August 16th, 2011 Issue time07:26:00 pm, by ComicList Email
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Categories: Conventions, Small Press Expo, media release, So Buttons Comics

SO BUTTONS #4Autobiographical sequential art storyteller Jonathan Baylis announced today that the new issue of So Buttons #4 will be premiering at the Small Press Expo 2011 in Bethesda, MD. Following in the Harvey Pekar model, Baylis partners with different artists to translate his stories into sequential art. The new issue contains artwork from Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics), Fred Hembeck (Marvel), Thomas Boatwright (Slave Labor Graphics), T.J. Kirsch (She Died in Terrebonne), and many others. Full color and priced at $6.00 So Buttons is an invitation to laugh and be moved by memories and experiences everyone can relate to.

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September 24th, 2009 Issue time07:27:55 am, by ComicList Email
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So Buttons #2Media Release -- Inspired by the works of Harvey Pekar—with whom he has been compared—Jonathan Baylis's So Buttons #2 features six autobiographical stories, wry observations on marriage, Vietnam, Republicans, Forrest J. Ackerman and John Lennon.

The book's opener, "So… She Married Me Anyway," relates the moments leading up to the author's intended elopement, and is a perfect example of Baylis's prowess as a storyteller, deftly handling the layers of emotions that accompany such an auspicious event with his signature economy and restraint.

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