z_s' publishing debut: an american .gif hero for our times

this is not actually a book of animated .gifs

it is, however, an awesome little comic

details:
- first edition of 100 copies, 71 are for available for purchase
- first 25 will have z_s' signature (but they won't be available for shipping for a couple of weeks, and some of those are already sold on pre-orders). basically, if you want a signed one, email me first to reserve a copy and i'll let you know if we have one for you.
- cranes lettra covers screen-printed with a custom-mixed ink
- hand-sewn with brown irish linen thread
- hand-numbered
- comic is printed on thin, translucent vellum
- 8 pages
- instead of our trademark endpapers, this book features interleaved-papers... teal and chocolate coloured leaves in between each page
- special deluxe edition of this will available sometime in the coming months, but it will be limited to 26 lettered copies, only a handful of which will be available for sale and will be expensive

and also keep in mind that i'm about to post a thread for abbott's book, too

sorry these are pretty shit photos, but i wanted to get this thread up and i was out of daylight

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10802019@N05/5256266058/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10802019@N05/5255654267/

fucking flickr why can i never remember how to post pics from it now

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5285/5255654267_87f9260490.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5008/5256266058_138a68a557.jpg

!!

still pumped to see what the translucent pages look like with the colored leaves in between!

never would have guessed Z_S stood for Barry Lutz.

the ____after Z and the invisible _____ after S is my real name (or IS IT??); Barry Lutz is my pen name. I have my reasons for doing it, but the main one is pretty much that I always thought it would be cool since I was a little kid to have a pen name

xpost - it looks better than we even thought... at first we thought we'd need really light colored paper, but the vellum isn't actually *that* translucent, which meant that we could use really dark, rich colors like brown and turquoise. i also kind of like how, since the colored paper is kind of heavy, it's like your story is nestled in between these other sheets, which suits the subject matter (long-repressed memory bubbling up to the surface, i mean - not bonerz).

also - what is the genesis of barry lutz? it makes me think of michael ian black saying to a monkey, 'DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM I'M BARRY LUTZ!' but maybe that is but one application of the name barry lutz.

you got it.

I once had an awkward conversation with an acquaintance that knew I was working on stuff by the name of Barry Lutz. He mentioned that his last name was Lutz, and I didn't believe him...and his last name was totally Lutz. uuuugh...sorry man

oh what the hell, I shoulda seen this thread before i paypalled for abbott's book... now i gotta go BACK?

and back i did go.

hey just1n3 is this/you based out of montreal? anywhere i might be able to pick up a copy if so

just a reminder dudes:

abbott also has a book

and also: please let me know in the email if you want to wait for a signed barry lutz or get an unsigned one right away

flopson: nah we're in california, we can ship this to you, it's just a dollar more that you need to add for paypal... if you don't have paypal, you can risk it and try sending US cash, we have one regular canadian customer who does this

oh ok, i misread that it was 1$ in canada and not 6 + 1

haha wishful thinking, buddy!! ;)

Pretty sure this shit is gonna be BOOK OF THE YEAR, except I'm mad you guys didn't want to use my blurb. P. sure the cover would look a lot better with "Taught me so much about the care of sugar gliders" on it, but whatevs.

I am more xcited to read this than basically anything ever, though.

given the responses we got from comics ppl at the book fair, we have a pretty good feeling that z_s is going places

i'm fucking excited about both of these tbh

LOL Barry Lutz... of The Barry Lutz Show? Is there monkey torture in this book?

sorry I should have read the thread...

http://www.mtv.com/videos/misc/401525/the-barry-lutz-show.jhtml

http://www.court-records.net/animation/aa-larry.htm

bumping this for today

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this is a little chapbook of abbott's illustrations

inspired by, and originally meant to accompany, roxy's miniature family anecdotes*, these are now titled Acontextual Drawings. you lucky insiders will actually know the context but everyone else won't.

details:
- edition of 100, 75 available for purchase
- hand-sewn with blue irish linen thread
- hand-numbered
- covers are printed with archival inks on digital ground painted onto the covers
- light blue-gray vellum covers, light gray text paper
- 8 pages of drawings
- natural white vellum endpapers
- special deluxe edition of this will available sometime in the coming months, but it will be limited to 26 lettered copies, only a handful of which will be available for sale and will be expensive. each one will include a portfolio of standalone prints of the drawing.

