BORING by Noah Van Sciver
This great zine collects two stories, “Boring,” in which we follow cartoonist Noah through one day of his existentially-adrift life, and “My Own Jurassic Park,” a childhood romp in which he and a...
View ArticleCAREER SHOPLIFTER by Gabrielle Bell
Always a joyous day when new Gabrielle Bell comes through the mailslot! In this latest zine, “Gabrielle concludes that she is a failure in life, so she might as well do what she likes for the rest of...
View ArticleCHICAGO, COMICS and LIFE: 1999-2012 Part One by Anders Nilsen
I wish more cartoonists/artists made zines like this! This is Anders writing openly and honestly about his life as spent in the City of Big (Bad) Shoulders… his background, how he came to the city, his...
View ArticlePUDDLES by Tomás Cisternas
Somehow I discovered Chilean cartoonist Tomás Cisternas on Instagram, and immediately fell in love with his charming, beautiful comics full of simple scenes of nature, solitude, and thoughtfulness....
View ArticleKING-CAT #83 by John Porcellino
This jumbo-sized 48-page issue features: Cartoonist Hijinx, BBQ Joint, Fragments of Memory, Diamonds vs Pearls, Demolition Derby, Childhood Reveries, Letters, Top 40, Dreams, and lots more! 48 digest...
View ArticleHOUSESITTING by Carolyn Swiszcz
This wonderful memoir of childhood visits to a neighbor’s fancy house is full of exquisite detail, rendered so purely and plainly, and described in a wonderful, everyday tone. Then Carolyn connects...
View ArticleBOYS AND BOOMBOXES by Carolyn Swiszcz
Four outstanding stories from Carolyn’s youth, all themed around, yes, Boys and Boomboxes. Includes Broken Boombox, Mouse in the Boombox, Rude Neighbor’s Boombox, and Wilderness Boombox, plus a special...
View ArticleLOVE AND OTHER CRACK-UPS #2 by Jenny Zervakis
Jenny continues this wonderful series where she revisits old college journals, with excerpts, reminiscences, drawings and comics. 20 digest pages, black and white throughout. (Self-published)
View ArticleTRUE FRIENDS by David Collier
“This latest comic by Collier covers a wide range of topics, from the origins of the “tech” pen used by underground cartoonists to the forced removal of Japanese North Americans from the Pacific Coast...
View ArticleWORN TUFF ELBOW #3 by Marc Bell
Mr. Bell Does It Again!! — “Follow the journey of Slogan Schnauzer as he is set the task of locating the Orgate Discombobulator. Sidetracked by a group of ‘foodies’ (that resemble cue balls on two...
View ArticleMELODY: STORY OF A NUDE DANCER by Sylvie Rancourt
“In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Rancourt began dancing...
View ArticleTIME UNDER TENSION by M.S. Harkness
Not many comics like this one anymore: A compelling true story, told with chops and taste. All the promise of Harkness’ earlier comics come to fruition with this– one of my favorite books in recent...
View ArticleFROGGIE WORLD Vol. 1 by Allee Errico
This wonderful book collects autobiographical strips from Errico’s great Instagram account, arranged by theme: Love, Angel, Music, Bike. Life in 21st century NYC from the viewpoint of a young, vibrant,...
View ArticleENLIGHTENED 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...
View ArticleTIME 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...
View ArticleDRIFTWOOD 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...
View ArticlePOCKET 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...
View ArticleBLACK 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...
View ArticleCOVERS #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...
View ArticleLITTLE 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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