Comiket goodies
Not a huge haul from Comiket. I would be linking to more things I at least liked the look of, even if I didn't buy them, except that nobody had any business cards for me to remember who they all were. So you only get recommendations of things I actually paid for.
- this year's issue of Whores of Mensa, hot off the press and full of Parisian goodness. I think Ellen's piece on Lee Miller was my favourite from this issue, but I loved Jeremy's Les Chthulettes as well. Anything which combines girl groups, musical theatre and the screaming howling void between worlds is OK by me! It's not for sale online yet, but watch the Whores of Mensa blog for news.
- A bumper collection of Morgenmuffel, as well as the newest issue. I discovered this comic at the London Zine Symposium a few months ago, and I like it a lot. It's autobiographical but not boring because the stories are all about volunteering in an anarchist kitchen, fighting in riots, and culture clashes of visiting other countries. It's nicely drawn, as well.
- a new issue of the Sally-Anne Hickman diaries. Yes, more autobiographical comics, this time in the vein of James Kochalka's daily strips; they're brutally frank and not remotely self-aggrandising, but without being self-indulgent either (unlike many autobiographical comics) which makes me warm to them all the more. At the moment you can buy them from the LUC stall at Camden Lock, at least for a couple more weeks.
- a brand-new issue of There's No Time Like The Presentby Paul Rainey. It's a comic set in a mundane time where the Ultranet gets invented and people get nostalgic for a less-confusing time when every outcome wasn't already known. I can't easily explain it, so I suggest you just go and buy some copies here.