Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

1st printing.

Written by Pat Mills. Art and cover by Christine Ellingham.

Sent home to Britain after her parents fail to establish a new life in Australia, Jean Everidge is forced to rely on family charity, moving in with her Aunt, Uncle and cousin Carol, successful gymnast, beloved of teachers and pupils alike, and all round charming "top girl."

Jean has one solace left to her - skateboarding, surfing the concrete pavement, while forgetting all her troubles, and feel free. But Jean's freestyling talent soon attracts attention, and if there's one thing Carol can't stand, it's being out of the spotlight.

With the new skatepark freestyle contest coming up, just how far will Carol go to stay number one?

Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W.

Cover price $13.99.

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Stories by Rob Maisch. Art by Brett Weldele, James Vining, Nick Rummel, and Robyn Chapman. Cover by Scott Hampton. Autobiographical tales from Rob Maisch are interpreted by various indie artists of the early 2000s. Rob and his friends experience hassles while attending a rock show at a club; the rivalry between two adjacent college dorms leads to mischief and hijinks. Daniels Den; Movin In; Scotts Jock; Two in a Canoe. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

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Stories by Rob Maisch. Art by Brett Weldele, Darryl Jones, Lee Oaks, Paul Hudson, and Rob Epps. Cover by Brett Weldele. Autobiographical tales from Rob Maisch are interpreted by various indie artists of the early 2000s. Rob underestimates his girlfriend; memories of an obese roommate; Rob is called into school after an incident involving his sons. A Quiet Evening at Home; Bailey Daze: Rat Tales; Father of the Year; Gym Wimps. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Stories by Rob Maisch. Art by James Vining and Lee Oaks. Cover by Lee Oaks. Autobiographical tales from Rob Maisch are interpreted by various indie artists of the early 2000s. A Christmas tale; a junkyard adventure. Yule Be Sorry; Junkers; The Bells; The Ramon Campaign. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Stories by Rob Maisch. Art by Scott Hampton, Rand Holmes, Sandy Plunkett, and Bo Hampton. Cover by Scott Hampton. Autobiographical tales from Rob Maisch are interpreted by various indie artists of the early 2000s. Greg and Rob play a trick on the King of the Star Trek Fanboys; a story illustrated by underground comix legend Rand Holmes. Slow Dance; Mean Old Man; Griffin Love & the Hooker; Klingon Battle Helmet; Back in the Saddle. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $2.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Rob Maisch. Rob Maisch has lived an amazing life and he remembers all of those little gems in life that we each encounter, but most of us forget. Here Rob confesses them all, each story illustrated by some of the most dynamic artists on the popular and underground comics scene: Scott Hampton, Bo Hampton, Sandy Plunkett, and Rand Holmes. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

Add to cart Fine $5.99

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Rob Maisch. Moving from childhood and early years into college, Rob Maisch recounts with verve and a sly grin with more rowdy stories for you to chew and savor. Hide your daughters and lock up your liquor cabinets! Art by a bevy of rising talent, including Brett Weldele. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

1st printing. Written by Rob Maisch. Rob Maisch has lived an amazing life and he remembers all of those little gems in life that we each encounter, but most of us forget. Here Rob confesses them all, each story illustrated by some of the most dynamic artists on the popular and underground comics scene: Scott Hampton, Bo Hampton, Sandy Plunkett, and Rand Holmes. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $17.95.

Limited Signed Edition - 1st printing. Written by Rob Maisch. Rob Maisch has lived an amazing life and he remembers all of those little gems in life that we each encounter, but most of us forget. Here Rob confesses them all, each story illustrated by some of the most dynamic artists on the popular and underground comics scene: Scott Hampton, Bo Hampton, Sandy Plunkett, and Rand Holmes. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $50.00.

1st printing.

Story and art by GG.

A poetic meditation rendered in beautiful pastels and black line on managing and struggling to get through the small tasks of every day. The claustrophobia of thought and the crippling of anxiety make any house haunted, any body possessed.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 40 pages, full color.

