About

First To Knock publishes books & records.

First To Knock titles have been featured in outlets such as Los Angeles Review of Books, CrimeReads, The Washington Post, Leaf by Leaf, Apocalypse Confidential, Tulsa World, Cinepunx, Largehearted Boy, Aquarium Drunkard, The Line of Best Fit, The Rodeo, This Land, Tulsa Public Radio/NPR, and Weird History.

Writer Michael P. Daley formed First To Knock in 2017. The company is independently run and distributed.

First To Knock titles are available on the FTK webshop. Select titles are also available at select bookshops across the U.S., including:

Arizona

The Heard Museum (Phoenix)

California

Skylight Books (Los Angeles)

Secret Headquarters (Los Angeles)

Escapist Comics (Berkeley)

Illinois

Quimby's (Chicago)

The Dial Bookshop (Chicago)

Seminary Co-Op (Chicago)

Shuga Records (Chicago)

First Aid Comics (Chicago)

Indiana

Static Age Records (Michigan City)

Maryland

Atomic Books (Baltimore)

Third Eye Comics (Annapolis)

Michigan

The Book Beat (Oak Park)

New York

Mast Books (New York City)

Oklahoma

Magic City Books (Tulsa)

The Gilcrease Museum (Tulsa)

Pennsylvania

50 Watts Books (Philadelphia)

Canada

The Beguiling (Toronto)

France

BATT Coop (Paris)