special ilxor price of $5 incl US shipping - add $1 for canada or $3 for anywhere else. this is for each copy of the book - i will refund the difference if you order more than one and the shipping ends up being cheaper than the estimate

payment: email me your order first and then paypal us - i'm not sure how fast these will sell, so i want to confirm orders first.

keep in mind xmas shipping means these will probably take a while to get to you

and also keep in mind that i'm about to post a thread for z_s' book, too

sorry these are pretty shit photos, but i wanted to get this thread up and i was out of daylight

*a member of roxy's fam did not want the anecdotes published. sorry, folks.

email me books(at)chancepress(dot)com

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:42 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:44 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:44 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:45 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

OMG WANT

― saturday (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:56 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

SO AWESOME

― markers, Sunday, December 12, 2010 5:58 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

can't wait to get my copy! (we're trading)

― when you penetrate to the most high god, you will believe you're mad (Z S), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:03 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dude i am already including a copy of each of yours in each other's contributor copies packages

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:07 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that'll make the trade waaay easier, loool

― when you penetrate to the most high god, you will believe you're mad (Z S), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:10 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

absolutely into this.

― a leg made footless by pot (forksclovetofu), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:26 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

*a member of roxy's fam did not want the anecdotes published. sorry, folks.

Awww thats a shame! But, understandable of course.

I'd like a copy! What do I do to avoid paypal? (sorry I dont trust it)

― manic pixie dream girl phenomenon (Trayce), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:38 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I bought all 75 sorry folx

― erin brokovich (rip van wanko), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:39 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

>:O

― markers, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:40 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

xp trayce you could risk it and send US cash?? if you have a credit card why not use paypal? super easy and doesn't cost you a thing (we pay the fees on our end).

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:46 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Hm I guess, as long as I dont need a PP account is all :)

― manic pixie dream girl phenomenon (Trayce), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:47 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

also folks, lots of ppl are ordering one and then realising there's another and ordering that too - we also have a book by z_s, look for the thread on ile

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:48 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pro tip: if you send the payment as a 'gift' (click personal) justine & co. should not have to pay any fees. at least that's how I think it works?

― deej me how to whiney (dayo), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:48 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

omg i just lol'd at your paypal message mookie! how did you even know about that??

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:51 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

bought mine!

― Mordy, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:52 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

ilx search yo!

― mookieproof, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:53 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

xp to dayo, yeah that's how it can work BUT we gotta be careful bc we operate the press above board (pay taxes and sales taxes and stuff), so a succession of small payments, with some of them being 'gifts' might look dodgy.

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:56 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

xp lolz

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:56 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oh! well if the taxman shows up at your door to perform an audit, you have me to blame ;_;

― deej me how to whiney (dayo), Sunday, December 12, 2010 6:57 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dude i am already including a copy of each of yours in each other's contributor copies packages

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:07 PM (1 hour ago)

Justin3, you psychic!

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:31 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

:D

― when you penetrate to the most high god, you will believe you're mad (Z S), Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:32 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^ only time i have ever used that, to my knowledge^ not sure why i felt the urge to bust it out there

― when you penetrate to the most high god, you will believe you're mad (Z S), Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:33 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

BECAUSE THESE BOOKS ARE SO DANG EXCITING!!!!

be advised: we are selling through these at a pretty reasonable pace, so get in while you can, people

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:35 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I was pretty sure you guys were going to be spending your elderly years heating your house by burning leftover copies of this, so that is wicked cool news for me to hear.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:38 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

no way man, they are selling these too cheaply tbh

― mookieproof, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:39 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

pricing this stuff is really, really tough tbh, lots of stuff to take into account - materials cost, paypal fees, shipping (envelopes + postage), contributor copies, inevitable freebies, damaged/unsellable copies. if we tried to price these at what they are really 'worth', no one would buy them!

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:42 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

oh, and sales taxes, business taxes... replacing press tools (printers etc.)... it goes on and on. we try to price stuff to at least come up even, but it doesn't usually work out that way.

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:43 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Its best to think of a small press as an expensive hobby rather than a lucrative business...

