Draw! comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Gabrielle Bell. Gabrielle Bell fascinatingly documents the mundane details of her below-minimum-wage, twentysomething existence in Brooklyn, New York, with a subtle humor. Bell tackles a string of forgettable, unrelated jobs-including nude modeling, artist's assistant, art teacher, and jewelry maker - that only serve to bolster her despair, boredom, and discomfort in her own skin. Bell's self-scrutiny leads her to dream sequences that allow her to rise above her banal actuality and hyperawareness. Bell's daily comics allow her to escape the harsh, judgmental gaze of the world and the monotony of daily life. Her unpolished art speaks to a desire to record all the messy details while the pain and confusion are still fresh. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by JP Coovert.

Inside this volume of the popular new DIY comic series you'll find all the tips and tricks you need to create and print your own comic books!

The International Comics Library is in a lot of trouble! If Maggie can't come up with $500,000 in a week, Dr. Carl is going to bulldoze her grandfather's library and turn it into a parking lot! To save the day, she'll need all her comic drawing skills, the loyal library watchdog, and her new assistant (that's you!).

With Draw a Comic! you'll learn to create and print your own comics books! Follow these simple steps to sketch out your story ideas and ink a comic page. Learn which art supplies are best for drawing comics, you can use a pen, a brush, or even a computer! With the help of a photocopy machine, you can even self-publish your own comics and share them with your friends!

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

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1st printing.

By Chris Hart.

The only step-by-step guide ever published on drawing this wildly popular style of comic book art for fans of all ages! Illustrator Christopher Hart expands on his impressive track record of popular How-To books, sharing his vast insight on rendering fantasy robots, diabolical monsters, mythical animals, and other exciting visions in the dynamic Manga style. Big, splashy chapters with clear, concise guidance demonstrate how to create exciting martial arts, special effects, and manga-type characters without having to reinvent the art of drawing.

Softcover, 9in. x 10 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

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2nd and later printings.

By Chris Hart.

The only step-by-step guide ever published on drawing this wildly popular style of comic book art for fans of all ages! Illustrator Christopher Hart expands on his impressive track record of popular How-To books, sharing his vast insight on rendering fantasy robots, diabolical monsters, mythical animals, and other exciting visions in the dynamic Manga style. Big, splashy chapters with clear, concise guidance demonstrate how to create exciting martial arts, special effects, and manga-type characters without having to reinvent the art of drawing.

Softcover, 9in. x 10 1/2-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $19.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $16.00

Add to cart Near Mint $16.00

1st printing. Story and art byLola Lorente. Translated by by Andrea Rosenberg. Mary Pains hit rock bottom with nothing left to lose … but shes also absolutely free. Mary Pain might just be the patron saint of second chances. Unemployed and all out of options, she buys a one-way bus ticket to the dead-end town she grew up in—where time stands still. Everyone sharing the same old gossip shes been running from for ages. Back in her childhood home, she needs to find a way to save the house from foreclosure, care for her ailing grandfather, and make peace with her mothers ghost, whose telephone calls still come in on the old kitchen landline. Not that it keeps her down: She picks up men for midnight trysts in the park, and remains open to deepening connections with childhood friends, new lovers, and precocious altar boys. Lola Lorentes slick black inkwork feels sophisticated and voluptuous, and her rendering of idiosyncratic townsfolk and their customs is a sensorial delight. Translated from the Spanish by Andrea Rosenberg. Hardcover, 224 pages, B&W. Teen+ Cover price $25.00.

