Dysart (Harbinger), Mike Allred (Madman), Ben Templesmith (30 Days of Night), and dozens more.
Debuting in this collected book is a brand-new, never-before-seen 10-page story by Amanda Palmer (The Dresden Dolls) and David Mack (Kabuki, Daredevil).
Founded by Matt Pizzolo (Godkiller) shortly after Occupy Wall Street took over Zuccotti Park in September 2011, Occupy Comics began as a means of spreading the word about Occupy at the 2011 New York Comic Con and evolved into a forum for artistic expression about the goals and themes of Occupy.
Pizzolo and co-organizer Aaron Colter launched a Kickstarter in November 2011 to fund a comic series devoted to creating a time capsule of the Occupy movement and raising funds to support protesters. The Kickstarter campaign earned three-times its funding goal in December 2011. To this day, 100% of Occupy Comics profits are donated to Occupy-related initiatives.
Occupy Comics issues began reaching Kickstarter backers in May 2012, and then new editions began reaching comic book stores in May 2013 through Black Mask Studios, the publisher Pizzolo co-founded with Steve Niles (30 Days of Night) and Brett Gurewitz (Bad Religion) to distribute Occupy Comics and other likeminded comics. Black Mask Studios does not take any fees or profits from Occupy Comics.
Although Occupy Comics emerged as a means to support and reflect the Occupy movement, the project developed into a unique aspect of Occupy’s ongoing evolution by presenting a chorus of voices addressing a range of issues and themes as diverse as the movement itself.
Continuing the tradition of boldly political comics from Raw Magazine to WW3 Illustrated to V For Vendetta, Occupy Comics is already a modern classic and it’s not done yet.
“A worthy piece of the 99%’s long overdue payback.” -Scott Thill, Wired
One of 2013’s Best Graphic Novels -R.C. Baker, The Village Voice
“It feels real and it feels hopeful, it allows you to feel and it doesn’t do your thinking for you. It’s a comic unlike any other comic you’ll find in the shop, for now…” -Louis Falcetti, Bleeding Cool
“The support of Moore and Lloyd is notable both because of the weight they carry in the comics community, and because it was their comic, V For Vendetta, which first introduced the Guy Fawkes masks regularly worn by Occupy Wall Street protesters.” -Clark Collis, Entertainment Weekly
“Thought-provoking, entertaining, & shockingly non-partisan.” -Brett Schenker, Graphic Policy
“Fuck this comic for being so good.” -Jamil Scalese, Comics Bulletin
[The incredible David Mack has his own Kickstarter going right now, please help spread the word: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/337503446/david-mack-muse-life-drawings-2012-2014 ]
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. “General Strike” Molly Crabapple
4. “Occupy Milano (allievi che cantano)” Guy Denning
6. “Occupy Wall Street (piece of me)” Guy Denning
7. Foreword Aaron Colter, December 2013
8. Mike Allred
9. Thank You
13. Introduction, from “Occupy Comics #1 Kickstarter Edition” Matt Pizzolo, May 2012
14. “Citizen Journalist” Ales Kot – writer Tyler Crook – artist Jeromy Cox – colorist
15. “Can You See The New World Through The Teargas” Molly Crabapple
16. “Homestead” Joshua Hale Fialkov – writer Joseph Infurnari – artist
26. “Occupy Wall Street (the revolution will not be televised)” Guy Denning
27. “That Which Is Most Needed” J.M. DeMatteis – writer Mike Cavallaro – artist
33. Charlie Adlard
34. Portraits of Occupy Protesters Molly Crabapple
36. “Single Family Home” Matthew Rosenberg – writer Patrick Kindlon – writer Joe Ruff – artist Adam Geen – colorist
39. “Exploitation: Our Noble Tradition” Douglas Rushkoff – writer Dean Haspiel – artist
40. David Lloyd
42. “Light” Matt Miner – writer Sean Von Gorman – artist
49. Riley Rossmo
50. “Occupy” Mark L. Miller
53. “Detective Warlock, Warlock Detective” Zane Grant – writer Brea Grant – writer Jonathan Spies – artist Adam Fletcher – letterer
57. Matt Bors
64. “The One Percent Solution” Mark Sable – writer Megan Hutchison – artist Thomas Mauer – letterer
68. “A History of Nonviolence” Caleb Monroe – writer Theo Ellsworth – artist
73. “Police Brutality” Molly Crabapple
74. Amanda Palmer & David Mack
84. Anna Muckcracker Wieszczyk
85. “New Thumbs” Si Spurrier – writer Smudge – artist Frank Barbiere – letterer
89. Jerem Morrow
90. Salgood Sam
92. David Mack
94. “We Are All In This Together” Molly Crabapple
95. “Buster Brown At The Barricades” Alan Moore
118. Amancay Nahuelpan-Bustamante
119. “The Green” Patrick Meaney – writer Eric Zawadzki – artist
123. “Follow The Cards” Swifty Lang – writer Frank Reynoso – artist
127. “Occupy Shadows” Ronald Wimberly
128. “Obey” Kevin Colden
129. “How To Be Happy” Shannon Wheeler
132. “plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose” Guy Denning
134. Jenny Gonzalez-Blitz
135. Zoetica
136. Salgood Sam
138. “Care For All” Molly Crabapple
139. “Pay Attention! Be Astonished! Act!” Bill Ayers – writer Ryan Alexander-Tanner – artist
141. Eric Drooker
142. “Occupy Wall Street (bologna’s enthusiasm)” Guy Denning
144. “Occupy Wall Street (the lost ideal)” Guy Denning
145. “Casino Nation” Joshua Dysart – writer Kelly Bruce – writer Allen Gladfelter – artist
153. Art Spiegelman
154. “Clever” Ben Templesmith
156. “Channel 1%” Matt Pizzolo – writer Ayhan Hayrula – artist
159. “Rebuild Renew Remember” Molly Crabapple
160. “Occupy Wall Street (student photography project)” Guy Denning
Postscript Matt Pizzolo, February 2014
Inside Cover by Salgood Sam
Cover by David Mack
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