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<div dir="ltr"><div>We've got a pdf. Email me and let me know why you're interested.</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><a href="mailto:Mrhode@gmail.com" target="_blank">Mrhode@gmail.com</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">“A
stunningly ambitious, emotionally complex work from an artist with a
distinct perspective on the pursuit of artistic fulfillment.”</span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/blood-of-the-virgin-1794805__;!!KGKeukY!wSqf0QhZDlfz1J9DQH_2kr1gkcjIZh730Pexgam6Ppvlpk1P1gxZAsacikVS8hTNEHo-pUCRSeNL1kl79ZjeDTvpS10$" title="https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/blood-of-the-virgin-1794805" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(8,128,79);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Library
Journal</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">, Starred Review (12/1)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">“Harkham
vividly depicts the perils of ambition and heartbreak inherent in
collaborative creative projects, while glimpses into Hollywood history
cleverly
link Seymour to historical figures who were sacrificed to an oppressive
studio system. Pages are stacked with close panels and thin line
drawings that capture choice moments from back lots to late nights.
Harkham’s accomplished cartooning, nuanced characters,
and sharp period detail keep this sprawling tale thrumming with energy
and painful insights.”</span></p>
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-593-31669-6__;!!KGKeukY!wSqf0QhZDlfz1J9DQH_2kr1gkcjIZh730Pexgam6Ppvlpk1P1gxZAsacikVS8hTNEHo-pUCRSeNL1kl79Zje4QLs_2Q$" title="https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-593-31669-6" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:rgb(8,128,79);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Publishers
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black">I’m excited to be sharing with you
<b>BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN<i> </i></b>(5.2.2023 | Pantheon), where a<span style="background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">fter fourteen years, renowned and beloved graphic novelist
<b>SAMMY HARKHAM</b> finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak it can bring, and what it means to be human.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles,
<b>BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN</b><i> </i>follows an immigrant film editor named
Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. Without money or
clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst
and most exploitative production company in town.
When Seymour is given the chance to make a film of his own, his
unbending principles and relentless drive violently clash with an
industry that rewards everything but these traits. As Seymour’s blind
ambition pushes the movie along, his home life grows increasingly
fraught. Using the film’s production as a means to spiral out into time
and space, Harkham creates an epic novel that explores the intersection
of parenthood, 20th-century America, sex, the immigrant experience, and
the era of grindhouse movies. Like a kaleidoscope,
<i>Blood of the Virgin </i>shifts and evolves with each frame, allowing
the reader to zoom out and see that at its core, this book is about the
making of a man.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="break-after:avoid;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%">SAMMY HARKHAM</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Times;color:black;background:white none repeat scroll 0% 0%"> is
an award-winning cartoonist and editor, born and raised in Los Angeles. He created the ongoing comics anthology
<i>Kramers Ergot, </i>considered to be one of the most influential
publications of its kind in the twenty-first century. His first
collection of short comics stories,
<i>Everything Together, </i>won the Los Angeles Book Prize for “Graphic Novel of the Year” in 2012. He is also the author of
<i>Crickets </i>(Drawn and Quarterly) and <i>Poor Sailor </i>(Ginkgo Press). In 2022, he was awarded the Ignatz Award for “Promising New Talent.” His work has been published in
<i>Best American Comics, The New York Times, Vice, </i>and <i>McSweeney’s </i>among many other publications.</span></p>
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