THIS PAGE lists all the issues of KING-CAT COMICS currently available, with prices, as well as subscription rates. (Book collections and other items are listed on the OTHER PUBLICATIONS page - see link above). For ORDERING instructions, please click on the HOW TO ORDER link at the top of this page... thanks!
KING-CAT SUBSCRIPTIONS
King-Cat Subscriptions are available, see chart below for rates! When ordering a new subscription, please let me know which issue you'd like it to start with! Thanks! (Please note New US/Canada Rates, below.)
4-Issue Subscription
U.S.A. -- $14.00
CANADA -- $16.00
EVERYWHERE ELSE -- $20.00
Gift Subscriptions are also available. Just include the name and address you'd like it sent to!
PLEASE NOTE: At the rate I’ve been going lately, a 4-issue subscription will last about 2-3 years! So if you’re a subscriber, please let me know if your mailing address changes! Thanks!
CURRENT AND BACK ISSUES
***NEW-- #70, September 2009***
Marking the King-Cat 20th Anniversary, this brand new issue features: Depression, Meds, Alcohol; Them There Skweezils; Frustration, Diogenes, and Square-Head John (Return to Trinidad); plus: Top-40, and LOTS MORE. Not as sad as one might think. 36 digest pages, $3.00.
#69, September 2008
This recent issue features a nice mix of funny and sad stories: The Skweezil Cat Chronicles, Moon, Clouds, Heavy Metal Memories, and a poem; Ghetto Palms; plus-- Top-40, letters, and lots more! 32 digest pages, $3.00
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#68, October 2007
This recent issue features John R., and Maisie; Back to Denver; Clouds, anthills, Nature Notes, and Autumn; Diogenes of Sinope; more. 36 digest pages, $3.00.
#67 (Oct. 06)
A loose collection of stories and shorter impressions... art, life, fear and opening up. Sleeping in the Car in L.A., Colorado Folk Artist Square-Head John, Walking in San Francisco; plus letters, Top 40, and much much more. 40 digest pages, $3.00
#66 (Dec. 05):
This recent issue features two "long" stories: "Las Hojas" - about playing football with the kids in my old neighborhood, and "Freeman Kame" about... Freeman Kame. Plus Snornose, Blue Light, and a letter from Al. 36 digest pages, $3.00.
#65 (Nov. 05):
The PLACE issue: places I've lived, places I've been, places I've wanted to be. Essays and comics about Iowa City, DeKalb Ill., Brighton Colo., Scott County Kansas, and Elgin; Looking for Home. 40 digest pages, $3.00
#64 (July 05):
My dear Father passed away unexpectedly in April 2005. So this new issue has a lot in it about him, and us. Includes: Road Trip Back East, Memories of My Dad, Beautiful Dream. Plus: cats, dogs, monks, and yellow flowers; more. 40 digest pages, $3.00
#63 (Aug. 04):
This issue features: California Road Trip (Itinerary and Highlights); The Bottle and Me, Barbers I Have Known, and a Visit from the Crane Fly. Plus- palm trees, pigeons, plum blossoms and lots more! A well-rounded issue. 36 digest pages; $3.00
#62 (Aug. 03)
The Back to Denver issue features kites, clouds, stars; cats, dogs and catalpa trees. Plus: letters; road trips and quiet mornings. 32 digest pages, $2.00
#60 (12/01)
Nature: Ticks, trees, wind, sun; Prairies, possums, Mental illness; Nebraska. Plus: letters, Top-40 and more. Not so sad. 32 pages, $2.00 (Found some more of these while packing up for our move-- BACK IN STOCK!)
#59 (4/01)
Dreams and Reality: love, snow, swans, potato chips; more. 32 pgs, TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT.
#58 (1/01)
Book length childhood story: trains, dogs, fear and forgiveness; more. Drawn in a crazed rush Christmas 2000. 36 pgs, SOLD OUT.
#57 (8/00)
Well rounded issue includes the quiet, nearly wordless "Psalm", stars, rivers, pillbug info / survey results. Letters; more. 32 pgs, SOLD OUT (See Map of My Heart).
#56 (12/99)
"Punt No Tell"- a book length coming of age story, plus letters and Busy Bee. 28 pgs, TEMPORARILY SOLD OUT-- CHECK BACK SOON!
#54 (9/98)
Back to Basics: Warts, ticks, and neighbors; bad dogs, Marigolds, Holding Hands. Plus: letters, fun facts, and a special cameo appearance by Zak Sally. 28 pgs, SOLD OUT.
#51 (12/96)
Root Hog or Die! "I Saw Where the Root Hog Lives" parts one and two, childhood map, plus Zen Story, Snow Story, letters (including the infamous 8 page "Mr. Dusty" letter from Mr. Mike), and more information about Woodchucks than you ever thought possible! 36 pgs, SOLD OUT (See Map of My Heart).
#50 (5/96)
Special "anniversary" issue features: childhood memories, Punk vs. Metal, Jazz pianist Bud Powell, all new Cadillac March episode, Escape to Wisconsin, letters and more. Funny and tender, a good mix. 40 pgs, back in stock in limited quantities! Please write for availability. $4.00
#47 (12/94)
"Belmont Harbor" tells a High School story of crushes, thrift store shopping, drinking at the lake and the loneliness of the world. This is a special comic book sized issue that also includes Joe Chiappetta's Silly Daddy #8. 32 pages, SOLD OUT.
#38 (3/92)
The All-Sam issue. A tribute to my childhood dog, Samantha Love, that many readers hold as their favorite issue. Funny and sad. The zine version is sold out, but this story appears, in it's entirety, in the books King-Cat Classix, and Ivan Brunetti's Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons and True Stories Vol. 2.
SILLY-CAT #1
I found a box of these I didn't know I had, so this 1997 flip-book done with Joe Chiappetta is back in stock! 32 oversize pages feature otherwise unavailable King-Cat and Silly Daddy comics, plus color covers and a color jam centerfold, $2.00
