Last Gasp Holiday Catalog by Last Gasp

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—Ron Turner & Colin Turner

Last Gasp Publishing The Snow Yak Show Microportfolio Mark Ryden’s Tree Show Postcard Microportfolio Fushigi Circus Abraham Obama Monté: King of Atom-Age Decals Camilla d’Errico Postcards Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms Barefoot Gen Volumes 9 & 10 The Art of Hergé, Volume 2 Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU Cannabis Fantasy Cool Coloring Book The Band Crime: Punk77 Revisited Onikage: Toshio Saeki Inamorata Best-Sellers

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Artist Spotlights Scott Musgrove The Pizz

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New Titles Art & Photography Comics Graphic Novels Fiction, Poetry, Film, Music Non-Fiction Pop Culture Kids & Teenagers Miscellaneous, Paper Goods, Calendars

Cover: “Divine Incorporation” (detail) This page: “Divine Incorporation” Back Cover: “An Ape Allegory” From American Surreal by Todd Schorr $39.95, 120pgs, Quarterbound, 10 x15" 978-0-86719-709-9

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N e w M a r k Ry d e n

The Snow Yak Show Microportfolio Mark Ryden

Traverse Mark Ryden’s vast wintry landscapes into the frigid domain of the majestic Snow Yak, gracefully depicted within this set of 17 postcards from Ryden’s acclaimed Japanese Snow Yak

$40.00, 180pgs, Color, Hardcover, 9x12" 978-1-93195508-9

Show. The works were originally shown at the prestigious Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo in February 2009. Mark Ryden came to preeminence in the 1990s. With his masterful technique and disquieting content, he became a leader in the revitalization of painting, combining accessibility, craftsmanship and technique with socio-cultural relevance and emotional resonance. His work has been exhibited in museums and finer galleries worldwide.

$395.00, 128pgs, Color, Hardcover, 9x12"

$12.95 17 Full Color Postcards in Fold-Over Folder, 5x7" 978-0-86719-733-4

Mark Ryden’s Tree Show

Fushigi Circus

This big, hardcover book is the exhibition catalog from “The Tree Show” at the Michael Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles, California. It features paintings, drawings and sketches, with documentary photography of sculptures, installations, and the artist at work. Creepily cute depictions of interactions between trees, little girls, toys, dolls, iconic figures, and more.

A survey of 55 of Ryden’s most impressive works from past shows to the present. Features works prior to The Tree Show, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A gem of a book, presented in a beautiful hardcover, clothbound format. Text in Japanese. (Sept. 2009)

The Tree Show: Special Edition Includes over 130 color images of paintings, drawings, studies and sculptural works, with a wealth of Mark’s inspirational reference materials. Each signed and numbered Special Edition comes in a handmade clamshell box covered in a fine Japanese silk. The edition also comes with a collection of “Vintage Souvenirs” including a miniature postcard set, commemorative pin, pennant, bookmark and pencil. Big, hardcover, color.

$35.00 128pgs, Color, Clothbound, 6x9" 978-0-86719-720-4

Sweet Wishes A book of photographs with a story,

$20.00 56pgs, Color, Hardcover, 11¼ x 9½"

created by Mark Ryden and Marion Peck in a children’s picture-book format, in a style very much in keeping with that of both artists. Please note: does not contain paintings or drawings by either Ryden or Peck.

YHWH

MOCA Holiday Cards

YHWH is a vinyl figure created after the central figure in Mark’s painting of the same name. In production for over a year, the figure is cast in pink vinyl with inset, high-quality eyes and comes in an elaborately designed, gold embossed box. Edition size of 2,000.

A series of holiday cards featuring works created by artists and designers exclusively for The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA). These sets feature Mark Ryden’s Santa-snake figure with two children and a snowman riding his back, and the Creatrix. Card interior is blank. One image per set, 10 notecards, 10 envelopes, in clear plastic box.

$180.00, 16½ x 9 x1¾" $14.95 each

Mark Ryden’s Tree Show Postcard Microportfolio Wander through mesmerizing forests and meet the exotic and wondrous inhabitants of Mark Ryden’s celebrated Tree Show, found within this unique microportfolio of 15 souvenir postcards. This is the fifth of Mark Ryden’s Microportfolios, and contains images from The Tree Show, his sold-out solo exhibition at Michael Kohn Gallery. Fifteen beautifully detailed reproductions include: Allegory of the Four Elements, The Apology, Fetal Trapping in North America, Logging Truck, Yoshi, Tree of Life, California Brown Bear, Ghost Girl, Goodbye Bear, General Sherman, Squirrel Girl, Bear Girl, Stump Baby, and Nurse Sue.

$12.95 Box of 15 Postcards, Full Color, 7x5" 978-0-86719-716-7

new art

New art

Abraham Obama: A Guerrilla Tour Through Art & Politics Compiled & Edited by Don Goede

A book of images melding the faces of Barack Obama and Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Obama was originally a painting by artist Ron English, and fast became one of the most recognizable icons indirectly involved with the Barack Obama campaign for president. This book documents the multi-city Abraham Obama image tour, which culminated in a series of events at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. Filled with hundreds of photos, this book is a wonderful artistic souvenir of a truly historic election. Foreword by Morgan Spurlock, afterword by Carlo McCormick, introduction by Ron English, and with additional text by Holly Parker, Kat Tudor, Katlin Walter & Mark Favermann. Artists include Ron English, Shepard Fairey, David Choe, Sam Flores, The Date Farmers, and many more.

Camilla d’Errico Postcards By Camilla d’Errico

A set of 30 postcards reproducing paintings by mangainfluenced artist Camilla d’Errico. Beautiful girls are rendered in bright, eye-catching colors. The girls in d’Errico’s paintings express myriad emotions at once, with realistically painted animals that perch above them as ‘headgear’ reflecting the emotional state of the girl below. This postcard set presents d’Errico’s portraits in a delicate package, reflecting the light,

$19.95, 128pgs, Full Color, 8x9" 978-0-86719-722-8

soulful, and fantasy-rich world she creates. Camilla d’Errico has distinguished herself through her ability to seamlessly weave comic art and manga with surrealist elements, wrapping it all together with an extensive, emotional palette. $10.95 30 Full Color Postcards In Box, w/slide-out tray, 5x7" 978-0-86719-726-6

The process of freeing the slaves culminates in a black president. —Ron English

Monté: King of Atom-Age Decals Bill Selby

A colorful look at the imaginative art of Monté, king of the water slide decal. ‘Originals by Monté’ were the first monster decals to zap the collective psyche of defiant, late-fifties juvenile America. Millions sold for a dime apiece in hobby shops, bicycle stores, and via mail order through hot rod and monster magazines, winding up rebelliously plastered on bicycles, models, toys, transistor radios, notebooks, lunch boxes any empty surface. All kids had to do was add water and voila! Monté decals tossed a cherry bomb into the toilet of conformity. Retro eye-candy guaranteed to raise a smile and satisfy even the most hard-core Kustom Kulture retro Jones. There’s even a bonus pack reproduction of ‘Originals by Monté’ decals included!

$14.95, 160pgs, Full Color, 5½x7½" 978-0-86719-719-8

n e w a r t, g r a p h i c n o v e l s

N e w A r t, G r a p h i c N o v e l s

Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima The ten-volume saga is complete. A must for serious comics fans.

$14.95, 270pgs, 5½x8½" 978-0-86719-600-9

Barefoot Gen Vol. 9: Breaking Down Borders

Barefoot Gen Vol. 10: Never Give Up

Gen continues to confront one setback after another — the loss of his home, the death of a friend — when a chance encounter gives new direction to his life. An impoverished but talented artist takes Gen under his wing and teaches him to

The year is 1953. Now an apprentice sign painter, Gen has become a skilled artist, while his friends run a thriving dressmaking business. Gen falls in love for the first time, but fails to notice that a good friend has been caught in the

paint. Inspired by the artist’s assertion that “art has no borders,” Gen vows to become an artist himself, and takes a job as apprentice to a local poster painter. Despite merciless bullying from his boss and the older apprentices, Gen perseveres in the pursuit of his new calling.

clutches of drug addiction. Heartbreak and loss await Gen as the atomic bomb continues to wreak havoc on the lives of people in Hiroshima years after the fact. Yet these tragedies also inspire Gen to move to Tokyo to pursue his career as an artist.

$14.95, 270pgs, 5½x8½" 978-0-86719-601-6

The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin Volume 2: 1937-1949 The second in a three-volume series, this is a selection of Hergé’s outstanding and often unpublished drawings, showing the diversity of his work and offering the reader a view of the range of his talent. Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, the creator of Tintin & Snowy, was born a century ago. He left an exceptional legacy, the center of which was Tintin, but also included much other work. This second volume of The Art of Hergé covers the years 1937 to 1945. The period illustrated is fascinating on a number of counts, marking the maturity of Hergé, the creator and artist. In 1937 Hergé was only 30, but he had already laid down enough markers to lay claim to his future territory – the strip cartoon. It was during this period that he began to render the Adventures of Tintin in color. The period covered in this volume was also marked by global political tensions and mounting dangers that boiled over into the Second World War. From his childhood onward, Hergé produced a vast number of drawings. The Art of Hergé, Inventor of Tintin presents them all in chronological order, with many high quality reproductions, each accompanied by concise commentary allowing us a closer look into Hergé’s daily routine, and by extension, his thoughts.

We carry the complete line of Tintin Adventures, and books on Tintin and his creator, Hergé: www.lastgasp.com/tintin

$39.95, 208pgs, Hardcover, 8½x11" 978-0-86719-724-2

*Volumes 1-8 Also Available, $14.95 each:

Cartoon Story of Hiroshima 978-0-86719-602-3

The Day After 978-0-86719-619-2

Life After the Bomb 978-0-86719-594-1

Out of the Ashes 978-0-86719-595-8

The Never-Ending War 978-0-86719-596-5

Writing the Truth 978-0-86719-597-2

Bones Into Dust 978-0-86719-598-9

Merchants of Death 978-0-86719-599-6

Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms Hardcover Collector’s Edition This critically praised manga is now presented in a hardcover format, perfect for libraries and collectors. What impact did World War II and the dropping of the atomic bomb have on the common people of Japan? Through the eyes of an average woman living in 1955, Japanese artist Fumiyo Kouno answers these questions. Kouno’s light, free style of drawing evokes a tender reflection of this difficult period in Hiroshima’s postwar past. As the characters continue with everyday life, the shadow of the war and the atomic bombing linger ghostlike in the background. Kouno’s beautiful storytelling touches the reader’s heart but is never overly sentimental. A widely embraced best-seller in Japan (180,000 copies), Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms has won several prestigious awards and much acclaim.

Grand Prize, Manga Division – 2004 Japan Media Arts Festival $14.95, 104pgs, Full Color, Hardcover, 5x8" 978-0-86719-721-1 Also available in Paperback: $9.95, 978-0-86719-665-8

Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2008 – American Library Association

One of Best Manga of 2007

– Publishers Weekly

Plastic Antinomy 3: The Blue/Green Issue A quarterly art publication dedicated to bringing focus, coherence and attention to the visual arts of San Francisco and its sister city of Oakland. This issue features Josh Keyes, Gary Baseman, Eric Parra, Wave Organ, Sentient Salon, Shirley Shor, Alixis Amann, Ron Garrigues, Alicia Escott, and The Oyster Pirate Workshop.