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1st printing. By Charles Berberian, Philippe Dupuy. Maybe Later sees Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian working separately for the first time, each cartoonist taking turns to tell the behind-the-scenes "making of" their bestselling Mr. Jean series. In fluid black-and-white, with hilariously paranoid digressions and surreal dream sequences, Maybe Later is a record of their unique artistic partnership, midlife and its demons, the stress of deadlines, and the friends and colleagues who help and goad along the way. Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tove Jansson. Moomin's pushy relations have come to stay, and in the process of getting them out, he unwittingly embarks on a quest for fame and fortune with his sly friend Sniff. But it's much harder to get rich than either of them expects, whether it's through selling rare creatures to the zoo, using a fortune-teller to find treasures, or making modern art. Through a stroke of luck, however, Moomin meets the love of his life, Snorkmaiden, and with her help he finds the self-confidence he needs to get his house back. The iconic first Moomin comic strip by Tove Jansson, Moomin and the Brigands is a thrilling introduction to the vibrant inhabitants of Moominvalley we've come to know and love. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in.x 6-in., 40 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tove Jansson. Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format. Moominmamma wakes up one morning to find a flying saucer has crash-landed in her cabbage patch. There's a strange machine dangling out of it that seems like it could be used to fix their broken radio, but when Moominpappa starts fiddling with it, he turns himself and Moomin invisible! Each knob on the machine causes strange and unlikely events to transpire, until the Martian finally recovers possession of its property. Moomin and the Martians is a lighthearted romp that reaffirms the importance of family. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tove Jansson. When a charismatic prophet comes to town, the residents of Moominvalley are easily convinced to follow his doctrine for true happiness. Intrigued by their friends and neighbors' lifestyle changes, the impressionable Moomins find themselves attempting to adopt the teachings of their new spiritual leader. But the freer they get, the more miserable they feel. Moominvalley's state of divine chaos is further complicated by the prophet's well-intentioned decree to free all of the jail's inmates. Moomin Begins a New Life is an eccentric all-ages adventure from the acclaimed Finnish cartoonist Tove Jansson that explores the appeal of self-transformation and the pursuit of happiness. Softcover (Horizontal Fomat), 8-in. x 5-in., 40 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. By Toe Jansson. After Mymble's family comes to visit the Moomins, her littlest and most badly behaved sister, Little My, is left behind. She promises to behave if she is given Moomin's bedroom; Moomin, tired of being forced out of his room, decides to build a house where all the rooms will belong to him. With Little My helping out, things are sure to go awry, but in the end, Moomin's house-building misadventures teach him the value of a home! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x6 1/2-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tove Jansson. As springtime dawns in Moominvalley and the first northern crocus opens, Moominpappa and Snorkmaiden, glamorized by the prospects of movie stars and gambling, insist the whole family take a trip down to the Riviera. Reluctantly Moomin and Moominmamma agree to go along, and the Moomins set off on a grand adventure, complete with butlers, luxury shops, indoor swimming pools, and duels at dawn. With their innocent curiosity about everything, the Moomins prove the perfect foil for the cynical, world-weary residents of the Riviera. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tove Jansson. The Moomins picnic with their ancestors, a pair of pirates, and, best of all, Mymble! Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format. After a disastrous helicopter ride through a thunderstorm, the entire Moomin family is stranded on a desert island-the very island their ancestors came from! They make the best of it, hunting for their supper, exploring mysterious tunnels, and salvaging items from a wrecked pirate ship (including the Mymble!), but their ancestors don't let them live in peace and quiet for too long. Soon the whole island will have to deal with the explosive consequences of their ancestors' misbehavior. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8in. x 6 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and Art by Tove Jansson. Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is re-releasing these classic comics in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full-color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. In this volume Moomin wakes up one morning to find the pond frozen over, and rather than hibernate, the family decides to brave the winter weather. At first, their wintry adventure seems to be going swimmingly, until Mr. Brisk of the Great Outdoors Club takes over and forces everyone to embrace the winter sports, whether they want to or not. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 8-in. x 6-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $20.95

1st printing. Story and art by Sungmin Choi. Translated by Janet Hong. A romantic thriller exploring the dark corners of human desire and isolation with quiet eeriness--for fans of Moto Hagio and Nick Drnaso. Choi Sungmins Narrow Rooms follows a young woman who leaves her rural hometown to study in Seoul and seek self-improvement. But once there, she quickly becomes the target of unwanted attention from her teacher, and the whispers of other students only deepen her alienation. Living in a cramped, poorly soundproofed room, the suffocating atmosphere begins to further distort her boundaries and perceptions. Longing for escape, she fixates on a handsome new neighbor, her fascination spiraling into obsession: She secretly rummages through his mailbox, collects his discarded cigarette butts and teabags, and hoards his trash. But when she discovers something unsavory about the object of her desire, will she be forced to confront the morals of her own behavior? Softcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 400 pages, B&W. Teen+ Cover price $30.00.

