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STRANGE GROWTHS #14 by Jenny Zervakis

This classic zine from circa 1998 features Overheard Conversations, One-Winged Butterfly, Beautiful Voltron, Crash dream, New House, and more, plus a letter from Jenny’s li’l brother. Highly...

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SHE’S NOT INTO POETRY by Tom Hart

This wonderful book collects Tom’s self-published comics from 1991-1996, including Wodaabe Comics, The Angry Criminal, Love Looks Left, Prince Frederick’s Feet, Maria, The Most Powerful Gate, The...

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EVERYTHING IS FLAMMABLE by Gabrielle Bell

“In Gabrielle Bell’s much anticipated graphic memoir, Everything is Flammable, she returns from New York to her childhood town in rural Northern California after her mother’s home is destroyed by a...

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GET OUT YOUR HANKIES by Gabrielle Bell

“A new diary mini comic from Gabrielle Bell! Musings on technology, small towns, pickling, mushrooms, spider webs, and bears. Drawn in Bell’s inimitable and raw style.” 32 pages 5.75″ x 7.5″, two color...

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SUNBURNING by Keiler Roberts

The latest from Keiler Roberts features more of her funny, worried, odd, and lovely domestic comics, this time including extended segments about her health, both physical and psychological. Like all of...

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SOUTH BELOIT JOURNAL by John Porcellino

Over the winter of 2010-2011 I found myself at the lowest point of my life: Twice divorced, heartbroken, mentally insane, and living in poverty and isolation in a cold, grey cinderblock apartment in a...

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THE WARLOK STORY by Max Clotfelter

Max recounts his heady days as a middle school cartoonist, the creator of the depraved and adolescent “Warlok.” Join his parents, classmates, school administrators, and child psychiatrists as they try...

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MALARKEY #2 by November Garcia

Malarkey collects November Garcia’s great self-deprecating autobio comics, in which she navigates goofy humor and real emotion with equal aplomb. This issue features short stories as diverse as...

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MALARKEY #1 by November Garcia

Malarkey collects November Garcia’s great self-deprecating autobio comics, in which she navigates goofy humor and real emotion with equal aplomb. This issue features short stories about her weepy ex,...

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COSMIC BE-ING #2 by Alex Graham

Alex Graham’s comix leap beyond the usual safety zones with a gorgeous loopy line, humor, guts and power. This issue features “Angloid Part One,” a quasi-memoir of an artist’s early years of struggle...

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STEW BREW #5 by Kelly Froh and Max Clotfelter

Kelly’s mom gifts her her 11 year old Scion, so they fly to Wisconsin to pick it up and drive back it to Seattle. This zine documents their trip in comics and photos/ephemera. Features the Mitchell...

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THE SHELL OF THE SELF OF THE SENSES #20 by Ron Regé Jr.

“One Day While Crossing The Street” presents an in-depth look at a kundalini burst– terror, bliss, and all. 16 mini-sized pages, black on pink paper. (Self-published) LIMITED QUANTITIES

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COMETBUS #58 by Aaron Cometbus

“A teenager finds solace in a diner full of grumpy seniors during the heydey of San Francisco punk. It’s a mythological place, full of ghostly archetypes, the aging veterans of scenes past and future....

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BUSYBODY #1 by Eli Bishop

This beautifully crafted collection of short stories from San Francisco Comix Scene Stalwart Eli “Hob” Bishop, features a range of stories, diverse in style and tone. Beautiful soft focus realism,...

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NOT MY SMALL DIARY #19 ed. by Delaine Derry Green

The latest installment of this long-running and much-beloved comics anthology features autobio artists tackling the theme of Unexplained Events! You get True-Life stories of UFOS, ghosts, monsters, and...

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CANKOR: CALAMITY OF CHALLENGE #2 (of 4) by Matthew Allison

In this issue Mankor goes clothes shopping. The backup story features an autobio (?) tale of bad tee-shirt juju, with a mysterious and unexpected finish! 24 comics-sized pages, full color throughout....

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SOME DAY MY WITCH WILL COME by Mardou

From the author of Sky in Stereo comes this wonderful autobiographical zine about growing older and coming to terms with our inner selves. If that sounds dry, it’s not — it features placentas,...

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HOW TO BE ALIVE by Tara Booth

Absolutely gorgeous and funny collection of one page gouache vignettes in Booth’s eye-devouring and self-deprecating style. A thing of beauty. Recommended! 40 full color pages, 7″ x 10″. (Retrofit/Big...

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TEACHING COMICS Volume One by Alex Nall

Alex Nall’s heartwarming, funny, and touching comics about teaching high school classes in Chicago. Drawn in wonderfully loose and expressive color markers and ink, this work is charming,...

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FROM LONE MOUNTAIN by John Porcellino

The latest King-Cat collection from Drawn & Quarterly compiles issues 62-68 (2003-2007), along with a selection of previously unpublished strips and detailed commentary by John P. Features such...

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