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Uncivilized Books Overhauls its Patreon to Buy Direct with its Subscription Service

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Uncivilized Books has been running a subscription service to buy directly from the comic publisher through Patreon for years. For just $5 a month, you got comics delivered to your door of each release by the publisher.

But, things are being changed up expanding what people can subscribe to. Options for the subscription are now:

  • Comic Books Only ($5/month)
  • Graphic Novels Only ($15/month)
  • Graphic Novels + Comic Books ($20 / month)

The publisher also announced it would be launching an anthology called DREGS! That too will be available towards the end of the year.

  • DREGS! Only ($6/month) – starts Dec 2026
  • DREGS! + Comic Books ($10/month) – starts Dec 2026
  • Graphic Novels + DREGS! + Comic Books ($25/month) – starts Dec 2026

Uncivilized Books has also revealed it’s upcoming releases. Coming in 2026:

  • FIRE! by Hideko Mizuno (Mangalith)
  • Ex Libris (2nd edition) by Matt Madden
  • The Sickness Vol 1 (2nd edition) by Lonnie Nadler & Jenna Cha

If subscribers have first editions, they will be able to substitute them for any graphic novel from Uncivilized Books’ back catalog.

The releases for the first six months of 2027 has also been revealed:

  • Lucky by Gabrielle Bell
  • The Blot by Tom Neely
  • The Humans Omnibus Vol 1 by Keenan Marshall Keller and Tom Neely
  • Alexander the Great: Empire of the Mind by Yoshikazu Yasuhiko (Mangalith)!

The upcoming comics lineup will include new work from John Porcellino, new issues of Cartoon Dialectics, the long-awaited return of The Sickness comics, and some other projects still shaping up.

Uncivilized Books announces a New Comics Anthology, DREGS!

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DREGS!

Uncivilized Books has announced DREGS!, a new quarterly international indie sci-fi and fantasy magazine.

DREGS! features 100 pages of independent and international Science-Fiction and Fantasy comics, inspired by great comics magazines like Garo and Métal Hurlant. Inside, readers will find short comics and ongoing comic series.

Featuring in Issue #1 and #2: Matias Bergara, Michael DeForge, Richie Pope, James Romberger, Delfina Perez Adan, Tom Neely, Keenan Marshall Keller, Glowdark, Suzanne Jana, Jean-Marc Ah-Sen, Tom Kaczynski, Maxime Gérin, Al Gofa, Ronald Wimberly, Gyimah Gariba, Emmanuel Lantam, Tim Peacock, Ylang Lebot, Kevin Catalan, and Jake Zawlacki.

Every issue will also have a special guest artist who will be doing the cover and an in-depth interview. For DREGS! #1, the special guest is Matias Bergara, where he talks about his work and his approach to making comics.

And that’s not all. There will also be other interviews, articles, process pieces, and lots of other extra content throughout the magazine.

DREGS! launches September 25th, and the the crowdfunding pre-sale will run for one month. The Kickstarter will help Uncivilized Books get the magazine printed, pay the artists, and get DREGS! into comic shops.

The Jungle #4 is another great issue showing off the good to hide the bad and brutal of the prison

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It’s prison razor cage fight time!

Puke steps in for the injured Johnny to fight the vicious Barabus. ‘Nuff said!

It’s a brutal, no-holds-barred battle to the death!

Presented in black and white with a blood red spot color. It’s one you don’t want to miss!

Story: Keenan Marshall Keller
Art: Tom Neely

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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South Beloit Journal is an interesting, personal, and honest journal done as comic strips

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“Over the winter of 2010-2011 I found myself at the lowest point of my life: Twice divorced, heartbroken, mentally insane, and living in poverty and isolation in a cold, grey cinderblock apartment in a small, gritty town in Northern Illinois… South Beloit. One of my projects at the time was illustrating a book about suicide, The Next Day, for the Canadian publisher Pop Sandbox. As I trimmed the pages to size, I found myself with ninety-one 2” x 6” scraps of Bristol board. They looked perfect for a comic strip, so I began drawing upon them one little diary comic per day. I tried not to censor myself (though sometimes I still did), but to just let the ink spill without preconception or prejudice. What follows are those comics. I hope you enjoy them more than I enjoyed making them!” — John Porcellino

Story: John Porcellino
Art: John Porcellino

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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The Jungle #3 shifts the focus of the series a bit as Queenie gets the spotlight

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While Johnny recovers from last issue’s beating, we get a glimpse of the world beyond The JUNGLE’s walls, in this Queenie-centric issue!

A slice of life in mid-70’s L.A. as Queenie struggles with family issues and her shitty job while trying to devise a plan to help BUST The HUMANS out of The JUNGLE!!

Plus a LETTER FROM DOC and KARNS from sun-soaked Florida!!

