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Catalog layout by Dan Nolte, based on an original design by Rama Crouch-Wong My First Kafka Runaways, Rodents, & Giant Bugs By Matthue Roth Illustrated by Rohan Daniel Eason “Matthue Roth is the kind of person you move to San Francisco to meet.” – Kirk Read, How I Learned to Snap An adaptation of 3 Kafka stories into startling, creepy, fun stories for all ages, featuring: ■ runaway children who meet up with monsters ■ a giant talking bug ■ a secret world of mouse-people This subversive debut takes a place alongside Sendak, Gorey, and Lemony Snicket. ■ endorsed by Neil Gaiman Matthue Roth wrote Yom Kippur a Go-Go and Never Mind the Goldbergs, nominated as an ALA Best Book and named a Best Book by the NY Public Library. He produced the animated series G-dcast, and wrote the feature film 1/20. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife, the chef KAFKA, REIMAGINED AND ILLUSTRATED Itta Roth. www.matthue.com Rohan Daniel Eason, who studied painting in London, illustrated Anna and the Witch's Bottle and Tancredi. My First Kafka ISBN: 978-1-935548-25-6 $18.95 | hardcover 8 x 10 32 pages 32 B&W Illustrations Ages 7 & Up June Children’s Picture Book Literature ONE PEACE BOOKS SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013..|..1 Terminal Atrocity Zone: Ballard J.G. Ballard 1966-73 By J.G. Ballard Edited by Candice Black A detailed examination of a critical 7-year period, 1966 to 1973, in the work of J.G. Ballard. During this time, Ballard ■ produced the series of condensed novels which would form The Atrocity Exhibition ■ began a series of surgical fictions, including Coitus 80 ■ created a series of collages and other printed art pieces ■ staged his Crashed Cars exhibition in London ■ made Crash!, a TV film on automobile culture ■ initiated the ideas and texts which would culminate in the publication of his key novel, Crash ■ created Journey Across A Crater, an experimental blueprint for many of the ideas developed in Crash This complete overview contains original essays and revealing interviews from this creatively intense era, and Ballard discusses THE UNKNOWN J.G. BALLARD his work and ideas in depth, including ■ his cryptic collage series of Advertiser’s Announcements ■ the first published analysis of Ballard’s terminal, unfinished novel, World Versus America J.G. Ballard (1930-2009) was an English novelist, short story writer, and iconic member Terminal Atrocity Zone: of the New Wave movement in science fiction. Ballard His best-known books are Crash (1973), filmed by David Cronenberg, The Atrocity ISBN: 978-0-9857625-1-3 Exhibition (1970), and Empire of the Sun (1984), $15.95 | paper filmed by Steven Spielberg. ALSO AVAILABLE 6 x 9 112 pages 10 B&W Images MARKETING June ■ reviews and features in alternative and sci-fi media ■ review copies available Fiction The Art of Noise SUN VISION PRESS 978-0-9838842-3-1 2..|..SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013 Elvis Died For Somebody’s Sins But Not Mine A Lifetime’s Collected Writing By Mick Farren “... Mick Farren’s primal “up against the wall, motherfucker” rock’n’roll polemics. This is the hidden history of the 20th century and beyond. He was there and you weren’t. Listen up, children!” – Richard Metzger, Dangerous Minds “Farren’s fertile imagination has a snaggletoothed bite all its own.” – NME A literary life railing against the machine, in the company of Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Chuck Berry and many more cultural icons. Farren has spent 4+ decades in the thick of the culture wars as a commentator, activist, essayist, poet, performer, and rebel with multiple causes. A founding figure of the 60s underground press, he was there for the London birth pangs of punk, the intoxicated madness of Lower Manhattan in the 80s, and earthquakes and urban insurrection in LA. ■ includes Farren’s correspondence with Pete Townshend Mick Farren fronted the anarchic pre-punk FRONT LINE MEMOIR OF ANARCHIC TIMES band The Deviants and had lyrics recorded by Metallica, Motorhead, Hawkwind and Wayne Kramer. He has published 22 novels and 12+ non-fiction works, including Elvis And The Colonel. MARKETING ■ ads, reviews and features in alternative and music media including The Village Voice, Mojo, Uncut, and Dangerous Minds ■ promotion via Farren’s popular blog Doc40 Elvis Died ■ review copies available For Somebody’s Sins But Not Mine ISBN: 978-1-900486-92-7 $19.95 | paper 6 x 9 432 pages May Pop Culture Music HEADPRESS SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013..