Episode 270: A Publisher Spotlight on kuš! - a podcast by Stergios Botzakis & Derek Royal

Time Codes:

• 00:00:26 - Introduction
• 00:02:47 - Thanks to Holly English!
• 00:05:07 - The 2017 releases from kuš!
• 01:36:29 - Wrap up
• 01:38:00 - Contact us

This week Gene and Derek focus a critical spotlight on the Latvian publisher kuš! This is a press that the vast majority of listeners are probably unaware of -- indeed, neither of the Two Guys knew about kuš! until about three years ago -- and that's a shame. They produce incredible comics from artists that span the globe. And as Gene points out, there's really no such thing as a "kuš! style." The sheer variety of visual approaches that can be found in kuš! publications is truly astounding.

Since kuš! publishes so many comics, Derek and Gene have decided to limit their discussion to just those titles the press released in 2017. But even that is a challenging volume of output. Last year kuš! put out four of their š! anthologies, four kuš! mono volumes, and sixteen issues in the mini kuš! series. As the guys point out multiple times during this episode, there's no way to thoroughly discuss every single title that came out in 2017, but they do their best to cover as much ground as possible, and in hopes of giving listeners incentive to check out the wonderful releases from this publisher.

Here is a complete list of kuš! releases from 2017, including the month of publication:

• mini kuš! #47 "Sutrama" by Daniel Lima, January
• mini kuš! #48 "Nul" by Olive Booger, January
• mini kuš! #49 "Call of Cthulhu" by Martin Lacko/ H. P. Lovecraft, January
• mini kuš! #50 "Spectacular Vermacular" by Mathilde Van Gheluwe, January
• š! #27 "BFF," February
• Brume by Amanda Baeza, kuš! mono #2, February
• mini kuš! #51 "Mirror Stage" by Jaakko Pallasvuo, April
• mini kuš! #52 "Acquisition" by Cátia Serrão, April
• mini kuš! #53 "Yellow" by Līva Kandevica, April
• mini kuš! #54 "Bad Ball" by Samplerman, April
• An Exorcism by Theo Ellsworth, kuš! mono #3, April
• š! #28 "Scandal!," April
• š! #29 "Celebration," July
• mini kuš! #55 "Valley" by GG, August
• mini kuš! #56 "A Friend" by Andrés Magán, August
• mini kuš! #57 "Eviction" by Evangelos Androutsopoulos, August
• mini kuš! #58 "Night Door" by Patrick Kyle, August
• mini kuš! #59 "Share The Love" by Paula Bulling / Nina Hoffmann, October
• mini kuš! #60 "His Last Comic" by Noah Van Sciver, October
• mini kuš! #61 "Jonah 2017" by Tomasz Niewiadomski, October
• mini kuš! #62 "Daughter" by Aidan Koch, October
• š! #30 "Brooklyn," November
• Fenix by Zane Zlemeša, kuš! mono #4, November
• Fearless Colors by Samplerman, kuš! mono #5, November

Be sure to visit the kuš! website and check out their many releases. Better yet, subscribe!

 

 

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