Sketchbook Diaries GN (2001 James Kochalka's) comic books
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jun 2001 by Top Shelf Productions.$2.50
Volume 1 - 1st printing. By James Kochalka. Collects the first full year of Kochalka's diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these strips perfectly capture the rhythm of daily life. From the hilarious to the sad, from the poetic to the drunken, these strips offer a direct and intimate portrait of the life of one of America's most important alternative cartoonists. Softcover (Saddle Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.
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Issue #1-REP
Published 2001 by Top Shelf Productions.$2.95
$2.95
Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. By James Kochalka. Collects the first full year of Kochalka's diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these strips perfectly capture the rhythm of daily life. From the hilarious to the sad, from the poetic to the drunken, these strips offer a direct and intimate portrait of the life of one of America's most important alternative cartoonists. Softcover (Saddle Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.
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Issue #2-1ST
Published Apr 2002 by Top Shelf Productions.$2.50
Volume 2 - 1st printing. By James Kochalka. Following the incredible success of his first diary sketchbook, Top Shelf is proud to announce year two of James Kochalka's Sketchbook Diary. Since October 1998, James Kochalka has kept a daily diary, drawn in comic strip form in his sketchbook. Drawn with relaxed and beautiful brushwork, these charming and addictive strips perfectly capture the rhythm of daily life. From the hilarious to the sad, from the poetic to the drunken, these strips offer a direct and intimate portrait of the life of one of America's most important alternative cartoonists. This ambitious volume collects the second full year of Kochalka's diary, including his infamous rock tour of Scandinavia. Softcover (Saddle Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.
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Issue #3-1ST
Published Apr 2003 by Top Shelf Productions.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 3 - 1st printing. By James Kochalka. From the silly to the sad, from the mundane to the fantastic, James Kochalka's diary comic strips cover the human experience. See his life reproduced in simple four-panel comic strips. A remarkably complex and nuanced portrait of a human being! Softcover (Saddle Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.
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Issue #4-1ST
Published Feb 2004 by Top Shelf Productions.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Volume 4 - 1st printing. By James Kochalka. The Sketchbook Diaries are Kochalka's masterwork. Sometimes sweet, sometimes twisted, always honest and often hilarious, they've garnered James two Ignatz awards and as well as a Harvey nomination for "Best Cartoonist." In this fourth volume, James grows a beard, gets his wife pregnant, plays a bunch of rock shows, plays a bunch of video games, struggles with the meaning of life, and draws a bunch of the best comics of his career. Softcover (Saddle Stitched/Stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 8-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $7.95.
