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17th April, 2008 Fanfare Please...  First up is the long-awaited Klassic Komix Klub by Johnny Ryan: This new comic-strip collection explodes with over 100 parodies of the world's greatest works of literature. Everything from Homer's Odyssey to Hunter S. Thompson's Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas gets the savagely ludicrous Ryan treatment. Ryan gleefully desecrates these masterpieces, going further than those Mad Magazine parodies ever dared!  Next another Johnny Ryan classic - the 2nd printing of Comic Book Holocaust - now with a bright pink cover! For those of you who don't know... In these 128 raunchy, parody-packed pages, Ryan mocks every kind of comic imaginable. Comic Book Holocaust skewers characters of all types, from newspaper strip icons and alternative favorites to the stars of Manga, sci-fi, kid's, and superhero comics. This hilarious and irreverent sketchbook collection continues the Johnny Ryan brand of perverse humor.  And finally the new issue of Ted May's gripping series Injury #2: The emotional rollercoaster set in motion in last issue's Manleau story jumps the tracks, as the malevolent leader of the Barnyard Animals corners the crime-fighting Manleau in a diner. And when the dust settles, will the newly-waxed floor be littered with cyborg parts? Also in this ish, Jeff Wilson draws a logo for his heavy metal band and attends a school picnic. Plus, more Heracles. Grab it, read it, don't miss it! You can get these little beauties online in our webshop NOW or in stores in a week or two.  We've restocked the webshop and have added a whole host of new stuff, including the BP webshop exclusive Plague Boy by Charles Burns. They are: -Plague Boy: 80 Self Portraits by Charles Burns -Le Muscle Carabine #2 edited by Stephane Blanquet -It's Sexy When People Know Your Name by Lisa Hanawalt -N.K. #4 by Various -Paper Rad T-Shirts -The Feathered Ogre by Kevin Huizenga -Sermons #1 by Kevin Huizenga -Sermons #2 by Kevin Huizenga -New Construction #1 by Kevin Huizenga -Untitled by Kevin Huizenga -Jimmy Draht 4 by Various Artists -Grausamblech by Xavier Robel  Look out for the new issue of Arthur Magazine (#29) which features a brand-new comics centerfold edited by us! Artists include C.F., Matt Furie, Al Columbia, Tim Hensley, Jeff Brown, Anders Nilsen, Tom Gauld and many more. You can pick up a free copy of Arthur Magazine at any good record shop or download the PDF here - the comics are in Part 2. 14th March, 2008 Last Copies of Limited Edition Chris Ware Nebraska Catalog Available  The last copies of this limited edition full-color catalog from Chris Ware's exhibition at The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery are available in the webshop. Features never-before-seen strips, sketchbook pages, photos, as well as an introduction by the artist. Author's foreword from book cover: Consumer! Here is your complimentary exhibition guide for the otherwise baffling and completely unjustifiable public display of original cartoon drawings limned in blue pencil, ink and white-out on 4-ply series 500 Strathmore bristol board, by the obscure writer, artist and professional sentimentalist F. C. Ware., who, as a native Nebraskan himself, has for years mined his own memories of his Omaha past in the pages of his irregularly produced and culturally remote experimental annual periodical The ACME Novelty Library (and shows no apparent signs of letting up anytime soon.) Carefully selected from the artist's personal files with an eye towards presenting him in the most favorable light possible, the rakishly attractive and beguiling Mr. Ware has also penned an apology especially for the pages of this publication, as well as hand-picked a brief overview of his recent published work, including a mercifully brief excerpt of otherwise unseen pages which likely, however, will prove of little interest to anyone other than the artist himself. This exhibition of the drawings of Chris Ware was mounted on the walls and nails of The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, February 16th, 2007, where, amazingly, it hung for an uninterrupted 73 days, upon which time it was gleefully torn down and sent back to Mr. Ware, April the 29th, 2007, by the exasperated preparators, curators, and interns, who were more than ready to see it go.  