Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by Kheryl Brown-Ahmed. Art by Lori Osborne, Carlos Viola, and Siobhan Keenan. Cover by Siobhan Keenan.

The second volume of the hit WEBTOON series Big Ethel Energy is here!

When we last left off, Ethel's return to Riverdale has been confusing and everyone seems to be dealing with something-Archie's going through it, Betty's obsessing over her boss Seth, Jughead is cold and distant, and Veronica is... well, Veronica. And as for Ethel-it seems like feelings were starting to brew between her and a most unlikely counterpart: Moose! But Ethel's never had much luck with love-so why would this be any different?

Plus, what secrets about Riverdale will she discover while she's hard at work on a story about its history?

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Written by Kheryl Brown-Ahmed. Art by Lori Osborne, Carlos Viola, and Siobhan Keenan. Cover by Siobhan Keenan. Ethel is hard at work on her journalistic venture in Riverdale, writing a history of her beloved hometown. She's learning so much about the place she once called home-and not just about its landmarks! Ethel learns some heart-wrenching truths about Ms. Grundy's personal life, and in doing so is tasked with special request on behalf of her favorite teacher. She's determined to give Ms. Grundy the fairytale ending she deserved-but what about her own love life? It's clear that Moose is interested, but is Ethel ready to settle down or see what options are out there for her? Before she can truly make up her mind, she must confront a part of her past she'd rather leave behind: her relationship with Jughead. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

First printing, 1983. Written and drawn by Lynda Barry. Wonderfully funny, true and disturbing observations of everyday life. Horizontal format, 8 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in., 124 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.00.

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1st printing. Written by Neil Kleid. Art by Nicholas Cinquegrani. Rabbi David Kahn has lived a forty-year lie: he is not, nor has he ever been, Jewish. When at his funeral the truth emerges, the Kahn family must struggle with grief and betrayal as their congregation examines their lives and questions their faith. The eldest son abandons his faith as he gets swept up in an affair with his sister's non-Jewish roommate. Lea, the rebellious sister, reconsiders the religion she has tried so hard to dismiss. The youngest son attempts to somehow return faith and order to his family and community and reinstate his father's good name. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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2nd and later printings. Written by Neil Kleid. Art by Nicholas Cinquegrani. Rabbi David Kahn has lived a forty-year lie: he is not, nor has he ever been, Jewish. When at his funeral the truth emerges, the Kahn family must struggle with grief and betrayal as their congregation examines their lives and questions their faith. The eldest son abandons his faith as he gets swept up in an affair with his sister's non-Jewish roommate. Lea, the rebellious sister, reconsiders the religion she has tried so hard to dismiss. The youngest son attempts to somehow return faith and order to his family and community and reinstate his father's good name. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

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NOTE: Copies of this issue were shipped with minor printing damage on the front cover. Written by Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady and Gorf. Art by Thomas Pitilli, Cory Smith and Ryan Jampole. Cover by Thomas Pitilli. Riverdale's resident jock gets the spotlight in this special one-shot where everything's Moose! 48 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

NOTE: Copies of this issue were shipped with minor printing damage on the front cover. Written by Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady and Gorf. Art by Thomas Pitilli, Cory Smith and Ryan Jampole. Cover by Cory Smith. Riverdale's resident jock gets the spotlight in this special one-shot where everything's Moose! 48 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

NOTE: Copies of this issue were shipped with minor printing damage on the front cover. Written by Sean Ryan, Ryan Cady and Gorf. Art by Thomas Pitilli, Cory Smith and Ryan Jampole. Cover by Wilfredo Torres. Riverdale's resident jock gets the spotlight in this special one-shot where everything's Moose! 48 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

1st printing. By Kevin Quigley. Featuring a collection of comic strips which push the envelope and challenges the reader in brand new ways. Softcover (Saddle-stitched/stapled), 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $5.95.

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Cover by Tim Hamilton. "Perfect Timing," script by Gerard Jones, pencils by Bryon Carson, inks by Mike Roberts; Willis Austerlitz is given the opportunity to travel back to the 1930s he considers the ideal era. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.95.