|..3 Krampus Greeting Cards Gruss vom Krampus! Edited by Monte Beauchamp Devilish vintage greeting cards featuring the Krampus character, packaged in a deluxe metal tin. In the early Christmas traditions of Europe, the Krampus was St. Nikolas’ dark servant – a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointy ears and long, slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps! 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ALSO AVAILABLE Krampus: The Devil of Christmas 978-0-86719-747-1 Krampus Greeting Cards ISBN: 978-0-86719-778-5 $19.95 | greeting cards 5 x 7 20 cards Color Images Available Gift Art LAST GASP 4..|..SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013 The Hip Hop Diary By Martin Berdahl Aamundsen and Niklas Brox With its exciting subject matter and its innovative style, The Hip Hop Diary is a one- year-almanac signifying the red-letter days of the four elements of hip hop: DJ-ing, breakdance, rap and graffiti. Every page in this one-of-a-kind diary has details on the background and history of hip hop. ■ features a perpetual calendar ■ each month introduces a significant hip hop event ■ hip hop milestones are noted on specific dates ■ with room for personal notes There are still few reference books about hip hop, so this diary is an enjoyable, entertaining way to access the history of this worldwide movement. Martin Berdahl Aamundsen is the editor of Graff Wars, Stencil Wars and Street Art Norway Vol. 1 and 2, and the publisher of Kontur Publishing. He lives in Oslo. THE VERY FIRST HIP HOP YEAR PLANNER Niklas Brox, part of Norway’s hip hop scene since 1984, is a graphic designer and illustrator. The Hip Hop Diary ISBN: 978-82-93053-14-9 $18.95 | hardcover 5 x 72 160 pages June Gift Pop Culture KONTUR PUBLISHING SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013..|..5 Superzelda The Graphic Life of Zelda Fitzgerald By Tiziana Lo Porto Illustrated by Daniele Marotta This graphic novel – a biography, a love story, and a travelogue – is well-researched, and based on period photographs and documents, as well as on Zelda and Scott’s writing. Dancer, painter, writer, muse, and free- thinker, Zelda Fitzgerald is one of the most iconic figures of the Jazz Age. Born in Alabama in 1900, she was only 18 when she met F. Scott Fitzgerald. Beautiful, talented, irreverent, extravagant, and alcohol-driven, they took high society and the literary world by storm. They traveled to Europe; hung out with Hemingway, Dorothy Parker and Gertrude Stein; charmed and enraged their friends; and destroyed their love and them- selves. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Zelda spent a decade in psychiatric clinics, tragically dying at 48 in a fire. THE ICONIC JAZZ AGE CELEBRITY ■ with beautiful 2-color illustrations Tiziana Lo Porto is a journalist and translator who lives in Rome. This is her first graphic novel. Daniele Marotta is a cartoonist who lives in Siena, Italy. This is his first graphic novel. Superzelda ISBN: 978-1-935548-27-0 $16.95 | paper 6 x 84 176 pages 530 2-Color Illustrations March Graphic Novels Biography & Autobiography ONE PEACE BOOKS 6..|..SCB DISTRIBUTORS..|..SPRING 2013 Little Gift 34 Tasty Morsels to Make, Package, and Give to the Special People in Your Life By Wato Translated by Julianne Neville Uniting high-level Japanese design and pres- entation concepts with easy-to-follow recipes, this is a gift book of loving gifts – nourishing food, sweetly packaged. These savory and sweet recipes feature inno- vative and thoughtful presentations of favorites, including ■ mini picnic sandwiches ■ hearty minestrone soup for a cold night ■ delicious shortbread for co-workers ■ flavored popcorn for a children’s sleepover With beautiful food photography and cute illustrations, Little Gift is a gift in itself. 34 INNOVATIVE RECIPES TO PRESENT AS GIFTS Little Gift Chef Wato is a Japanese ISBN: 978-1-935548-28-7 caterer, nutritionist and $16.95 | hardcover illustrator. She has pub- 6 x 7 lished cookbooks in Japan 152 pages and contributes to the 50 Color Photos & popular Japanese maga- 140 B&W Illustrations zines Anana and J-Wave’s Kiss April And Hug.