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New This WeekARTIST AT LAST TP (MR)
A retrospective in illustrations from the psychedelic, transcendental mind of one of comics’ most tireless forces, Bill Pearson. Having worked in comics from just about every position and angle over the last 50+ years (including as the editor of the legendary witzend), Pearson’s first solo art book collects a decades-spanning... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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BUZ SAWYER HC VOL 05 ISLAND OF THE LOTUS EATERS (MR)
Ripped from the headlines of the day, these eleven stories propel ace troubleshooter Buz Sawyer from Africa to South America to the Arctic Circle, from the heart of a hurricane to a plague of ravenous locusts. Meanwhile, back home, a femme fatale seduces Buz’s C.O. to steal military secrets. Then,... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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CRUSHER LOVES BLEEDER BLEEDER LOVES CRUSHER HC (MR)
CRUSHER LOVES BLEEDER BLEEDER LOVES CRUSHER HC (MR)
For Mature Readers
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CUTTING SEASON HC (MR)
Cutting Season features 16 short stories that collectively showcase the singular style and vision of New Delhi cartoonist Bhanu Pratap. Seamlessly blending sex, body horror, isolation, and violence with humor, color, and a seductive sense of design and composition (or, as the artist puts it, “love, gags, shit, holes, crashes,... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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EC FAN ADDICT FANZINE #6 (MR)
This new 136 page, full-color issue is loaded with even more vintage E.C. lore and rare artwork by E.C. artists.Front and back covers by George Evans. With articles on the recently discovered 1954 Williamson/Torres/Frazetta/Krenkelcover toBuster CrabbeNo. 5, Jack Davis’s early 1950s digest-sizedLucky Starcomic, a previously unpublished 1967 interview with Dr.... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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EMPTY LOT TP (MR)
The Empty Lotis a visually stunning roller coaster ride through brain of Mia Wolff. It is a surreal and fascinating journey that begins with a dream that spills into the author’s local Brooklyn neighborhood and her favorite empty lot, which naturally serves as the portal to the demon on Canal... Read More →
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KATE CAREW TP AMERICAS FIRST GREAT WOMAN CARTOONIST (MR)
Kate Carew was America’s first great woman cartoonist, drawing for newspapers in the first two decades of the 20th century. She drew Sunday color comics and also interviewed and sketched many of the celebrities of her time including the Wright brothers, Pablo Picasso, champion heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson and the leading figures of the suffragette movement... Read More →
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LOST WORLDS OF GEORGE METZGER TP
George Metzger’s comics stand out for their captivating combination of high fantasy and science fiction, his astonishingly prescient views of climate change and political chicanery — and, just when you need it, the right touch of whimsy and imaginative insight. Explore a feudal landscape in roaring, rumbling, steam-powered vehicles as... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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MY FAIRY GODFATHER TP (MR)
Set in Liberal, Kansas, a teenager moves in with her gay, film geek Godfather and his partner who run the Starlite movie theater, a safe haven for their eccentricities and artistic yearnings. My Fairy Godfather tells a story about how music and film connect us to who we’ve loved, who... Read More →
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New This WeekPAGEANT TP (MR)
Ponce Melee is a lonely clock-puncher working for Twin Labs in the cloning dept. When he uses a strand of hair to clone a companion; it’s successful, but she immediately leaves him for greener pastures. So, he clones another potential companion. And that one leaves. And again. And again. Soon,... Read More →
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POCKET FULL OF RAIN AND OTHER STORIES EXPANDED EDITION HC (MR)
Leading off with the eponymous novella-length thriller, “A Pocketful of rain” is drawn with realistic human beings instead of Jason’s trademark blank-faced animal characters—a true revelation for longtime fans. This collection showcases three distinct styles: the artist’s earliest "realistic" drawing style (used to unsettling effect in some particularly creepy stories),... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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READY AMERICA TP (MR)
Dogs in colorful sweatshirts, the glowing signs of a Vietnamese restaurant, solitary palm trees above the pavement: Ready America takes us on a ride through a both strangely familiar and quite alien Los Angeles. Packaging inscriptions, neon signs, and billboards fuse into an appealing typographic montage while familiar American icons... Read More →
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SECRETS OF A LOST DIARY TP (MR)
When her dementiastricken grandmother Babi dies, 15yearold Lucy —sensitive and sentimental, with a punky haircut and ears full of piercings— is left reeling and unmoored. That is, until a secret diary locked away in a hidden compartment drops out from Babi’s desk. What follows is a living epistolary, reflecting grandmother... Read More →
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SHELL COLLECTION TP (MR)
In 2016, Regé began this monthly, subscription only series in an effort to return to his 1990s self-publishing roots, with 100 copies or so published from month to month. This is the first time any of this work has been collected, with newly added color:Shell Collection brilliantly showcases Regé's poetic... Read More →
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SINCEREST FORM OF PARODY TP THE BEST 1950S MAD INPIRED SATIRICAL COMICS (MR)
When Mad became a surprise hit as a comic book in 1953 (after the early issues lost money) other comics publishers were quick to jump onto the bandwagon, eventually bringing out a dozen imitations with titles like FLIP, WHACK, NUTS, CRAZY, WILD, RIOT, EH, UNSANE, BUGHOUSE, and GET LOST. The Sincerest Form of Parody collects... Read More →
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STAN MACKS REAL LIFE FUNNIES HC (MR)
Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York City environs, watching, listening, overhearing, and interviewing its inhabitants. He drew a comic strip every week based on what he saw and heard, famously using verbatim dialogue for his graphic dramatizations. A mixture of humor, spontaneity, serendipity, and weirdness, Mack’s comic... Read More →
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