The Wicked and the Tired: A Comic Anthology of Surreal Horror and the Unending Anxiety of Living

Three short comics and four illustrations take on anxiety, loneliness, sexuality and the fears of adulthood. Full color, 68 pages, featuring Chicago-based indie artists Connie Chu, Woodbury Rand, Gabi Mendez, Gabriel Mason Howell, Yewon Kwon, Daimon Hampton, Rivven Prink, A. Cris Valles and edited by Sheika Lugtu. Mature content.

Publisher Marketing: "Witching Hour" by Gabi Mendez "The Witches" by A. Cris Valles "HALOVITA" by Yewon Kwon "Exes" by Daimon Hampton "I Am Enduring The Miserable Inevitable" by Gabriel Mason Howell "Internet Crush" by Gabriel Mason Howell "Hell Moth" by Rivven Prink "Theodore's Day Out" by Sheika Lugtu "House On Haunted Hill Moth" by Rivven Prink Review Quotes : "...less a comic to read, and more a comic to feel, not unlike the comics equivalent of a mix tape. It follows the "show more, tell less" school of comics that calls to mind the best of wordless underground comics." Gavin Rehfeldt, Geeks OUT "...a first offering from a press that is invested in a very talented set of creators...stories and individual illustrations that...show off their horror chops, but also hint at the range of which they are capable." Alenka Figa, Women Write About Comics Publisher Marketing : " The Wicked and the Tired is not only a fascinating, haunting, comics anthology, it's also a beautiful and transporting art piece." Geeks OUT "...incredibly well-paced, and gives each story space to breathe and function as it's own piece." Alenka Figa, Women Write About Comics Lost friends, loneliness, frustrated desires and the minefield of adulthood. These are the monsters that keep us up at night, exhausted yet restless. In this anthology, four cartoonists explore the monsters that haunt them. Gabi Mendez's Witches unexpectedly meet in the night and remember past mistakes while in Yewon Kwon's HALOVITA a curtain of watchful eyes reveal a deeply familiar inner horror. Gabriel Mason Howell tantalizes, stalks, hungers and loves with two stories of introspective passion. Lastly Sheika Lugtu's monster-child travels through a surreal landscape in serach of his parents. These stories are punctuated with illustrations by Woodbury Rand, A. Cris valles, Daimon Hampton and Rivven Prink. In turns heart-felt, intimate, creepy, and cute; The Wicked and the Tired delivers an oblique glance at the monsters in our closet. Contributor Bio: Lugtu, Sheika Cartoonists Gabi Mendez, Gabriel Mason Howell, Yewon Kwon Illustrators Woodbury Rand, A. Cris Valles, Daimon Hampton, Rivven Prink Cover artist Connie Chu Editor Sheika Lugtu

Format: Paperback | Pages: 70 | Publication Date: 2017-06-10