Earth’s
End Publishing is proud to announce the upcoming publication of Ant Sang's The Dharma Punks graphic novel in
October 2014.
Originally published as an eight issue comic series between 2001-2003, The Dharma Punks has been out of print for over a decade, and has since gained a reputation as a local comics classic.
Collected
under one cover for the first time, this 424 page volume features re-mastered
artwork, exclusive bonus material, and an introduction by Elizabeth Knox (The Vintner’s Luck).
Ant Sang is an award-winning designer
& cartoonist. His previous graphic novel Shaolin Burning spent eight weeks in the Booksellers Top Ten List,
and was a winner of the Storylines Notable Young Adult Fiction Award in 2012.
Synopsis:
Auckland, New Zealand, 1994. A group of
anarchist punks have hatched a plan to sabotage the opening of a multi-national
fast-food restaurant by blowing it sky-high come opening day.
Chopstick
has been given the unenviable task of setting the bomb in the restaurant the
night before the opening, but when he is separated from his accomplice, Tracy,
the night takes the first of many unexpected turns.
Chance
encounters and events from his past conspire against him, forcing Chopstick to
deal with more than just the mission at hand.
Still
reeling after the death of a close friend, and struggling to reconcile his
spiritual path with his political actions, Chopstick’s journey is a meditation
on life, love, friendship and blowing things up!
Earth’s End Publishing:
Earth’s
End Publishing is a newly formed boutique publishing house, aimed at bringing
into print comics and graphic novels by some of New Zealand’s best cartoonists.
Formed by Adrian Kinnaird, founder of the From Earth’s End blog and writer of From Earth’s End: The Best of New Zealand
Comics; Damon Keen, designer and co-publisher of the NZ comics anthology Faction; and Kelly Sheehan, experienced
bookseller and writer of the comics series
The Inhabitants. Our modus operandi is to produce beautiful, exceptionally
designed comics, and to make them available throughout New Zealand and the
world.
The
Dharma Punks
Ant Sang
Trade paperback, 424 pages
RRP:
$39.99
Released:
31st October 2014
ISBN:
978-0-473-28906-5
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