PRESS GANG PUBLISHERS/COLLECTIVE

FAMILY STYLE
FLOATING WORLD COMICS
STUDY GROUP COMIC BOOKS

BOUND TOGETHER/INK IS THE NEW BLOODS

Press Gang publishers’ party… A trio of like-minded publishers banding together to increase the awesomeness in a variety of as yet super-secret ways and shapes.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Zack Soto, François Vigneault, Aidan Koch, Jennifer Parks, Chris Cilla
WHAT: Studygroup Magazine book release and art exhibit
WHEN: Wednesday Dec. 7th, 6-8pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

The long-running Studygroup12 anthology has mutated once again. Now known as Study Group Magazine, it’s a hybrid magazine of cartooning excellence and comics journalism. Printed in vivid two-tone throughout and co-edited by series creator Zack Soto and former Comics Journal editor Milo George, our 64-page debut is a thing of fucking beauty.

Featuring comics and art by:

TREVOR ALIXOPULOS (Hot Breath of War, Mine Tonight)
CHRIS CILLA (The Heavy Hand, Kramers Ergot)
MICHAEL DEFORGE (Lose, Thickness)
DAVID KING (Lemon Styles, Crime World)
AIDAN KOCH (The Whale, Astral Talk)
JONNY NEGRON (Chameleon, VICE Comics)
JENNIFER PARKS (The Lone Wolf, Studygroup12)
ZACK SOTO (The Secret Voice, Ghost Attack)
DARIA TESSLER (Elf World)
MALACHI WARD (Expansion, MOME)

With the features:

BRECHT EVENS profiled by Greice Schneider (The Comics Grid)
ELEANOR DAVIS interviewed by Zack Soto (Studygroup12)
And a monster interview with CRAIG THOMPSON by Milo George (TCJ Library)

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Floating World Comics presents its latest publication – Violence Valley, a 64 page odyssey of animated absurdity by Jesse McManus.

A bright, dumb, gap-toothed lad goes rambling out-doors, inevitably finding himself within the deepest bowels of a living, breathing dog. His passage out the other end involves homespun dental work, a transforming pan-flute and the kind of reverse infestation which will make anyone look twice before they flush.

This comic, told with a void of verbiage that would make Franz Masreel howl at the moon, writhes with rubbery ink while doing a frenetic dance on the fence between classic cartooning and op-art abstraction. If you shoved John Kricfalusi in a blender with Mat Brinkman and successfully dared Bridget Riley to drink the mixture, her resulting stool would look identical to this comic book.

For some, it will recall the joys of freestyle walking down curved pavement, greeting dripping dogs and cross-eyed children. For others, it will recall their lunch as it lurches onto their tongue. In either case, the cyclical structure and ingrained velocity of Violence Valley will instigate the kind of reading experience that leaves folks wet and grinning.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Jesse McManus
WHAT: Violence Valley book release and art exhibit
WHEN: Thursday Dec. 1st, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

Jesse McManus was born in 1986 and lives in Portland, OR. Though Violence Valley is his first solo comic book to be published, he has appeared in the anthologies Kramers Ergot 7 and Dan Quayl as well as a slew of mini-comics.

His recent animation work has been shown in the Floating World Animation Festival DMTV2 and the Eyeworks Festival in Chicago, IL. He spends daylight hours working at Bent Image Lab as a character designer and production assistant.

http://www.heyfu.com/

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Floating World Comics is proud to publish Object 5, the first monograph of illustration and graphic design work by Swedish artist, Kilian Eng. The book features over 60 full color pieces created over the last three years. The book will debut at Floating World Comics on Thursday December 1^st and at the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest on December 3^rd. The book is limited to 1000 copies worldwide. We’ll have ordering information online soon.

Kilian’s images present alternate worlds where the environment plays a great role. Many of these sequences present visual stories, without any text. This is connected to his growing interest in theatrical mise-en-scène and set design for film. He is fascinated with the details that can create these imaginative worlds; colors and lighting, dimensions and sounds. His inspiration comes from classic and futuristic architecture, surrealism, science fiction, as well as the different elements and shapes in natural and urban landscapes.

OBJECT 5 promotional clip from Kilian Eng on Vimeo.

Special thanks to Infinity Night and Radio Cosmos Records for providing music used in the trailer.

LISTING INFORMATION:
WHO: Kilian Eng (artist not in attendance)
WHAT: Object 5 book release
WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 1st, 6-10pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St.

BIO INFORMATION:

Kilian Eng AKA DW Design was born 1982 in Stockholm Sweden where he still lives and works. In 2010 Kilian Eng graduated from Konstfack, University of Arts Craft & Design in Stockholm from the master group in storytelling, graphic design & Illustration.

