Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

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1st printing. Written by James Vance. Art and Cover by Dan Burr. In this long-awaited sequel to the legendary graphic novel Kings in Disguise, a young circus hand gets involved in dangerous underground activity. Set in 1937, On the Ropes continues the story of Fred Bloch, now apprenticed to escape artist Gordon Corey, a star attraction in a traveling WPA circus. Though damaged by the Depression and haunted by past mistakes, each man holds the key to the other's salvation - but each also harbors a secret that could lead to their mutual destruction. Enacted against a backdrop of violent labor unrest and a nation's faltering recovery, On the Ropes is a breathtaking visual achievement that delivers a powerful, timeless story! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 248 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Brenna Thummler. The Eisner and Ringo Award–nominated final installment of Brenna Thummler's bestselling Sheets trilogy is now available in a deluxe hardcover edition featuring never-before-seen bonus content! Following the events of Sheets and Delicates, Lights brings Brenna Thummlers characters, artwork, and ghostly charm back to life. Marjorie Glatts life was forever changed the day she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her familys laundromat. One of those ghosts was Wendell: a lonely phantom turned Marjories best friend. When he and Marjorie are joined by ghost-enthusiast Eliza Duncan, the three friends band together in friendship, bravery, and all things paranormal. In the third and final installment of the Sheets trilogy, Wendell will finally uncover the truth of his human life. Marjorie and Eliza will learn that some people really can change. Most of all, they start to see that everything can cast shadows, but if you look hard enough, you can find the light. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Etienne Davodeau.

Etienne Davodeau is a comic artist. He doesn't know much about the world of wine-making. Richard Leroy is a wine-maker. He's rarely even read comics. But these two are full of good will and curiosity. Why do we choose to spend one's life writing and creating comics or producing wine?

For more than a year, Etienne went to work in Richard's vineyards and cellar. Richard, in return, leapt into the world of comics. They opened a lot of bottles and read many comics. They traveled around, meeting authors and wine-makers sharing their passion for their jobs. The Initiates explores the nature of a man's vocation with a true life representation of it from two very different perspectives.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 272 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

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First $2.95 cover price. Cover by Robert Crumb. "The Sufferin' Bastard," script and art by Peter Bagge; The unlucky life of a punch cup. Debut column by Harvey Pekar praising the work of Frank Stack. "Thinking About the Lone Ranger," script and art by Frank Stack (as Foolbert Sturgeon); Musings on the Lone Ranger's possible fallibility. "Ten Dollars for Two Minutes," script and art by Penny Moran Van Horn; A seedy landlord comes a cropper. "Mother Hulda," script and art by Robert Crumb; A young girl receives her just reward and so does her stepsister. "The Talker," script and art by Mark Zingarelli; The thug in the restaurant is unnerved by the man who talks to himself. "Dennis the Sullen Menace," script by Dennis Eichhorn, art by Michael Dougan; Dennis recalls his time in jail. "Young Ledicker," script and art by Kim Deitch; Kewpie views an incident from Al's youth. "The Tunnel of Love" text story, script by Stephen Calt, art by Robert Crumb. "Sex Crazed Housewife," script and art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb. 44 pgs., B&W. 8-in. x 11-in. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

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Cover by Robert Crumb. Several short strips by David Carrino and Peter Bagge. Harvey Sez column; Harvey Pekar praises Terry Laban's "Unsupervised Existence," Daniel Clowes' "Eightball" and Chester Brown's "Ed the Happy Clown"; A Kominsky-Crumb masthead illustration is included. Untitled Mode O'Day story, script and art by Robert Crumb; Mode is persuaded to become a partner in a new restaurant. "The Prince and the Art Girl," script and art by Carol Lay; Carol is wooed by a prince. "Texas Characters," script and art by Penny Moran Van Horn; Recollections of a co-worker. "Report from the Disaster Scene," script and art by Lloyd Dangle; Lloyd's prelude to the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. "Merci Areevwahr Ameriker," script and art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Aline's observations about what's being left behind in the USA. "Oh, Baby," script and art by Art Spiegelman and Charles Burns. 44 pgs., B&W. 8-in. x 11-in. $2.95. Cover price $2.50.

