Overview

Reid Psaltis follows up his debut, the Order of Things (Secret Acres, 2016) with his first ever narrative comics work, Kingdom/Order. Psaltis makes a natural progression here, as his graphic novel follows a man's return to the animal kingdom. Once again, Psaltis's extensive art and science education inform every page of exquisite drawings.Reid's work as an illustrator has been featured online at the Rumpus, and in print in Science Notes, Scout Books' Good Ink series, and in Dan Berne's novel the Gods of Second Chances (Forest Avenue Press). His comics have appeared online and in eBooks from Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics, Trip City and Alternative Comics. Pslatis was the recipient of Oregon's Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) Grant for 2017. He is also the gallery director of Portland's Magnetic North Studios.The first two chapters of Kingdom/Order were published as eBooks by Alternative Comics. The anticipated conclusion can only be found in this edition. Reid Pslatis will be found touring the country in support of Kingdom/Order.

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No one will mistake this for another Dr. Doolittle story. After reading the book, I was questioning my own sanity almost as much as I was questioning that of the main character. - Brian Gardes, Indie Comic Review Psaltis' style in the comic is part Black Hole-era Charles Burns, part Tom Kaczynski's Beta Testing the Apocalypse and utterly transfixing. [His] work on Kingdom/Order is an utterly unique and beautiful representation of how comics can be so simple and complex at once, how they're able to communicate with such emotion and intensity but also be completely clear and understandable without the burden of written language. - Nick Hanover, Loser City I immediately got behind this one because of the visuals, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. This one is definitely on the strange/mystical side, and anyone who enjoys comics of that type definitely needs to check it out. - Rob McMonigal, Panel Patter

A field guide to spotting and identifying mystery fauna, this fancifully illustrated work illuminates a menagerie of creatures, from the possibly extinct Ivory-Billed Woodpecker to the impossibly ubiquitous Jackalope. -- Nicholas Mott, National Geographic Psaltis mixing things up keeps the reader off-balance in that regard, as one never knows what's coming next. The commentary gets stranger and funnier as the book goes on, like the remarkable drawing of the Great Horned Owl where its bones are arranged to form the shape of the animal, with only its piercing eyes appearing as per normal. The only comment is Nightmare fuel for all species of rodents. -- Rob Clough, High-Low No one will mistake this for another Dr. Doolittle story. After reading the book, I was questioning my own sanity almost as much as I was questioning that of the main character. -- Brian Gardes, Indie Comic Review⠨⠨ Psaltis' style in the comic is part Black Hole-era Charles Burns, part Tom Kaczynski's Beta Testing the Apocalypse and utterly transfixing. [His] work on Kingdom/Order is an utterly unique and beautiful representation of how comics can be so simple and complex at once, how they're able to communicate with such emotion and intensity but also be completely clear and understandable without the burden of written language. -- Nick Hanover, Loser City⠨⠨ I immediately got behind this one because of the visuals, and I'm looking forward to seeing where it goes. This one is definitely on the strange/mystical side, and anyone who enjoys comics of that type definitely needs to check it out. -- Rob McMonigal, Panel Patter

Author Information

Reid Psaltis is an illustrator from the Pacific Northwest. He has always been fascinated by animal life and compelled to draw. Psaltis majored in oil painting at Western Washington University, completed the science illustration graduate program at California State University - Monterey Bay. Psaltis interned in the Exhibitions Department at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, participating in the creation of the museum's world famous dioramas. Reid's book, the Order of Things: A Bestiary was published by Secret Acres in 2016. work has been featured online at the Rumpus, Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics and Trip City. His work has been published by Scout Books' Good Ink series, Science Notes and Alternative Comics, and he is the illustrator of Dan Bern's the Gods of Second Chances (Forest Avenue Press). Reid currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

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