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Porcellino, John. Map of My Heart. Drawn & Quarterly, 2009. 360p. ISBN: 9781897299937. King-Cat Classix from 2007, the first big collection of King-Cat comics from Drawn & Quarterly, was often a tiring read. John Porcellino’s beautiful minimalism and poetic comics did not appear fully formed. It was only towards the end of that volume that [...]

Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino. Hyperion, 2008. 102p., hardcover, 2 color, $16.99. ISBN: 9781423100386. I’m like a broken record when it comes to John Porcellino’s work: I love its beautiful minimalism and quiet, thoughtful narratives. A new long work by him is cause for celebration, and this volume does not disappoint. Thoreau at Walden [...]

I’m breaking blog silence. I caught the flu last week and that killed all my weekend working time, which is generally when I get reviews written. Maybe I’ll have something for Monday or Tuesday. In the meantime, my day was brightened by the arrival of a piece of original art I commissioned from John Porcellino [...]

3 Poems About Fog by John Porcellino. King-Cat, 2006. 5.5″ x 8.5″. The Ones that Everybody Knows by John Porcellino. King-Cat, 2006. 4.25″ x 5.5″. I’ve been meaning to learn more constellations. My apartment entrance is up a flight of stairs and across a roof/deck, so coming home in the evenings, I have the sky [...]

King-Cat #65: Places by John Porcellino. Spit and a Half, Oct 2005. $3. A new issue of King-Cat is always a cause for celebration. John Porcellino’s stories are filled with a sense of wonder in the everyday. His comics are composed with a beautiful simplicity that is either very carefully considered or the product of [...]

(La Mano, 2005) John Porcellino makes minimal comics that are quite amazing in their simplicity. This book collects stories from King-Cat Comics about his long-running job as a mosquito abatement man. They span from an extremely rough 1989 piece through to new stories from 2004. While not as successful as his A Perfect Example (just [...]