Raw Sewage Science Fiction
Published by Drawn & Quarterly

336 pages, hardcover
Full colour
13.34 x 2.54 x 17.78 cm



"The great fine art doodler returns

Canadian treasure Marc Bell returns with another gorgeous, confounding comic that redefines how an art book can tell a story and how a graphic novel can be an object first and story second. His internal monologue leaks out like static from a radio and informs the external; he’s tying up loose ends; he’s finishing long-paused sentences.

Raw Sewage Science Fiction is about making art and understanding the results as autobiography. The process is a series of indignities, bubble wrapped frames, unpaid invoices, art lost through neglect or in the mail. Bell uses autofiction, collage, straight comix, tight cross hatching, loose doodling, repurposed in-flight magazines, envelopes, grocery lists, and snatches of late night CBC radio to examine a lost decade as he wanders from coast to coast.

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Worn Tuff Elbow #2
Published by No World Books

32 pages 
Colour and Black and White 
10.5 " h. X 8" w.

Copacetic comics says:

"Marc Bell is back!  It’s the long awaited return of Worn Tuff Elbow! Actually, to be honest, given that the last issue (which was also the first) came out over 14 years ago, the truth of the matter is that we had given up waiting and had long ago been resigned to there being only the one issue.  So, it was all, “Lo! and Behold!” here at Copacetic when we caught sight of this second issue.  Seeing as 14 years is quite a stretch, we’re figuring that many, if not most, of the current readers of this space were heretofore entirely unaware of (what we can now correctly refer to as) this comic book series.  We trust, however that most are aware of WTE-creator, Marc Bell as it has only been a handful of years since our last fresh delivery of Mr. Bell’s idiosyncratic inkings in the form of his amazing masterpiece, Stroppy.  Worn Tuff Elbow #2 is a fine-tuned, hand-crafted grab-bag, an anarchic assemblage of pent-up pen & ink mayhem.  This plus-size comic book runs 36 pages, with a heavy cardstock cover, all crisply printed in Canada. It starts in black & white, but, unusually, gradually transitions to intermittent spot color and then through increasingly colorful pages on to full color – and then back again to black & white!  Along the way we are treated to “Coffee Shop Comics”, “Tinkle Test”, "Bologna Buffet”, “The Ten Eyed One Visits an Art Gallery”, “The Free Lunch”, "Monsieur Moustache and the Tale of the Bologna”, “Topless DaDa End of the World Comics” and more!  We will also get the chance to experience the full range of comic book accoutrements, including introductory acknowledgements, table of contents, shout-out page, and a letters page – although, in a surprise twist, the letters here are all from Marc Bell, pre-emptive responses to letters he imagines having received (Bonus fun fact: the longest off these is to Pittsburgh-Based, cartoonist extraordinaire, Frank Santoro).  It’s the return of Worn Tuff Elbow!"

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Worn Tuff Elbow #3
Published by No World Books

32 pages
Full colour
10.5 " h. X 8" w.


"Follow the journey of Slogan Schnauzer as he is set the task of locating the Orgate Discombobulator. Sidetracked by a group of "foodies" (that resemble cue balls on two legs) and a variety of other personalities, Slogan becomes confused and lost and eventually on a plane to Japan (and subsequently stripped of his current identity by the powers that be). Resembling a fever dream, this full colour comic strip is accompanied by lots of fake satirical ads and other odds and ends that will be sure to delight the reader including Bell's foray back into satirical autobiographical comics. The exciting and dynamic third issue of Worn Tuff Elbow marks the 20th anniversary of this exciting series!"