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Cover by Geof Darrow. The Summer Of The Year, script by Warren Ellis, art by Darick Robertson and Jerome K. Moore; Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to the city to finish the publishing contract he signed five years previous. Article in which Warren Ellis describes what the series is about. 36 pgs., full color. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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1st printing. Story and art by Lawrence Lindell. After a rocky attempt at living in London with his partner, Lawrence finds himself single, broke, and back at home in Compton with his mom and great-aunt, moping from bed to kitchen table and back to bed again, with long layovers on the front porch to sit and watch the world pass him by. Everything had been so good-a degree, an animation internship, paid music gigs, the perfect girl. How the heck did Lawrence get knocked so far down, with such little semblance of his former life remaining to hold him together? Lawrence Lindell's heartbreaking-and heartwarming-We All Got Something recounts a tragic and random act of violence, the PTSD that follows, lost love, and coming to terms with the underlying mental health crises sabotaging it all. A testament to the healing power of art and the vital role community plays in the process, Lindell's graphic memoir is deeply personal and specific, but also relatable-because we all got something. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

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2nd and later printings. Written by Osamu Dazai, and Junji Ito. Art and cover by Junji Ito. "Mine has been a life of much shame. I cant even guess myself what it must be to live the life of a human being." Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazais immortal—and supposedly autobiographical—work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. The imagery wrenches open the text of the novel one line at a time to sublimate Yozos mental landscape into something even more delicate and grotesque. This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche! Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 616 pages, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $34.99.

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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Asaf Hanuka. What's to Love: Asaf Hanuka, in a very short period of time, has become one of comics' most critically acclaimed and soughtafter creators. His autobiographical webcomic, The Realist, began winning awards shortly after its launch, including a Gold Medal from The Society of Illustrators. What It Is: Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka's weekly strips unfold an emotional autobiography full of humor and melancholy, wild imagination, and quiet desperation. Collected for the first time in English and including neverbeforecollected strips, The Realist delivers both honesty and whimsy from a master of his craft. With echoes of R. Crumb and Daniel Clowes, Hanuka moves readers with his depictions of everyday life, commenting on everything from marriage to technology to social activism through intimate moments of triumph and failure. Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Asaf Hanuka. What's to Love: Asaf Hanuka, in a very short period of time, has become one of comics' most critically acclaimed and soughtafter creators. His autobiographical webcomic, The Realist, began winning awards shortly after its launch, including a Gold Medal from The Society of Illustrators. What It Is: Acclaimed Israeli cartoonist Asaf Hanuka's weekly strips unfold an emotional autobiography full of humor and melancholy, wild imagination, and quiet desperation. Collected for the first time in English and including neverbeforecollected strips, The Realist delivers both honesty and whimsy from a master of his craft. With echoes of R. Crumb and Daniel Clowes, Hanuka moves readers with his depictions of everyday life, commenting on everything from marriage to technology to social activism through intimate moments of triumph and failure. Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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story JOE KELLY art & cover JM KEN NIIMURA Barbara Thorson is your new hero: A quick-witted, sharp-tongued fifth grader who isn't afraid of anything. Why would she be..? After all, she's the only girl in school who carries a Norse war hammer in her purse and kills giants for a living... At least, that's what she'll tell you...but where does the fantasy end and reality begin in the heart of this troubled girl? And what if she's telling the truth? Brought to life with unexpected tenderness by JOE KELLY (Supergirl, Action Comics, Deadpool) and breakout talent JM KEN NIIMURA, I KILL GIANTS is the bittersweet story of a young girl struggling to conquer monsters both real and imagined as her carefully constructed world crumbles at the feet of giants bigger than any one child can handle. JULY 9 ? 24 PAGES ? BW ? $2.99 TAG: REALITY IS OVERRATED. Cover price $2.99.

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1st printing. By Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie. An Eisner Award-nominee! Meet the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa rarely seen - spirited, hopeful and resilient. Hardcover, 106 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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First printing. Story and Art by Kenneth P. Greene. One-shot underground comic. 6 1/2" X 9". 36 pages. B&W. Cover price $0.50.

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1st printing. Story and rat by Roz Chast. Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $28.00.

