mini kuš! # 14-17 preview

Happily we announce the upcoming release of four new mini kuš! by artists from our neighboring countries Finland and Sweden and from slightly further away from Mexico. Tiina Lehikoinen, Heta Bilaletdin, Emelie Östergren and Inés Estrada have some pretty crazy stories to tell you...

Now you can already pre-order them from our webshop. But let's have a closer look at each of them:



mini kuš! # 14 'The Pernicious Kiss', Tiina Lehikoinen

The story 'The Pernicious Kiss' by the Finnish poet and artist Tiina Lehikoinen is about a modern hero who has a horse head. He seeks love, but it's not easy to find a kissing-partner if you have a face like his… 

Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English
Get it: for $ 6.00 from our webshop

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mini kuš! # 15 'Hideous Fiesta', Heta Bilaletdin

“How dare you have a party on a day like this?” The comics collage 'Hideous Fiesta' by the Finnish visual artist and musician Heta Bilaletdin is a story about a mysterious party and questions of freedom. 

Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English
Get it: for $ 6.00 from our webshop


Preview: (click to enlarge)

mini kuš! #14 and 15 are published with the financial assistance of FILI – Finnish Literature Exchange.  They are  part of a series of four Finnish mini kuš!, showcasing the work of young Finnish comics artists. The other two Finnish mini kuš! (# 10 and 11) came out in January 2013.

mini kuš! # 16 'Runaway Dog', Emelie Östergren

“Once I was in Riga and you were there in front of me. In a basket of an old lonely lady you laid there with two other alfs and you where the one, Alvie. Then I said, I will make a story about you.” Emelie Östergren’s 'Runaway Dog' is a story about Alvie and the dog Moses finding each other in a difficult time in life. A story full of happiness and joy as well as loneliness and struggling. Simple and beautiful.

Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English

Get it: for $ 6.00 from our webshop

Preview: (click to enlarge)
 

mini kuš! # 17 'Borrowed Tails', Inés Estrada

Inés Estrada’s 'Borrowed Tails' is a collection of short comics based on overheard stories and imagined anecdotes. Intimate and feminine, in the most wild and unabashed sense, her acid watercolors transform the mundane into the magic.

Format: A6, 28 pages, saddle stitch binding, full-color, English
Get it: for $ 6.00 from our webshop


Preview: (click to enlarge)

These comics, which are in line with the vague mini kuš! overall theme "modern heroes" will be released on August 27th, 2013, in the same time with the new š! #14 'sports'. mini kuš! is our special line of small books which are all featuring stories by one artist each, they come in the beloved tiny A6 format, have each 28 full-color pages and are in English.

Each of these little books costs 6.00 US Dollars in our webshop, or 18.00 $ if you order all of them together, the shipping costs are already included in the price. You can now pre-order them, or also get them in a package deal together with the new š! or even better subscribe to them and the other upcoming kuš! releases until November!

Wholesale: If you would like to stock them in your bookstore write to komikss(at)gmail(dot)com and ask us about our wholesale conditions.