As well as Chris Ware's exhibition guide, we've got two new additions to the webshop. They are... -Enter the Cartoon Utopia by Ron Rege Jr. (very limited edition!) -Tout Seul dans la Foret en Plein Jour, Avez-Vous Peur? by Woelv The following books are back in stock... -Boy's Club by Matt Furie -Three Very Small Comics Vol. 2 & 3 by Tom Gauld -Robots, Monsters Etc. by Tom Gauld -La Veneneuse aux Deux Eperons by Blanquet -Sturgeon White Moss 1 - 6 edited by Sylvia Farago -UnInked: Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Work by Five Contemporary Cartoonists edited by Chris Ware -Alice's Adventures Underground by Lewis Carrol -King Cat #64-68 by John Porcellino -The Feathered Ogre by Kevin Huizenga -MOUNT EERIE Parts 6 & 7 by Phil Elverum  They are: The Complete Jack Survives - by Jerry Moriarty Klassic Komix Klub - by Johnny Ryan Injury #2 - by Ted May Keep your eyes peeled!  We have taken over distribution for Arthur Magazine! If you order anything from our webshop and it fits in the package, we'll be sure to throw in a copy! Look out for a new comics section in future Arthurs beginning with issue #29, edited by us.  If you're in the Bay Area head on over to the Jack Fischer Gallery sometime between now and March 30th, 2008. If you don't know Matt Furie's work, check out his website to see his bonerific work, and if you haven't seen his comics, buy Boy's Club now on the webshop!  Anna Sommer and Genevieve Castree are having a show at the Adam Baumgold Gallery between 20th March - 26th April, 2008. This is a chance to see Anna's amazing paper cut-outs and Genevieve's beautiful drawings from the latest Woelv album (available here) in REAL LIFE. 6th February, 2008  Supermarket and Meltdown Comics have invited us to exhibit our stuff at their huge booth in this year's first Pool trade show in Las Vegas. Pool is an independent trade show for fresh talent in design and boutique retail and runs alongside the MAGIC Marketplace fashion event. Find out all about it here! 17th January, 2008  Buenaventura Press will have a booth at this year's Festival International de la Bande Dessinee in Angouleme, France. If you're heading over there, just send us an email and we can reserve your order for you - save on shipping! December 11, 2007  Finally, the entire catalogue of Le Dernier Cri books is available for the first time in the US exclusively in the BP webshop!  We have over 50 silk-screened hand-crafted artist books from the infamous French publishers as well as DVDs, CDs and records.  If this is your first exposure to Le Dernier Cri's work you should visit their website. The anthology Hopital Brut 8 is a good introduction to their work, as is the DVD of animations Les Religions Sauvages. Please note - this work is not for the faint-hearted! (expect for the two children's books..sort of) and again if you're ordering stuff for the holidays... Please, please, please, place your Holiday order with us before the 14th December- that's FOUR DAYS folks. We ship via USPS Media Mail in most cases, which usually takes between 7-10 days to arrive although it has been known to take longer - so the earlier the better! For more reliable and timely Xmas delivery please email us first and we'll organize Priority Mail shipping for you (at extra cost) - the last date for Priority Mail to arrive by Xmas is the 20th December. December 4, 2007 Please, please, please, place your Holiday order with us before the 14th December. We ship via USPS Media Mail in most cases, which usually takes between 7-10 days to arrive although it has been known to take longer - so the earlier the better! For more reliable and timely Xmas delivery please email us first and we'll organize Priority Mail shipping for you (at extra cost) - the last date for Priority Mail to arrive by Xmas is the 20th December. If you're looking for a Holiday gift, here are some recommendations...  -UnInked: Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Work by Five Contemporary Cartoonists edited by Chris Ware -Elvis Road by Elvis Studio -Hopital Brut 7 & 8 by Le Dernier Cri -Kramers Ergot 6 edited by Sammy Harkham -Comic Art 8 & 9 edited by Todd Hignite -In The Studio edited by Todd Hignite -Le Muscle Carabine edited by Stephane Blanquet - Any of our prints -Other hand-silkscreened artist books from Le Dernier Cri. Look for them in the webshop by the end of the week... Happy Holidays!  