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"...An indispensable avenue for artistic advancement in the digital age, the Internet offers
unprecedented access to genre-bending, free-form art collectives. But, for all the
alternatives, the one thing you can't find cruising the info superhighways and byways is a
tangible, lovingly crafted art book in three dimensions — the kind that is an experience in and
of itself. Thinking along these nostalgic lines, the publishers of Penny-Ante have just released
the second in their annual alt-culture anthology of text and art by some the most gifted
thinkers ever to rock the page."
(Flavorpill on Penny-Ante)
Penny-Ante is a three-hundred (plus/minus) page book, published (on average) once a year.
Compiling an eclectic mix of unique, creative individuals from around the world into one venue, our
pages feature a wide range of written and visual works, personal photographs and other mixed means
of documentation from writers, artists, musicians and other creative sorts. Each edition is a high
quality print work with extended french flaps and beautiful cover work by artist, Jason Yates of Fast
Friends Inc.
Penny-Ante is a completely independent
publishing venture based in Los Angeles, CA. With no paid
advertisements, we rely on our readers, generous press, and beneficiary
events to help us continue
what we do independently.
Past benefits have included live performances by such musical artists
as Indian Jewelry, Silver Apples,
Little Claw, Ariel Pink, Residual
Echoes, The Bubonic Plague, Moris Tepper, Feast (w/ Leslie Q), RTX,
Pocahaunted, Qui, The Moon Upstairs, Warmer Milks, BRIDEZ, and others.
Contributors to Penny-Ante have included Josephine Foster, Nora Keyes, Devendra Banhart, Indian
Jewelry, artist Winston Smith, Xiu Xiu, Residual Echoes, Silver Apples' Simeon Coxe, The Clientele,
Ariel Pink, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, artist Travis Millard, Alice Bag, XBXRX, Marissa Nadler,
Warmer Milks, Camera Obscura, AIDS Wolf, Tarantula AD, Bill Callahan, artist Mel Kadel, writer Phil
McMullen (Terrascope), Moris Tepper, Holy Shit, Sam Coomes, and artist Peter Wu... to only name a
few. Each edition features over 75 contributors.
In addition to the content, we also feature five to six nonprofits that we feel are making strong strides
towards their cause. Our hope is to spread the word on these organizations and relay ways our readers
can involve themselves.
Organizations we have covered include: Free Arts for Abused Children, Bonneville Enviornmental
Organization, Animal Legal Defense Fun, WriteGirl, Mexicali Rose Centro de Arte/Medios,
Tree of Life Gallery (AIDS funding), Compass Cumminty Services, and more.
Penny-Ante can be purchased at slective stores, or here, at our website, at a low cost to you.
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To learn about and/or purchase Book #1, click here
To learn about and/or purchase Book #2, click here
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© Copyright 2008 Penny-Ante. All Rights Reserved.
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