Kramers Ergot

Kramers Ergot is a series of anthology-style books of comic art edited by Sammy Harkham.

Publication history

Kramers Ergot started as a mini-comic self-published by Sammy Harkham under the imprint Avodah Books. Issues 4 and 5 were published by Gingko Press, while issues 6 and 7 were published by Buenaventura Press.

Published in November 2008, Kramers Ergot 7 features almost 60 artists and is larger (16" by 21") and more expensive ($125) than previous editions.^[1]

An eighth volume was released in January 2012 from PictureBox.

A ninth volume was released in April 2016 from Fantagraphics Books.

Reception

Kramers Ergot has been favorably reviewed and placed on numerous "best of" lists, including L.A. Weekly, Dazed & Confused, the Comics Journal, and Publishers Weekly.^[2]

Issues and contributors

Issue	Publisher, Date, ISBN	Contributors
1	Avodah Books Spring 2000 48 pp.	Includes work by Sammy Harkham, Justin Howe, David Brook, and Luke Quigley.
2	Avodah Books Spring 2001	Includes work by Sammy Harkham, Justin Howe, David Brook, and Luke Quigley.
3	Avodah Books December 2002	Includes work by Mark Burrier, Ben Jones, Sara Varon, Stefan Gruber, Kathleen Lolley, Neil Fitzpatrick, Joe Grillo, Hans Rickheit, Zack Soto, Luke Quigley, Mat Tait, and Sammy Harkham.
4	Avodah Books (2003) ISBN 0-9677989-5-7 Reissued by Gingko Press (2004) Reissued by Buenaventura Press (2008) ISBN 0-9800039-7-0	Includes work by Mat Brinkman, Renee French, Anders Nilsen, Leif Goldberg, Lauren Weinstein, Marc Bell, Allison Cole, C.F., Jim Drain, Tobias Schalken, Billy Grant, Andrew Brandou, Josh Simmons, Geneviève Castrée, Joe Grillo, David Heatley, Dave Kiersh, Souther Salazar, Laura Grant, Stefan Gruber, David Lasky, Ben Jones, Jeffrey Brown, Ron Regé, Jr., John Hankiewicz, and many more.[3] (incomplete list)
5	Gingko Press December 31, 2004 ISBN 1-58423-172-6	Includes work by Chris Ware, Dan Zettwoch, Fabio, Helge Ruemann, Jordan Crane, Marc Bell, Gabrielle Bell, Gary Panter, Leif Goldberg, Souther Salazar, and Ron Regé, Jr.[4] (incomplete list)
6	Buenaventura Press July 2006 ISBN 0-9766848-7-X	Includes work by Elvis Studio, Ron Regé, Jr., Ben Jones, Jerry Moriarty, Tom Gauld, John Porcellino, Vanessa Davis, Chris Cilla, Shary Boyle, Suiho Tagawa, Fabio Viscogliosi, and many others.[5] (incomplete list)
7	Buenaventura Press November 1, 2008 ISBN 0-9800039-5-4	Includes work by Rick Altergott, Gabrielle Bell, Jonathan Bennett, Stéphane Blanquet, Blexbolex, Conrad Botes, Shary Boyle, Mat Brinkman, John Brodowski, Ivan Brunetti, C.F., Chris Cilla, Jacob Ciocci, Dan Clowes, Martin Cendreda, Joe Daly, Kim Deitch, Matt Furie, Tom Gauld, Leif Goldberg, Matt Groening, John Hankiewicz, Sammy Harkham, Eric Haven, David Heatley, Tim Hensley, Jaime Hernandez, Walt Holcombe, Kevin Huizenga, J. Bradley Johnson, Ben Jones, Ben Katchor, Ted May, Geoff McFetridge, Jesse McManus, James McShane, Jerry Moriarty, Anders Nilsen, John Pham, Pshaw, Aapo Rapi, Ron Regé, Jr., Xavier Robel, Helge Reumann, Florent Ruppert et Jérôme Mulot, Johnny Ryan, Richard Sala, Souther Salazar, Frank Santoro, Seth, Shoboshobo, Josh Simmons, Anna Sommer, Will Sweeney, Matthew Thurber, Adrian Tomine, Carol Tyler, Chris Ware, and Dan Zettwoch.[6]
8	PictureBox January 2012 ISBN 0-9845892-7-9	Includes work by Robert Beatty, Gary Panter, C.F., Kevin Huizenga, Gabrielle Bell, Dash Shaw, Frank Santoro, Tim Hensley, Takeshi Murata, Johnny Ryan, Leon Sadler, Chris Cilla, Anya Davidson, Sammy Harkham, Ron Embleton, and Frederic Mullally with an introduction by Ian Svenonius.

Notes

1. "Kramers Ergot 7 Anthology Debuts at SPX, Comic Book Resources, October 10, 2008.
2. "Sammy Harkham, Kevin Huizenga, & Anders Nilsen at Quimby's!" Quimby's Quimblog (Mar. 4, 2006).
3. Kramer's Ergot Four
4. Kramer's Ergot 5
5. Kramer's Ergot 6
6. "CR Newsmaker: Sammy Harkham", The Comics Reporter, August 27, 2008.

External links

• Ford, Andrew. Review of Kramers Ergot 4.
• Kramers Ergot 6 at Buenaventura Press
• Review of Kramers Ergot 5, Time
• Review of Kramers Ergot 6, The Comics Journal