Ed Choy Moorman at edsdeadbody.com

The Bare Bones Press

Orders are shipped via USPS. Please allow a couple weeks for delivery. Please e-mail me with any questions or concerns at edchoymoorman (at) gmail (dot) com

Books are also available from: Poopsheet Shop, Sweet Candy Distro, Parcell Press, Hark! Press, Magers & Quinn, Chicago Comics, Quimby's, Forbidden Planet. Distro through Diamond and Last Gasp, through Tony Shenton and direct.

All stuff can be personally signed and doodled in by request. Just ask in your message and include who I should to make it out to.

GHOST COMICS: A Benefit Anthology for RS Eden
Xeric Award winner, 2008
Edited by Ed Choy Moorman

Ghosts of dinosaurs, transforming robots, and forgotten pasts abound in this star-studded book of staggeringly good comics.
All proceeds benefit Minneapolis substance abuse treatment facility RS Eden.

Including: Monica Anderson, Tuesday Bassen, Jeffrey Brown, Kevin Cannon, Allison Cole, Warren Craghead III, Will Dinski (Isotope Award Winner*), Will Hayes, Hob, John Hankiewicz, David Heatley, Toby Jones, Reynold Kissling, Aidan Koch, Lucy Knisley, Mike Lowery, Sean Lynch. Jessica McLeod, Ed Choy Moorman, Sarah Morean, Corinne Mucha, Abby Mullen, Madeline Queripel, Evan Palmer, John Porcellino, Zak Sally, Jillian Schroeder, Mark Scott, Eileen Shaughnessy, Jenny Tondera, Sarah Louise Wahrhaftig, Maris Wicks, and Jessica Williams.

*Excellence in Mini-Comics, Covered in Confusion, 2009.

Read selections by ECM, Kevin Cannon, John Hankiewicz (2 of 6 pages), Sean Lynch (1 page of 20). Strip-by-strip rundown of the whole dang book with images here.

Book and cover design by Jenny Tondera, cover illustration by Allegra Lockstadt, title lettering by Micah Lidberg, edited by Ed Choy Moorman with assistant editor Abby Mullen.

“An excellent sampler of what's being done in today's indie comics scene.” – Midnight Fiction

176 pages, Perfect Bound, $10 + 2.50 s/h (US)

THE LOVE SONG OF KERMIT THE FROG

A compact biography called "Scenes from the Life and Death of Jim Henson" is compiled along with other Muppet-related stories.

“A charming tribute” – Rick Bradford, Poopsheet

16 pages, B&W, wraparound cover, ~~$2 + 1 s/h (US)~~
SOLD OUT!

DARK CLOUD COMIN’

A dark, ambiguous fable about a young tomboy who journeys to save her brother from a behemoth in the mountain.

Read it here.

“Easily one of the best comics of the year.” – Kevin Bramer, Optical Sloth

“Striking images” – Rob Clough, High-Low

20 pages, B&W, $3 + 1.25 s/h (US)

CHRIS WARE: PAPER MUSICIAN

A cartoonist’s appreciation of Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, The Acme Novelty Library) and his multifaceted approach to comics.

Read it here (opens in new window).

8 pages, B&W with color vellum overlay cover, $1 + 1 s/h (US)

BLUE BLUE BLUES

“Sonic the Hedgehog” stars in an uneasy trip down memory lane in this oddly touching 24-hour comic.

Read it here.

24 pages, B&W, $1 + 1 s/h (US)

MAYFLIES AND SLIDE GUITARS

A collection of comics and poems, 2005-2007.

Read selections "Sing Into My Mouth" and "Desire".

"This book is fantastic."
– Shannon Smith, File Under Other

“…Hardships in life [are] hard to conquer, yet they are eased into submission with the words and visuals of this book.”
– Gary Hornberger, Razorcake

“Moorman is definitely a talented writer, consistently interesting in each story… it whets the reader’s appetite for what’s to come next.”
– Sarah Morean, The Daily Crosshatch

“Brilliantly phrased and delicately drawn”
– Monica Anderson, Eye Candy

36 pages, B&W, Perfect Bound, $5 $3+ 2 s/h (US)

Bare Bones Press is a Chicago-based small press publisher.
Contact Ed at edchoymoorman at gmail dot com for all BBP-related inquiries.