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1st printing. By Pascal Girard. Nicolas is a moving debut work by Quebecois cartoonist Pascal Girard. The book is presented as a series of short autobiographical vignettes that take place after the childhood death of his younger brother, Nicolas, who passed away in 1990. Each episode taken from Girard's childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood offers a glimpse into his multifaceted and ongoing process of reckoning, as he struggles to reconcile the magnitude of this tragedy with the minutiae of his daily experience of loss. Girard treats his subject with a spare line and a refreshingly matter-of-fact tone that prove to be all the more moving in their honest simplicity. Ultimately, Nicolas unfolds as a delicate portrait of the many faces of mourning, identified with surprising humor and pathos. Softcover, 4 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Pascal Girard. Burdened with grief, confusion, and anger, Pascal Girard explores the childhood passing of his five-year-old brother, from his memories as a nine-year old struggling to understand up until present day, twenty-five years after the shattering loss. Originally published ten years ago, this edition includes new comics and an introduction that contemplate the larger effect of Nicolas's death on his current behaviors and habits. Nicolas is a delicate, minimalist portrait of the many faces of mourning, identified with surprising humor and pathos by an artist who knows them intimately. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 112 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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1st printing. Text by Isa Gouache. Art and cover by Violet Tobacco. Learn how to draw all your favorite characters, creatures, and more from the beloved HARRY POTTER films! This how-to-draw creativity book is packed with step-by-step instructions for over thirty characters and objects so you can create your own magical drawings. Each step is simple and easy to follow, making this how-to-draw book perfect for artists of all skill levels. Create your own art of characters like Harry, Ron, Hermione, Hagrid, and Professor Dumbledore! Draw creatures including Hippogriffs, owls, and Thestrals, plus a myriad of magical locations and objects from the Hogwarts Express to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry itself! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Diane Obomsawin. On Loving Women is an all-new collection of stories by Diane Obomsawin about coming out, first love, and sexual identity. With this work, Obomsawin brings her gaze to bear on subjects closer to home - her friends and lovers' personal accounts of first realizing they're gay or first finding love with another woman. Her stripped-down pages use the bare minimum of linework to expressively reveal heartbreak, joy, irritation, and fear. Within these pages, Obomsawin has forged a poignant, powerful narrative that speaks to the difficulties of coming out and the joys of being loved. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $16.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Lynda Barry. Inspired by a 16th-century Zen monk's painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long scroll, acclaimed cartoonist Lynda Barry confronts various demons from her life in seventeen full-color vignettes. In Barry's hand, demons are the life moments that haunt you, form you and stay with you: your worst boyfriend; kickball games on a warm summer night; watching your baby brother dance; the smell of various houses in the neighborhood you grew up in; or the day you realize your childhood is long behind you and you are officially a teenager. As readers get to know Barry's demons, they realize that the actual truth no longer matters because the universality of Barry's comics, true or untrue, reigns supreme. Hardcover, 9-in. x 6-in., 224 pages, full color. Cover price $21.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $20.95

1st printing. Story and art by Arizona O'Neill. A heart-wrenching memoir of a daughter losing her father and a scathing indictment of the medical industry. Arizona grieves at the hospital bed of her father, a man she hardly knew, brain dead after a fentanyl overdose. Doctors encourage her to act quickly to recast him as a hero. Distraught, Arizona makes a decision that will haunt her for the rest of her life. As she struggles to come to terms with her fathers death and her role as next of kin in making his lifes last decision, she uncovers inconvenient truths about the organ donation industrys own codependence on the opioid crisis. Hardcover, 374 pages, full color. Teen+ Her parents were bohemian wild kids of 90s Montreal. He was a talented skateboarder, charming guitarist, and visual artist. She was an aspiring writer and outcast. They lived with other teenagers in the Plateau in a messy apartment filled with drugs, alcohol, and black-market animals. The citys macabre history—McGill Medical School, the Mount Royal Cemetery, ancient cadavers at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum—takes center stage as Arizona sorts out fact from fiction. Opioids and Organs is a damning critique of an industry that takes advantage of societys outcasts. A muted yet striking pastel palette and a dolllike fantastical elegance belie both the gruesomeness of the books topic and the rage of its author. Cover price $30.00.

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1st printing. Story and art by Mimi Pond. A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the late 70s. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret takes a waitressing job at local Oakland fixture: the Imperial Café. Here an impressionable young woman transforms into the worldly Madge as she is introduced to the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-binging cooks, dishwashers, and waitstaff in her new life. Over Easy is equal parts time capsule of late 1970s life in California—with its deadheads, punks, disco rollers, casual sex, and drug use—and bildungsroman of a young woman who grows from a naïve, sexually inexperienced art-school dropout into a self-aware, self-confident artist. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/4-in., 272 pages, PC. Cover price $24.95.

