{"id":4340,"date":"2008-05-29T21:30:07","date_gmt":"2008-05-29T19:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/?p=4340"},"modified":"2008-05-29T21:45:36","modified_gmt":"2008-05-29T19:45:36","slug":"skycrapers-in-stores-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/skycrapers-in-stores-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Skycrapers in Stores Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/skycrap.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4341\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.comicbox.com\/index.php\/news-english\/skycrapers-in-stores-today\/attachment\/skycolcoverfront\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/skycrap.jpg?fit=288%2C431\" data-orig-size=\"288,431\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Chris Pitzer&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;SKY.COL.COVER.FRONT&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SKY.COL.COVER.FRONT\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/skycrap.jpg?fit=288%2C431\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4341\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 4px; margin-right: 4px; border: black 1px solid;\" title=\"SKY.COL.COVER.FRONT\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.comicbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/skycrap.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>[ENGLISH] Over five years in the making\u2026 AdHouse Books is proud to announce Skyscrapers of the Midwest hardcover collection by Joshua W. Cotter is appearing in your better comic shops today. Skyscrapers of the Midwest is best described as the winding tale of a young cat, his little brother, and the creeping shadow of imminent adolescence in the American heartland. Eisner and Ignatz nominated, Skyscrapers was the winner of the 2004 Isotope<!--more-->\u00a0Award for Excellence\u00a0in Mini-Comics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">quotes:<br \/>\n\u201cThis is one odd fucking book.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Warren Ellis<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSkyscrapers of the Midwest is one of the the best debut series this decade. Few cartoonists on their best day could capture childhood and its awesome disappointments with the intensity that Josh Cotter somehow conveys in this first major work. Moments this terrifyingly intimate shouldn\u2019t make for such beautiful comics.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 Tom Spurgeon, The Comics Reporter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cSkyscrapers of the Midwest is the nexus point where Adrian Tomine, Chris Ware, and Robert Crumb meet. Cotter\u2019s explorations childhood trauma will leave you frozen like a deer in the headlights long after you put this book down.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2013 James Sime, The Isotope<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">details:<br \/>\n288 pages<br \/>\n6? x 9? HC<br \/>\n$19.95 US funds<br \/>\nISBN 978-0-9770304-7-7<br \/>\nShipping Summer 2008<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Look for Joshua Cotter in your area as he plans to tour for the book\u2019s release. Currently, the shows he will be attending are the MoCCA Art Fest, HeroesCon, SPX and Baltimore Comicon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If your local comic shop didn\u2019t order it, they still can with Diamond Order code: MAR08 3385. 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