"Sammy Book 2 is a continuation of a meandering dream-narrative populated by distorted cartoon archetypes and id-wallowing personifications of Sally's manifold demons. […] Shakily rendered in sickly browns and greens, the book swims in Schultzian ennui, Seussian grotesquery, and Sisyphian futility. But, you know, in a good way. For those who found out about Sally's graphic-novel work after being aware of his long tenure in the veteran indie-rock band Low, it makes Sammy The Mouse that much more haunting and perverse. The series stands on its own as a monument-in-progress to the chronic disease that is existence…"—Onion AV Club
"Two things sit next to the crapper in our house: J.G. Ballard books and comics by Zak Sally."—Warren Ellis (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Dirty Three)
"Sammy the Mouse is... what I imagine it's like to have a nightmare about Oz when you live in Candyland. A ride to somewhere amazing."—Brian Evenson, author of Open Curtain, Immobility, Last Days
"[Sammy The Mouse] world is at once timeless, modern and nostalgic."—Rob Clough, The Comics Journal
"Sammy The Mouse Book 1 is a classic in the making, simultaneously funny, scary, and visionary."—The Onion
It's been 10 years (!!!) since the last installment, but here we are. 56 pages on glorious, crappy old newsprint. IT'S A COMIC BOOK, DAMN IT. Cavort with the gang again as they yell, stare, fall on their faces in the dirt, and attempt to resolve long-simmering unknowable conundrums. JUST LIKE REAL LIFE. Will this thing get done by the 20 year mark? Who knows, and who cares; maybe this thing will make you laugh, or cry. You may not love it, but rest assured, it loves YOU. This comic is a co-production of La Mano and Kilgore books.
Zak Sally is an Eisner-nominated cartoonist, musician, educator, and publisher. After a long stint in the seminal band Low, Zak struck out on his own and founded La Mano, a small press dedicated to high-quality hand-crafted print projects. He is the creator of the acclaimed series Recidivist, which Fantagraphics collected as Like a Dog. Zak lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with his wife and kids.
