MARINAOMI and 2DCLOUD announce 'Turning Japanese'

We've been big big fans of Mari's work for some time now and are FUCKING THRILLED to announce to the world that her new graphic memoir, Turning Japanese, will be published under the 2DC banner!! Turning Japanese is the follow-up to 2011’s award-winning Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22.

To read the full press release, click here.

In celebration of this announcement, MariNaomi and Gordon Warnock of Foreword Literary have set up a little contest: you can win a personalized avatar, drawn by Mari! For full details, visit the contest page on their blog.

More to come next year on this book, but we couldn't wait until then to share the news!

Chris Adams' Period in a Brown Paper Bag review

Sara Barnes reviews Christopher Adams’ “Period” over at Brown Paper Bag. Please check it out!! Alternatively, just go buy it in the shoppe>>

“[Period] opens up with us look­ing at the sea, mak­ing us feel small. We then delve into the lives of a fam­ily, a tele­phone com­pany employee, and guys hang­ing out play­ing with elec­tric toy cars. The details doc­u­mented are minus­cule, jux­ta­posed with moments that remind us just how BIG things, impor­tant things, are hap­pen­ing in our world. But, we’re often so bogged down with rela­tion­ships, work, and our own lives to con­tem­plate what’s really going on out­side of our front door.”

Oop, Missed a Spot: Manly Matters and Re-Minders

Hey! So, I forgot to mention that our pal Will Dinski was interviewed recently over at Stubble Magazine. The talk is mostly focused on his recent release, Ablatio Penis. Check it out!

Tomorrow, TOMORROW! Will Dinski is having his even newer book, the self-published At The End of An Action Movie, debut at the MCBA (details and link below!):

MCBA/Jerome Foundation Book Arts Fellowships Series XI November 2, 2012 through January 13, 2013 Opening reception Friday, November 2; 6-9pm

Hope to see you there!

ZINES -- MPLS Z-FEST THIS WEEKEND

Local zine and comics show, ZINE FEST [dot] ORG, is having a party at their place, the Powderhorn Park Recreational Center in MPLS on Saturday. Party starts around noon and goes till 6pm. A bunch of Z-Fest’s bestest homies will be there, such as 2D Cloud (we go waay back), King-Cat/Spit and a Half, Uncivilized Books, Eric Schuster of 'Prizon Food' fame, LadyQuest -- which includes Coleman Gilbert & Greer Lawson (who is of course 2DC’s intern extraordinaire), Anna Bongiovanni, Hedwig Vinson, Brett Von Schlosser -- aww cripes, this is tiring -- I’m not gonna list everyone for yah. Just go! Or check the full exhibitor list on their site.

Representing 2dc will be publisher Justin Skarhus and cartoonist Will Dinski (both of whom will have new works seeing their local debuts at the show -- RDCD Fist 1.5 and Ablatio Penis).

2dc elf-friends, Eric Schuster, Anna Bongiovanni, and Greer Lawson will be swimming around the show floor at their own tables as well. I’m pretty sure the amazing poet and zinester Gabrielle Congrave will be in the house too. And heck, for the last hour even I’ll (R. Hogan)  swing on by.

Hrm. Somewhere here I am repeating mys elf.

Anyhow, you, yes --YOU -- are invited to the party. Bring some friends, hang out. Buy some rad zines and xomics! See yah there!!

ps: there are pre and post party events...