Top Five Comics 2007

– New York Magazine $8.00, 48pgs, 11x8½" 978-0-86719-728-0

...a profoundly moral work and, even better, a singularly humane one. —Comics Journal

new erotica

New Titles

Little Fluffy Gigolo PELU

Onikage: Saeki Toshio

Junko Mizuno

The comic tale of a cute extraterrestrial creature that comes to Earth determined to find himself true happiness in the form of a human bride. Our hero’s search takes him from the surface of his fantastic alien planet to an off-kilter modern Japan where Pelu meets aspiring singers, sassy girls, paint-sniffing bad boys, and the body-switching students of a mysterious high school. Artist Junko Mizuno unleashes her unique graphic storytelling sensibilities on a tale that’s frequently adorable, sometimes grotesque, and surprisingly moving.

A selection of Toshio Saeki’s previously unseen works, uniquely printed in large, lush format. Throughout, paper vellum overlays reproduce Saeki’s unique method for adding color to his black and white artwork. He does not apply color directly, but instead uses overlays to indicate the exact colors he wants. He calls this method chinto printing — the picture is complete only after it has been printed — a modern version of the ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese woodcut prints. Though Onikage contains nearly two-dozen full-color and seven black and white images, the viewer is not allowed to see every image in all stages. Like the artist, the viewer must use his or her imagination to complete these peculiar pictures.

Junko’s designs are exploding with life and move at a speed that makes the rest of the world seem asleep... $17.95, 172pgs, Color and B&W, 8x10" 978-0-86719-700-6

$39.95, 56pgs, Hardcover, 11¾x14½" 978-0-86719-729-7

—Mike Patton Faith No More

Cannabis Fantasy Cool Coloring Book Ré

The Godfather of Japanese erotica...

A cool marijuana-themed coloring book geared for adults. Amazingly detailed images provide hundreds of hours of coloring fun. Anyone stoned or sober will rediscover and engage in the meditative art of coloring. Suitable for coloring with markers, colored pencils or a combination of the two, these intricate line drawings encourage everyone to explore and enlarge their creative energies, and awaken their love of art. Wildly popular in many communities around the US, even reaching fad status in some areas, Cannabis Fantasy Cool Coloring Book was featured in High Times Magazine, October 2008.

—Stephen Lemons Salon.com

World Wide Wizard Weaves Webs of Designed Dementia, Wise, Gentle, Precise, Chaotic Engineer.

$9.95, 46pgs, 10x13" 978-0-86719-717-4

The Band Crime: Punk77 Revisited

—Dr. Timothy Leary

James Stark

The Band Crime, Punk 77 Revisited is James Stark’s second book of punk photography. The Band Crime is a continuation of Punk 77, focusing on one of the important early punk rock bands: Crime. Before punk, there were two bands in San Francisco who were laying the ground work for the punk look and attitude — Crime and The Nuns. The Band Crime features over one hundred photographs with text to set the scene. Crime was a visual band who took care to make sure their look was right. It was not unusual for Crime to have a different look for each show. When the author first met them, they were into South of Market gay bar drag — poppers, shiny-wife beater T-shirts, black leather jackets, and leather motorcycle caps.

Inamorata: The Erotic Art of Michael Manning This lavish softcover art collection contains a decade’s worth of illustrator Michael Manning’s perversely beautiful portraits. Dominatrixes, dancers, fetish models, contortionists, and other real-life muses are reinterpreted through the artist’s elegant line work as powerful and profoundly sensual beings who give free reign to their erotic desires.

A porno universe in which I would kill to live, if only for one day. —Lily Burana $14.95, 160pgs, 7x10" 978-0-86719-715-0

$24.95, 160pgs, 9x12" 978-0-86719-731-0

best sellers

Best sellers

Arab in America

Gangsta Rap Coloring Book

Toufic El Rassi

$14.95, 118 pgs, 7x11" 978-0-86719-673-3

Hi-Fructose Collected Edition

Aye Jay The eye-opening story of the life of an average Arab-American struggling with his identity in an increasingly hostile nation. Using the graphic novel as his medium, Lebanon-born Toufic El Rassi chronicles his experience growing up Arab in America. Keen observations, clever insights and painful honesty make El Rassi’s work shine as a critical 21st century memoir. From childhood through adolescence, and as an adult, El Rassi illustrates the prejudice and discrimination Arabs and Muslims experience in American society: ignorant teachers, racist neighbors, bullying classmates, and a growing sense of alienation.

The title says it all! Break out the crayons, ‘cause it’s gangsta rap coloring time! 48 pages of line drawings of “Gangsta” rappers, done with the thick black line we all remember from the coloring books of our youth. The juxtaposition of the outlaw image of the rappers with the childlike innocence of a coloring book makes for an instant laugh.

$8.95, 48 pgs, 8½x11" 978-0-86719-604-7

Tragic Kingdom

Attaboy, Annie Owens, Editors

This is the funniest thing I’ve seen since Bringing Down The House!

$35.00, 250 pgs, 8½ x11" HC, 978-0-86719-713-6

—Queen Latifah

The Magical Art of Camille Rose Garcia

For the first time, this critically acclaimed arts magazine is collected in an expanded hardcover edition, compiling the best of the soughtafter, long-sold-out first four volumes. Features the art of Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Junko Mizuno, Dave Cooper, Greg “Craola” Simkins, Gary Baseman, Alex Pardee, Gary Taxali, Scott Musgrove, Jeff Soto, Ray Ceasar, JennyBird Alcantara, Joe Ledbetter, Longo Land, Michael Salter, Fawn Gehweiler, Kurt Halsey, Invader, Ron English, Wilfrid Wood, Jim Woodring, Seen, Leslie Reppetaux, Brian McCarty, Attaboy, Saur Kids, Chris Uphues, Kaiju Big Battel, PShaw!, Ragnar, Cat Chow, and more.

$39.95, 142 pgs, 14x11" HC, 978-0-86719-683-2

A looking glass into the everyday violence that supports the current power structure, Tragic Kingdom prescribes a glitter-coated pill to ease the swallowing. The effect of the pill once digested, however, depends upon the viewer. This large, lavishly produced hardcover serves as the catalog for Camille Rose Garcia’s first solo museum show outside of Los Angeles, surveying her work with an emphasis on her most recent creations, showcasing paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, prints, and more.

Hi-Fructose is one of the most beautiful magazines coming out anywhere.

Pen power... —The Wall Street Journal

—BuyOlympia.com

Everything That Creeps

Limited Edition: The Art & Design of GAMA-GO

Elizabeth McGrath

Edited by Greg Long The first collected work of Elizabeth McGrath. Full-color photos and detail shots reveal the exquisitely complex details of her sweetly twisted creatures, giving a glimpse of what the Island of Misfit Toys might have become had it been saved by Satan rather than Santa. An illustrated look at a dark little girl’s haunted wonderland.

$34.95, 128 pgs, 9x12" HC, 978-0-86719-638-2

—Mark Ryden

Suits Made To Fit

250 Tattoo Designs Design radicals GAMA-GO started with six T-shirts printed in a basement. Now hundreds of stores worldwide carry their limited edition bags, pillows, clocks, clothes and toys. This book is a complete-to-date cataloging of all of GAMA-GO’s designs from their first 6 years, over 400 unique illustrations.

$24.95, 400 pgs, 6x6" HC, 978-0-86719-681-8

I love Liz’s mystical, magical, creations. They are the kind of creatures I want to keep company with. They make me happy.

Mitch O’Connell: Tattoos Collects the best of Mitch O’Connell’s three sets of tattoo flash: “Stewed, Screwed and Tattooed,” “Done While Drunk,” and “From the Bottom of the Barrel.” O’Connell’s art is reminiscent of the Old School Tattoo Art, from masters such as Sailor Jerry Collins and Don Ed Hardy; but it uses a more contemporary sense of themes, along with O’Connell’s distinctive style. A runaway best-seller, this book has garnered more tattoo industry praise than any other in recent memory.

...a gem of a book. —BoingBoing.com

NewSkool, Adrian Lee

$14.95, 254 pgs, 6x9" Flexibound, 978-0-86719-672-6

...poses a threat to the security and control of a correctional institution.

Bodysuit tattoos cover the entire body as one intricate piece of work and Suits Made To Fit collects from the freshest innovators of the medium. Work by 13 tattooers, including Grime, Jason Kundell, Paco Excel, Adrian Lee, Horitaka, and more. This edition maintains the high production quality of the previous editions, with vellum overlays protecting the incredible artwork. Trade paperback in slipcase. $29.95, 104 pgs, 8½ x11" 978-0-86719-682-5

beautiful, a true work of art...

—Skin Art Magazine

—Kansas Dept. of Corrections

Artist spotlighT · The pizz

Artist spotlighT · Scott Musgrove

My mom took me to the year-end student exhibition at Columbus College of Art and Design when I was about 15 and by the time I left the building I knew I was going to go to school there and be an artist. My decision never wavered from then on... Although often associated with modern Pop Surrealists, Scott Musgrove is actually more at home with historical artists such as Hudson River School painters Frederic Church, Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Moran, as well as naturalist artists like John James Audubon. While primarily a painter, Musgrove maintains hope for his breakout moment when he befriends

What was the last thing you saw in daily life that inspired you? Went to a motorcycle party yesterday and there were umpteen works of Rolling American Works Of Mechanical Folk Art, gleaming in the sun, in various states of completeness and/or decay.

What type of art do you think you’d be making if you were making art 100 years ago? “Fauvism” and early “Cubism”...Maybe cartoons lampooning the Robber Barons in “Punch”...

some sort of “Sasquatch” and turns the status quo of science on its ear. Until then, though, Scott continues to forage for spare bones and fur shanks near highway offramps. Scott Musgrove lives in Seattle, WA.

What type of art do you think you’d be making if you were making art 100 years from now? Interactive Holographic Cartoons, X-rated...

What was the last thing you saw in daily life that inspired you?

The Late Fauna of Early North America Scott Musgrove $34.95, 120pgs, 8x10¼" 978-0-86719-710-5

Transportation as Art, Form Follows Function, Machine as Statement Of Personal Ideology, etc. Most people wouldn’t really get it until they saw something about it on TV or maybe a coffee-table book. They need a narrator to explain stuff, the feed doesn’t get past the filters... The Pizz has assaulted the world with his distinctive lowbrow paintings for years. An early protege of Ed “Big Daddy” Roth,

If you were not an artist, what would you be doing?

My wife Gretchen and I just spent a few days in a cabin in the woods in the Cascades and pretty much everything inspires me there. From the vistas and beautiful waterfalls down to the moss and fungus growing on fallen trees. The banana slugs are interesting and will make your tongue go numb if you lick them.

I’d be likely doing Time in the Big House... Maybe writing more comix for low pay...