Cover price $10.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Kate Glasheen. A debut graphic novel about a queer teen living in the margins who is determined to find their way ahead. Are you supposed to be a boy or a girl? It's a question that follows Claire everywhere. Inescapable on the street, in school, and even at home. A black hole forever trying to pull them in. But as long as they have ride-or-die best friend Greg at their side and a drink in their hand, everything will be okay. Right? Except, Claire can never have just one drink. And when harassment at school reaches a fever pitch, Claire begins a spiral that ends in court-ordered rehab. Feeling completely lost, Claire is soon surrounded by a group of equally messed up, equally hilarious new friends and, with the help of a patient counselor, finds a space to unpack all the bad they've experienced. But as Claire's release gets closer so does the question: Can Claire stay sober and true in a world seemingly never made for them? Softcover, 224 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. By Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber. Constructive Abandonment is a series of small paintings featuring surreal vignettes with animals and children weighed down by the pressures of life. With absurdly comedic interactions, the text varies from straightforward to even more abstract and nonsensical than the images that it accompanies. The paintings reference child's play or literature and others are seemingly without reference, completely untethered. Pages that could be forgettable one-liners become investigations into intellect and our ability to draw correlations between contradictory elements in a single image. Hardcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

by Gia-Bao Tran What if you were a kid again knowing what you know now? Elin Ohmart, 24, unemployed, and wanderlust, has been given that chance by way of science... an enormous risk to replant seeds of his past for a new present. His obsession unfolds in a modern day fable about losing everything he never had. b&w, 40pg $3.00 Cover price $3.00.

1st printing. By Gia-Bao Tran. If a tree falls in the wood with no one around, does it make a sound? More importantly, if a cell phone escapes from its owner for a night of brothels and murder, does it's owner's sister's admirer's mother care? Four stories woven together by shared experience and missed connections. An examination of the threads that bind us, and a meditation on how our world grows smaller the more we live... with cell phone sex. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 56 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $5.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Story and art by Keith Rogers. In the first issue of The Continuing Adventures of Dallas And Friends we find our hero, Dallas, a long-haired Chihuahua (that can talk?), seeking fun and adventure all over New England with his grumpy, bad-guitar-playing side-kick! Loosely Based on true events, this is a modern tale of a boy and his dog. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.50.

1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. A Contract with God, originally published in 1978, was the first graphic novel. Along with A Life Force and Dropsie Avenue, they laid the track for such seminal works as Maus and Persepolis. Set during the Great Depression, this literary trilogy, assembled in one volume for the first time, presents a treasure house of now near-mythic stories that fictionally illustrate the bittersweet tenement life of Eisner's youth. With nearly two dozen new illustrations and a revealing new foreword, this book ultimately tells the epic story of life, death, and resurrection while exploring man's fractious relationship with an all-too-vengeful God. Hardcover, 510 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

2nd and later printings. NOTE: Covers on reprints may vary. Story and art by Will Eisner. The publication of A Contract With God when Eisner was sixty-one proved to be a watershed moment both for him and for comic literature. It marked the birth of the modern graphic novel and the beginning of an era when serious cartoonists could be liberated from their stultifying comic-book format. More than a quarter-century after the initial publication of A Contract With God, and in the last few months of his life, Eisner chose to combine the three fictional works he had set on Dropsie Avenue, the mythical street of his youth in Depression-era New York City. The Contract With God Trilogy is a mesmerizing, fictional chronicle of a universal American experience and Eisner's most poignant and enduring literary legacy. Hardcover, 500 pages, B&W. Cover price $39.95.

Challengers Comics + Conversation edition of Buffy the Vampire Slayer actress Emma Caulfield's anthropomorphic webcomic. Written by Emma Caulfield and Camilla Rantsen, art by Christian Meesey. Full color, horizontal format, 8 1/4" x 6 1/4", 32pgs.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

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By Dan Wickline and David Hedgecock. A one-shot, experimental "cut and paste" comic -- assembled from a handful of drawn pieces -- about two friends humorously addressing The Greatest American Hero, their first sexual encounters, and an incredibly difficult confession. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

Written by Gisèle Lagacé and T. Campbell. Art by Gisèle Lagacé. Cool Cat Studio is the story of a graphic design studio and the unique cast of characters that work there. Owned and operated by lovebirds Belinda Finlay and Jeremy Lawson (and unofficially ruled with an iron paw by Belinda's cat, Camus), things get interesting at the Studio when they hire Liz Adams, a non-conformist, bisexual 22-year old female with a wild attitude and a preference for black, skin-tight clothing. Featuring an all-new 6-page story and 36 strips from the website with added commentary by creator Gisèle Lagacé. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Written by Gisèle Lagacé and T. Campbell. Art by Gisèle Lagacé. One of the most popular online comics claws its way to print! Cool Cat Studio is the story of a graphic design studio and the unique cast of characters that work there. In this issue: How far is Bones willing to go to win the 'Miss Chyna Doll' tournament? Find out in "Meat and Bones," putting the spotlight on a popular CCS character. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $4.80