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Cover by Tim Hamilton. "Hollywoodland," script by Gerard Jones, pencils by Bryon Carson, inks by Mike Roberts; Willis meets movie stars and gangsters, but it'll be a while before he goes home. 36 pgs., B&W. Cover price $1.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Anders Nilsen. A haunting postmodern fable, Big Questions is the magnum opus of Anders Nilsen, one of the brightest and most talented young cartoonists working today. This beautiful minimalist story details the metaphysical quandaries of the occupants of an endless plain, existing somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe. A downed plane is thought to be a bird and the unexploded bomb that came from it is mistaken for a giant egg by the group of birds whose lives the story follows. The indifferent, stranded pilot is of great interest to the birds-some doggedly seek his approval, while others do quite the opposite, leading to tensions in the group. Cover price $44.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Anders Nilsen. A haunting postmodern fable, Big Questions is the magnum opus of Anders Nilsen, one of the brightest and most talented young cartoonists working today. This beautiful minimalist story details the metaphysical quandaries of the occupants of an endless plain, existing somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe. A downed plane is thought to be a bird and the unexploded bomb that came from it is mistaken for a giant egg by the group of birds whose lives the story follows. The indifferent, stranded pilot is of great interest to the birds-some doggedly seek his approval, while others do quite the opposite, leading to tensions in the group. Hardcover, 648 pages, B&W. Cover price $69.95.

Signed by Anders Nilsen - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Anders Nilsen. A haunting postmodern fable, Big Questions is the magnum opus of Anders Nilsen, one of the brightest and most talented young cartoonists working today. This beautiful minimalist story details the metaphysical quandaries of the occupants of an endless plain, existing somewhere between a dream and a Russian steppe. A downed plane is thought to be a bird and the unexploded bomb that came from it is mistaken for a giant egg by the group of birds whose lives the story follows. The indifferent, stranded pilot is of great interest to the birds-some doggedly seek his approval, while others do quite the opposite, leading to tensions in the group. Hardcover, 648 pages, B&W. This new printing is signed and numbered by the author. Cover price $69.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Conxita Herrero.

Conxita, in her twenties, the latest representative of a whole generation, lost her heart somewhere between Madrid and Barcelona. A "real spitfire" according to her mother, she faces everyday events with great courage.

A former student of Fine Arts, she draws her every adventure, from her apartment that she shares with a girl who's her mirror image, her household, her computer, her dreams to elsewhere, her escapes to the beach, her telephone conversations with friends, to her more or less happy dates. In this autobiographical tale in seventeen short tableaux, Conxita Herrero shakes up preconceived ideas about the transition to adulthood. In a minimalist and rigorous style, she plays with antagonisms and mixes inertia and movement, silent panels and intimate, mysterious dialogues, bare lines and pure colors.

Freeing herself from the "concern for truth" specific to the autobiography, the author sheds any sentimentality and provides her sets and her characters with sketchy features a strange and fascinating dimension oscillating between reality and dream.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $17.99.

Written by Dennis Dunn, Illustrated by Steve Abbott and Bill Sigfried. Softcover, 7" x 10", 32 pages, B&W. - Mature Readers- Cover price $1.25.

1st printing. Story and art by Pascal Girard. Jimmy is a teenager in a crummy little town. He's got a lousy best friend, a porn habit, and an uncle whose miserable existence is the embodiment of life stalled in its tracks. He's also got a tender soul, a pure-hearted crush, and the makings of a budding artist. A horrible YouTube video of Jimmy dancing in his living room becomes viral and makes every sweet and hopeful thing about Jimmy seem utterly pathetic. Everyone from fellow classmates to the clerk at the corner store has seen the video, and Jimmy finds himself a celebrity in his town, just for the wrong reasons. Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Written by SARAH E. BYAM. Art and cover by TIM SALE. The year is 1999. After 20 years of government by advertising, America is in the throes of a second great depression. 19-year-old Billi Chadam chooses to take on a corrupt world with nothing more than an oversized caballero costume and a Toleado sword. Determined to crush her youthful resistance are no less than the Pentagon, the Mafia, the union and Eric Veyhunder - a corporate mogul who makes Genghis Kahn look like a kitten! Cover price $3.50.

Written by SARAH E. BYAM. Art and cover by TIM SALE. Audrey's lifeless body is found at the docks and Billi sets out to track the murderer. Little does she know that the killer is her very own uncle! And while she's tracking him, he's busy negotiating her fate with "family man" Metzo Engrionelli, the father of Billi's lover! In the meantime, a local gang known as the "Deadmen" prepare an ambush for our plucky heroine. Cover price $3.50.

Written by SARAH E. BYAM. Art and cover by TIM SALE. It's the future, and everything you hold dear has been taken from you. What have you got to lose by fighting? Billi's foes are arrayed against her as she takes on the leader of the gang who killed her father. But if gang members don't kill her, and the corporate hit men aren't enough...there's always the police! Cover price $3.50.

