DRAWN & QUARTERLY 2017-2018 DRAWN & QUARTERLY AUTHORS Hanawalt, lisa 20–21 ayuyanG, rina 4–5 Hernandez, Gilbert 40 baGGe, Peter 6–7 HuizenGa, Kevin 40 barry, lynda 8–9 Jones, KeitH 40 bell, Marc 40 Katin, MiriaM 40 brown, cHester 10–11 Matt, Joe 40 castrée, Geneviève 40 nilsen, anders 40 cHiPPendale, brian 40 ollMann, Joe 22-23 clowes, daniel 40 Pond, MiMi 24–25 davis, vanessa 40 Porcellino, JoHn 26–27 deForGe, MicHael 12–13 setH 40 For more information on these fine publications and a delPorte, Julie 40 siKoryaK, r. 28–29 complete listing of Drawn & Quarterly titles, please visit: doucet, Julie 40 stein, leslie 30–31 drawnandquarterly.com drnaso, nicK 14–15 sturM, JaMes 32–33 For our marketing department, please contact: ForsytHe, Matt 40 taMaKi, Jillian 34–35 Julia PoHl-MIRANDA | [email protected] Gauld, toM 16–17 tHurber, MattHew 36–37 sruti islaM | [email protected] Glidden, saraH 18–19 toMine, adrian 38–39 For foreign rights inquiries, please contact: samantha Haywood, transatlantic agency 2 bloor street east, suite 3500 toronto, on M4w 1a8, canada t: 416.488.9214; F: 416.929.3174 [email protected]; www.tla1.com HOT LIST TITLES 2017–2018 Present Goliath (paperback) The Good Times are Boundless Sabrina The Unquotable From Lone The Abominable leSlie stein tom gauld Killing Me jilliAn tamAki nick dRnaso Trump Mountain Mr. Seabrook Fall 2017 Fall 2017 lyndA bARRy sPrinG 2017 sPrinG 2018 R. SikORyAk jOHn pORcellinO jOe OllmAnn see PaGe 30 see PaGe 16 Fall 2017 see PaGe 34 see PaGe 14 Fall 2017 winter 2018 winter 2017 see PaGe 8 see PaGe 28 see PaGe 26 see PaGe 22 Baking with Kafka Fire!!: The Zora The Customer is Blame This on the Art Comic Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero tom gauld Neale Hurston story Always Wrong Boogie matthew THURbeR micHAel defORge sPrinG 2018 winter 2017 Fall 2017 peTeR bAgge mimi pOnd RinA AyUyAng see PaGe 36 see PaGe 12 see PaGe 16 winter 2017 sPrinG 2017 sPrinG 2018 see PaGe 6 see PaGe 24 see PaGe 4 Rina Ayuyang Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Rina Ayuyang was always inspired by the Sunday funnies and slice-of-life tales. Her short stories have been nomi- nated for the Ignatz and Eisner Awards, and she has been honored with a MoCCA Arts Festival Awards of Excellence Silver Medal. Her comics have appeared in Mutha Magazine and The Comics Journal. She is also the publisher of the micro-comics imprint Yam Books. Her first book was Whirlwind Wonderland. Ayuyang lives in Oakland, California, with her husband and son. “[ayuyang’s comics] delightfully revolve around everyday subjects with a subtle humor that points out life’s small absurdi- ties.” —Hyphen Magazine “[ayuyang’s] autobiographical stories . find something wondrous in the kind of moments that most let slip past without a thought.” —Pittsburgh Tribune-Review inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood musical, Blame This on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino american girl born in the decade of disco who escapes life’s hardships and mundanity through the genre’s feel-good song-and-dance numbers. rina ayuyang explores how the glowing charm of the silver screen can transform reality, shaping a person’s approach to childhood, relationships, sports, reality tv, and eventually poli- tics, parenthood, and mortality. ayuyang’s comics are as vibrant as Spring 2018, hardcover, 160 pages, full color the movies that she loves. Her deeply personal, moving stories unveil the magic of the world around us—rendering the ordi- nary extraordinary through a jazzed-up song-and-dance routine. a yuyang showcases the way her love of musicals became a form of therapeutic distraction to circumnavigate a childhood of dealing with cultural differences, her struggles with postpartum depression, and an adulthood overshadowed by an increasingly frightening and depressing political climate. Blame This on the Boogie is ayuyang’s ode to the melody of the world, and shows how Blame This on the Boogie rina ayuyang tuning out of life and into the magic of Hollywood can actually help an outsider find her World rights available excluding: World English: Drawn & Quarterly. place in it. 4 5 bAck TO HOT liST Peter Bagge Known for his Hate comics, Peter Bagge’s first biography was the hilariously informative New York Times bestselling graphic novel Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story. The biography was selected as a YALSA Great Graphic Novel For Teens and appeared on the Amelia Bloomer Project list of the Best Feminist Books for Young Readers; and was nominated for the Washington State Book Award and the Eisner Award for best reality-based work. “Peter bagge’s Fire!! is thoroughly researched and eminently readable. weaving together the complex tapestry of z ora neale Hurston’s life (and featuring accurate-and-entertaining cameos by langston Hughes and alice w alker, among others), this graphic novel is both insightful