We just added a whole load of new stuff to the BP webshop... -Hi, How Are You? by Daniel Johnston (Japanese Edition) -Caricature by Daniel Clowes (Japanese Edition) -Like a Velvet Glove by Daniel Clowes (Japanese Edition) -Singles Going Steady by King Joe -King Cat 68 (Sep'07) by John Porcellino -Photographs by Sam Prekop -Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware (Japanese Edition Vol.1) -Tales of Tomorrow by Chris Ware (broadside) -Whorl Wind 2008 Calendar by Leif Goldberg -National Waste Postal Cards by Leif Goldberg -Sof'Boy Tote Bag (2003) by Archer Prewitt -Sof'Boy Tote Bag (2006) by Archer Prewitt  www.blogflumer.blogspot.com Contributors include Tim Hensley, Todd Hignite, Ken Parille, Jonathan Bennett, and Alvin Buenaventura posting on subjects like Norakuro, Abner Dean, Change-Bots, Charley Harper, Cerebus, Mister Wonderful, Mucid Cuspidor, Victor Banana and more. Check it out... at work.  We will be at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood on the 15th December for Supermarket's comeback show. You'll find us alongside the likes of Jordan Crane, Johnny Ryan and Sammy Harkham. As well as the usual BP goodies we'll be bringing along the entire catalog of Le Dernier Cri's silk-screened artists books, that's over FIFTY books! A good chance to get all of your last minute holiday gifts.  Go see Johnny Ryan's new show at Secret Headquarters in Hollywood. HORRORSHOW features almost 50 brand new paintings inspired by a variety of whacked-out horror, cult and exploitation films. Click here for a goosey-gander. New In The BP Shop  Issue 7 of UK comics anthology Sturgeon White Moss is now available in our webshop. The new issue features a cover by Jeffrey Brown and a back cover by Tom Gauld. We now have issues 1,2 & 3 and have restocked issues 4, 5 & 6. Featuring original art from the likes of Jeff Brown, Tom Gauld, Gabrielle Bell, Matt Brinkman, Daniel Johnston and Marcel Dzarma among others. -Sturgeon White Moss 1 - 6 edited by Sylvia Farago -Sturgeon White Moss 7 edited by Sylvia Farago Entire Le Dernier Cri Catalog Soon To Be Available In The BP Webshop We are also happy to announce that we will shortly be stocking the entire catalog of 60+ Le Dernier Cri projects including artist books, CDs, DVDs and records in our webshop. Watch this space... BP Will Be At...  See you there! Beth  Books: -Boy's Club by Matt Furie -La Veneneuse aux Deux Eperons by Stephane Blanquet Prints: -Bondage Brothers by C.F. -Brown Door (diptych) by C.F.  We now have limited edition copies of Elvis Road available exclusively in the BP webshop. Each book has a letterpress print that is tipped onto the inside front cover, signed by both artists and numbered in an edition of 133.  SPX 2007 - Friday October 12 and Saturday October 13. We'll have our latest books including Comic Art 9, Injury 1, Elvis Road and more. Ted May will be at the show signing copies of Injury. We'll also have the UnInked catalog edited and curated by Chris Ware along with Blanquet's La Veneneuse aux Deux Eperons and his anthology Le Muscle Carabine featuring a stunning cover by Charles Burns and various Le Dernier Cri books including the latest issue of Hopital Brut.  Artists Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel (aka Elvis Studio) are having an exhibition in New York at the Adam Baumgold Gallery from Oct 18th- Dec 1st. The show features a huge selection of their work including drawings, works on paper, sketchbooks, paintings, toys and prints. The original 30ft scroll drawing for Elvis Road is a must-see. The opening for the show is on the evening of October 18th. Artist Xavier Robel, half of Elvis Studio duo will be there signing copies of Elvis Road and generally schmoozing around with New York art people. Copies of our limited edition Elvis Road will be available at the gallery. See you there!  We just printed the letterpress cover for Johnny Ryan's latest installment of the unrelenting Klassic Komix Klub. Buy it buy it buy it buy it here. Star Clipper Comics in St. Louis are hosting a signing with Ted May, Dan Zettwoch, John Porcellino and Kevin Huizenga on Wednesday October 17th from 5-8pm. John Porcellino will also be giving a slideshow presentation at 6pm. Buenaventura Press News Update, August 14, 2007 Hello everyone, Here's our latest BP website NEWS post below. Thanks to everyone that came by in San Diego and maybe we'll see you in Toronto this weekend. Thanks and best, Alvin Buenaventura www.buenaventurapress.com www.comicartmagazine.com.com  We have exactly 10 advanced copies left of Comic Art 9 from San Diego. They are now currently available in the BP Webshop while supplies last. Because the advanced copies were sent by express mail the cost is $25, but with each of these copies we'll include a bonus Comic Art 9 poster signed by this issue's cover artist Tim Hensley (a detail of Tim's signature in orange ink on the high-quality 18 x 24 in. poster is shown above.) The main shipment of Comic Art 9 is due in next month and we'll have those up on the website for the cover price of $19.95.  