A couple of years ago Kilian discovered the possibilities of working in a digital way with illustration. Without losing respect for the powers of pen and paper Kilian started to investigate this new medium. The computer proved to be the perfect tool and gave exactly the kind of workflow he was looking for.

Today Kilian is working digitally with almost every visual project making illustrations rich in color and full of environment. In recent years he has also started to work with animation for telling stories.

On the web:

Début Art (Kilian’s agency for commissioned work) www.debutart.com/kilianeng

Behance: www.behance.net/kilianeng

Tumblr blog: www.dwdesign.tumblr.com

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It’s the day after Thanksgiving. Time to start your holiday shopping with comic books!

50% off all back issues! (Back issues are all comics that didn’t come out this week)

25% off all books and graphic novels!

One day only – Friday Nov. 25th, 11-7pm

(Sale excludes Grass Hut items and vinyl LPs from Landfill Rescue Unit)

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DMTV2 is a collection of experimental and psychedelic animation from around the world. The emphasis is on non-commercial, personal work. We seek pure vision. Some of the films push visual noise and glitch to the limit while others reach a peak of ambient degaussed bliss.

Highlights include David O’Reilly’s latest award winning film, The External World, and new films from James Mercer, Jacob Ciocci, Yoshi Sodeoka and Mirai Mizue. This year’s program includes animation by comics artists from around the world: Michael DeForge, Jesse McManus, King Terry and Amy Lockhart. We are also proud to collaborate with artists like Alexandra Gorczynski, Duncan Malashock, and local artist Brenna Murphy for the first time.

Opening act, Good Night Billygoat, is a live music trio that performs in front of a projected backdrop of gorgeous, handmade, stop motion animation. They will perform their two recent compositions, “Golden Age” and “Sophia” as well as the first 10 minutes of their new film “Lyric”.

Here are some videos that explain/show the process of their work.

LISTING INFORMATION:

WHO: Films by: Jacob Ciocci, James Connolly, Michael DeForge, Alexandra Gorczynski, Chelsey Hoff, Amy Lockhart, Duncan Malashock, Jesse McManus, James Mercer, Mirai Mizue, Brenna Murphy, QS Vore Guy, Jon Rafman, David O’Reilly, Thomas de Rijk, Yoshi Sodeoka, King Terry and Shinya Tsukamoto.
Opening performance by: Good Night Billygoat
WHAT: FWC’s 5th annual animation fest
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 21st, 7:30pm – 10pm
WHERE: Hollywood Theater, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd

COST: $7 at door

DMTV2 Program (90 min):

UNIVERSAL CODEC ERROR ABORTING VIDEO
Director: James Connolly
USA (2010), 2:12

http://jameshconnolly.com/

THE PALACE OF LIGHT (REVISITED)
Director: Yoshi Sodeoka
Music: E*Rock
USA (2011), 2:50

http://www.sodeoka.com

MORRIS
Director: James Mercer
USA (2011), 17:30

http://www.james.trummerkind.com/

SEX MACHINE
Director: King Terry & Shinya Tsukamoto
Music: Milton Wright
Japan, 3:00

https://www.pictureboxinc.com/artists-authors/king-terry-1

ELECTRICAL FIRE
Director: Alexandra Gorczynski
USA (2011), 2:17

http://vimeo.com/alexandramg

DSR
Director: Chelsey Hoff
USA (2010) 2:02

http://vimeo.com/chelseyhoff

MACAVITY
Director: Jesse McManus
USA (2011), 3:24

http://www.heyfu.com/

TEST FRAMES
Director: Michael DeForge
CANADA (2010), 1:34

http://kingtrash.com/

DIZZLER: MASKHERAID TRAILER
Director: Amy Lockhart
Music: Terry Piercey
US (2010), 2:17

http://amylogheart.blogspot.com/

DANGER AT BEACH SNAKE LAKE
Director: QS Vore Guy
US (2009), 6:33

AM I EVIL?
Director: Jacob Ciocci
Music: Extreme Animals
USA (2011), 4:14

http://jacobciocci.org/

VISITORS
Director: Brenna Murphy
USA (2011), 2:20

http://bmruernpnhay.com/

TATAMP
Director: Mirai Mizue
Japan (2011), 5:38

http://calf.jp/

THE EXTERNAL WORLD
Director: David O’Reilly
UK (2011), 17:00

http://www.davidoreilly.com/

MAGIC SQUARE
Director: Duncan Malashock
USA (2009), 2:12

http://www.duncanmalashock.com/

SUPERDUPER
Director: Thomas de Rijk
Netherlands (2011), 4:31

http://www.thomasderijk.com/

KOOL AID INTERVIEW
Director: Jon Rafman
USA (2010), 11:42

http://jonrafman.com/

SIBYL
Director: Yoshi Sodeoka
USA (2011), 4:36

http://www.sodeoka.com

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