Edie Fake Joins the Fold

IF no news is good news, we apologize for ending our very long silence. However, we are back with some unquestionably great news for two of Secret Acres’ own: Joe Lambert’s “Turtle Keep It Steady” has been selected by the honorable Lynda Barry for inclusion in Best New American Comics 2008, due this fall from the Houghton Mifflin Company. Minty Lewis’s “Just This Side of Heaven” will appear in the upcoming issue of The Black Warrior Review. Congratulations to both Joe and Minty; thanks for still talking to us. All you visitors can, of course, purchase either (or even both!) of these mini-comics at the Emporium, so you can talk about how way ahead of Lynda Barry you are. Speaking of people getting ahead, a collection of early comics by our man, and yours, Ken Dahl is forthcoming from the good folks at Microcosm Publishing.

Before you start wondering if every other publisher on earth will get to our artists before we do, Fatal Faux-Pas and Wormdye are actually in production and we will have advance copies waiting for you in four short months at MoCCA (see a preliminary exhibitor list here). We’re hoping to announce a release party just as soon as we get the details together. Besides, you won’t want to miss this.

And finally, we are happy to announce that Secret Acres is now officially planning to release a collection of comics from Edie Fake. When we get a chance, we’ll add an artist page for Edie and get some of his comics in the Emporium for you to buy so you can see what all of the fuss is about.

We hope you’re staying warm this winter and reading loads of comics.

Leon & Barry

P.S. All you people sending us your submissions, we are on it. Really.

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