You can now order copies of Ted May's Injury Comics 1 with Jason Robards and Jeff Wilson in the BP shop. The first 100 copies ordered are signed and sketched in by both of the artists for this issue, Ted May and Jason Robards (some examples above).  The following new books, prints, music, and T-shirt were all just added to the shop: -UnInked: Painting, Sculpture, and Graphic Work by Five Contemporary Cartoonists edited by Chris Ware (limited supply) -Le Muscle Carabine edited by Stephane Blanquet -Mollusk vol. 1-3 anthology published by Bongout -Mollusk vol.4, Pascal Doury special issue published by Bongout -New Construction 1 by Kevin Huizenga -It Lives 1 by Ted May -Neruda by Ted May -La Creation de l'Universe vol. 1 & 2 edited by Leyla Marjeri -MOUNT EERIE pts. 6 & 7 (book and record) music and art by Phil Elverum -Coeur Hante by Nuvish -Final Eclipse silkscreen by Leif Goldberg -Deny silkscreen by C.F. -Lou Thesz silkscreen on chipboard by Dan Zettwoch -Gris E.P. (both CD and vinyl versions) music and art by Woelv (Genevieve Castree) -Paper Rad-T Shirt Le Dernier Cri's Hopital Brut no. 7 & 8 and Papillion Poubelle by Caroline Sury back in stock. We just got in dozens of Dernier Cri books in and will continue to carry all LDC books in print, so if you are interested in any specific titles or ordering wholesale, send us an email. We should have them listed in the webshop sometime in the next month.  Join us for TCAF 2007 in Toronto this coming weekend hosted by our favorite comic shop, The Beguiling. Click link for show details. July 18, 2007 We're just one week away from San Diego Comic-Con 2007... You'll find us in 3 booths towards the back of aisle 1600, located front and center of the Small Press Pavillion. That's us in green on the map below and we'll be sharing a booth with Jordan Crane's Reddingk and Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson's class="link" target="bpWin">Funchicken.  Ted May and Jason Robards will be signing advanced copies their just released debut issue of Injury Comics. Cover artist Tim Hensley and contributing writer Ben Schwartz will be signing advanced copies of Comic Art 9. Both of these titles won't be in stores until mid-September. Johnny Ryan will be signing the just about sold-out Comic Book Holocaust, and he'll also be selling his the last few copies of his latest limited-edition parody Klassic Komics Klub 2 as well as some other goodies and possibly an exciting surprise. Sammy Harkham and Matthew Thurber will be signing Kramers Ergot 6. Private Stash: A Pin-up girl Portfolio by 20 Cartoonists contributors Gilbert Hernandez, Tony Milionaire, and Jaime Hernandez will be signing at the Fantagraphics books throughout the week in case you want to get your copy autographed by them. ...and here's the BP booth signing schedule: Thursday 7/26- 4 - 5pm : Ted May - Jason Robards Friday 7/27- 12 - 1pm : Ted May - Johnny Ryan 2 - 3pm : Tim Hensley - Matthew Thurber 3 - 4pm : Tim Hensley - Ted May, Ben Schwartz 4 - 5pm : Ted May - Jason Robards 5 - 6pm : Johnny Ryan - Matthew Thurber Saturday 7/28- 12 - 1pm : Ted May - Johnny Ryan 4 - 5pm : Ted May - Jason Robards 5 - 6pm : Johnny Ryan - Ben Schwartz Sunday 7/29- 1 - 2pm : Sammy Harkham - Jason Robards - Matthew Thurber  We'll only have a very limited amount of copies of the brand new issue of Comic Art 9 for San Diego. This is the first time these will be available. Since we're having them sent Overnight Express Mail directly from the printer in Hong Kong, this very small batch of advance copies Comic Art 9 will be sold at $25. Copies will be available in stores in a couple of months, around mid-September at their cover price of $19.95.  This issue weighs in at 208 pages and comes with a separate 80 page "classroom in a book" titled Cartooning by cartoonist and teacher Ivan Brunetti. Click here for more details on the contents.  We've also had a small batch of posters made up of this issue's cover by the very talented Mr. Tim Hensley. He'll be at our booth on Friday from 2-4pm to sign both the magazine and posters. These posters are available for $5 or free with a purchase of $40 or more. Along with Ted May's Injury Comics 1 and Comic Art 9 we'll br bringing the following recently released projects from friends here the US as well as from those we've recently visited in Europe and Montreal.  Elvis Road by Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel - Released earlier this year, this BP book is a must see. Come check it out.
