kuš! 2013 roundup

Short overview of all comics we published in 2013. Here they are in their full glory:

Altogether 828 full color pages of comics by 66 international artists published in three issues of the comics anthology š! and in twelve mini kuš!. 2013 has been a big blast of creativity!

You can get them all here for only $79.00 including worldwide shipping costs and a bunch of stickers, postcards and bookmarks as well!

Behind the Comics XVIII - Pixin

This time 'Behind the Comics' continues with an insight to the work by Singaporean artist Weng Pixin, who contributed to š! #15 'Cats'.

Weng Pixin // *1983, Singapore. Pixin is from sunny Singapore. She loves to draw comics inspired by memories and desires. When she isn't drawing, Pixin loves to watch television, read books and hold her cat like a baby.

Visit her blog: www.rollinghometoyou.blogspot.sg

Pixin: Hello! This is the area I live where tons of construction work is going on all the time. Singapore is a very small country. Due to limited land area, there is a constant motion of destruction and construction to use every space possible for the economic growth of our small nation.
 

Imagine the noise of bulldozers knocking down walls, concrete crashing, cars and trucks honking, stilettos clicking on every sidewalk. Hence I introduce to you, my corner: Where I blast music to the right and to the left, I watch YouTube videos. I use my noise to over-ride the noise outside.

Behind the Comics XVII - L.L. de Mars

L.L. de Mars contributed a comic to š! #15 'Cats' and gives a little look behind his desk, telling about his process.

L.L. de Mars // *1967, France. Lives and works in a very very small village. Playing the clarinet allows him not to draw comics; writing essays on Italian painting allows him not to play the clarinet; making animation movies allows him not to write essays; teaching medieval theology allows him not to make any cartoons; making documentaries allows him not to teach; painting frescoes allows him not to film anything. Thanks to all these methods, he can find time to sleep... Visit: www.le-terrier.net

L.L. de Mars: Each new story moves my work into new modes; the forms taken by the work itself must be regarded more as a speculative way I want to bend it than as a functional couple "right shape for right project." 

š! #15 'Cats' preview

On November 12th we'll release š! #15 with the theme 'Cats'!

 Illustration: Reinis Pētersons 

We all love cats, right? If you're not completely weird we have some news you've been waiting for a long time! š! #15 is dedicated to our best four-legged friends. Twenty-three international artist sent us comics and illustrations about cats. Probably we can stop with the intro now, what more could we tell to convince you that you simply must get this book!

So just pre-order it now (click, click)!


This is how the cover will look like, it is drawn by the Latvian illustrator Edgars Folks:

Meeeeeeooooow!

Full contributors list: Dace Sietiņa (Latvia / Netherlands), Dāvis Ozols (Latvia), Edie Fake (USA), Edgars Folks (Latvia), Emmi Valve (Finland), Ernests Kļaviņš (Latvia), John Broadley (England), König Lü.Q. (Switzerland), Lars Sjunnesson (Sweden), Léo Quievreux & Fredox (France), L.L. de Mars (France), Margrieta Dreiblate (Latvia), María Inés Gul (Poland), Mārtiņš Zutis (Latvia), Michael DeForge (Canada), Paul Paetzel (Germany), Pedro Franz (Brazil), Reinis Pētersons (Latvia), Roméo Julien (France), Rūta Briede (Latvia), Warren Craghead (USA), Weng Pixin (Singapore).

Specs: š! # 15 'Cats', Format DIN A6 (4.13 × 5.83 inches), 23 artists, 164 pages, full-color, perfect bound, English, locally printed in Riga on cat friendly paper, ISBN 978-9934-518-10-2, will be released on the 12th of November 2013, pre-order here (USD 13.00, worldwide shipping costs included in price).