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First Edition - 1920. Edited by Joseph Pennell. Heavily illustrated with over 400 reproductions of line-drawings, photogravures, and wood engravings. Hardcover, 9" x 12", 432 pages, B&W

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Includes Stickers!

1st printing. By Stephen Shaskan. If you LOVE comic books and graphic novels, chances are you like to draw them, too... just like Stephen Shaskan! He has been teaching kids how to draw comics for over a decade. For the first time, his foodie buddies Pizza and Taco will show YOU all the elements of comics in their typical hilarious way, while also offering up activities, games, tutorials, and encouragement for readers to draw their own Pizza and Taco story. Parents will appreciate the literacy gains as kids learn about character, setting, and storytelling along with all the interactive activities and drawing fun! Softcover, 6 1/4-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $9.99.

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Add to cart Very Good $4.70

1st printing.

From New York Times-bestselling author and artist Reza Farazmand, a new collection of absurdist, insightful comics about surviving friendships, foes, and all of life's little quirks in the age of technology. This new collection from the webcomic artist brings his signature snark and poignant observation of these singularly strange and confusing times. In the world of Poorly Drawn Lines, nothing is too weird or too outlandish for parody. Featuring brand-new content alongside some of the most popular comics of the past year, Poorlier Drawn Lines will be the perfect gift for the nerds in your life.

Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.00.

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Portfolio format containing 10 numbered and bound plates by William Dixon. Published by Oswald Train, co-founder of small press science fiction publisher, Prime Press. Images include Dejah Thoris, Tarzan, Ras Thavas, La of Opar, and others. Also with a frontispiece pencil portrait of ERB by Dixon and an informational page about ERB and each plate. 11.25" x 16.25" Black and white. Cover price $5.00.

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1st printing. Story and art by Leslie Stein. Leslie Stein takes us on a sinuous urban stroll divorced from destination, glimpsing New York City through her open eyes. While she is closing up a bar late at night, she is also an adolescent at a rave in the mountains, an adult grappling with her grandfather's fading memory or at one of her first waitressing jobs. Here, an autobiography is built through memories and moments tied together by loose lines, evoking a beautiful dreamlike yet endlessly relatable glimpse into the world of a thirty-something woman carving out a life for herself, one step at a time. Hardcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 168 pages, full color. Cover price $21.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Tara Booth. Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven collection of pure and nasty magic. Part advice column and exhibit, exploration of psychic pollution and tranquility, Processing is-quite simply-intrepid: in its honesty; its unapologetic grossness; its unrivaled and frank portrayal of life with a body that bleeds. In the grand tradition of underground women cartoonists like Julie Doucet and Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Booth draws a horned up woman laying rose petals on the bed, to distract from the bedbugs before her hookup arrives. She bears witness to the reality of wearing a t-shirt with no bra-when you stretch, your boobs, sometimes, pop right out. This is all just life but we don't often see it on the page. Undaunted, Booth draws it. With color that vibrates and fluids that impose, Processing lays Booth bare-literally and figuratively. Softcover, 6 1/2-in.x 9-in., 408 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st Printing

1st Printing. Written by Adrian Tomine. The annotated and expanded screenplay adaptation of the landmark graphic novel. Written by Tomine and helmed by director Randall Park, Shortcomings was lauded by The New York Times for its liberating representation of Asian Americans in all their messiness and humanity. Tomine's screenplay is presented here in its final "shooting draft" form, along with extensive annotations, commentary, and bonuses including deleted and alternate scenes. This gorgeously-designed volume is supplemented with film stills, behind-the-scenes photos, and also includes an introduction by Park and a new, original comic from Tomine! Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 200 pages, Text (With Color and B&W Photos) Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

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A sketchbook showcasing various characters drawn by Ty Romsa. 5 1/2" X 8 1/2". 36 pages. B&W.

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Drawn and Quarterly Edition - 1st prinitng. By Ron Regé, Jr. Ron Regé, Jr., creates his own visual poetry that sets him apart from other cartoonists as one of the most original artists to enter the medium in the past decade. His storytelling is neither linear nor altogether accessible; however, his recognizable thin line and cute characters draw you into a dreamlike, sensitive fantasy world that, as odd as it seems, is entirely realistic. The seminal graphic novel by this visionary cartoonist. Softcover, 7-in. x 6-in., PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.95.