Mollusk issues 1-4 published by Bongout (click through the above covers and scroll down those pages for previews from each issue.) I picked up issues 1-3 at Un Regard Modern in Paris during our trip to Angouleme in January. These are amazing, my favorite books that I brought back from that trip. These beautifully produced art books are printed in full-color and include work by artists including Moolinex, Pascal Doury, Reinhard Scheibner, Xavier Robel, Gregory Jacobsen, Stephane Blanquet, Shoboshobo, and dozens of other European artists cosisting of painters, sculptors, cartoonists, photographers, and writers that I hadn't previously known of. These books are quality cover to cover. The entire texts of all four issues are in both French and English! Issue 4 was just released and is special in that the entire issue features the work of Pascal Doury (Elles Sont de Sortie). This issue also includes interviews on Doury and his work with several including Bruno Richard, Art Spiegelman, and Gary Panter.  Final Eclipse silkscreen by Leif Goldberg - This print is a knockout, man can this dude print.  We have some recent projects from another remarkable artist/silkscreen printer, Montreal's Alphonse Raymond (Leyla Marjeri). These are the latest from the Panique series which are several little accordion-folded silkscreen books that are just a bit bigger than a match book and have card stock covers and button snaps that hold them together. She's been doing these for awhile and the ones that are currently available are by artists Nuvish Microvich (Le Dernier Cri), A. Benavidez Bedoya, Nadia Uppal, Billy Mavreas, and Helene Brosseau.  Leyla's newest project is La Creation de l'Universe. So far there are 2 issues. These are large silkscreen prints on butcher paper that are folded down into newspaper style journals that feature drawings by dozens of artists jammed together. Artists include: Helene Brosseau, Nuvish, Billy Mavreas, Marc Bell, Julie Doucet, Edouard Larocque, Leyla Marjeri, Simon Bosse, and many others.  New Construction 1 is the latest mini from cartoonist Kevin Huizenga. This is a great read that includes workbook/sketchbook pages, deleted scenes from Ganges, and new strips including How Things Go, The 100 Most People in America, and more.  Anders Nilsen's new Bird T-Shirt - Printed on Americal Apparel men's S, M, & L.  Paper Rad T-shirt - Printed around the entire body of the shirt. A special silkscreen machine was used to print this shirt on a barrel where the flat screen is pulled as the shirt rotates on the cylinder! Available in all sizes.  Spaniel Rage Mini - Vanessa Davis's latest, finally back-in-stock! We have a few copies of Canicola no.4. An excellent anthology coming from Italy. This is the most recent issue it has a cover by Anders Nilsen. Cartoonists include: Andrea Bruno, Giacomo Nanni, Michelangelo Setola, Jesse Moynihan, Amanda Vahamaki, Anders Nilsenand many others. All comics are in Italian with English translations below. Issues 1-3 are all great reads so in case you run across these books we highly reccomend them.  The latest silkscreen print by Dan Zettwoch. It's the first in a new series He's making to memorialize St. Louis folk heroes. A 3-color tribute to the greatest professional wrestler of all time, Lou Thesz. It was printed with gold, navy blue, and red ink on 18 x 24" double-thickness chipboard in an edition of 75. ...and more surprises to come as we continue to get our sh*t together for the show. When we return from San Diego we'll do our best to make what's left, available in the BP webshop. We're nearly out of Sammy's free oversized one-page BP comic ad that we've been bringing to shows and sending out with orders. We'll bring the remaining small stack with us, so they're free while supplies last...  We just printed up a brand new BP postcard by Elvis Road's artists Helge Reumann and Xavier Robel. They'll be ready just in time for the Con, so come by and pick one up. We'll also be sending them out with all online orders when we return. |
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