What type of art do you think you’d be making if you were making art 100 years ago?

How often do you use studies or sketches from real life and models, vs. how often do you work directly from your imagination?

worked with the high and low of lowbrow in the art field, television

Used to make use of live models a lot in my early work, as a flimsy excuse to lure women over into my lair and get them to disrobe. It worked very well. Nowadays I might use a car model or a real gun if I need some authentic real-life detail, but 9/10ths of anything is just pure “Id” put down on paper as fast as possible. No computer-assist, no copying somebody else’s work, no looking at the Internet or books... just pure velocity to keep the flow going.

(Red Hot Chili Peppers).

I have a feeling I’d be doing something similar, but I would be drawing these things from real life instead of having to speculate about what they’d look like. I’d probably have to capture some of them so they’d slow down enough that I could draw them. So, I’m happy about not having to do that. I’ve been bitten and clawed enough already in the 21st century.

What type of art do you think you’d be making if you were making art 100 years from now? Sadly, I think I’d be painting all the animals that are alive today but will be extinct by then...

he has become a well known artist in his own right. He has had seven solo shows at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles, as well as shows at a long list of galleries and museums as well. Frequently acknowledged as a pioneer in the field, The Pizz has and film. His collectors include such notables as Jesse James (Monster Garage), Pink, Penelope Spheeris, and Anthony Kiedis

The Dizzy Dictionary The Pizz $10.95, 56pgs, 6x6" 978-0-86719-705-1

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N EW AR t & P h o t o g r a p h y

METAMORPHOSIS 2: 50 CONTEMPORARY SURREAL, FANTASTIC, VISIONARY ARTISTS Robyn Flemming, editor

An eye-popping collection of fantastical, imaginative, pop-surrealist, and just plain twisted contemporary figurative art, executed with top-notch technique and mad skills by some of the finest and most influential artists working today. Work of 50 contemporary artists from the Surreal Art, Fantastic Realism, and Visionary Art traditions. Features the work of extablished artists such as Ernst Fuchs, Alex Grey, Kris Kuski, Brom, and Robert Venosa, alongside that of relatively unknown, though extraordinary, artists, bringing a host of new artists into the public eye. Metamorphosis showcases this ever-expanding international movement of figurative artists who have resisted current trends in the art world and remained true to their artistic vision.

128pgs, $19.95 978-3-939566-17-5

DAVE THE CHIMP: PART OF REBELLION #2

the DEPRAVITIES OF WAR

Christian Hundertmark

Sandow Birk

London artist Dave the Chimp was one of the first street artists who went outside to paint with brushes and acrylic paint. Extremely prolific in streets, galleries, and skateboard designs, his bold black lines are humorous, often with lighthearted social commentary, and he has been called a “positive” graffiti artist trying to bring beauty to his run-down neighborhood. Color.

Sandow Birk’s monumental print project, inspired by Jacques Callot’s 1633 series of etchings, The Miseries and Disasters of War. Birk’s project consists of 15 large- scale woodcut prints that follow the course of the Iraq war. This landscape book reproduces this project, plus selected paintings and commentaries. Two-color and full color.

Hardcover 96pgs, $22.95 978-0-9771696-9-6

110pgs, $39.95, 978-0-9803231-0-8

Hardcover 96pgs, $19.95 978-1-58423-359-6

ALIANZA: EL MAC/RETNA

BARRON STOREY’S WATCH ANNUAL: 1996

DESIGN AS ART

El Mac, Retna

Barron Storey, editor

Bruno Munari

El Mac and Retna have risen to worldwide prominence with their graffiti, murals and canvases. Each has developed a distinctive style and technique; Retna is renowned for his bold calligraphic brushwork, Mac for his uniquely stylized painting of lifelike faces and figures. This superb book is the first to fully present their collaborative murals. Hardcover, color.

Barron Storey has long been recognized as one of America’s finest illustrators. But it is his personal alternative work and that of his friends and students that highlighted his 1980s underground arts magazine, W-A-T-C-H. This collection revives that title as an annual book. Dave McKean, George Pratt, Bill Koeb, and Barron Storey. Intro by Neil Gaiman. B&w.

Bruno Munari was among the most inspirational designers of all time, described by Picasso as “the new Leonardo.” Munari insisted that design be beautiful, functional and accessible, and this enlightening, entertaining book sets out his ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Pocket sized, a decent amount of art (b&w).

64pgs, $5.95 978-1-887591-00-3

BEAUTIFUL DECAY BOOK 1: SUPERNATURALISM (NUMBERED) Amir H. Fallah, editor

164pgs, $20.00 978-0-9824745-0-1

Beautiful/Decay explores artists who conjure the uncanny with hauntingly off-putting works. Whether introducing distortion, violence, the grotesque or the ghostly, each artist alters (super)naturalism to teeter on the boundaries of comedic and diabolical. Hand-drawn, one-of-a-kind artwork on each cover; custom limited edition inserts throughout. Mostly color.

40pgs, $12.50 978-0-9793489-4-5

COUP D’ETAT: MIKE GIANT Mike Giant

Hardcover 40pgs, $33.00 978-88-88493-50-3

Mike Giant, urban Mau Mau, is one of the superstars of the urban art movement, with fame as a graffiti artist, illustrator and tattooist. His signature style is made up of equal parts Mexican folk art and Japanese illustration. Giant’s style shows a new side in this book, where new artworks are combined with his new passion — photography. Color and b&w.

112pgs, $24.95 978-1-59582-272-7

224pgs, $16.00 978-0-14-103581-9

the COOLEST COLORING BOOK EVER

FANTASY! CARTOONING

APOC Design

Ben Caldwell

With everything from hot rods to dirt bikes, and monstrous monster trucks to tiki surf demons, the Coolest Coloring Book Ever has something for everyone. This new improved print run leaves the back side of each illustrated page blank! Tear one out, and you won’t have to sacrifice the image on the other side. Coloring just became a full contact sport. 20 illustrations.

An eye-popping, covers-it-all manual on drawing and understanding fantasy art, by a former Marvel cartoonist and one of the most talented young artists in the field. Ben doesn’t just teach how to draw a line here or a circle there: artists will find insider tips on how to create awe-inspiring monsters, bigger-than-life heroes, and magical landscapes. Two-color.

96pgs, $9.95 978-1-4027-1612-6

DAMES, DOLLS & GUN MOLLS: THE ART OF ROBERT A. MAGUIRE

INK ALCHEMY VOL. 2 (SIGNED/NUMBERED)

Robert A. Maguire

Jeral Tidwell, Angryblue

In his long, illustrious career, renowned illustrator/painter Robert A. Maguire created gorgeous cover art for over 1000 books. Best known for his incomparably sexy ‘femme fatale’ images for paperbacks in the ‘50s and ‘60s, he built a legendary career of portraits that were iconic and beautiful. This first collection showcases dozens of full-color paintings.

The new Ink Alchemy book is loaded from cover to cover with the insanity that Jeral Tidwell & Angryblue, two of the sickest minds in the business, pour onto the pages. These quality handmade books were printed with Unicorn blood and Penguin tears. 3-color screen printed covers with over 40 pages of illustrations. Limited ed. signed by both artists. Saddle stitched.

44pgs, $22.50

DIY ALBUM ART: PAPER BAGS AND OFFICE SUPPLIES J. Namdev Hardisty

Hardcover 146pgs, $34.95 978-0-9820754-2-5

In the mid-1990s a fresh, Do-It-Yourself approach to album art began to percolate through the postpunk, emo and hardcore music scenes, paving the way for the potential of innovative, non-traditional music packaging. This book showcases a unique aesthetic and usage of materials borne out of financial necessity and creative imperatives. Color.

IMPERIAL: PHOTOGRAPHS BY WILLIAM T. VOLLMAN William T. Vollmann

Hardcover 224pgs, $55.00 978-1-57687-489-9

Southern California’s Imperial Valley and the U.S./Mexico border has a heavy history and an uncertain future. It is a land of great progress and crushing failure, with a past that includes migrant workers, struggling farmers, corporate exploitation, pollution, and more. Imperial is a photographic study of a people and place on the margins. Big, hardcover, b&w and two-tone.

JUXTAPOZ CAR CULTURE Kevin Thomson, Robert Williams, editor

Hardcover 216pgs, $29.95 978-1-58423-347-3

Leave it to Juxtapoz to fully cram the best artists from the hot rod, low rider, and kustom kulture world into one book. With work from scene originators such as Von Dutch and Ed “Big Daddy” Roth, plus contemporary maniacs like Coop, Keith Weesner, and Von Franco, it’s pure eye candy for existing fans and an aesthetic eye opener for everyone else. Hardcover, color.

N EW AR t & P h o t o g r a p h y

JUXTAPOZ POSTER ART Juxtapoz, editors

Hardcover 208pgs, $29.95 978-1-58423-346-6

Hardcover 224pgs, $35.00 978-2-9520199-3-4

From the seminal lowbrow art magazine, Juxtapoz Poster Art focuses on the art of screen print posters. In the past 10 years screen printing has ballooned in popularity and a new class of artists has emerged. These artists stepped away from the psychedelia of the ‘60s and developed their own aesthetic, using everything from hand-drawn type to found objects. Hardcover, color.

12 Removable Prints 978-0-8118-7039-9 $29.95

James Jean

Femke Hiemstra

Cohen Morano, Aye Jay

In the richly-colored universe of James Jean, the worlds of animal, vegetable, mineral and man merge in hanting dreamscape fantasies. Each of these 12 large-format prints of brand new work features a lush painting on one side and intricate preliminary sketches on the other side. Pages can be left in the keepsake portfolio, or removed and framed. 12 x 16"

Dutch artist Femke Hiemstra evokes the work of Robert Williams and Mark Ryden. Using mixed media, found objects, typography and more, her artworks are united by meticulous attention to craft and fairytale- ish landscapes where inanimate objects frolic with anthropomorphs of all types. This deluxe package is her first retrospective. Hardbound, die-cut cover, color.

Like many kids, 3rd grader Cohen Morano likes to watercolor, but unlike many kids, his father Aye Jay sends them out to be embellished and altered by a stellar roster of artists — Mark Ryden, Gary Baseman, Shepard Fairey, Barry McGee, Tim Biskup, Chris Ware, Mike Giant, Tiffany Bozic, Jim Woodring, The Pizz, Junko Mizuno, Charles Burns, more — turning Cohen’s original watercolors into a striking, playful body of work. Color.

LOGAN: SEVILLE’S FINEST Logan

And you thought it was just a video game... This first invasion guide presents the invasion of Paris by the 184 space- invaders. Includes loads of pictures, plans, documentation, maps, interviews, scores, historical documents, monuments, archival images, and an index. Hardcover. Text in English and French. Color.

Logan has established his reputation as one of aerosol art’s worldwide heavyweights, specializing in murals, characters and illustrations. Having bridged the gap between spray cans and tattoo machines, Logan has become a master in graffitiinfluenced tattooing. Check out this Sevillan as he takes the world by storm! Exclusive texts and pictures. Lots of color art.