Add to cart VG 4.0 $20.00 Contents in over all excellent condition with one print three hole punched.

Set-01 - "Something Ought to by Done About This!" Portfolio by Gaar Williams. Gaar Williams, whose life in the Midwestern small town of Richmond in the 1890's gave inspiration to his popular work, served as a staff artist for the Chicago Daily News and the Indianapolis News before settling in Chicago permanently to work for the Chicago Tribune until his death in 1935. Gaar Williams's cartoons could be seen in thirty-nine newspapers around the country. These prints are reproductions of cartoons that originally appeared in the Chicago Tribune newspaper from 1927-1934. SET-01 includes 25 prints, B&W, held in a wrap-around slip folder," 8.25-in. x 10.25-in.

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Written by Mark Waid and Brian Augustyn. Art by Peter Krause and Kelly Fitzpatrick. Cover by Peter Krause. IT'S WAR! As the United States makes its entrance into WWII, the teens and parents in Riverdale are faced with some difficult situations as they reflect on how this will dramatically change their lives as they know it. 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Keiler Roberts. Cartoonist Keiler Roberts quit making comics. Or did she? Preparing to Bite, her latest collection of all-new, one-page comics is a return to perfect form. Roberts skewers innocuous aspects of everyday life and dissects them for their unique absurdity: from cooking meals, to keeping doctors appointments, to owning pets, and even navigating now-inescapable zoom calls. These vignettes portray a woman in middle-age grappling with the realities of being a mother, a wife, a friend, a daughter, and lastly (perhaps even least of all), a practicing artist—all while dealing with the long-term effects of a debilitating disease. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 164 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $21.95.

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1st printing. A matching volume to 2009's Almost Silent, What I Did collects three of Jason's acclaimed 1990s graphic novels into a handsome, definitive omnibus format. "Hey, Wait...," the first (and the most critically acclaimed) of Jason's books to be translated to English, tells the story of two childhood friends. A dreadful event midway through the story changes their lives forever, and the melancholy. Sparsely told as a series of brief vignettes, "Sshhhh!" is one of Jason's virtuoso silent performances, the cradle-to-grave life of one of his bird-headed characters. And the one Jason fans have been waiting for is the long-out-of-print "The Iron Wagon," an ingenious, atypically (for Jason) talky murder mystery set in early-20th-century Norway, adapted from a classic Norwegian novel by Stein Riverton-albeit starring Jason's patented blank-eyed animal-headed characters and told in moody two-color panels. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Written by Dan Wickline. Art by Carlos Reno. Cover by Stejpan Sejic. Alex is a photographer for an ad agency who leads a fairly quiet and reserved life. He gets a call one day from a friend, asking him to fill in on a photoshoot in the Valley. The swimwear shoot is on a set where he has a chance encounter with Karma, one of the lead models. Karma is fiercely independent woman who is working on being more than a star, but a brand. In Alex she sees someone new to her world, someone unjaded by it. Someone with a fresh eye...and she thinks it could be fun opening his mind to new adventures. This new trade paperback edition of writer DAN WICKLINE and artist CARLOS RENO's erotically charged graphic novel features jaw-dropping cover art by superstar artist STJEPAN SEJIC, famed for his groundbreaking graphic novels Sunstone and Harleen. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

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2nd and later printings.

Written by Julie Dachez. Art and cover by Mademoiselle Caroline.

A story of Aspergers, adulting, and living a life in full color.

Meet Marguerite.

She feels awkward, struggling every day to stay productive at work and keep up appearances with friends. She's sensitive, irritable at times. She makes her environment a fluffy, comforting cocoon, alienating her boyfriend. The everyday noise and stimuli assaults her senses, the constant chatter of her coworkers working her last nerve. Then, when one big fight with her boyfriend finds her frustrated and dejected, Marguerite finally investigates the root of her discomfort: after a journey of tough conversations with her loved ones, doctors, and the internet, she discovers that she has Aspergers.

