THE SOCIAL DISCIPLINE READER collects the best of Ian Sundahl’s self published series Social Discipline, much of which is hard to find or out of print. We are proud to host a release party and art exhibit with local artist, Ian Sundahl, on January 7th, from 6-9pm.
Social Discipline has long been one of our favorite comics—Sundahl mixes beautiful figure drawing and tightly controlled storytelling over a template of pulp to express a personal attitude. So many cartoonists invoke older cartooning aesthetics but the end result is often cheap tribute or pastiche. Sundahl’s work, on the other hand, would be at home as a obscure men’s magazine insert or as contemporary naturalistic storytelling/pseudo-autobiography.
DOMINO is proud to publish this book so that Ian’s work will finally be widely available—this book is their attempt to present the aesthetic and tone of the beautiful self-published Social Discipline series in one solid punch. With Sundahl acting as co-editor, they’ve culled the Social Discipline archives and selected a suite of drawings and stories, wrapped in an all new cover. Some of this material is no longer available as the original zines have long ago gone out of print and they’re excited to make it widely available to readers.
WHO: Ian Sundahl
WHAT: The Social Discipline Reader release party and exhibit
WHEN: January 7th, 6-9pm
WHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St
Ian Sundahl is a painter, comic artist, filmmaker and actor who has lived in Eugene, Reno, San Francisco and currently resides in Portland, OR.
“I like to think of Social Discipline as a compendium of the graphic work I have been doing. I don’t sit down and try to create the magazine, but rather it collects things I’ve been examining. I did not publish my work until the last few years, so the first two issues are mostly older material. Pieces in the publication have been a variety of simply drawings, traditional comic format stories and also more experimental words and drawings working together in some form.”
Ian’s website is turbooverdrive.com