Portland publishing house Overcup Press is producing off the beaten shelf books overflowing with cool content and style. Here are a couple currently featured on NW indie Holiday Books displays.
Ice Cream Work by Naoshi
“Some people bury their heads in the sand. Some draw lines in the sand. Sunae artist Naoshi does both: creating surreal worlds alive with wit and whimsy, one vibrantly colored grain of sand at a time. Ice Cream Work is a stunning piece of meticulousyetoddly spontaneous art that is as sweet and cool as a pint of handcrafted ice cream. The story has a loopy, anarchist joy about it, rather like “The Point” by way of Cibo Matto, where a hardworking and stylish frozen dairy confection guides readers through his eclectically industrious week, even divulging how much he is paid for his days of outlandish toil. Children, hipsters, and anyone with an eye for the absurd will thoroughly lap up Ice Cream Work: from the top of its rainbow sprinkles right down to the tip of its sugar cone.”
— Portland author Dale Basye, “Nine Circles of Heck” series
The Field Guide to Drinking in America: A Traveler’s Handbook to State Liquor Laws by Niki Ganong
“If you love to think and drink as much as I do—this book is for you. Loads of history and interesting and useful cultural tidbits about booze and boozing it up red, white, and blue style.”
— Liz Crain, co-author of Toro Bravo: Stories. Recipes. No Bull. and author of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland
“This book is the puzzle piece that has long been missing from drinking in America. A joy to read and an impressive mountain of knowledge to unearth.”
— Jeffrey Morgenthaler, author of The Bar Book: Elements of Cocktail Technique and Bar Manager, Clyde Common and Pepe Le Moko, Portland, Oregon
“As a person who sells and drinks beer in many states in this crazy union, this book is an invaluable resource of local laws, lore and trivia knowledge, destined to ride shotgun in my travel bag.”
— Ben Love, Brewmaster Gigantic Brewing, Portland, Oregon
A couple of extra shots on the house: The Oregonian and Portland Tribune in a little bar conversation with the author.
Order these Overcup Press titles through the Holiday Books guide or, better yet, do some holiday shopping at your local indie!