― Without warning, a wizard walks by. (Viceroy), Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:44 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^^^^^^^^ 1000000x otm

― just1n3, Sunday, December 12, 2010 7:45 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

how many are left i'm broke for a few days :(

― http://tinyurl.com/jerrymacarena (gr8080), Monday, December 13, 2010 3:08 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

email me gr8080

― just1n3, Monday, December 13, 2010 7:06 AM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Is there a site or something posted for non ILX people to order this? Because I am pretty sure I have enough friends whose albums I have bought over the years that they'd return the favor.

― Stop Non-Erotic Cabaret (Abbbottt), Monday, December 13, 2010 2:13 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

nice work ppl. will buy!

― jerkstore cowboy (Pillbox), Monday, December 13, 2010 2:31 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I want to buy all these Abbott and Z_S books but don't have a spare tenner until after NY. They're going to sell out by then, aren't they?

― emil.y, Monday, December 13, 2010 2:34 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

guys guys guys you can just email me to reserve a copy! that is not a problem!

xp to abbott: there will be a page up on our website with ordering info + paypal buttons and shit but i have no idea when we'll get round to doing it (that is ytth's job, mostly). in the meantime, you can tell them to email me - non-ilxor price is $6 (same shipping deal)

― just1n3, Monday, December 13, 2010 2:54 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

bumping this thread

there are still books left

they are CHEAP

why would you want to miss out on this

great 'holiday gift idea'

and look, another one right here infamous abbott: now you can OWN your very own abbott book of art

lol whooops!

i should never have gotten out of bed this morning

ur sales pitch is repetitive imo

I cant paypal, was there other options

Ps six bucks + p&p is ridic cheap

get a fuckin paypal, you hillbilly

;)

there's one in my name that doesnt work, it's complicated

These have reached the land of crooked teeth and rocket pizza! They are rad too, nice work Z S. I hope that it is successful enough for a vol 2 of lenticular prints of animated gifs

Oh man, I don't even know how that would work, but I love that idea!

omg this story is so sad

I got mine today as well, nicely done and yeah sad/bittersweet.

obviously i liked the story, but i thought i'd throw in my two cents - my favorite thing about it is that, while a lot of autobio comics would wallow in the aftermath of the "incident" (i hesitate to call it the "climax"), the story just cuts off and lets you wonder about it. it tells the story in a lively way and then skips all the navel gazing that tends to make a lot of autobio comics run together.

can't wait to see this

if you still want one of these, and you want it for a ~~~~special discounted price~~~~ you need to get in before the end of next week. once this goes up in our official online store, the reg price will apply!

Arrived - these books are beautifully done, and I agree with yyth - the story is kind of sparsely beautiful.

I've rarely worked on anything with a narrative, especially in a visual format, so I'm really happy that some people seem to think the story is passable, let alone that anyone would like it! tbh I was aiming for "pathetic" more than "sad", though I guess there's a lot of overlap there

just1n3, are Abbott books still available as well? Interested in both tbh

yes yes - paypay $11 for both to books at chancepress dot com

ytth will attest to the fact that i don't often irl lol @ books/tv/movies and i most definitely had irl lols at z_s's comic

awaiting these eagerly tbh!!!!!

hmmm you should have gotten yours by now... but snowstorms? i guess?

snowstorms, a lousy post office, these could all be factory.

Wooo! Abbott just got her big package today which included this wonderful little chap-comic. ZS, I love your art style and the story was so OTM about nerds and their high school crushes. I identified quite readily with the story told and indeed, many LOLs were had. I love that the panels are on velum... wonderful presentation!

pa. what's the font you used for lettering?

pa. = ps.

thanks viceroy!

the font is "DigitalStrip": http://www.1001fonts.com/font_details.html?font_id=1028

I initially tried to handwrite like a real pro but forgot that i write like a 3-year-old, totally illegible, downward sloping then upward sloping

Stiff Breeze is now available for ordering directly from our store here.

no plans for an ultra-deluxe edition at this stage, since this is way fancier than our regular trade editions (plus the idea i had for the ultra-deluxe didn't pan out), but will post announcement here if that changes.

awesome, so cool, thanks J+J!

http://i51.tinypic.com/aaylis.jpg
http://i56.tinypic.com/2yyv0wj.jpg

damn, I wish those images were a little LARGER

these all look so awesome. well done to everyone especially just1n3, what a hero!

hahaha thanks <3! but my contribution is really only the equivalent of really pretty gift wrapping on an awesome present

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