Flop Sweat 1 2 3 4 Lance Ward Auto Bio Punk Addiction Recovery Alt Indie Comics for Sale

Flop Sweat 1 2 3 4 Lance Ward Auto Bio Punk Addiction Recovery Alt Indie Comics For Sale

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Flop Sweat 1 2 3 4 Lance Ward Auto Bio Punk Addiction Recovery Alt Indie Comics:
$19.19

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Brand new, unread/uncirculated. Near Mint Condition. Comes sealed in acid-free bags/boards. Ships between cardboard sheets in a padded flat mailer (all made from 100% post-consumer recycled materials), by a one-man/single father indie shop. COMBINED SHIPPING DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE!

Flop Sweat #1 2 3 4 by Lance Ward. Published by Birdcage Bottom Books in 2021

5.5” x 8.5”, 28 pages. $6 each

Full-color covers and interior

Flop Sweat is an ongoing serialization of Lance Ward’s autobiographical comics arranged chronologically. Previous self-published collections of these comics were featured in The Best American Comics. Ward’s life has been rife with pitfalls: abandonment, addiction, mental illness, sexual assault, arrest, attempted suicide, and even a death experience (not “near-death”, he was clinically deceased!). Yet, through it all he has somehow maintained a positivity about and loyalty to his art, even after crushing his drawing hand!

This first issue covers Ward’s preteen years including a devastating accident, his parents’ divorce and mom’s subsequent dive back into dating, bullying, shoplifting and more!

This second issue delves into Ward’s teen years battling family dysfunction, sex & drugs, another injury and joining the military!

In issue three, Ward is befriended by a shady character while working night shifts at a convenience store leading to cocaine addiction, grand larceny and committal to a psych ward.

This fourth issue finds Ward struggling (and failing) to remember an entire year of his life after waking up in yet another psychiatric hospital.