King-cat Classix

Drawn and Quarterly

King-cat ClassixAuthor(s): John Porcellino\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Drawn and Quarterly, Canada\nImprint: Drawn and Quarterly\nISBN-13: 9781770464674, 978-1770464674\nSynopsis\nUnvarnished. Punk. The New York Times. King-Cat Classix collects material from the first fifty issues of John Porcellino s King-Cat Comics as they appeared in self-published, handmade zines throughout the 1990s. These strips span Porcellino s dynamic evolution from saturated, punk drawings to his characteristic refined minimalism, revealing his work as nothing short of a catalyst that has inspired artists like Chris Ware in the emerging literary comics scene. In the inky drawings featuring beloved pets, awkward teenage one-night-stands, and everyday blunders, we see a nascent style steeped in truth and transparency one that continues to ring true today. Porcellino s mind is spread out on the page, with an uninhibited id running wildly about dreams and sexual fantasies, not unlike the gritty, stabbing p.