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"You are faced with the reality of quitting or doubling down. Guess which one this is." - Zak Sally,
Recidivist
About the author
Zak Sally is a cartoonist, printmaker, publisher, musician and educator. He self-published his first comic zine on a photocopier at the age of thirteen. He is best known for his book, Like a Dog (Fantagraphics), and his two comics series, Sammy the Mouse and Recidivist, the third volume of which received two Eisner Award nominations. In addition to his comics work, he played bass in the minimal rock band, Low. He is a native of Duluth, Minnesota, and currently owns and operates his own press, La Mano 21, in Minneapolis. La Mano serves as a publisher for Sally’s works as well as those of other comic artists including John Porcellino (From Lone Mountain) and William Schaff. Sally has designed and drawn record covers, posters, zines, illustrations, and comics on an international platform for over twenty years. He has also curated gallery exhibitions, served as the United States liaison to the PFC (an international experimental comics residency/think tank based in France), formed an experimental art school (Schoolhaus, with Dan Ibarra), and is one of the eight organizers, board members, and founders of AUTOPTIC, a bi-yearly festival of independent culture in Minneapolis. Sally has been teaching at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design since 2007. His current ongoing projects include the completion of Sammy the Mouse and a comics biography of author Philip K. Dick.
Summary
“You are faced with the reality of quitting or doubling down. Guess which one this is.” - Zak Sally, Recidivist
A man searches for his lost teeth to complete his masterwork. Another embraces ghosts in an act of vengeance. Children escape from a ruined house to find a revelation. A wanderer leaves everything behind and discovers the infinite. Part resignation letter, part manifesto, the stories in Zak Sally’s Recidivist IV comprise a medium-defying visual experience of the freedom in obscurity.
Foreword
- National Print Campaign: Advance copies to the following publications: the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Village Voice, the Atlantic Monthly, Portland Monthly, the Portland Mercury, the Stranger, Bitch, Print, the Washington Post, the San Francisco Chronicle, Midwest Book Review, the LA Times, the LA Review of Books and many others.
- Advance copies to trades Publishers Weekly, Booklist and Library Journal.
- Online Media Campaign: Advance copies, interview and review pitches to: NPR, the Huffington Post, Comics Beat, the Comics Reporter, the Comics Journal, Comic Book Resources, Flavorwire, Pop Matters, Inkstuds, Under the Radar, Paste Magazine, the Onion A.V. Club and Slate among others.
- Promotion through the Secret Acres Scuttlebutt blog, Secret Acres Facebook, Twitter and tumblr and through Zak Sally's website, www.zaksally.com, and the artist’s press website, www.lamano21.com, the artist’s Patreon, www.patreon.com/zak_sally, the artist’s instagram and Twitter, @zaksally, and the artist’s record label, www.subpop.com/artists/zak_sally.
- Alongside the release of this definitive edition of Recidivist IV, Zak Sally will print and press an artist edition vinyl record of music recorded specifically for the book, providing a truly immersive reading experience.
- Quotes from John Porcellino and Jim Woodring, among many others!
- Author tour: Washington, D.C.; Bethesda, MD; Brooklyn, NY; New York, NY; Toronto, ON; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis, MN.
