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...John Porcellino creates some of the most thoughtful, intelligent, sympathetic and, yes, beautiful comix in America. Good luck finding them. His "King-Cat Comics and Stories," has been around since 1989, but remains a photocopied, hand-stapled minicomic available only by mail or in the most extremely discerning comic/alternate media shops. Or so I thought. It turns out there are two high-quality, book-length collections of his work, both of which the TIME.comix staff happened to stumble upon this past week. "King-Cat Collection," (26pg; $5.95) published by B.u.L.b Comix of Switzerland, first appeared in 1998 and was just...
...both books Porcellino uses autobiography to explore the universal exquisiteness of everyone's life. "King-Cat Collection" does this mostly with one page retellings of momentary events, or dreams, or even just sensations. "Late Bus" wordlessly depicts a high school kid in that eerie time of staying late after school. He fills his backpack from the locker in an empty hallway. Putting on his coat and hat he steps outside to discover it's snowing! The one, last, sad schoolbus waits...
...Perfect Example" primarily contains four longer, connected stories that tell of one summer during Porcellino's adolescence. Young John, living in an Illinois suburb, tries to figure out how relationships work and where he fits into the world while struggling with what must be the beginnings of chronic depression. That Porcellino manages to create an actual story arc out of life's random events should be cause for awe, but to also do it with such emotional insight and honesty seems frighteningly talented...