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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Adrian Tomine. A young man spends his birthday with an ex-girlfriend while unresolved feelings - and his car - careen carelessly through the night. An unsuspecting couple find themselves drawn to a window to watch the neighbors' kinky play turn into something far more ominous. Twin teenage sisters make an awkward and silent pilgrimage with their well-intentioned, aging-hippie father. After a night of drinking and socializing, a woman sits silently in an idling car, her mind racing. These are the lives that populate SLEEPWALK AND OTHER STORIES. Softcover, 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

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2nd and later printings.

In Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics, Stan Lee sets out to teach everything he knows about writing, drawing, and creating comic book characters. The book focuses primarily on action-adventure comics, but will touch upon other genres and styles. From producing concepts and character sketches to laying out the final page of art, the man with no peer, Stan Lee, is the ultimate guide to the world of creating comics.

Softcover, 8 1/2-iun. x 11 1/2-in. 224 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. By Stan Lee. The third installment in comics icon Stan Lee's series showing readers how to create some of the most exciting and dynamic superheroes of all time. Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, and the Avengers all share a common trait - these hugely popular Marvel Comics superheroes were co-created by the legendary Stan Lee. Now, Lee shows readers everything they'll need to make their own mighty superheroes, just like his classic creations. Lee exposes his secret tools and techniques for bringing strong, inspiring heroes and heroines to life. He even shows aspiring creators how to expand their super-universes with evil villains, trusty sidekicks, brutes and monsters, super-pets, secret hideouts, and more! Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 394 pages, PC/PB&W Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Kate Beaton. Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton's incisive wit in these satirical strips. Beaton returns with a refined pen, ready to make jokes at the expense of hunks, army generals, scientists, and Canadians in equal measure. With a few carefully placed lines, Beaton captures the over-the-top evil of the straw feminists in the closet, the disgruntled dismay of Heathcliff, and Wonder Woman's all-conquering ennui. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing.

Story and rat by Jérôme Ruillier.

The Strange follows an unnamed, undocumented immigrant who tries to forge a new life in a Western country where he doesn't speak the language. Jérôme Ruillier's story is deftly told through myriad viewpoints, as each narrator recounts a situation in which they crossed paths with the newly-arrived foreigner. Told with beautiful simplicity, The Strange shows one person's struggle to adapt while dealing with the often brutal and unforgiving attitudes of the employers, neighbors, and strangers who populate this new land.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, 2C. Cover price $21.95.

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2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Adrian Tomine.

One of the most popular titles by Shortcomings cartoonist Adrian Tomine, Summer Blonde features more stories culled from the pages of Optic Nerve. With a deft and romantic touch, Tomine portrays the emotional ambivalence of drifting, urban twenty-somethings in stunning black and white. His stories are appealingly naturalistic, stylishly cinematic, and emotionally rich. His fans accuse him of eavesdropping on their most intimate moments, exhibiting their insecurities with both forensic detachment and surprising compassion.

Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Fine $6.80

1st printing. Story and Art by Genevieve Castree. Geneviève Castrée has long been beloved for her mini-comics, comics, visual art, and music. There is a unique quality to all of her artistic endeavors - quiet, serene, depressing. Castrée's keen eye for detail and her fearless ability to probe the depths of her troubled past make Susceptible a stirring portrait of an artist coming into her own. Susceptible is the story of Goglu, a daydreamer growing up in Quebec in the '80s and '90s with a single mother. From a skillful artist comes a moving, beautiful story about families, loss, and growing up! Hardcover, 80 pages, B&W Cover price $19.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Paul B Rainey. Paul B. Rainey's There's No Time Like the Present continues to upend grand science fiction gestures with a deep desire to understand the emotional lives of the common man (nerd). It's a simple conceit: time travel is only possible between the invention of the necessary, functioning machinery and the day those machines are shut off. In that finite sliver of space-time, humanity schisms into those who defiantly refuse to look into the future, and those who reap the benefits of doing so. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 336 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing.

By Randy Glasbergen.

This book will get you started drawing professional-quality cartoons faster than you ever dreamed possible! With more than 20 years of professional cartooning experience, Randy Glasbergen has had time to learn the secrets and shortcuts of his craft - and now he shares them here with you.

