Drawn in the tradition of the classic pulp comic tales, An Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality presents Carl Bob deVille's visits to various pit stops on the road to damnation, from adultery and avarice to venality and zealotry. Every letter of the alphabet gets titillating, tongue-twisting treatment in rhyme as each luridly illustrated page seamlessly segues to the next. This book is the fifth installment of Sandlin's series, "A Sinner's Progress." The next volume of the series, Swamp Preacher, a two-color comic book, will also be available shortly from Printed Matter.
A new Blab! storybook from Fantagraphics, An Alphabetical Ballad of Carnality is a 36-page, full-color, hard-cover book and is available for $14.95 in store and online.