Robot 6 Q&A | Zak Sally on Sammy the Mouse

I was first introduced to Zak Sallys work viaRecidivist, his collection of short stories, which knocked my proverbial socks off. I remember in particular being struck by his gravitas and willingness to poke at uncomfortable and dark places, not to mention his pitch-black sense of humor.

Sally has only gotten better since then, a fact most easily verified by his work onSammy the Mouse, an ongoing, ostensibly funny-animal story that was initially serialized as part of FantagraphicsIgnatz series.

Now Sally has collected those three Ignatz issues and collected them into a smaller trade paperback, published via his own imprint, La Mano 21. In the true D.I.Y. spirit, Sally didnt just stop there, but went on to even print the comic himself, using a 2-color press he... [via Comic Book Resources]