MAP OF MY HEART (Second Edition) by John Porcellino [DINGED]
These copies sustained minor damage in shipping, mostly corner ding(s). My pain is your savings! Map of My Heart collects selections from King-Cats 51-54, as well as issues 55-61 in their (near)...
View ArticleMALARKEY #5 by November Garcia
“In her fifth and final issue of the ‘Malarkey’ series, November Garcia attempts to move beyond her self-destructive, debaucherous hijinks (though there’s still plenty of that) in order to address a...
View ArticleGRANDES EXPECTATIVAS #1 by Elise Dietrich
This is Part One of Dietrich’s autobiographical account of leaving the US in 2002 to teach ESL in Brazil. Nice, scratchy, expressive cartooning! (Here’s a cartoon overview of the story.) 32 digest...
View ArticleGHOULS #3 by Josh Simmons
Drawings, comics, and an essay about his book House, by Josh Simmons. Great, dark stuff, including two lovely portraits of cartoonists Rory Hayes and Harvey Pekar. Violence, depravity, black humor. 28...
View ArticleWOLF THE ARTIST by Wolfgang and Lisa Carver
Lisa Carver’s son Wolfgang was born with a chromosomal disorder and has undergone 17 surgeries in his lifetime, leaving many things we take for granted difficult or even impossible for him (he can only...
View ArticleKING-CAT #81 by John Porcellino
The epochal thrills of Medicine Cabinets, Garbage Days, and the decline and collapse of American Empire all come together in this new issue. Plus: Sparrows in the Rain, Faded Hearts, Where’s Miss Moo,...
View ArticleMINESHAFT #40 ed. by Everett Rand and Gioia Palmieri
Featuring beautiful Front & Back Cover art by Robert Crumb! PLUS work by R. Crumb, Sophie Crumb, Drew Friedman, Laure Boin, Bill Griffith, Christoph Mueller, Mary Fleener, Max Clotfelter, Robert...
View ArticleME & NIGHT by Angela Fanche
Angela Fanche is one of my favorite contemporary cartoonists, and Me & Night is a collection of her masterful diary comics, made from 2018-2020. Drawn in a ragged but beautifully idiosyncratic...
View ArticleTHE COLLECTED PRAIRIE POTHOLE by John Porcellino
“Although John Porcellino’s comic strip Prairie Pothole ran for only a short 16 weeks in the Chicago Reader, it quickly became a favorite. When an editorial shift ended the Reader’s comics page after...
View ArticleMY ___ SUX by Angela Fanche
A mournful, poetic ode to hurt and loss, this idiosyncratic series of drawings with text (comics?!?) is a compelling look at one person’s soul circa 2022. 12 pages, black and white throughout, 8.5″ x...
View ArticleTINDERELLA by M.S. Harkness
“This is the debut graphic novel from M.S. Harkness, who has been self-publishing work in Minnesota for a number of years now. Tinderella is an autobiographical comic about online dating, living poor...
View ArticleMY DOG JOJO: A July Diary by Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell endeavors each July to complete a daily diary comic, and this is her latest collection of such. In My Dog Jojo, “Gabrielle gets the massive task of helping her reclusive mother find a...
View ArticleMY DOG IVY: A July Diary by Gabrielle Bell
Gabrielle Bell endeavors each July to complete a daily diary comic, and this is her collection of such comics from 2019. “When she enthusiastically answers a call to house sit a small Minnesota home...
View ArticleINAPPROPRIATE by Gabrielle Bell
The latest collection of short stories from master cartoonist Gabrielle Bell: “Meet Theodor, the human pet. Did you know there’s a third prince the House of Windsor doesn’t want you to know about? Join...
View ArticleSERVICE INDUSTRY by T. Edward Bak
Those who remember, remember when this gorgeous, oversized collection of strips came out back in 2007 — It blew a lot of minds! Well, Bak found a trove of unsold copies, and here you go! Gorgeous,...
View ArticleCANKOR (Hardcover) by Matthew Allison
This lovingly crafted hardcover book collects Matt Allison’s whacked out, self-published meta-superhero/autobio comics in one lavish collection. Odd, gorgeous, funny, and moving, Cankor is one of a...
View ArticleAS A CARTOONIST by Noah Van Sciver
This incredible collection of recent NVS comics collects stuff from zines, anthologies, notebooks, sketchbooks etc. An amazing variety of impeccable cartooning from one of our all-time best....
View ArticleFOLRATH (New Edition) by Zak Sally
This autobiographical account of the time in his early twenties (the early 90’s) when Zak Sally forged a Greyhound bus pass and traveled the American West with no destination in sight is a crucial...
View ArticlePOPE HATS #6 by Hartley Lin
This issue of Lin’s excellent one-man anthology features more of the graceful, impeccably drawn stories we’ve come to expect from him– this is charming, heartfelt, funny, and anxious domestic...
View ArticleTOO TOUGH TO DIE: An Aging Punx Anthology, ed. by Haleigh Buck and JT Yost
A comix anthology dear to my heart, Too Tough to Die features stories by and about aging punks, with work from cartoonists Steven Arnold, Josh Bayer, Gregory Benton, Janelle Blarg, Kyle Bravo, Haleigh...
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