128pgs, $14.95 978-3-937946-52-8

A meticulously disorganised collection of most important and unseen works of graphic artist Rafael Silveira. The retro atmosphere of classic illustrations from the ‘40s and ‘50s smash through Silveira’s sarcasm, creating a visual universe both hilarious and disturbing. Comes with an inflatable pin-up art toy, designed by the artist and Arte & Letra Publisher.

112pgs, $16.95 978-1-887591-06-5

Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro, editors

A biannual textless publication. The artists and illustrators in each issue are carefully selected and invited to contribute work based on a theme. Nobrow 1: Gods and Monsters features the work of 24 talented individuals from around the world in the fields of illustration, graphics and animation. 2 spot colors, heavy paper, oversized, numbered edition of 3000.

Hardcover 208pgs, $29.99 978-1-60699-149-7

128pgs, $24.95 978-1-887591-74-4

Michael Kronenberg, J. David Spurlock, editors

Irwin Chusid, Barbara Economon, editors

Star Wars, Batman, 007, The Terminator, Master of Kung Fu and Catwoman: Building his rep on these mega-properties, Paul Gulacy has proven one of the most highly regarded comic book illustrators of the last 30 years. This is the first book to fully examine his body of work, from comic book art to posters, prints, book covers, personal works and more. Color and b&w.

Jim Flora has been rediscovered as an alchemist of bizarre, politely disturbing fine art. His images are fun, while threatening; playful, yet dangerous. This book burnishes Flora’s reputation as one of the great overlooked artists of the 20th Century. Paintings, drawings, and sketches from the 1940s through the 1990s, most never published or exhibited. Color.

TRAVIS LOUIE’S CURIOSITIES Travis Louie

Pointers from a master storyteller. Legendary Batman and X-Men artist Neal Adams said, “If you’re interested in getting to the thought process that has gone into the work that I have done, this could be just the sketchbook that does it for you. Here, if you like, you can climb down into my mind. Just watch the first step, it’s a doosey.” Full commentary by Adam. B&w.

Travis Louie has created his own imaginary world grounded in Victorian and Edwardian times. It is inhabited by human oddities, mythical beings, and otherworldly characters who appear to have had their formal portraits taken to mark their existence and place in society. A man is cursed by a goat, a strange furry being is discovered sleeping in a hedge. Color.

Over 1,500 meticulously restored engravings that originally graced the pages of Webster’s dictionaries in the 19th century. From Acorns to Zebras, Bell Jars to Velocipedes, from the entirely mysterious to the classically iconic, Pictorial Webster’s is at once a fascinating historical record and an alluring modern visual reference guide. Hardcover, b&w.

180pgs, $34.99 978-1-60699-159-6

the ULYSSES GUIDE TO THE LOS ANGELES RIVER, VOL. 1 Ulysses L. Zemanova

$40.00 978-0-9798682-9-0

144pgs, $19.99 978-0-06-173358-1

The culture of Los Angeles flows, both figurative and literally, through its central vein: The River. This book is borne from a fascination and love, with two focuses — biology and graffiti art — yet moving beyond the overexposed culture of graffiti and misunderstood world of scientific discovery. Good-sized, thick, lots of color photos of both nature and art.

WELCOME TO FOREST ISLAND

the ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATIONS

John M. Carrera

Hardcover 512pgs, $35.00 978-0-8118-6718-4

the SWEETLY DIABOLIC ART OF JIM FLORA

Neal Adams

Hardcover 128pgs, $30.00 978-0-9793307-5-9

176pgs, $24.95 978-0-8118-6859-4

SPIES, VIXENS, AND MASTERS OF KUNG FU: ART OF PAUL GULACY

NEAL ADAMS: THE SKETCHBOOK

PICTORIAL WEBSTER’S: A VISUAL DICTIONARY OF CURIOSITIES

NOBROW #1: GODS & MONSTERS

the REST IS UP TO YOU: A COLLABORATION BETWEEN 118 ARTISTS AND A BOY

Invader

Rafael Silveira

32pgs, $25.00 978-0-9562135-0-1

ROCK CANDY: THE ARTWORK OF FEMKE HIEMSTRA

L’INVASION DE PARIS: SPACE INVADERS

MULHERES CHAPEUS VOADORES E OTRAS COISAS LEGAIS

120pgs, $39.95 978-9-788560-4-94

KINDLING: JAMES JEAN (12 REMOVABLE POSTER PRINTS)

Boris Vallejo, Julie Bell

Bwana Spoons

Two of the most acclaimed fantasy artists working today, Boris and Julie have produced art for book covers, album covers, trading cards, posters, and calendars for over 30 years. The first collection of their sketches in over 15 years features 100 previously unpublished illustrations, from delicate fantasy art to bold covers and album designs. Black and white.

A living island oasis populated by a boggling variety of paint-soaked, lightning bolt throwing, mushroom-hunting, broadsword-heaving, drumwhalloping, guitar-shredding, and rainbow-spewing peoples of assorted species, shapes and sizes. “Spoon’s art puts me in the mind of secure expansion, perfect days sculpting in the seaweed and driftwood...” -J. Otto Seibold.

125pgs, $30.00 978-1-60309-040-7

new comics

Year 1: 36pgs, $3.00 Year 2: 48pgs, $3.00 Year 3: 40pgs, $3.00

24pgs, $1.00

new graphic novels

DIARY OF A CATERING WHORE, YEARs 1-3

ABSTRACT COMICS: THE ANTHOLOGY

Sean Seamus McWhinny

Andrei Molotiu, editor

catering whore, n. Someone who works for hire, serving, bartending, at any variety of event or function, bearing no allegiance to one catering company, accepting any shift possible, working as often and as long as necessary to make ends meet, to buy stiff drinks at the end of the day, and/or create art. Year 1 collects the first year of the webcomic, plus bonus episodes. Year 2 collects the second year of Sean Seamus McWhinny’s webcomic Diary of a Catering Whore, plus one bonus episode not online (“Gaydar”) about a tortured bi-curious catering whore. Year 3 collects the third year of Sean Seamus McWhinny’s webcomic Diary of a Catering Whore, plus one bonus episode not online (“Stoned”) about seeing Sharon Stone. Then there was the time he worked George Lucas’s 60th birthday; dealt with a “bridezilla” and the treacherous heating chemical, sterno, leading to near tragic mishaps. Oh, the fun never stops here.

Cartoonists have long played with comics whose panels tell no stories other than those that result from the transformation of shapes across the page. This is the first collection devoted abstract comics, including first attempts commissioned for this anthology. R. Crumb, Gary Panter, Moebius, Lewis Trondheim, James Kochalka, more. Hardcover, color and b&w.

BLUE BLUE BLUES (STARRING SONIC)

CHRIS WARE: PAPER MUSICIAN

Ed Choy Moorman

Sonic the Hedgehog stars in an uneasy trip down memory lane in this oddly touching 24-hour comic. “It’s like, every year I elongate the ladder out of this hole I’ve dug myself.”

A cartoonist’s appreciation of Chris Ware (Jimmy Corrigan, The Acme Novelty Library) and his multifaceted approach to comics. B&W, color vellum overlay cover.

8pgs, $1.00

BIG QUESTIONS 12: A YOUNG CROW’S GUIDE TO HUNTING

26pgs, $5.95 978-1-897299-99-9

32pgs, $4.00

Mike Dawson

96pgs, $6.95 978-1-935233-00-8

From the pages of Project: Superior bursts AceFace: The Mod with the Metal Arms, a collection of stories by Mike Dawson (Freddie & Me) featuring everybody’s favorite well-dressed crime fighter, doling out super-powered justice with his bionic limbs, and handling crises at home as a husband and father.

DARK CLOUD COMIN’

A.D. NEW ORLEANS AFTER THE DELUGE

ALEX TOTH: EDGE OF GENIUS, VOL. 1

Ed Choy Moorman

Josh Neufeld

Alex Toth

A dark, ambiguous fable about a young tomboy who journeys to save her brother from a behemoth in the mountain.

A masterful portrait of a city under siege. Josh Neufeld depicts seven true stories of survival before and after Hurricane Katrina. Beautiful and poignant, A.D. shines a profoundly human light on Katrina’s tragedies and triumphs. Hardcover, color. “One of the best-ever examples of comics reportage.” -Dave Eggers. “A master story teller.” -Cornel West.

Between 1950 and 1953, Alex Toth’s art matured into the style we know today. Fans and peers took notice, and artists began to illustrate comics in a manner previously unseen. Toth’s career is traced here with examples of his earliest work and a run of stories from 1952. Romance, horror, science fiction. Plus an article on Toth’s early career by Greg Theakston.

Also by Ed Choy Moorman: The Love Song of Kermit the Frog, 16pgs, $2.00

200pgs, $24.95 978-0-307-37814-9

Mat Brinkman

ASTERIOS POLYP David Mazzucchelli

Paul Hornschemeier

Mat Brinkman is the Providence-legend behind the whole Fort Thunder scene. This massively oversized comic (11” x 17”) is his long awaited follow-up to Teratoid Heights, and collects all his Multiforce strips from Paper Rodeo. Hardcover 210pgs, $29.99 978-1-60699-285-2

22pgs, $15.00

160pgs, $25.00 978-1-56685-037-7

ALL AND SUNDRY: UNCOLLECTED WORK 2004-2009

MULTIFORCE (OVERSIZED COMIC)

Anders Nilsen

Acclaimed cartoonist Anders Nilsen continues his surrealist trek through the queries and conundrums of life that plague the minds of reptile, fowl, and mammal alike. “It was like a sudden gust of wind. But hot... and bright. Like when you’re flying and there’s a sudden change in the wind that you didn’t expect... it was like that. Only stronger.”

20pgs, $3.00

Hardcover 232pgs, $39.99 978-1-60699-157-2

ACEFACE: THE MOD WITH THE METAL ARMS

Paul Hornschemeier’s work from the last five years: previously ungathered, and in many cases never before seen in print. The 17-part serialized tale of divine intervention, non-linearity, and social webs, “Huge Suit Visits the People”; strips for The Wall Street Journal and CNN; album art; a collaboration with Michael Kupperman; more. Mostly color.

Hardcover 200pgs, $29.95 978-0-307-37732-6

Who is Asterios Polyp? Architect, professor, author, husband - but that was all in the past. Now, as he marks half a century, he’s become a shadow of his former self. But a lightning bolt is about to send him on a fateful journey. An enthralling story that plumbs the possibilities of the graphic novel and steers it into thrilling new territory.

PAPERCUTTER 10

SLEEPER CAR

AWESOME 2: AWESOMER

the BEST OF MUTTS

Greg Means, editor

Theo Ellsworth

Charlito, Mr. Phil, Indie Spinner Rack, editors

Patrick McDonnell

The latest in the Ignatz- winning anthology series showcasing the best young, underexposed and emerging comic artists. A haunting story by Damien Jayabout a small village taken over by strange events and one woman who can stop them. Jesse Reklaw tells of a man lost at sea and the dangers he encounters. Minty Lewis presents a story of a lonely office drone who longs for more.