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Written by SARAH E. BYAM. Art and cover by TIM SALE. There's a riot going on at Chadam International, where the workers are rising in force against the corrupt management of Billi's uncle, Casimir Euchre. Euchre plans to use the riot to his advantage in his scheme to get controlling interest in the company. And it looks like he might just succeed, since Billi can't come up with the evidence to convict him for the murder of her father. Cover price $3.95.

First Printing. By Justin Green. Reprints material previously uncollected, including Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Forward by Art Spiegelman. Softcover, 96 pages, mostly B&W with some color pages. Cover price $16.95.

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1st printing. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). Tomer and Asaf Hanuka are twins. They share a similar genetic structure but were raised in different places. This condition creates a special tension between their stories and styles and is the foundation of their award-winning Bipolar series. "Time Strips" examines the different identities we wear as our life evolves and the way these identities interact if they were to exist on one time line. "Pizzeria Kamikaze" is about a guy with a broken heart who committed suicide only to find himself at Pizzeria Kamikaze, a regular day job in a world where everyone died before and now it's about passing time. "I Love You" examines how much of ourselves we project onto others. By using story lines, the myth of relationships is explored under highly opposite environments. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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2nd & later printings. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). Tomer and Asaf Hanuka are twins. They share a similar genetic structure but were raised in different places. This condition creates a special tension between their stories and styles and is the foundation of their award-winning Bipolar series. "Time Strips" examines the different identities we wear as our life evolves and the way these identities interact if they were to exist on one time line. "Pizzeria Kamikaze" is about a guy with a broken heart who committed suicide only to find himself at Pizzeria Kamikaze, a regular day job in a world where everyone died before and now it's about passing time. "I Love You" examines how much of ourselves we project onto others. By using story lines, the myth of relationships is explored under highly opposite environments. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). "Junior" looks at the tragedy of imagination through the eyes of a stepson with extraordinary abilities. "Squeeze" takes a drive to the extreme poles of malehood. "Zina + Me" destroys a sexual fantasy by putting it in a relationship, and a new installment of "Pizzeria Kamikaze" shows Chaim reliving in a place where everybody else is already dead. As routine gets to him (he bumps into his old roommate), he discovers something that will change the course of his death. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

2nd & later printings. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). "Junior" looks at the tragedy of imagination through the eyes of a stepson with extraordinary abilities. "Squeeze" takes a drive to the extreme poles of malehood. "Zina + Me" destroys a sexual fantasy by putting it in a relationship, and a new installment of "Pizzeria Kamikaze" shows Chaim reliving in a place where everybody else is already dead. As routine gets to him (he bumps into his old roommate), he discovers something that will change the course of his death. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). This issue is presented in two parts. In Part One, "Pizzeria Kamikaze" continues as suicide casualties Mordi and Ari embark on a journey to find Mordi's lost love in their unique afterlife, a place prohibited only by suicide casualties. In Part Two, "Telekinetic" asks have you ever felt like there was someone else in your house, even when you knew there wasn't? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

2nd & later printings. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). This issue is presented in two parts. In Part One, "Pizzeria Kamikaze" continues as suicide casualties Mordi and Ari embark on a journey to find Mordi's lost love in their unique afterlife, a place prohibited only by suicide casualties. In Part Two, "Telekinetic" asks have you ever felt like there was someone else in your house, even when you knew there wasn't? 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. By Asaf Hanuka, Etgar Keret and Tomer Hanuka. Asaf, with writer Etgar Keret, continues the story of "Pizzeria Kamikaze," about a guy with a broken heart who commits suicide, only to find himself in an afterlife where he must work a day job at the titular pizzeria. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

2nd & later printings. By Asaf Hanuka, Etgar Keret and Tomer Hanuka. Asaf, with writer Etgar Keret, continues the story of "Pizzeria Kamikaze," about a guy with a broken heart who commits suicide, only to find himself in an afterlife where he must work a day job at the titular pizzeria. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). The fifth issue of the award-winning series in two stories. In the first story, Mordi -- after finding his lost love -- discovers that you can't trust anything in the land of suicides. Death, finger food, bureaucratic blunders, and one undercover angel roil the climatic last chapter of Asaf Hanuka and Etgar Keret's "Pizzeria Kamikaze." In the second story, "Aquaflesh" by Tomer Hanuka, the washed-up Aquaflesh -- who's been drowning in alcohol and self-pity -- gets his last chance to confront the moment that changed it all. 32 pages, B&W. "Each edition has conducted readers on an excursion through curious environments, full of sights that conjoin the common and the disorienting and of situations that are at once both ordinary and unaccountable." - The Comics Journal Cover price $2.95.