Her life is profoundly changed - for the better.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 200 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Masahiko Matsumoto. Welcome to the quiet, evocative urban dramas of Masahiko Matsumoto, one of the leading lights of the Japanese alternative-comics movement known as "gekiga." Originally published in 1974, these eleven stories now form the first English-language collection of Matsumoto's mature work. His shy, uncertain heroes face broken hearts, changing families, money troubles, sexual anxiety, and the pressures of tradition, but with a whimsy and lightness of touch that is Matsumoto's trademark. Softcover, 264 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Pascal Girard. Pascal's in a bad place. He's out of work, he and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly, he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Lizzy Stewart.

In her graphic novel debut, Lizzy Stewart chronicles the lives of two close friends from adolescence to adulthood. In a series of interconnected vignettes, Stewart charges ordinary, slice-of-life moments with a quiet intensity, revealing the complex natures of her characters as life nudges them in directions that they never could have expected until finally, in their thirties, they hardly recognize the women they have become.

Hardcover, 168 pages, PC/PB&W.

Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Pascal Girard. Pascal's in a bad place. He's out of work, he and his longtime girlfriend have just broken up, and when he goes out for a run to ease his frazzled nerves, he falls and injures his back so badly, he's strictly forbidden from running. What's an endorphin-loving cartoonist to do? In a bid to distract himself, Pascal throws himself into his other pleasure: reading. And while at the bookstore one day, he spies a young woman picking up his own book. But then she darts out of the shop without paying. Bemused, he decides to figure out why she did it. Pascal Girard intermingles an all-too-true-to-life snapshot of contemporary relationships with slapstick trials and dryly funny tribulations in this delightfully readable book. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Derf Backderf. Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears - like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Derf Backderf's Trashed is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs - garbage collector. Trashed follows the raucous escapades of three 20-something friends as they clean the streets of pile after pile of stinking garbage, while battling annoying small-town bureaucrats, bizarre townfolk, sweltering summer heat, and frigid winter storms. Trashed is inspired by Derf's own experiences as a garbageinterspersed are nonfiction pages that detail what our garbage is and where it goes. Hardcover, 256 pages, 2C. Cover price $24.95.

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1st Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Peter Bagge.

Meet three certified geeks: a self-loathing journalist who has a seemingly normal girlfriend, a conspiracy theorist who still lives with his mother, and an unemployed gamer who lives in his car. These strangely likable misfits find that dark personal secrets can sometimes be a virtue in OTHER LIVES, a hilarious original graphic novel by award-winning creator Peter Bagge (Hate).

The story also explores people's identities, both real and created, and how the two become confused and conflated through the Internet and role-playing games.

Hardcover, 136 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS

NOTE: "I can count on one hand the number of comic artists whose work is as strong...maybe on two or three fingers." - Robert Crumb

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart VF+ 8.5 $19.50

No. 29 - 1980. 5.5" x 6.75", 64 pages, B&W.

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Vol. 7, No. 2 - July 14, 1952. 4" x 6", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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Cover pencils by Greg Budgett, inks by Gary Dumm. Pickled Okra (Okry), script by Harvey Pekar, art by Robert Crumb; A guy makes all kinds of extravagant claims for the picked okra he's trying to sell. Jury Duty, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Sue Cavey; Harvey's experiences as a juror prompt him to consider the justice system. Grubstreet, U.S.A., script by Harvey Pekar, art by Kevin Brown; Harvey, down on his luck, gets Wallace Shawn to visit Cleveland for a film festival showing of "My Dinner With Andre." American Splendor Assaults the Media, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Robert Crumb; Harvey rants about his difficulty getting published in The Village Voice. Old Cars and Winter, script by Harvey Pekar, art by Sue Cavey; The problem of old cars breaking down during Cleveland winters. I'll Be Forty-Three on Friday (How I'm Living Now), script by Harvey Pekar, art by Gerry Shamray. 60 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.75.