Theo Ellsworth’s next hilarious and inventive leap away from the inward journey and into pure fantasy. This small collection of short stories features gambling robots, a thrilling space mission, a whimsical train ride and a coterie of generous sky gnomes. With his unique blend of humor, wild creativity, and intricate artwork, Ellsworth realizes worlds unknown.

Indie Spinner Rack has been producing the premiere indie comics podcast for over three years, and in 2007 produced the Awesome anthology. Now they’re back, with some of the greatest cartoonists in the industry! Chris Duffy, Sarah Glidden, Fred Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey, Jeff Lemire, Alex Robinson, Robert Goodin, more. Cover by Jeff Smith. Plus mini-comic. B&w.

In The Best of Mutts, the 17th Mutts cartoon collection, McDonnell selects his favorite strips from the past 10 years. Certain to be a muchsought-after holiday gift and a special tome for collectors and fans, this collection has over 300 poignantly entertaining Mutts strips, divided into ten chapters, each with an intro by McDonnell. Color and b&w.

32pgs, $6.00 978-0-9799609-6-3

200pgs, $14.95 978-1-60309-039-1

Hardcover 256pgs, $24.95 978-0-7407-6844-6

new graphic novels

140pgs, $12.00 978-1-4276-3525-9

new graphic novels

BONE CHILLER: COLD BLOODED CHILLERS: TALES OF SUBURBAN MURDER & MALICE

COMPLETE CRUMB 09: R. CRUMB VERSUS THE SISTERHOOD!

EDGAR ALLEN POE’S TALES OF DEATH AND DEMENTIA

Robert M. Heske

Robert Crumb

Gris Grimly, Edgar Allen Poe

Enter a world where the worst kind of monster imaginable is ... us! This darkly disturbing indie horror anthology features 8 great scares and 2 chilling extras. Bone Chiller carves up the best of the horror noir series Cold Blooded Chillers, penned by screenwriter/ graphic novelist R.M. Heske, with an all-star cast of accomplished and emerging illustrator talent.

Is he a misogynist or isn’t he? This might be the place to find out, with “The Many Faces of R. Crumb” and the nasty title story. Plus Crumb’s weird funny-animal stories, illustrations from the cookbook “Eat It,” and more! Robert Crumb’s long day’s journey into the ‘70s continues with this classic material from 1972 and 1973. Mostly b&w, some color.

A murderer driven to the edge by the sound of his victim’s still-beating heart. A mental institution run by someone other than its staff. A mysterious box aboard a ship, with a ghastly secret. Edgar Allan Poe’s stories have been nipped and tucked, but the horror still reaches otherworldly heights thanks to Gris Grimly’s spine-chilling visuals. Hardcover, color.

134pgs, $19.99 978-1-56097-107-8

the COMPLETE JACK KIRBY, VOL. 5 (SEPTember-OCTober 1947)

Jerry Moriarty

160pgs, $25.00

Hardcover 688pgs, $49.99 978-1-60699-287-6

Hardcover 80pgs, $34.95 978-0-9800039-3-2

the COMPLETE PEANUTS BOXED SET 6: DAILIES AND SUNDAYS, 1971-74

the COMPLETE PEANUTS: DAILIES AND SUNDAYS, V. 12: 1973-1974

Charles M. Schulz

A boxed set of the eleventh and twelfth volumes of The Complete Peanuts, designed by the award-winning graphic novelist, Seth. Shrinkwrapped, with volumes 1971-1972 and 19731974 packed in a sturdy custom box designed especially for this set, it’s the perfect gift book item.

The 12th volume of Peanuts features a number of tennis strips; Linus and Lucy’s kid brother “Rerun” makes his first appearance; and, in one of Peanuts’ oddest storylines, the schoolhouse Sally used to talk to starts talking back! And Charlie Brown goes to camp as “Mister Sack” and discovers that, shorn of his identity, he’s suddenly well liked. B&w.

Hardcover 328pgs, $28.99 978-1-60699-286-9

CREEPY ARCHIVES VOL. 3

Fans of horror comics and jaw- dropping artwork, rejoice! Here is the third blood- curdling reprint collection of the groundbreaking horror magazine, Creepy. Frank Frazetta, Gray Morrow, Alex Toth and more bring horror to life in gorgeously gruesome detail. Original b&w artwork meticulously restored, with original covers in full color!

120pgs, $16.99 978-1-60699-158-9

200pgs, $22.99 978-84-96427-42-6

Comic artist Peter Bagge doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative, hilarious comic opinion pieces to Reason magazine for years... collected here. A libertarian by inclination, Bagge is hardly dogmatic, and many of the pieces undermine traditional party lines in favor of a personal, rational take on hot- button issues. Color.

Kevin Cannon

382pgs, $19.95 978-1-60309-036-0

143pgs, $9.95 978-3-935229-46-8

George Harmon Coxe

200pgs, $25.00 978-1-56685-052-0

FROM WONDERLAND WITH LOVE: DANISH COMICS IN THE THIRD MILLENIUM

176pgs, $29.99 978-1-60699-325-5

Who murdered the famous actress? Murder is an uninvited guest at a gay weekend party, and veteran news photographer Kent Murdock is in it up to his neck. Over 500 vivid pictures tell the story. A reprint of a classic 1950s graphic novel — one of the early precursors to the modern graphic novel for adults, and a piece of comics history. Pocket sized, b&w.

FUNNY MISSHAPEN BODY: A MEMOIR Jeffrey Brown

Steffen Maarup, editor

This eye-popping anthology introduces 19 Danish comics talents, most taking their first bow on the English-speaking stage. Nikoline Werdelin’s stunning “Because I Love You So Much,” a Doonesbury-style slice-of-life; Ib Kjeldsmark’s “Sloth,” a riotously punk-inflected road trip; more. Exuberant creativity by Denmark’s premier comics artists. Color and b&w.

Meet Army Shanks... crusty old sea dog and legendary brawler of the high artic seas! He’s got just one mission: to find the mythical island paradise known as Far Arden, which lies hidden (so they say) in the wintry oceans of the far north. But he’ll have to contend with circus performers, adorable orphans, heinous villians, bitter ex-lovers, and more. Harcover.

FOUR FRIGHTENED WOMEN: A KENT MURDOCH MURDER MYSTERY TOLD IN PICTURES

Calle Claus

Somewhere deep in the ocean, amongst all sorts of fish, lives Findrella, a teenage mermaid. She attends the local mermaid high school. Her life changes when she accidentally comes into contact with the world of humans. A deep sea fairytale in eight chapters - seven underneath, one above. No text, 6” x 6”, flexicover. Color.

Where does a young boy turn when his whole world disappears? What could change two brothers from an unstoppable team into bitterly estranged loners? Critically-acclaimed Jeff Lemire pays tribute to his roots with this award-winning graphic novel trilogy set in an imaginary version of the Ontario county where he was born. “The comics medium at its best.” -Booklist, starred review

FAR ARDEN

FINDRELLA

Hideo Azuma

In 1989, Hideo Azuma tried to hang himself. He left his family, wandered as a dumpster bum, was arrested, and returned home. He repeated the cycle in 1992, becoming a gas pipe fitter in another town. In 1998, his alcoholism was so bad he was forced into rehab. This book tells of those periods of his life, not in a depressed way but in buoyant, cheerful cartoon art.

512pgs, $29.95 978-1-60309-038-4

Peter Bagge

DISAPPEARANCE DIARY

Various

Hardcover 288pgs, $49.95 978-1-59582-259-8

The definitive collection of Jerry Moriarty’s celebrated comic strip, “Jack Survives,” originally published in RAW Magazine. This oversized, fullcolor, hardcover edition gathers for the first time all the strips and presents them as the author intended. Intro by Chris Ware. “Composed with the elegant precision of an Edward Hopper painting.” -Art Spiegelman.

Jeff Lemire

EVERYBODY IS STUPID EXCEPT FOR ME, AND OTHER ASTUTE OBSERVATIONS

the COMPLETE JACK SURVIVES

Jack Kirby

September and October of 1947 was a turning point in the careers of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon. This volume examines the moment when the team focused on work with their new partners at Crestwood Publishing. 160 pages of art complimented with rare photos, illustrations, plus a historical overview by Kirby authority, Greg Theakston.

Hardcover 136pgs, $18.99 978-1-4169-5025-7

ESSEX COUNTY: COMPLETE COLLECTED

316pgs, $16.00 978-1-4165-4947-5

The story of Jeffrey Brown’s evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Drawn with Brown’s scratchy, spare, trademark style, it resonates with true- to- life observations on love, fear, and ambition, with understated simplicity, dark humor, and charm.

new graphic novels

GHOST COMICS: A BENEFIT ANTHOLOGY FOR RS EDEN Ed Choy Moorman, editor

176pgs, $10.00 978-0-615-28507-8

Ghosts of dinosaurs, transforming robots, and forgotten pasts abound in these staggeringly good comics. Jeffrey Brown, Kevin Cannon, Allison Cole, John Hankiewicz, David Heatley, Lucy Knisley, John Porcellino, Zak Sally, more. A benefit for substance abuse treatment facility RS Eden. “An excellent sampler of what’s being done in today’s indie comics scene.” -Midnight Fiction

Hardcover 16pgs, $16.95 978-1-935443-00-1

GIRAFFES IN MY HAIR: A ROCK ‘N’ ROLL LIFE Bruce Paley, Carol Swain

Hardcover 132pgs, $19.99 978-1-60699-162-6

192pgs, $14.95 978-1-935233-02-2

48pgs, $10.00 978-1-981254-70-5

A unique take on the Summer of Love, through the eyes of an acclaimed graphic novelist and her partner who lived it. Bruce Paley turned 18 in 1967: his tumultuous journey took him from being a Kerouac-loving hippie to shooting heroin at Max’s Kansas City. These turbulent stories are vividly brought to life by his partner, cartoonist Carol Swain. B&w.

138pgs, $17.95 978-0-345-44560-5

the GIGANTIC ROBOt

LOCAS II: MAGGIE, HOPEY & RAY

LOVE & ROCKETS: NEW STORIES VOL.2

Tom Gauld

Jaime Hernandez

Hernandez Brothers

Published as a board book for adults, The Gigantic Robot is a wry fable concerning the production of an impressive secret weapon whose promise goes unfulfilled. B&w. “A perfect little book.” Daniel Clowes. “Tom Gauld turns futility, decay and eternity into sheer comic wonder. His black humor makes Beckett look timid.” -Glen David Gold, Carter Beats the Devil.

The second big omnibus collection of Jaime Hernandez’s ongoing tales of the “Locas.” This volume picks up shortly after Maggie and Hopey’s long-awaited reunion at the end of the first Locas. Maggie, Hopey, and Ray’s paths continue to intersect in Hernandez’s increasingly complex, intricate, and always vitally realized world. Big, b&w.

The second, eye-popping volume of the Hernandez Brothers’ “New Stories” starts with “Hypnotwist,” Gilbert’s wordless epic about a leggy redhead’s surreal journey into a night of mysterious shady characters, dreamlike violence, and sparkling retro spike heels. Plus the final chapter of Jaime’s acclaimed superhero mash-up “Ti-Girls Adventures.” And more!