and fun to read—a rare combination.” —Tami Navarro, Ph.D., Associate Director, Barnard Center for Research on Women Barnard College, Columbia University “an exhilarating addition to Hurston lore...it’s irresistible to try and imagine what Hurston would make of this book, and inevitable to conclude that she’d approve.” —NPR Peter bagge has defied the expectations of the comics industry by changing gears from his famous slacker hero buddy bradley to documenting the life and times of historical 20th century trailblazers. if bagge had not already had a new york times bestseller with his biography of Margaret sanger, his newest march 2017, hardcover, 112 pages, full color biography, Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston Story, would seem to be an unfathomable pairing of author and subject. yet through bagge’s skilled cartooning, he turns what could be a rote biography into a bold and dazzling graphic novel, creating a story as brilliant as the life itself. Hurston challenged the norms of what was expected of an african american woman in early 20th century society, and became a noted folklorist and critically acclaimed novelist, best known for her most provocative work Their Eyes Were Watching God. despite these landmark achievements, personal tragedies Fire!!: The Zora Neale Hurston story Peter bagge and shifting political winds in the midcentury rendered her almost World rights available excluding: World English: Drawn & Quarterly; Spain: Ediciones La Cúpula; French: Nada forgotten by the end of her life. w ith admiration and respect, bagge reconstructs her Editions. vivid life in resounding full-colour. 6 7 bAck TO HOT liST Lynda Barry Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher. An inductee to the Eisner hall of fame, she is the inimitable creator behind the seminal comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, and author of The Freddie Stories, One! Hundred! Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!, and The Good Times are Killing Me, which was adapted as an off-Broadway play and won the Washington State Governor’s Award. Barry has written three bestselling and acclaimed creative how-to graphic novels for D+Q: the Eisner Award-winning What It Is, and Picture This, and Syllabus: Notes from an accidental professor. “lynda barry’s comics were my YA, before YA really even existed. she’s been writing teen stories with an incredibly clear voice since the early 80s. [The! Greatest! Of! Marlys!] is raw, ugly, hilarious, and poignant.” — Raina Telgemeier, Smile & Drama young edna arkins lives in a neighborhood that is rapidly changing, thanks to white flight from urban seattle in the late 1960s. as the world changes around her, edna is exposed to the callous racism of adults; sometimes subtle and other times blatant, but always stinging. at the heart of The Good Times Are Killing Me is the forbidden friendship between edna who is white and bonna willis who is black, and how the world around them forces them to chal- lenge their loyalties to each other. as barry does in her comics, she perfectly captures the awkward and earnest adolescent voice as edna moves from childhood to middle school. originally published in 1988, The Good Times Are Killing Me is as relevant now as it ever was. its influence cannot be overstated as it was adapted into an off-broadway play and won the washington state Governor’s award. d+Q’s October 2017, hardcover, 184 pages, color section edition is a deluxe hardcover with a new cover, afterword, and the original color illustrations from the first edition. The Good Times Are Killing Me lynda barry World rights available excluding: World English: Drawn & Quarterly. 8 9 bAck TO HOT liST Chester Brown Chester Brown is best known for his two recent non-fiction graphic novels, Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography (2003) and Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir About Being a John (2011). The former won widespread critical acclaim for its compelling, meticulously researched portrayal of Riel, the charismatic nineteenth century Métis leader, a crucial figure in Canadian history. The book won Harvey Awards for Best Writer and Best Graphic Album and was featured on Quill and Quire’s list of the five best Canadian non-fiction books of the year and on The Globe and Mail’s list of the 100 best books of the year. “there aren’t many cartoonists as brave—or frankly, as strange—as this canadian artist.”—Rolling Stone “brown has once again produced a graphic novel of rare and striking intelligence. it tackles the subject of sex work from a fresh and surprising angle and challenges more than one myth along the way” —The Rumpus the iconoclastic and bestselling cartoonist of Paying for it: a comic-strip Memoir about being a John returns with a polemical interpretation of the bible that will be one of the most controversial and talked-about graphic novels of 2016.