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ENLIGHTENED TRANSSEXUAL COMIX by Sam Szabo

These amazing funny, sad, powerful, unflinching, comical, irreverent autobio comics are some of the best of our time. Sam’s approach is wild, joyful, even when sad, and unrestrained. The freedom that...

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TIME ZONE J by Julie Doucet

This weird, wonderful new book from legend Julie Doucet relates a long-distance relationship from 1989 in the form of memories, drawings, snippets of dialogue, and other metatextual data, printed...

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DRIFTWOOD CITY by Jason Martin

This wonderful paperback collection draws together some of Jason’s favorite comics from his zines Laterborn and Black Tea, alongside five previously unreleased works and a story that first appeared in...

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POCKET FULL OF COFFEE by Joe Decie [WAREHOUSE FIND!]

This delightful look at everyday domestic life is autobiographical except when it’s lying. Rendered in Decie’s hand-drawn but detailed, photographic greywash style, Pocket Full of Coffee is a great...

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BLACK TEA #7 by Jason Martin

Jason’s comics are some of the sweetest autobio comics going. Everything he does is so simple and straightforward and conversational, reading his stuff is like a friendly chat with a cool, smart...

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COVERS #2 by Jason Martin

Cool comics adapted from true-life tales by Jason’s favorite musicians. Features stories about Sonic Youth, Neil Young, Mike Watt, Juliana Hatfield, more… Great as always, from one of the finest...

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LITTLE MISANTHROPIST by Gabriel Mason Howell

A vicious, no-holds-barred look at life, “love,” and self by Howell, one the most idiosyncratic and unflinching cartoonists of recent times. 22 pages, tape-bound, 5″ x 7″, black and white throughout....

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CHRYSANTHEMUM UNDER THE WAVES by Maggie Umber

This gorgeous, emotional, and moving book finds Umber working deftly in a variety of styles that are both challenging and approachable at the same time. Excellent. “In the nine comics collected here,...

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HAZE CAVE by Pigao

“Haze Cave is a semi-autobiographical story by Hangzhou-based cartoonist and publisher Pigao. Broken into two related stories, the first half finds the artist struggling with rent and displacement on...

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PRAYER TO SAINT THERESE by Alabaster Pizzo

“I wrote Prayer to Saint Therese in the fall and winter of the Pandemic, when I was thinking a lot about the uncertain future, as well as my shortcomings as a romantic partner and friend. It takes...

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