Hardcover 424pgs, $39.99 978-1-60699-156-5

the HOBBIT: AN ILLUSTRATED EDITION

LOW MOON

J. R. R. Tolkien, David Wenzel

Jason

Tolkien’s The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. It was adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right. The prelude to The Lord of the Rings tells of contented hobbit Bilbo Baggins whose life is turned upside down when he joins wizard Gandalf’s quest to reclaim stolen treasure. Full- color graphic novel.

Jason returns with his most eagerly awaited book yet. It features five yarns -- all brand new except for “Low Moon,” originally serialized in the NY Times Sunday Magazine and collected into book form for the first time. Funny, poignant, and wry, Low Moon shows one of the world’s most acclaimed graphic novelists at the absolute peak of his powers. Color.

Hardcover 216pgs, $24.99 978-1-60699-155-8

104pgs, $14.99 978-1-60699-168-8

MY MOMMY... IS IN AMERICA AND SHE MET BUFFALO BILL Jean Regnaud, Emile Bravo

Hardcover 120pgs, $25.00 978-84-96427-85-3

An adorable 5-year-old boy lives happily with his daddy, younger brother and nanny. So why is there this emptiness inside? Then he begins to receive fanciful postcards from his absent mommy... With sensitivity and emotion, this story reminds us that children are not the only ones who would rather invent than deal with reality. Multiple award winner. Hardcover, color.

JOHNNY HIRO

KASPAR

PRAYER REQUESTED

PRINCE VALIANT VOL. 1: 1937-1938

Fred Chao

Diane Obomsawin

Christian Northeast

Hal Foster

Indy favorite Fred Chao’s Eisner-nominated, adventure / sci-fi / love story Johnny Hiro, collected for the first time! Johnny Hiro tells the story of an everyman and the challenges he faces — like the revenge of a big lizard, the quest for a lobster, or what can happen when 47 ronin go to the opera. Collects issues 1-3, and adds two additional issues!

On May 28, 1828, began the official life of Kaspar Hauser, who appeared mysteriously in the streets of Nuremberg, allegedly raised in a cellar and deprived of human contact until 16. This graphic novel tells his strange story. Minimalist grayscale panels and simple line work register the wonder and bewilderment of a trusting soul emerging into a fickle society.

Succinctly stated and punctuated with a sharpedged visual style, Prayer Requested presents a narrative of illustrations and collages... each accompanied by a found or scavenged prayer from the Internet. Equal parts inspiring, amusing, enlightening, and in some cases entirely peculiar. Midway between a comic collection and an art book. Color.

Universally acclaimed as the most gorgeous adventure comic strip ever, Prince Valiant ran for 35 years under the pen of creator Hal Foster. Thanks to advances in production technology and newly available original proof sheets, this definitive series is the first to feature superb restored artwork, capturing every delicate line and chromatic nuance. Color.

96pgs, $12.95 978-1-897299-67-8

KEY MOMENTS FROM THE HISTORY OF COMICS

LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: CENTURY 1910, V.1

Francois Ayroles

Alan Moore, Kevin O’Neill

This witty chapbook collection of French cartoonist Francois Ayroles’ humour cartoons is a fantastic and funny read for alternative and literary comics fans, imagining what the most important moments in the lives and times of great cartoonists the world over were like... The best cartoons from ‘Moments Cles de la Bande Dessinee’ and ‘Nouveaux Moments Cles de la Bande Dessinee.’

The familiar cast of Victorian literary characters enters the 20th century! In 1910 London, 12 years after the failed Martian invasion and nine years since England put a man on the moon. Carnacki the ghost- finder is plagued by visions of a shadowy occult order attempting to create something called a Moonchild. Color. “A stunning return to form.” -First Post.

180pgs, $7.95 978-0-86166-160-2

96pgs, $15.95 978-1-897299-80-7

Hardcover 120pgs, $29.99 978-1-60699-141-1

PS COMICS

R. CRUMB COFFEE TABLE ART BOOK

Minty Lewis

128pgs, $11.00 978-0-9799609-3-2

The characters in PS Comics may appear to be large pieces of fruit or talking animals. But these are quintessentially human stories about the struggle to understand and connect, told with biting humor. “Minty’s comix are smart without hitting you over the head — they have this great offhand subtlety to them that I love — and they’re laugh-out-loud funny.” -John Porcellino.

Robert Crumb

250pgs, $40.00 978-0-316-16333-0

This giant retrospective collects for the first time R. Crumb’s finest drawings, stories, illustrations, covers, and paintings, from his early work as a greeting card artist to iconic Sixties images and signature creations. Includes commentaries by Crumb, never- before- seen drawings, many cartoons colored by the artist for the first time. Big, softbound, color and b&w.

new graphic novels

the RED MONKEY DOUBLE HAPPINESS BOOK Joe Daly

Hardcover 112pgs, $22.99 978-1-60699-163-3

208pgs, $14.95 978-1-59582-319-9

Set in sun-drenched Cape Town, RMDHB is stuffed with mystery, suspense, action, adventure, conspiracy theories, cool cars, and excellent weed as well-meaning stoners Dave and Paul thwart criminal malfeasance and ponder the larger questions. Unnervingly deranged plots are written with a dry, deadpan wit anchored in everyday reality. Color.

80pgs, $9.95 978-1-60309-037-7

How do you measure the distance between satisfaction and settling? When does wishful thinking take a life of its own? Clean, emotional ink-work guides two characters through a brief encounter that transforms their lives. “Hits just the right notes of longing, passion and tender reflection about those other lives and other loves that might have been.” -Paul Gravett

Fat Freddy’s Cat began life as a footnote strip to the Freak Brothers and later appeared in many comics of his own. He is often to be found sleeping on the unfortunate Fat Freddy’s head. His constant battles with the never ending army of roaches out for world domination drive him to distraction, as does Fat Freddy’s never-ending failure to feed him or empty his kitty litter box. As a result of this, his main hobbies seem to be shredding Fat Freddy’s water bed and any other items he can sink his claws into, and finding places to leave surprise poop packages for Freddy to discover. This cat has variously gone travelling to Mexico, saved the world from alien invasion, and worked as a government agent in Washington trying to save the world from the “hee hee hee” drug. He has 3 nephews of unknown origin. He tends to regard the Freak Brothers with a fair bit of contempt, but despite the odd separation he always seems to hook back up with his inept roomies.

SKIN DEEP (SOFTCOVER ED.) Charles Burns

Sinfest is one of the most- read, longest- running webcomics, exploring religion, advertising, sex, and politics in a way fleen.com calls “brutally funny and devastatingly on-target.” This first collected volume has the first 600 strips. B&w. “Ishida shows every indication of maturing into a cartoonist on the level of Bill Watterson and Walt Kelly.” -Comics Journal

The reprinting of the Charles Burns archival volumes continues with this beautiful hardcover. Collects classic stories starring Dog Boy and Mister Blister, as well as several tales of doomed romance and creepy revulsion, and never-before-published stuff. If you’ve been searching for out-of-print copies of these signature RAW-era comix, look no further.

96pgs, $16.99 9781606991671

What is the squirrel machine? Is it a rodent ensnarement device? A mechanism for concealing one’s guarded harvest? An anachronistic fable? A meaningless diversion? The longest, most ambitious graphic novel by legendary obscurantist cartoonist Hans Rickheit is meticulous, strange, hauntingly beautiful. Hardcover, b&w. “A vastly under-seen talent.” -Comics Reporter

624pgs, $35.00 978-0-86166-159-6

214pgs, $16.00 978-0-8090-8939-0

The history of SDS as you’ve never seen it before. Through brilliant art and “they were there” dialogue, famed graphic novelist Harvey Pekar, gifted artist Gary Dumm, and renowned historian Paul Buhle illustrate the ‘60s: the tumultuous decade that first defined and then was defined by the men and women who gathered under the SDS banner. Softcover.

Hardcover 352pgs, $40.00 978-0-8109-5730-5

Michael Kupperman

Hardcover 160pgs, $24.99 978-1-60699-164-0

TALKING LINES: THE GRAPHIC STORIES OF R.O. BLECHMAN

Gilbert Shelton

R.O. Blechman

The Freak Brothers are timeless clowns, and it’s Gilbert Shelton’s mastery of satire and slapstick, silly punch lines and the traditional forms of humor at the heart of these trippy cartoons. This definitive collection includes stills from the upcoming animated film and an investment offer to get involved in the movie, as well as previously unpublished strips. Thick, softbound, color, b&w.

The first comprehensive collection of R. O. Blechman, one of the most prolific and influential visual artists of the 20th century. His graphic stories are jocular, wry, and profound, ruminating on such topics as nuclear weapons, war, wiretapping, Columbus, Shakespeare, and Virginia Woolf. Hardcover, color and b&w. “An immensely rich talent.” -Maurice Sendak

290pgs, $29.95 978-1-897299-85-2

WEST COAST BLUES Jacques Tardi, Jean-Patrick Manchette

Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, editors

TALES DESIGNED To tHRIZZLE VOL. 1 Fans and comedy cognoscenti alike, basking devotedly in the glow of Tales Designed to Thrizzle, have made it the smash hit humor comic of the decade. And now the first four issues of Michael Kupperman’s revered series are collected into one deluxe hardcover. Even better, Kupperman has taken the original two-color printing and made the entire book full color! Rejoice!

The FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS OMNIBUS

The tOON TREASURY OF CLASSIC CHILDREN’S COMICS

Harvey Pekar, Gary Dumm, Paul Buhle, editor

Glenn Eichler, Nick Bertozzi

When Tim and his wife inherit his father’s museum of curiosities and find therein a taxidermied African warrier (“The Savage” — or so the museum’s placard labels him), Tim’s quiet suburban life starts spiraling out of control. This dark comedy about family, race, and politics explores under the surface of middle-class America. “Not to be missed.” -Booklist

368pgs, $29.99 978-0-86166-161-9

STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY: A GRAPHIC HISTORY

STUFFED!

Gilbert Shelton

Tatsuya Ishida

Hans Rickheit

124pgs, $17.99 978-1-59643-308-3

FAT FREDDY’S CAT OMNIBUS

Niklas Asker

SINFEST VOL. 1

the SQUIRREL MACHINE

Hardcover 180pgs, $18.99 978-1-60699-301-9

SECOND THOUGHTS

64pgs, $12.95 978-1-887591-58-4

An unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children. Focusing on complete and self-contained comic books, not strips, the comics have been culled from the Golden Age of the ‘40s through the early ‘60s, by such renowned creators as Carl Barks, John Stanley, Walt Kelly, Sheldon Mayer, Basil Wolverton, more. Essential for kids of all ages. Big, color.

Hardcover 80pgs, $18.99 978-1-60699-295-1

A savage noir thriller, introducing some of Europe’s most beloved cartoonists to America. George Gerfaut, aimless young executive and desultory family man, witnesses a murder and finds himself sucked into a spiral of violence. Hardcover, b&w. “A terrific sense of pace, place, and casual violence... To put it simply, this shit kicks ass.” -Howard Chaykin.

the WIZARD KING, VOL. 1 THE KING OF THE WORLD

YOU SHALL DIE BY YOUR OWN EVIL CREATION!

