Originally published on February 28, 2021 7:00 am It was May of 1989 when John Porcellino ("a 20-year-old, hormonally charged, punk-inspired Rock 'n' Roller," in his own description) got the idea that would become a creative odyssey. "I wanted to publish something that I could make all on my own, that could contain whatever I wanted, that could reflect my whole life," he writes in one of Drawn & Quarterly's new reissues of his work. In a zine called King-Cat Comics and Stories, he chronicled prosaic or absurd experiences that, by '80s standards, were usually considered too trivial to merit documentation. King-Cat helped spur the rise of the '90s zine scene and shape its distinctive culture. In the decades since, Porcellino has kept the flame alive, continuing to self-publish and operating the indie distributor Spit and a Half. Now Drawn & Quarterly has picked the ideal time to revisit his early work with three volumes: