November Zines and Comics 2009

November Zines 2009
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Before I went home for Thanksgiving, I went to Copacetic Comics and The Big Idea Infoshop to get some light reading for my trip home.

I picked up:
- Cometbus zines #49, #51-53 by Aaron Cometbus
- Big Hands zine #7 by Aaron Lake Smith
- This is What Concerns Me comic by Susie Cagle
- Favorites comic by Susie Cagle

Big Hands #7 and Cometbus #52 were really aligned with some of my feelings about being back at my parents house and hanging out with my best friends from high school. I might re-read these at Christmas when I have more time to really think about them.

I haven't gotten to the other Cometbuses yet, but I expect they will be just as enjoyable as the previous zines I've read by him.

While I was home, I also had the opportunity to go to The Point Store in Chadds Ford, Pa. The father-daughter team who run The Point are awesome (I actually know the daughter, Girl-Sam, from going to the same shows as her in high school). I try to visit this place every time I am home because they have an awesome spread of handmade wares and vintage furniture AND they host potluck shows (that my friend Boy-Sam is usually involved in). If you get a chance to check this place out, please support them because there is nothing like this in that part of Pennsylvania. WHAT ELSE WILL I DO IF I CAN'T SHOP THERE WHILE I VISIT MY PARENTS?!

Sally Bloodbath Comics November 2009
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During one of my visits there (3 trips to The Point in 9 days) I picked up these two comics:
-"Girls Don't Make Passes at Boys with Moustaches" by Sally Bloodbath
-"I Am Often Mistaken for Miles Davis" by Sarah Louise Wahrhaftig

Both of these comics are awesome and really funny. I am awaiting an email confirmation that the two women are the same person because my internet research is inconclusive. The art and story elements in the two books are THE SAME.

Though my descriptions of "awesome" and "really great" don't do any of these zines or per-comics justice, that's the best I can offer for now. My eyeballs, body appendages, and brain cells are worn out from all of the projects I've done today it was important for me to share them with you RIGHT NOW instead of waiting another week to post about them.