You'll learn how to:
o Draw funny, expressive faces full of personality, turn simple stick figures into exciting characters that practically spring to life on your drawing pad.
o Draw comic animals. Learn basic skills that will help you draw any pet, farm critter or zoo animal imaginable.
o Set the stage for your characters with scenery and props.
o Choose the right cartooning tools to achieve professional results.
o Discover great cartoon ideas all around you, everyday, wherever you go.
o Develop your very own, one-of-a-kind cartooning style that makes your work stand apart from the crowd.

Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $22.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Rutu Modan.

When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his entire collection to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Nili Broshi sees her last chance to finish an archeological expedition begun decades earlier - a dig that could possibly yield the most important religious artifact in the Middle East. Motivated by the desire to reinstate her father's legacy as a great archeologist after he was marginalized by his rival, Nili enlists a ragtag crew-a religious nationalist and his band of hilltop youths, her traitorous brother, and her childhood Palestinian friend, now an archeological smuggler. As Nili's father slips deeper into dementia, warring factions close in on and fight over the Ark of the Covenant!

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 284 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

1st printing. Story and art by Weng Pixin. An admonishment, a command, a mantra. Weng Pixin revisits herself at her most vulnerable, in her art school days. She joins a tight-knit group of artistic seekers and begins her real education. But…is something sinister lurking beneath the surface? Rivalries develop, friends disappear or are cast out, her instructor's words take on a caustic edge. Pix becomes unmoored and less sure of herself than ever before and she begins to suspect shes entered into a cult. Dream-like floral collages shift to more stripped-down, character-based cartooning. Softcover, 8-in. x 5-in., 252 pages, full color. Teen+ Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $16.00

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.

Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

Add to cart Near Mint $15.00

1st printing. Story and art by Melissa Mendes. A relatives depression-era diary inspires a young womans journey to adulthood In The Weight, Melissa Mendes pastoral cartooning captures the openness of rural America—soft breezes, tall grass, whirring grasshoppers, rainstorms, skinned knees. But all the while, the cruelty, the disappointment of man lurks behind the barn and in the trailer. Life can be stubbed out as easily as a cigarette tossed in the dirt. One moment all focus, next, gone without a thought. Will Edie find herself repeating a cycle or will she be free like she felt as a child? Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 580 pages, B&W. Teen+ Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

1st printing.

Story and art by Walter Scott.

With Wendy, Scott launches the Wendyverse, brimming with painfully relatable characters. Wendy's an aspiring artist in a party city, and she's in a rut. She spends her time snorting MDMA in gallery bathrooms and watching Nurse Jackie reruns on her laptop while hungover. When she's accepted to a residency, Wendy and her BFF Winona become the centre of an art world controversy.

Softcover, 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Barbara Brandon-Croft.

From diets to day care to debt to dreaded encounters with everyday racism, no issue is off-limits. This remarkable and unapologetically funny career retrospective holds a mirror up to the ways society has changed and all the ways it hasn't.

The magic in Where I'm Coming From is its ability to present an honest image of Black life without sacrificing Black joy, bolstered by unexpected one-liners eliciting much-needed laughter.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 8-in., 184 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. By Serah Marie McMahon. The WORN Archive is a manifesto on why fashion and clothing matter. With its prescient, intelligent articles WORN asserts that fashion is art, history, ideas, and most of all fun - that style is a personal experience that need not align with the fashion industry. Articles penned by a host of unique contributors (academics, writers, curators, and artists), touch on topics as wide-ranging as the relationship between feminism and fashion; the definitions of hijab; how to tie a tie; the history of flight attendants; textile conservation. The book features the best content from the journal's first fourteen issues. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 416 pages, Text. Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Fine $7.80

1st printing.

Story and art by Tian Veasna.

Year of the Rabbit tells the true story of one family's desperate struggle to survive the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia. Using firsthand accounts from family members, Tian Veasna shows the reality of life in the work camps, where his family bartered for goods, where children were instructed to spy on their parents, and where reading was proof positive of being a class traitor.

Constantly on the edge of annihilation, they realized there was only one choice: escape Cambodia and become refugees.

Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 364 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.99.

Add to cart Very Good $7.99

1st printing. This book will teach you all you need to know about drawing ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties, and boogums! Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.