Add to cart Very Fine $4.80

Add to cart Fine $3.60

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Written by Gisele Lagace and T. Campbell. Art by Gisele Lagace. One of the most popular online comics claws its way to print! Cool Cat Studio is the story of a graphic design studio and the unique cast of characters that work there. In this issue, Camus the cat quietly rules Cool Cat Studio and doesn't care who knows it. There's not much that can shake his confidence...until his humans get spooked by two collapsing towers, in a city far away. Plus, Belinda heads to France to confront some old ghosts. 24 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing. Written by Deidre Langeland. Art and cover by Sarah Mai. For fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller comes the second graphic novel in the funny slice-of-life Cool Code series. When the coding club finds that their app has a malicious user, Morgan, Zoey, and Daniel code an update to contend with a mischievous llama avatar who's guiding a not-so-popular kid named Marcus to cause chaos in the school. Annoying little siblings, chaotic pranks, and more abound as they race to repair the glitchy app-and their own friendships-in their school before the damage is irreversible. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Add to cart Very Fine $4.50

1st printing. Written by Deidre Langeland. Art and cover by Sarah Mai. For fans of Raina Telgemeier and Kayla Miller comes the second graphic novel in the funny slice-of-life Cool Code series. When the coding club finds that their app has a malicious user, Morgan, Zoey, and Daniel code an update to contend with a mischievous llama avatar who's guiding a not-so-popular kid named Marcus to cause chaos in the school. Annoying little siblings, chaotic pranks, and more abound as they race to repair the glitchy app-and their own friendships-in their school before the damage is irreversible. Hardcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Portrait of the Artist as a Fanboy. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics picks up the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. Jamie, a struggling 20-something writer, reflects on his childhood as a comics fan when he considers selling his beloved comic collection to make ends meet. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Kitsch in Sync. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics continues the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. Jamie and Thatcher reluctantly attend a friend's Halloween party; in the past, a costume party just highlights Mike Laine's alienation. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Fake I.D. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics continues the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. The teens try to get into a club with the world's worst fake IDs; the adult Jamie and Thatcher attempt to sell their comic to a new publisher. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Young at Being Old. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics continues the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. Jamie feels old after hanging with his younger brother, so he tries to relive his glory days in a mosh pit. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

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Little Alter Boy. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics continues the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. Jamie meets the ugly girl from high school a few years later, and now shes unapproachably attractive. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

Daze of Future Passed. Story by J. Torres. Art and cover by Tim Levins. Slave Labor Graphics continues the series about the struggles of an aspiring comic-book writer, previously a self-published minicomic. Jamie goes on a blind date, and gets the chance to turn his minicomic into an indie comic. Final issue of the series. 24 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

2005 Ashcan Sampler, 5 1/2 in. x 8 1/2 in., 8 pages, B&W.

By Renee French. Corny is a lonely guy with a crush on his next door neighbor. He watches her life from his window, and imagines himself in it. When bad things begin to happen, Corny knows he has what it takes to comfort her, but cowardice forces him to do it anonymously. Corny is in a tug-of-war between fantasy and reality, and at the center is his heart. This sweet story of an ill-fated romance of the mind is by Renée French, the crafty, twisted imagination behind the hit comic The Ninth Gland. Plus, two covers -- a front cover by The Invisibles' Brian Bolland and a back cover by Hate's Peter Bagge. 64 pages, B&W. Cover price $4.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Pier Dola.

When one man, too terrified to leave his ratty apartment during the pandemic, turns exclusively to social media for human contact, his quarantine routine disintegrates into madness. Thus kicks off a hilariously withering social critique of an entire planet filled with masses of humanity suffering from a dearth of compassion, decency, and empathy. Nothing escapes Dola's manic, trenchant stare as he takes on a vast array of contemporary social deformities - anti-vaxxers, conspiracy theorists, xenophobes, the alt right, the woke left, evangelical fanatics, corporate power mongers, racists, fascists, neo-Nazis, gerontophobes, nihilistic revelers, Boris Johnson, and the death of the social contract.

And yet there are still those rare moments of human idealism and striving amidst the moral, spiritual, and physical carnage. As one man says, consolingly, to another: "Although in these dark times of selfish fear it seems that goodness doesn't exist in our hearts, there are still good people. Maybe they are the minority, but those rare islands are the ones that make it bearable to swallow the oceans of shit formed by the armies of assholes that surround us."

A rare moment of hope and optimism in an otherwise scabrous and coruscating portrait of humanity in a death spiral.

Softcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 500 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $50.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st printing. Story and art by Jesse Reklaw. A MEMOIR OF CHILDHOOD, FAMILY, MENTAL ILLNESS AND CATS. Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Slow Wave, delivers this tragicomic graphic memoir, his first long-form work. Presented as a series of comic novellas that together comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often hilarious memoir about childhood, family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use, the entire book is told through cleverly inviting conceits like cat histories and card games. The graphic novel is told in five parts: In "Thirteen Cats" (featured in The Best American Comics), Reklaw discovers coping mechanisms that mimic his family pets; "Toys I Love" relates the author's pre-pubescent brushes with deviant sexual activity, and the way innocence converges with real sexual trauma; "The Fred Robinson Story" tells the story of Reklaw's period stalking perfect strangers; "The Stacked Deck," in which hereditary influences towards criminal behavior, drug use and depression are explored via card games the author played with his family; and "Lessoned," a family history of mental illness. Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $26.99.

1st printing - illustrated abridged version. Written by Ben Hecht. Cover by Axelroa. #117 in "Quick Reader" mini-paperback series. 3 1/4-in. x 4 3/4-in., 128 pages, black and white - text with a few illustrations.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by J C Barbour. Art by Wes Watson. Cover by Cary Nord. Sydney Brown relives his years fighting alongside Count Dante, an iconic and controversial karate master from the 1970s. But while the reporter interviewing him his excited to hear the salacious details of a crazy life, it is clear the time is bittersweet for Brown. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $4.99.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by J C Barbour (A/CA) Wes Watson. Sydney Brown relives his years fighting alongside Count Dante, an iconic and controversial karate master from the 1970s. But while the reporter interviewing him his excited to hear the salacious details of a crazy life, it is clear the time is bittersweet for Brown. Retailer Incentives: Retailers purchasing 25 copies of Cover A and Cover B (1:25) of Count Dante #1 will receive a special spot foil Cover C. Please reach out to your CS rep with questions about retailer incentives. 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $4.99.

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Limited 1 for 25 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by J C Barbour . Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Sydney Brown relives his years fighting alongside Count Dante, an iconic and controversial karate master from the 1970s. But while the reporter interviewing him his excited to hear the salacious details of a crazy life, it is clear the time is bittersweet for Brown. 28 pages, full color. Rated M

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Written by J C Barbour. Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Having finally opened his dream dojo, Keehan gins up publicity through a series of increasingly dangerous martial arts exhibitions. But while it does attract students, it also brings the attention of a rival dojo's dangerous sensei-Haruki Endo, the dreaded Pit Viper. 28 pages, full color. Rated Parental Adv. Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

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Written by J C Barbour. Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Hollywood is calling. Keehan is in love. And the Black Dragon Society is hosting a huge, full-contact tournament on live TV. Sure would be a bad time for an old enemy to show up. 28 pages, full color. Rated Parental Adv. Cover price $4.99.

Written by J C Barbour. Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Too brutal for Hollywood, Dante now turns his attention to the bloodsport tournament that will make him a legend. But the Count will soon discover that not all wars are fought on one front. And some wounds hurt more than others... 28 pages, full color. Rated Parental Adv. Cover price $4.99.

Written by J C Barbour. Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Dante has discovered that not all victories are sweet. The Count may have won his tournament, but the outfit ransacked his dojo and murdered his friend. When that happens, there is only one thing left to do… dojo war. 28 pages, full color. Parental Advisory Cover price $4.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Written by J.C. Barbour. Art and Cover by Wes Watson. Winning a battle is not the same as winning the war. Count Dante may have defeated Ken Eto through the very strength of his will, but some enemies have reach beyond the grave. 28 pages, full color. Rated Parental Advisory Cover price $4.99.

3-in-One Edition - 1st printing. Story, art, and cover by Mahito Aobe. As a cat-that noblest of animals-the Count has high expectations for his human servants. Unfortunately for him, the Fujiwara sisters are about as dysfunctional as it gets! Shizuka is an extreme shut-in whose only contact with the outside world is her livestream. Yumeko, meanwhile, has a rather...extreme love-hate relationship with her big sis. Can Count Fujiwara handle these perplexing creatures, or will his meows fall on deaf ears? Softcover, 548 pages, 6-in. x 8-in., 548 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS: NOTE Traditional manga, read Right to Left. Cover price $26.00.

By CHARLES BUKOWSKI and MATTHIAS SCHULTHEISS. This is a compelling tale of two drifters desperate for work who are picked up on the road and hired to haul railroad ties. At three bucks a day, it's the best they can find and they grab it. The story brilliantly conveys the desperation of the two men without much hope and with even less luck as they get through a week of arduous work and little reward. For Mature Readers. Cover price $2.25.