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February 27, 2015 by Steven Cerio

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August 18, 2015January 26, 2015 by Steven Cerio

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Sunbeam on the Astronaut

by Steven Cerio

(Print edition Spring 2015. Digital edition out now!)

The purely hallucinatory digest you’ve searched for is here, done in Steven Cerio’s unique cross pollination of tripping visions and skittering twee. Included are previously unreleased stills of Cerio’s characters from his various films with top-hatted eyeball performance greats The Residents, a dozen short narratives, a collection of paintings and collages and stills from his newest film The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow.

Smiling cartoon critters carouse with threatening cutout whales against a shifting comic landscape in Cerio’s unique illustrated stories. The psychedelic meets Saturday morning cartoons in stories with such intriguing titles as “A Private History of Sunbeams and Head Colds”, “A Vivified Sugar Cube Explains the Universe”, “The Add Witch in The Berry Patch” and “Ninny Noonday Ninny”.

48 pages/black and white guts/full color cover

ISBN: 978-1-934460-23-8
Digital ISBN: 978-1-934460-47-4

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January 19, 2015 by Steven Cerio

REVIEW for my new book SUNBEAM ON THE ASTRONAUT in PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

December 31, 2014 by Steven Cerio

http://publishersweekly.com/978-1-934460-23-8

In his latest, comics anthology veteran Cerio collects many short, unrelated pieces, including some film stills and collaborations with musicians. The book opens with beautiful prose memories, lyrically written on swirling art backgrounds. The text is narrative, but strange and emotionally resonant, as Cerio describes the disorientation of seeing his parents in the bright sunshine and being outside with his beagle looking out over the “seven green yards to the highway.” The psychedelic art is a marvel to look at—a cross between Rorschach prints and magic-eye patterns. Some of the pieces are moving and wonderful, such as “The Failing Symbolism of White Doves,” which discusses the pale comforts that imagery and literature hold for those who are mourning the loss of loved ones. Other pieces are too abstract to engage with easily. Cerio’s art is excellent throughout; even when it borders on nonsense, it’s gorgeous nonsense. (May)