2nd & later printings. Stories and Art by Tomer and Asaf Hanuka (with Etgar Keret). The fifth issue of the award-winning series in two stories. In the first story, Mordi -- after finding his lost love -- discovers that you can't trust anything in the land of suicides. Death, finger food, bureaucratic blunders, and one undercover angel roil the climatic last chapter of Asaf Hanuka and Etgar Keret's "Pizzeria Kamikaze." In the second story, "Aquaflesh" by Tomer Hanuka, the washed-up Aquaflesh -- who's been drowning in alcohol and self-pity -- gets his last chance to confront the moment that changed it all. 32 pages, B&W. "Each edition has conducted readers on an excursion through curious environments, full of sights that conjoin the common and the disorienting and of situations that are at once both ordinary and unaccountable." - The Comics Journal Cover price $2.95.

Art and story by Gilbert Hernandez. What strange force links the lives of two spunky strippers, a secretly libidinous psychiatrist, her not-so-secretly libidinous sister, and the rest of the gorgeous (and hunky) gallery of misfits and deviants that make up the cast of Birdland, probably the most graphic graphic novel of all time? Is it the cat-like aliens that keep popping up in Bang Bang's (wet) dreams? Is it the mysterious medallion the lisping but lovely Fritz uses to further her own sex life (in gross violation of every standard of ethics ever devised for her profession)? Or is it her philandering husband Mark, whose abundant (and generally shared) s**** is virtually one of the leading characters in this story? Internationally renowned Love and Rockets co-creator Gilbert Hernandez ventures into exciting new territory with this hard-core, XXX-rated erotic fantasy. Completely banned in several English-speaking countries since its premiere in 1990, Birdland will amaze, astonish, and arouse you. This expanded Birdland volume contains ten brand new pages written and drawn by Hernandez especially for this collection. 8 1/2" x 11", 100 pgs., B&W. Collects Birdland (1990 Eros Comix) 1-3 with additional material. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Dan Zettwoch. It's a storyline we know all too well: "A mysterious stranger comes to town." Only the town is not really a town and the stranger is a gigantic cell-phone tower. The town is Birdseye Bristoe - a portmanteau name created from an interstate sign that points to two real towns - and it has only one real permanent resident, an old-timer known as Uncle. His teenaged great-niece and -nephew visit occasionally, though the town doesn't have much to offer apart from an adult superstore, a gas station, and a tackle shop. Birdseye Bristoe brims with larger-than-life personalities, hilarious anecdotes, references to midwestern/mid-southern pop culture, and diagrams of the cell-tower/cross-construction process. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 70 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story, art and cover by Nabiel Kanan. Max Collins quit being a teacher to be a campaign advisor for a London mayoral candidate. Torn by the pressures of the political arena and London city life, he escapes to his country retreat. But when his errant daughter becomes embroiled in the social unrest that is sweeping the nation, Max is torn between his current political allegiances and his more radical past. Worn down by the compromises the world has forced upon him, he wonders if he still has the integrity to be a worthy husband, father, and citizen. Hardcover, 72 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Roberta Gregory. Collection of the Bitchy Bitch Strips which ran in newspapers including the Seattle Weekly. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 70 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $10.95.

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Limited cover by Tone Rodriguez. By Skipper Martin & Christopher Provencher Meet Paul Krutcher, a regular schmoe who's got a little problem with gravity. Not a superhero yarn, just an average guy learning to deal with being planet Earth's first flying human being. What would you do if you could fly? Welcome to a Bizarre New World! Cover price $3.50.

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Regular cover by Christopher Provencher. By Skipper Martin & Christopher Provencher Meet Paul Krutcher, a regular schmoe who's got a little problem with gravity. Not a superhero yarn, just an average guy learning to deal with being planet Earth's first flying human being. What would you do if you could fly? Welcome to a Bizarre New World! Cover price $3.50.

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by Martin, Provencher, & Dzioba How could a human being actually fly? After Paul's disastrous ordeal in Arizona, what would it take to get him back into the air? What does Paul choose to read when he's on the toilet? All these questions and more may be answered in this exciting second issue! Cover price $3.50.

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by Skipper Martin & Christopher Provencher The flying man has been discovered, and globally, people weigh in on the implications. Is this a religious event, or an incredible scientific discovery? Come join the chaos as Paul wraps up his incredible personal journey. Also included a special back up story written & drawn by Tone Rodriguez! Cover price $3.50.

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