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The Well

1st printing. Story and art by Jon Allen. Veronika is 24 and tired: of her crummy boyfriend, of living with her parents, of feeling stalled out while everyone else moved on. With a new job coding software for a "wellness" company that makes brain-boosting energy drinks, she finally has a chance to turn things around. At this rate, Veronika may never feel tired again! But as she gets more comfortable with the office and the people in it, Veronika stumbles upon surprises in the dark that leave her questioning everything she thought she knew about the world... and about herself. Jon Allen's THE WELL combines deadpan dialogue with thrilling plot twists, and its skepticism about techno-utopian promises is matched by its affection for relatable characters. Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 720 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

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The Well

1st printing. Story and art by Jon Allen. Veronika is 24 and tired: of her crummy boyfriend, of living with her parents, of feeling stalled out while everyone else moved on. With a new job coding software for a "wellness" company that makes brain-boosting energy drinks, she finally has a chance to turn things around. At this rate, Veronika may never feel tired again! But as she gets more comfortable with the office and the people in it, Veronika stumbles upon surprises in the dark that leave her questioning everything she thought she knew about the world... and about herself. Jon Allen's THE WELL combines deadpan dialogue with thrilling plot twists, and its skepticism about techno-utopian promises is matched by its affection for relatable characters. Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 720 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

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Written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Gary Dumm, Joe Sacco, Frank Stack and Joe Zabel. Cover by Frnak Stack. Harvey Pekar, master of the autobiographical graphic novel, returns with three more slices from the cake of life. In "Why Don't They Let Us Out?" Harvey is trapped at his hospital job two days before Christmas. Nothing much is happening, and Harvey is forced to make life interesting for himself. Things aren't so simple, though, in "Veteran's Rights." Harvey comes up against a bullheaded supervisor in another department, sparking a war of wits and red tape -- proving that Harvey truly is a soldier for the working class. Both of these stories are illustrated by Frank Stack, the legendary artist who teamed with Harvey on the award winning graphic novel, Our Cancer Year. Finally, Joe Sacco, the acclaimed creator of Palestine, illustrates "Efficiency," Harvey's guide to and failure at squeezing the most out of one's life. This issue features a painted front cover by Frank Stack and a back cover by Joe Zabel. B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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1st printing. Written by Dan Wickline. Art by Carlos Reno. Cover by Michael DiPascale. Alex is a photographer for an ad agency who leads a fairly quiet and reserved life. He gets a call one day from a friend, asking him to fill in on a photoshoot in the Valley. The swimwear shoot is on a set where he has a chance encounter with Karma, one of the lead models. Karma is fiercely independent woman who is working on being more than a star, but a brand. In Alex she sees someone new to her world, unjaded by it. Someone with a fresh eye... and she thinks it could be fun opening his mind to new adventures. This new edition features cover art by Michael DiPascale, known for his covers on titles published by BOOM! Studios, Avatar Press, Coffin Comics and ZeneScope. Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $19.00

1st printing. Story and art by Lee Lai. A LAMBDA Award winner and breakout fiction sensation returns with a darkly funny slice of friendship strife Once, Cannon and Trish were each other's lifeline—two queer second-generation Chinese nerds trapped in the suburbs. Now, on the uncool side of their twenties, the essentialness of one another feels harder to pin down. In Cannon, Lee Lais much anticipated follow-up to the critically acclaimed and award-winning Stone Fruit, the full palette of a nervous breakdown is just a slice of what Lai has on offer. As Cannons shoulders bend under the weight of an aging Gung-gung and an avoidant mother, Lais sharp sense of humor and sensitive eye produce a story that will hit readers with a smash. Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. Teen+ Cover price $29.95.

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1st printing. Written by Dan Wickline. Art by Carlos Reno. Cover by Michael DiPascale. Alex is a photographer for an ad agency who leads a fairly quiet and reserved life. He gets a call one day from a friend, asking him to fill in on a photoshoot in the Valley. The swimwear shoot is on a set where he has a chance encounter with Karma, one of the lead models. Karma is fiercely independent woman who is working on being more than a star, but a brand. In Alex she sees someone new to her world, unjaded by it. Someone with a fresh eye... and she thinks it could be fun opening his mind to new adventures. This new edition features cover art by Michael DiPascale, known for his covers on titles published by BOOM! Studios, Avatar Press, Coffin Comics and ZeneScope. Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $34.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $19.00

