Stripped
Books Goes Solo!
CHICAGO, IL (September
5, 2005) — Formerly a popular feature for the acclaimed
book website, Bookslut,
Gordon McAlpin's "Stripped Books" can now
be found at its new home, StrippedBooks.com (www.strippedbooks.com).
Although
the site was unofficially launched in mid-July, the
first StrippedBooks.com-exclusive installment has
just been added to the site. In a slight departure
from its usual format of adapting author appearances
into comics form, this new "Stripped Book" covers
the "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" release
party thrown by Chicago’s 57th St. Books on July
15th, and features appearances by Hogwarts headmaster
Albus Dumbledore, Professor Severus Snape, and other
Hogwarts faculty members, as played by a cast of volunteers
and 57th St. Books/Seminar Co-op employees. This new
comic features a painted cover by Libby VanderPloeg
(parodying Mary Grandpré's "Half-Blood
Prince" cover), with interiors written and illustrated
by Gordon McAlpin.
Previous installments
of Stripped Books have featured Marjane Satrapi ("Persepolis"),
the best-selling children's book team of Jon Scieszka & Lane
Smith ("The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly
Stupid Stories"), Stephen Mitchell ("Gilgamesh:
A New English Version"), Gary Shteyngart ("The
Russian Debutante's Handbook") & Jeffrey Eugenides
("Middlesex"), and Neil Gaiman ("Sandman," "American
Gods"). ABOUT STRIPPED BOOKS
“Stripped
Books" is a non-fiction webcomic by writer-artist
Gordon McAlpin covering book-related events in comics
form.
Also featured at the
Stripped Books site are “Multiplex” (multiplex.strippedbooks.com),
a weekly humor
strip about a group of kids working
at a movie theater, and several other stand-alone
comics and cartoons -- some previously published,
others exclusive
to the site. You can also sign up for the Stripped
Books mailing list to be notified when a new
installment of Stripped Books has been added. (Please
note
that the mailing list is only sent when a new Stripped
Books is posted, not when Multiplex or any other
strips
are
added.)
ABOUT GORDON
MCALPIN
Gordon McAlpin is a Chicago-based
graphic designer, freelance writer, and cartoonist.
His work has appeared
in Bookslut, Comic Book Galaxy, PISTIL Magazine,
and Gapers Block, as well as other print and web
publications.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gordon McAlpin
www.strippedbooks.com
gordon@strippedbooks.com |