Story: Keenan Marshall Keller
Art: Tom Neely

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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The Jungle #2 has The Humans clashing with other gangs in the prison

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Johnny and The HUMANS, struggle with the rules of their new world; butting heads again and again with anyone and everyone on the block, leading to conflict with Thumper and the God Bullies, who’s interest in NADA snowballs into an all-out Bloody Brawl in the Boiler-room!!

This issue has it all, including Crazed Christian Sermons, Threats of Forced Trepanation, a heaping dose of Ape Cock, Witchy Occult Ceremonies, a Bloody Brawl, and mountains of SKIN SHIT!!!

This is crazy Apesploitation Action at its BEST!

Story: Keenan Marshall Keller
Art: Tom Neely

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Ozge Samanci’s Graphic Novel Evil Eyes Sea Wins the CCS Cartoonist Studio Prize!

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Evil Eyes Sea

Ozge Samanci‘s much-lauded autobiographically-inspired graphic novel Evil Eyes Sea has received the prestigious Cartoonist Studio Prize, given by the Center for Cartoon Studies. The thirteenth annual prize has recognized Samanci’s graphic novel from acclaimed publisher Uncivilized Books as 2024’s best long-form comic. 

CCS says about the book:

The book’s greatest strengths lie in its originality and voice. The tone balances wit and melancholy with remarkable ease. The artwork is expressive and the cartooning inventive. At times, the story flirts with familiar tropes, but always on its own terms—eschewing highbrow convention for something more emotionally direct. Samanci has created a heartfelt, captivating work that deserves wider attention.

In Evil Eyes Sea, Samanci writes a feminist political mystery set in Istanbul during the 1995 elections telling the story of two broke students who witnessed an unusual death on a scuba diving expedition. As the case deepens, they become increasingly entangled with religious pressure, and possible murder and political corruption that echoes the events of contemporary America. They try to return to their every day, but their lives are increasingly entangled with the chaos, trauma, and economic instability that results from their experience. 

Author Ozge Samanci says:

Evil Eyes Sea is about political dread and the rise of authoritarianism, but it’s also a story of friendship, magical realism, honesty, and absurd moments of youth. Blending fiction with autobiography helped me tell a dark story in a humorous and lighthearted way. Graphic novels take years to create, and this recognition from the CCS community means the world to me.

Uncivilized Books’ publisher Tom Kaczynski said:

Evil Eyes Sea‘s propulsive and—dare I say, action-packed—comic book storytelling stood out to me when I first read it. Foreign locales, friendship, murder mystery, and political intrigue; it’s all there and then some. Ozge’s European TinTin-esque sensibility blended with American autobiographical influences is a real treat for comics readers. 

You can get it now from Bookshop, Amazon, your local comic shop and bookstore, and more.

The Sickness #4 has some interesting concepts and ideas but is a bit too muddled

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If you’re feeling sick, The Man may be following you…

1945: Daniel’s friends urge him to confront his mysterious stalker. However, not all of them are convinced Daniel’s symptoms are real, leading to a naive plan with horrifying consequences.

1955: George faces a dead end in his research. Despite his best efforts to put the bizarre case of the murderous housewife behind him, a sense of personal duty worms through his brain. Unbeknownst to him, a new stage of discovery is about to unfold.

Story: Jenny Cha, Lonnie Nadler
Art: Jenna Cha
Letterer: Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou

Get your copy now! To find a comic shop near you, visit http://www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook or digitally and online with the links below.

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Uncivilized Books reveals its Spring 2024 Graphic Novels

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Uncivilized Books Spring 2024 releases

Evil Eyes Sea, by Ozge Samanci (on sale 3/26/24) — a feminist, political mystery set in Istanbul during the 1995 elections tells the story of two women who witness a death — or possibly a murder — on a scuba diving expedition. They try to return to their everyday, but their lives are increasingly entangled with the political corruption, religious pressure, and economic instability that results from their experience. Samanci says, “The autobiographically-inspired story I tell in Evil Eyes Sea emerged from my college years in Istanbul, my quirky friends, and my struggles with being a young woman in Turkey’s male-centric culture. In this book, I share a window into a country where narrow political views limit personal power — a place that can be beautiful, but also cruel.”

Maple Terrace, by Noah Van Sciver (on sale 5/21/24) — In a time when superheroes were oversized, adorned with massive guns and muscles, comic books were currency! This autobiographical graphic novel highlights that era when young investors struggled to acquire every embossed, metallic ink, holographic foil-enhanced cover under the sun, hoping to pay for their college educations. This brutally hilarious book highlights the strange intersection between poverty and the speculative comic book-collecting craze of the 90s. 

The Sickness, by Jenna Cha and Lonnie Nadler (on sale 6/18/24) — An enigmatic figure known as The Man and a rare, horrifying disease entwine the lives of a teenager suffocating in 1945’s post-WWII nationalism atmosphere and a doctor struggling desperately to find the origins of a new illness in 1955. This sprawling, ambitious, genre-bending work explores the socio-political strife that shaped the nation, spanning four decades of American history. 

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