1st printing. Story and art by Mimi Pond. Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford Sisters. In DO ADMIT: THE MITFORD SISTERS AND ME, they grow from cloistered turn-of-the-century country girls into debutantes who would marry into political influence—for better or worse. Is it any wonder that a young, working class Mimi in Southern California becomes enamored with The Mitfords downright fanciful rich-and-famous lifestyle? This charming, inventively cartooned, and lovingly researched biography captures the dramatic, over-the-top antics of high societys strongest personalities as they rubbed elbows with some of historys most infamous fascists and communists. Ponds genius for classic cartooning brings the aesthetic decadence of the 1920s and 30s to life with effortless aplomb, warts and all. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 444 pages, B&W (and Blue). Teen+ Cover price $29.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Mimi Pond. Mimi Pond crafts a gorgeous, dazzling biography of the Mitford Sisters. In DO ADMIT: THE MITFORD SISTERS AND ME, they grow from cloistered turn-of-the-century country girls into debutantes who would marry into political influence—for better or worse. Is it any wonder that a young, working class Mimi in Southern California becomes enamored with The Mitfords downright fanciful rich-and-famous lifestyle? This charming, inventively cartooned, and lovingly researched biography captures the dramatic, over-the-top antics of high societys strongest personalities as they rubbed elbows with some of historys most infamous fascists and communists. Ponds genius for classic cartooning brings the aesthetic decadence of the 1920s and 30s to life with effortless aplomb, warts and all. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 444 pages, B&W (and Blue). Teen+ Cover price $29.95.

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Cover by Robert Crumb. One-page strips by Mark Zingarelli. "The Lord Of Eltingville and His Pal Frank Sinatra," script and art by Drew Friedman. Untitled autobiographical strip, script by Aline Kominsky-Crumb and Robert Crumb; Aline admires her newly slim body and criticizes Robert's flabby stomach; Robert ponders how explicit this comic should be; The couple goes out in the yard to cut the weeds. "Fishlip Gets a Haircut," script and art by Cameron Striewski. "Fatal Fellatio," script by Dennis Eichhorn, art by Carel Moiseiwitsch. "A Day in the Life of Jeff, Jeff and Mike," script and art by David Collier; An irate parent interrupts the guys hanging out. Punk Magazine Revisited! article by Michael Macrone. "The Mystic Shrine," script and art by Kim Deitch; Kewpie learns the secret of the mystic shrine. 44 pgs., B&W. 8-in. x 11-in. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

Add to cart Very Fine $19.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Chris Ware.

A major graphic novel event more than 16 years in progress.

Rusty Brown is a fully interactive, full-color articulation of the time-space interrelationships of three complete consciousnesses in the first half of a single midwestern American day and the tiny piece of human grit about which they involuntarily orbit. A sprawling, special snowflake accumulation of the biggest themes and the smallest moments of life, Rusty Brown literately and literally aims at nothing less than the coalescence of one half of all of existence into a single museum-quality picture story, expertly arranged to present the most convincingly ineffable and empathetic illusion of experience for both life-curious readers and traditional fans of standard reality.

From childhood to old age, no frozen plotline is left unthawed in the entangled stories of a child who awakens without superpowers, a teen who matures into a paternal despot, a father who stores his emotional regrets on the surface of Mars and a late-middle-aged woman who seeks the love of only one other person on planet Earth.

Hardcover, 11-in. x 17-in., 352 pages, full color.

Cover price $35.00.

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1st printing. Story and art by Ben Snakepit. In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he's drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane. This collection starts off in San Francisco, but aging parents and a major family emergency cause Ben to move back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started. His band breaks up, he turns 50, and the world and his life change dramatically, but Ben keeps bringing us a comic-and a song-every day throughout it all. Grown-up punks, fans of outsider art and diary comics, and anyone with aging parents will get it-and once you get it, much like growing older, there's no going back. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Written by Marguerite Abouet. Art by Clement Oubrerie. Secrets and desires cast long shadows in the third volume of Abouet and Oubrerie's highly regarded series about life in the Ivory Coast of the 1970s. It's a world of shifting values, where issues like arranged marriage and gay love have Aya and her friends yearning to break out of the confines of their community, while the ties of friendship and support draw them back into its familiarity. Distinctly African and brilliantly universal, the series offers an unflinching take on human strengths, foibles, and the capriciousness of our natures. Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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A sniper in Haiti faces the repercussions of the shot he never took. A team of SEALs help rescue a kidnapped girl in the Philippines. Army interpreters in Iraq battle their toughest foe: the rats of Saddams palace. A soldier on a late-night run surprises a motorpool saboteur. A young cavalry lieutenant, fresh off the Battle of Kamdesh, meets the Marine half-brother hes never known. A Navy ship reacts to an unexpected man overboard. And if youve ever wondered what Christmas was like in a war zone, youre about to find out. True War Stories is a 260-page full color graphic novel anthology containing fifteen true tales of American service members overseas. Nearly every branch of the military is represented in this collection of stories that are heartwarming, heroic, and at times hilarious, spanning the globe. This unique project, assembled by Alex de Campi and co-written/edited by Iraq War veteran Khai Krumbhaar, is an entertaining and moving work of graphic nonfiction, pairing members of the US military with the biggest names in comics to share real war stories told by those who lived them. Cover price $24.99.

