The Copacetic Comics Company

FYI: TONIGHT, at 7:00pm, a free streaming screening of this important made-in-Pittsburgh documentary film. Pittsburgh-based independent filmmaker, Tony Buba collaborated with Ray Henderson, a former mill worker, to tell the true story of the African-American contribution to the steel industry, and to the labor movement itself. Through living witness testimony and revelatory archival footage, Struggles in Steel: A Story of African-American Steel Workers documents the shamefu...l history of discrimination against black workers, and their fight for equality on the job. Filmmakers Tony Buba and Wayne Gaines will be live (from home) after the screening to talk about the film and answer audience questions. THIS IS A FREE EVENT (but donations are accepted, all of which will go to the Braddock Carnegie Library. https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sembene-festival

Just FYI, Pittsburgh: https://www.washingtonpost.com//06/pittsburgh-post-gazette/?

Racial inequity is a problem of bad policy, not bad people. Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Antiracist It's been a devastating week here in the USA. On top of the unnerving daily anxieties we are all living through with the Covid-19 pandemic which have been compounded by the failure of the federal government to treat the crisis with the attention and focus it clearly merits, leading to a chaotic, poorly coordinated response we as a nation must once again confront the hor...rific consequences of our failure to address the gross underlying inequalities in how our people are valued and treated as a result of perceived differences that have been constructed by the dominant culture with the primary purpose of maintaining power. These constructions of difference must be deconstructed to reveal their largely fictional, imaginary and false bases. We can do this, we can change. We are all Americans, and, ultimately, we are all inhabitants of the one and only planet that will have us. We are all in this together. See more

FYI: Rob Rogers online "Crowdcast" + interview, THIS coming Tuesday, May 12 at 7pm. FREE! https://www.crowdcast.io/e/rob-rogers-presented-by/register

>>> UPDATE: Shop CLOSED Site OPEN! <<< Governor Wolf’s Stay-at-Home order has been updated to allow for the continuation of internet-only operations (while at the same time extending the closing of all non-essential, public-facing, storefront businesses indefinitely). So, we are now once again fulfilling orders made over our site, as a result of which mail order operations are slowly taking over the shop, as these photos show. ... That said, in order to limit the number of trips to the post office, there may be a slightly longer time lag than the longstanding Copacetic norm. Rather than all orders being processed within 48 hours, as previously, we will now state that all orders placed over this site will be processed within 5 business days. Some orders will be shipped out more quickly, depending on when they come in relative to the shipping day. We will continue to do our best to keep the listings current and refreshed with new releases, but we are still facing a number of logistical challenges as to sourcing and delivery that we are working to overcome. Also, PLEASE NOTE: The compiler on the Copacetic Search at the top right of every page recently stopped working, and as a result, listings from the past several months will NOT be returned in search results. So, please check out the JUST IN and COMICS (and any others, of course) links at the top of the page to see if any new releases you may be looking for are yet available at Copacetic; and/or just to see what's new. We apologize for this inconvenience and are working to address the problem. We hope everyone is continuing to take all the recommended precautions. Here’s the URL to the Harvard Medical School Coronavirus Resource Center, which is being continually updated: https://www.health.harvard.edu//coronavirus-resource-center

Status Update: Shop CLOSED Internet Ordering CLOSED Due to the Governor of Pennsylvania’s just-issued "Stay at Home" Order https://www.governor.pa.gov//governor-wolf-and-health-sec/ ... in addition to the physical store at 3138 needing to remain CLOSED, Copacetic now must also cease our internet sales. SORRY! This order is in effect until at least Monday, April 6. Thanks to all who placed orders during our first week of internet only sales. It is appreciated! We’ll let you once we learn when we will be able to resume internet sales and/or reopen the shop. Until then, thanks for keeping it Copacetic! We hope everyone takes all the recommended precautions. Here’s the Harvard Medical School Coronavirus Resource Center: https://www.health.harvard.edu//coronavirus-resource-center Take care.

STATUS UPDATE - Shop CLOSED Site OPEN As both the Pennsylvania State and Allegheny County governments have strongly urged all non-essential businesses to close voluntarily for at least the next 14 days, we have decided to comply with these requests and close our shop at 3138 Dobson Street, third floor effective today, Monday, March 16 (as much as it may pain us to acknowledge that Copacetic is non-essential). HOWEVER, we will be keeping our mail-order operation...s active and will continue accepting internet orders. Given the situation, we will also be stepping up the number of new listings on our site ( link in "ABOUT" ). Looking for something you think we may have, but don’t see it on the site? Just email us and ask. We will let you know whether or not it’s in stock, and, if so, we can then send you a custom PayPal invoice (which can be paid for using a credit card; PayPal account not required). We hope everyone takes all the recommended precautions. Here’s the CDC page: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html Take care.

Are you a Pittsburgh-based comics maker passionate about public transportation? This might be for you! >>> TOMORROW <<< (Wednesday 11 March 2020)

>>> ¡TONIGHT! <<< Saturday, February 8, from 6pm to 8pm, join Nick Vincenti, Nate McDonough and a company of their collaborators as they unleash their long-in-the-works collaboration.... WOLFARINI! It all starts at 6pm at 3138 Dobson Street, third floor.

>>> ¡TONIGHT! <<< Kurt Ankeny's Pleading With Cars Tour will pull in to 3138 Dobson Street. Starting at 6pm at Kaibur Coffee with a special presentation to the Pittsburgh Comics Salon, and then moving up to Copacetic at 7pm for book signing and hanging out. https://www.facebook.com/events/1425882300912893/

Yes, that's right, NEXT Saturday, February 8, a piece of the Big Apple drops into Copacetic, as Nick Vincenti rolls into town to join with Pittsburgh's own Nate McDonough in celebrating the unleashing of their long-in-the-works collaboration.... WOLFARINI! It all starts at 6pm at 3138 Dobson Street, third floor.

It's only ten days until Kurt Ankeny hits 3138 Dobson Street. We're teaming up with the Pittsburgh Comics Salon for a hybrid event that will begin with Kurt presenting at the February Salon being held the same evening Wednesday, February 5 starting at 6pm at Kaibur Coffee and Cafe downstairs from Copacetic, and ending later that evening upstairs at Copacetic HQ. Stay tuned for further details!

THIS Thursday, January 23, at 7pm, Pittsburgh's own Jim Rugg, of Street Angel fame and so much more, will be giving a talk and presentation at the Carnegie Library Lecture Hall in Oakland. And, it's FREE - with your Library Card.