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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 →
For Mature Readers
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ROY KUHLMAN RELUCTANT MODERNIST TP
The legacy of Grove Press is well known within literary circles - how Barney Rosset bought a fledgling but failing publishing company in the early 1950s and changed the world of letters in America, and perhaps the very culture as well; Grove Press brought to national prominence the writers, art,... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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SAILING ALONE AROUND THE WORLD HC
Sailing Alone Around the World is cartoonist Jon Buller’s adaptation of Joshua Slocum’s eponymous memoir. In April of 1895, Captain Slocum took off from Boston aboard a 36 foot wooden sloop that he renovated himself and proceeded to sail around the world - a three-year voyage of more than 46,000... Read More →
For Mature Readers
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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 →
For Mature Readers
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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 →
For Mature Readers
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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 →
For Mature Readers
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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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