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Last $2.50 cover price. Cover by Robert Crumb. "Glitz To Go," script and art by Diane Noomin; Rundown of assorted fashions. "A Warning from Peter Bagge"; Bagge repents for his editorial stint. Untitled Mode O'Day story, script and art by Robert Crumb; Mode is offered a part in a film. "The Second Time Around" biographical text, script and art by Justin Green; Binky meets a fellow sign painter in a bar and offers to help him out. "Deep Thoughts from My Kitchen," script and art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb; Aline's daily routine. "Cleanliness is Next to Dogliness!!", script and art by Dori Seda; Life with Tona. Untitled story, script and art by Spain Rodriguez; Big Bitch steals the formula for Coke. "The Schlep Set," script and art by Aline Kominsky-Crumb; A trip to France. The Valmor Story autobiographical article by Terry Zwigoff. 44 pgs., B&W. 8-in. x 11-in. $2.50. Cover price $2.50.

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1st printing. Story and art by Ben Snakepit. In his classic no-frills style, Ben Snakepit documents the daily events of the years 2022 to 2024. Each day since 2001, he's drawn a three-panel comic about his day, creating a rhythm with subtle humor and genuine feeling that draws you into events both startling and mundane. This collection starts off in San Francisco, but aging parents and a major family emergency cause Ben to move back in Richmond, VA. After 23 years away, Snakepit returns to the place where it all started. His band breaks up, he turns 50, and the world and his life change dramatically, but Ben keeps bringing us a comic-and a song-every day throughout it all. Grown-up punks, fans of outsider art and diary comics, and anyone with aging parents will get it-and once you get it, much like growing older, there's no going back. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 228 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Grant Snider. THINKING ABOUT THINKING - the latest sly and charming collection of one- and two-page haiku-like comics from cartoonist Grant Snider - explores our inner life, using colorful illustrations and clever visual metaphors to depict the spectrum of our emotions. Facing self-doubt? Overcoming fears? Grappling with indecision? Snider doesn't present solutions to these challenges, but he does inspire and encourage, offering thoughtful reassurance and a unique, humorous perspective that's characteristic of his work - an approach that resonates with millions of readers all over the world. Hardcover, 8-in.x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Grant Snider. THINKING ABOUT THINKING - the latest sly and charming collection of one- and two-page haiku-like comics from cartoonist Grant Snider - explores our inner life, using colorful illustrations and clever visual metaphors to depict the spectrum of our emotions. Facing self-doubt? Overcoming fears? Grappling with indecision? Snider doesn't present solutions to these challenges, but he does inspire and encourage, offering thoughtful reassurance and a unique, humorous perspective that's characteristic of his work - an approach that resonates with millions of readers all over the world. Hardcover, 8-in.x 9 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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Story and artwork by NeWMeN. 6.5" x 10", 48 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $3.50.

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Story and artwork by NeWMeN. 6.5" x 10", 48 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $3.50.

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1st printing. Written by Philippe Petit-Roulet. Art and cover by Francois Avril. Drawn and written in by the artsy creative team of Avril and Petit-Roulet, Paris Soirees is an intellectual yet ironic journey through the City of Love as told through a wordless collection of short stories surrounding the many different types of nights one can enjoy in the French capital. Hardcover, 12-in. x 16-in., 64 pages, full color. Mature Readers NOTE: Limited to 750 copies. Cover price $69.95.