If I Were The Village Blacksmith You Wouldn't Fuck With Me, Chapter Two, Part One

The Unauthorized Graphic Biography of Charles Bukowski
Chapter Two, Part One 1939-1941

Written by Chris Dusterhoff
Art by Chuk Baldock

6x9 inches. Color cover, black and white interior. 24 pages.
2nd Printing, January 2026

New Pacific Press Chapbook Series, #7

This biography is intended as a straight narrative of the life of Charles Bukowski. His autobiographical stories were laid out like a jigsaw puzzle and put together to create a story of a man who told his ordinary life in extraordinary ways.

Chris Dusterhoff is the publisher of SPREAD, Seattle's only monthly free poetry 'zine, and the publisher of the New Pacific Press Chapbook series since 2019. He was born outside Baltimore, MD sometime in the last century. He is currently a mailman in Seattle, WA.

Chuk Baldock's work has appeared in Spread, JFK vs. Predator, Underwater Opera, Fool’s Errand, Told To Tell, Barn Sour, and a few other publications. He was born in Moline, IL near the Mississippi River. He lives in Everett, WA and works for the gas and electric company.