Wally Wood

Fletcher Hanks, Paul Karasik, editor

When the legendary Wally Wood became Mad’s first star cartoonist he had already revolutionized comics. Wood’s Wizard King trilogy is similar in tone to The Lord of the Rings: a magical journey with elves, warriors, wizards, maidens and kings. A society of elves lived happily in the forest, until a strange shadow with eyes fell over their village. Color.

Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic auteur and a true visionary. Meant for kiddies, today’s mature readers are stunned by his work’s pop surrealism and outright violent mayhem. The first Hanks volume was an Eisner-winning smash hit: comics fans were thrilled to come upon a cartoonist of this caliber they had never heard of. Here is the rest of his work. Color.

224pgs, $24.99 978-1-60699-160-2

n e w f i c t i o n , p o e t r y, f i l m , m u s i c

156pgs, $19.95 978-1-891241-50-5

n e w f i c t i o n , p o e t r y, f i l m , m u s i c

the ART OF TOURING (W/DVD)

CAT POWER: A GOOD WOMAN

Sara Jaffe, Mia Clarke, editors

Elizabeth Goodman

Edited by Sara Jaffe (Erase Errata) and Mia Clarke (Electrelane), this is a book of art, photos, and writing reflecting life on the road. Beautifully printed on glossy paper with over 50 contributors, including: Devendra Banhart, Carla Bozulich, Tara Jane O’Neil, members of Le Tigre, Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, more. Mostly color art. Includes DVD of live footage.

Chan Marshall’s stark lyrics, minimal arrangements, and wounded, smoky vocals were an instant indie hit in the 90s. But her mental instability nearly derailed her career. How she managed to make it big, burn out, and rise again to become an indie music darling and a fashion and Hollywood icon is the fabric of this irresistible story. 8 pages of photos (b&w).

298pgs, $13.95 978-0-307-39636-5

CONTINUUM 65: RADIO CITY (BIG STAR) Bruce Eaton

146pgs, $10.95 978-0-8264-2898-1

Hardcover 382pgs, $24.95 978-0-316-77712-4

Radio City was a radical album influenced by records already deemed oldies and yet sounding like an electrical jolt from the future. This book examines the key ingredients of Radio City’s lasting appeal. The improbable true story of an ardent fan who gets close to Alex Chilton, the prime architect of the best power pop album ever made outside Abbey Road Studios.

192pgs, $14.95 978-1-84732-286-9

Hardcover 162pgs, $24.00 978-1-934781-34-0

Letters is an American classic arising from the utopian anarchism for which Diane di Prima has long been a spokesperson.

The true-life tales and people that inspired one of the greatest bands of all time. What were “The Houses of the Holy”? Where was the “Stairway to Heaven”? Which strange encounters led to “Kashmir” and “Trampled Underfoot”? Here are the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of Zep’s studio albums, plus material released after their break-up. Photos (color and b&w).

Motley Crue’s gleeful glam debauchery and unstoppable anthems have made them metal gods. This is their first photo history. Legendary rock photographer Neil Zlozower captures their rise from their breakthrough Shout at the Devil through rock ‘n’ roll excesses, with the unprecedented all-access candor of a friend to the band. Foreword by Nikki Sixx. Color.

The Grateful Dead’s longtime manager provides an entertaining eyewitness account of the band’s behind-the-scenes history, from the writing of their greatest songs and their legendary encounters with other celebrities to their emergence as cultural icons. Hardcover, a few photos (b&w). “A vivid, unflinching eye for detail.” -Library Journal.

Known for his growling vocals and the distinct poetry of his lyrics, Tom Waits has amassed over the course of three decades a devoted cult following. This book collects the lyrics — formative and classic — from the first ten albums of this true bard of hard living. Here the words achieve a new potency, adding further dimension to this gifted artist.

Hardcover 232pgs, $35.00 978-0-8118-6827-3

Hardcover 244pgs, $24.95 978-0-385-52634-0

METALLICA: THE STORIES BEHIND THE BIGGEST SONGS Metallica’s early recordings featured fast thrash tempos, instrumentals, and a raw aggression that made them metal gods almost instantly. Here are the stories behind such songs as “Ride the Lightning,” “The Thing that Should Not Be,” “The Shortest Straw,” and “The God that Failed” -- written about the death of lyricist James Hetfield’s mother. Photos (color and b&w).

112pgs, $14.95 978-0-86719-660-3

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES Jane Austen, Seth Grahame-Smith

320pgs, $12.95 978-1-59474-334-4

the STORY OF CRASS

Chuck Palahniuk

George Berger

The Manchurian Candidate meets South Park. Pygmy is one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the US, disguised as exchange students, to plan an act of massive terrorism. Chuck Palahniuk depicts Midwestern life through the eyes of a thoroughly indoctrinated little killer who hates us with a passion. It’s a comedy, and a romance.

Crass was the anarcho-punk face of a revolutionary movement. Not just another iconoclastic band, Crass was a musical, social and political phenomenon: putting out their own records, films and magazines and setting up situationist pranks that were dutifully covered by the press. They have at last collaborated on telling the whole story. A few pages of photos and art (b&w).

296pgs, $20.00 978-1-60486-037-5

WE HAVE ALWAYS LIVED IN THE CASTLE (THOMAS OTT COVER)

Various

Hardcover 240pgs, $39.95 978-1-5768750-8-7

The classic Regency romance, now with ultraviolent zombie mayhem! “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all- new scenes of zombie mayhem. NY Times bestseller! Some illustrations (b&w).

PYGMY

WAX POETICS ANTHOLOGY VOL. 1

Chris Ingham

192pgs, $14.95 978-1-84732-339-2

most recently an expanded, updated edition of Revolutionary Letters.

Neil Zlozower

Tom Waits

Dave Eggers, editor

Last Gasp has published several of DiPrima’s books over the years,

Chris Welch

Rock Scully, David Dalton

MCSWEENEY’S 31

“Her writing reflects the political and social upheavals of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as her personal life, interest in alchemy, and Eastern philosophies. As one of the strongest literary voices of her generation, her work continues to inspire.”

MOTLEY CRUE A VISUAL HISTORY: 1983-2005

the LYRICS OF TOM WAITS: THE EARLY YEARS

The Biji, the Nivola, the Graustarkian Romance, the Consuetudinary, the Whore’s Dialogue, the Fornaldarsaga, and other fugitive genres are recaptured by the finest McSweeney’s writers. Douglas Coupland, Joy Williams, John Brandon, Shelley Jackson, Mary Miller, Will Sheff, more. Oversized, with illustrations, pantoums, red print annotations. Hardcover, plus an insert.

Hailed as “the original outlaw poet,” Diane DiPrima is now the 5th Poet Laureate of San Francisco. DiPrima has over 40 books of poetry and prose to her credit, translated into more than 20 languages. “As one of the strongest literary voices of her generation, her work continues to inspire, and we are honored to name her the San Francisco Poet Laureate,” said Mayor Gavin Newsom.

LED ZEPPELIN: THE STORIES BEHIND EVERY LED ZEPPELIN SONG

LIVING WITH THE DEAD: 20 YEARS WITH THE GRATEFUL DEAD

Hardcover 128pgs, $26.95 978-0-06-145800-2

DiPrima San Francisco’s New Poet Laureate

In response to the high demand for elusive back issues, Wax Poetics has compiled their favorite articles from Issues 1 through 5, giving them new life via this full-color, hardbound edition. Past editions are enhanced by new illustrations, photographs, and an appendix of discographies. From jazz and hip-hop heavyweights to soul and funk session musicians, Wax Poetics Anthology Vol. 1 delivers an eclectic blend of quality journalism and musical history.

Shirley Jackson

146pgs, $15.00 978-0-14-303997-6

Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition has a cover by Thomas Ott. Introduction by Jonathan Lethem.

new non-fiction

CATS TO LOVE

JOURNEYBOOK: TRAVELS ON THE FRONTIERS OF CONSCIOUSNESS (UNDERGROWTH #8)

If you love cats, you will love this photobook. It is a

Rak Razam, editor

wonderful homage to cuddly little tigers! Allow yourself

A collection of tales of altered states, essays, history and manifesto for psychedelic culture in the 21st century. It covers the modern usage of sacramental plants and offers insights into traditional and contemporary shamanism, as well as analysis of the current state of global psychedelic culture and its place in a sustainable future. Over 50 pages of color art.

Various

to be enchanted by uniquely beautiful photographs of extraordinary cats. An exciting foreword recounts 256pgs, $59.00 978-3-934020-70-2

256pgs, $31.50 978-0-9758071-2-5

many facts worth knowing about the mysterious world and history of our furry feline friends. A must for all cat fanciers! Big, hardcover, color.

282pgs, $20.00 978-0-9544177-7-2

BASH THE RICH: TRUE-LIFE CONFESSIONS OF AN ANARCHIST IN THE U.K.

CANNABIS CULTIVATOR: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO GROWING MARIJUANA

MARIJUANA GROW BASICS: THE EASY GUIDE FOR CANNABIS AFICIONADOS

Ian Bone

Jeff Ditchfield

Jorge Cervantes

In 1984, The People branded Ian Bone “the most dangerous man in Britain.” They weren’t far wrong. From the inner city riots of 1981 to the miners’ strike and beyond, Ian Bone was “The Anarchist In The UK” with a half brick in one hand and an incendiary pen in the other. In Bash The Rich, Ian Bone tells it like it was. A good number of photos and illustrations (b&w.)

Cannabis Cultivator demystifies growing pot by treating it as conventional gardening. Whether growing indoors or out, starting with seedlings or clones, using hydroponic or organic systems, the clear, step- by- step instructions guide readers through setting up the garden, supplies, which systems work best, more. Lavish color photos bring the process to life.

This practical, informative guide is packed with over 700 full- color illustrations and photos, detailing over 150 affordable marijuana grow setups. Become an expert on grow rooms, feminized seeds, seedlings, cloning, mother plants, singling out male and female plants early, peak sinsemilla harvest, plus manicuring, drying and curing your crop for highest potency.

104pgs, $15.00 978-1-931160-67-4

DEATH FROM THE SKIES! THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE END OF THE WORLD

DWELLING PORTABLY VOL. 2: 1990-1999 Bert Davis, Holly Davis

Philip Plait Ph.D.

326pgs, $16.00 978-0-14-311604-2

With wit, humor, and an infectious love of astronomy that could win over the science-phobic, the scientist behind the Bad Astronomy blog presents end-of-the-world calamities and demystifies the scientific principles behind them. Some art (b&w). “A surprisingly upbeat look at all the ways the universe can destroy us... Eminently readable.” -Kirkus, starred review

168pgs, $8.00 978-1-934620-20-5

Dwelling Portably zine has been crammed full of information about living without a permanent residence for nearly 30 years. Now here it is, in book form! Super helpful and informative tips for biking, tents, showering, cooking, and living. Written by folks who have lived far outside of cities and bereft of technology. This is the 1990-1999 collection. Some illustrations (b&w).

