''Palookaville'' (also frequently appears as both ''Palooka-Ville'' and ''Palooka-ville'') is a comic book written and drawn by cartoonist Gregory Gallant, better known as

Seth Seth,; el, Σήθ ''Sḗth''; ; "placed", "appointed") in Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Mandaeism, and Sethianism, was the third son of Adam and Eve and brother of Cain and Abel, their only other child mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible. A ...

, and published by

Drawn & Quarterly Drawn & Quarterly is a publishing company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, specializing in comics. It publishes primarily comic books, graphic novels and comic strip collections. The books it publishes are noted for their artistic content, ...

. The first issue appeared in April 1991 and it has been irregularly published ever since. The comics are generally portrayals filled with lost, lonely characters searching for meaning, often reaching back into the past. The series and its creator have won multiple industry awards, including the 1997

Ignatz Award The Ignatz Awards recognize outstanding achievements in comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger publishers. They have been awarded each year at the Small Press Expo since 1997, only skipping a ...

for Outstanding Artist and for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection (for the ''

It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken ''It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken'' is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Seth. It appeared in a collected volume in 1996 after serialization from 1993 to 1996 in issues of Seth's comic book series ''Palookaville''. The mock-autobiog ...

'' collection). The first 19 issues were published in traditional

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

(pamphlet) format approximately annually (from 1991 to 2008), while the 20th issue (2010) was published in much-expanded book (hardcover) format, and is now planned to continue in this format annually or semiannually (21st issue scheduled for 2012), owing to changes in the

American comic book An American comic book is a thin periodical originating in the United States, on average 32 pages, containing comics. While the form originated in 1933, American comic books first gained popularity after the 1938 publication of ''Action Comics'' ...

market, specifically the decline in sales of single-issue comic books during the decade 2000–2010.Introduction to Palookavilla #20, quoted at
Graphic Novel Friday: Enter the New Palookaville
, by Alex Carr, November 12, 2010

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Palooka-Ville at the GCD

preview
of ''Palokaville'' #20 at

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