240pgs, $21.95 978-1-878823-37-3

LOVE SEX FEAR DEATH: INSIDE STORY OF THE PROCESS CHURCH Timothy Wyllie, Adam Parfrey, editor

302pgs, $24.95 978-1-932595-37-6

The Process Church of the Final Judgment was the apocalyptic shadow side of the flower-powered ‘60s and perhaps the most notorious cult of modern times, with participation from personalities like Marianne Faithfull, George Clinton and Mick Jagger. Written by an original Church member, this is the first book to provide its astonishing inside story. Photos (color and b&w).

MARIJUANA: HOME GROWER’S MANUAL Billy McCann

340pgs, $20.00 978-1-931160-56-8

With Billy McCann’s unique cultivation method, marijuana plants mature in just six weeks. This innovative technique allows indoor gardeners to grow as many as 50 plants in a small cupboard, yielding over a pound of prime bud. Here McCann details his method, using clear, step- by- step instructions supplemented by photographs (color and b&w) and essential growing tips.

Tattoo Mystique

The Art and World of Angelique Houtkamp Dutch artist Angelique Houtkamp has built a deserved reputation as an artist and tattooist with a crisp, boldly-outlined style that references traditional tattoo flash with a feminine touch. This second volume follows Tattoo Darling and documents a whole new collection of artwork, glimpses into Angelique’s personal collection, marvellous photographs of Angelique presenting the charms of her hometown Amsterdam, an introduction by internationally

Hardcover 176pgs, $16.95 978-1-4000-4783-3

FUGITIVES AND REFUGEES: A WALK IN PORTLAND, OREGON

the HOWARD ZINN READER: UPDATED AND EXPANDED 2ND EDition

Chuck Palahniuk

Howard Zinn

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk’s tonsils reside? What goes on at the Scum Center? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to these questions and more as he takes you through parts of Portland, Oregon you might not otherwise believe exist. Strange museums, weird annual events, the Santa Rampage, more. Hardcover.

No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn: whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself. Completely updated for a new decade, The Zinn Reader represents Zinn through the depth and breadth of his concerns in one volume. A monumental book that will remain an essential and necessary Zinn text.

668pgs, $21.95 9781583228708

renown artist Mike Giant, and a comprehensive interview with Angelique. 80pgs, $19.95, Full Color, 9½ x 5" 978-0-9577684-4-4

new Pop-culture

new pop culture EAGLE ANNUAL: THE BEST OF THE 1950S COMIC: FEATURES DAN DARE

BLACK TATTOO ART Various

Hardcover 536pgs, $169.00 978-3-934020-71-9

175pgs, $16.95 978-1-58008-984-5

128pgs, $19.95 978-1-85669-631-9

Hardcover 176pgs, $19.95 978-0-7528-8894-1

AD BOY: VINTAGE ADVERTISING WITH CHARACTER

the AMERICAN MOTORCYCLE GIRLS 1900 TO 1950

Warren Dotz, Masud Husain

Cristine Sommer Simmons

Over 500 ad characters, industry icons, and product personalities hailing from the 1950’s, 60’s, and 70’s pack the pages of this vibrant, vintage collection. Many faces are familiar, like Goofy Grape and Toucan Sam of Froot Loops fame, while some are delightfully different like laid-back Mr. Pli-moor, the rope that relaxes. Flexicover, full color, some text.

Cris Sommer Simmons has been collecting photos of women motorcyclists for nearly 30 years. A long time rider, she has scoured photo collections across the country and spent hundreds of hours researching the contents of the photos she has found. This charming, informative book is the best of her treasure trove. Big, hardcover, mostly b&w and two-tone, a little full color.

Hardcover 240pgs, $50.00 978-0-9817270-5-9

JAPAN TATTOO MAGAZINE 2

David Cross

Stefano Trentini, Davide Zannoni, editors

Known for roles like “never-nude” Tobias Funke on Arrested Development and “David” in Mr. Show, David Cross has carved out his place in American comedy. Here, in book form, is his media mockery, celebrity denunciation, religious commentary and sheer madness. Hardcover, a few photos (b&w). “Absurdist naysaying deepened by occasional blurts of actual emotion.” -Sarah Vowell.

For years, the complex, alluring, and continually evolving Japanese script has been turning into an indelible art form. This collection of tattoo designs is entirely devoted to Japanese script, in an assortment of styles and with an assortment of meanings, including lightning, fantasy, travel, luck, wild, pleasure, more. Magazine-style, saddle stitched, b&w.

BILL WARD’S TORCHY VOL. 1

MAURICIO TATTOO 2: ORIGINAL FLASH

Bill Ward

Theodora Da Silva Mauricio

Highly skilled artists, many tattooists have moved beyond the artwork they draw on skin to create personal work on canvas. This is the first book to showcase this art. Features 26 international artists who use a variety of mediums: ink, watercolor, acrylic paint, oil, lino printing, painting on wood and board, even tattoo-style street art and skateboard graphics. Color.

In 1944, Bill Ward’s curvaceous creation, Torchy Todd, shared the pages of army newspapers with Milton Caniff’s equally curvy Miss Lace. Both pin-uppy strips were intended to help boost G.I. morale, and we can assume that they did just that since we won the war. Herein lies most of her best mad-cap adventures. You’re in for a wild ride. Softcover, b&w.

The second collection of original fantasies by Mauricio Teodoro Da Silva, the amazingly talented Brazilian artist and tattooist. 180 brand new flashes on 48 pages: dragons, epic warriors and other fantasy characters, female warriors, queens and fantasy heroines, fairies and elves, classic Japanese tattoo figures, tribal designs, more. Saddle-stiched, b&w.

50pgs, $10.95 977-1-82692-500-6

DISPOSABLE SKATEBOARD BIBLE

Wax Poetics

Sean Cliver

Records possess a visual as well as an aural capacity for storytelling. The record cover — eye candy for the music lover — speaks a language rooted in the environment and era of the music itself. Wax Poetics handpicked 240 albums for this book. Color. “A coffee-table-ready collection of album covers, from the lewd to the ludicrous. It’s perfect.” -Village Voice

In this follow-up to Disposable: A History of Skateboard Art, Sean Cliver has assembled the most comprehensive visual overview of skateboards in print. In addition to board galleries, it features all-new anecdotes and an indepth look at the nostalgic madness that is skateboard collecting. Hardcover, 368 full color pages. Well laid out. Truly a bible of decks.

Hardcover 368pgs, $39.95 978-1-58423-327-5

$12.50

Hi, my name is Highdy. I’m a special kind of leaf (wink wink). Lets laugh for hours about nothing and munch on snacks. We can take a nap after that and then do stuff, also... Wait, what was I saying? Hi, my name is Highdy... Plush collector’s item with plastic eyes. Not a toy; not for use or handling by anyone under the age of 15. Approx. 10” across, 9” tall.

I DRINK FOR A REASON

Jo Waterhouse

COVER STORY: ALBUM COVER ART

288pgs, $24.95 978-1-5768750-9-4

Hardcover 236pgs, $23.99 978-0-446-57948-3

If you were a lad in 1950s Britain, you were likely an avid reader of Eagle magazine, with its features on nature, military history, magic tricks, cowboys, and childhood hobbies of all stripes. This volume commemorates its heyday, including comics, articles, readers’ letters and even ads that were an integral part of growing up. Hardcover, lots of color art.

ART BY TATTOOISTS: BEYOND FLASH

150pgs, $25.00 978-1-56685-048-3

Shane Geil

Daniel Tatarsky, editor

This massive, amazing book is a photographic journey across the globe — from Borneo to Belgium, Argentina to Athens, New York to New Zealand and beyond — in search of avant-garde tattoo art that pays homage to the ancient roots of tattooing in their contemporary interpretations. No other publication has curated the work of so many esteemed international tattooists working in black ink and gathered them into one comprehensive volume. The journey begins with a look at the history of tattooing before featuring black tattoo portfolios divided into the following chapters: Neotribal, Dotwork, Art Brut, Traditional Revival and Thai/Buddhist. Over 500 photographs in full color. Texts in German and English. Hardcover thread-bound with silver embossing. Also available: Tattoo in Japan 320pgs, $165.00, 978-3-93402-0-641

HIGHDY PLUSH COLLECTABLE

$10.95 977-1-826924-00-9

REQUIEM FOR A PAPER BAG: CELEBRITIES AND CIVILIANS TELL STORIES... FOUND ITEMS Davy Rothbart, editor

240pgs, $15.99 978-1-4165-6054-8

SCARED OF SANTA: SCENES OF TERROR IN TOYLAND

TATTOO DELIRIUM Eva Minguet

Denise Joyce, Nancy Watkins

274pgs, $9.95 978-0-06-149099-6

Nothing says Christmas like innocent children shrieking with terror as a stranger dressed in red drags them kicking and screaming onto his lap. Now this rite of passage is celebrated with over 250 photos of kids’ traumatic trips to Santa. A cornucopia of photographic funnies, from sixtyyear- old family heirlooms to last year’s howlers. Color.

I make a magazine called FOUND. We publish notes & letters that folks find on the street. I asked my favorite writers, musicians, artists & entertainers to tell me about the things they’ve found. Susan Orlean, Sarah Vowell, Chuck D, Chuck Klosterman, Katherine Dunn, Jenji Kohan, Patton Oswalt, David Shrigley, Dave Eggers, Seth Rogen, Damon Wayans, more. Some art (b&w).

192pgs, $29.99 978-0-06-174032-9

Tattoo Delirium profiles top tattoo artists around the world, exploring their inspiration, tools, techniques, strategies and thought processes for creating unique, beautiful, and inspirational tattoo designs. What defines them as artists? What were their most challenging tattoos? Which did they have reservations about? Lots of color photos and sketches.

new kids & teenagers

36pgs, $19.95 978-1-59643-425-7

32pgs, $12.95 978-1-59643-4-271

e d wa r d g o r e y

ABC3D

D’AULAIRES’ BOOK OF GREEK MYTHS

Marion Bataille

Ingri d’Aulaire, Edgar Parin d’Aulaire

Prepare to be amazed. ABC3D is as much a work of art as it is a pop- up book. The three- dimensional letters move and change before your eyes. C turns into D with a snap. M stands at attention. And there’s U... Hardcover, two-color (black and red). “Easily the most innovative alphabet book of the year, if not the decade.” -Washington Post. “An absolute delight.” -Kirkus.

Here are the gods, goddesses, and legendary figures of ancient Greece -- mighty Zeus, with his fistful of thunderbolts; gray-eyed Athena, goddess of wisdom; greedy King Midas -- lavishly depicted by Caldecott winners Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire. These splendid artists bring to life the myths that inspired great literature and art through the ages.

192pgs, $19.95 978-0-440-40694-5

Essentials & holiday card sets from America’s reigning gothic artist

64pgs, $14.95 978-0-76494-4-680

Ghosts in the houSe!

THIS IS THE WAY TO THE MOON

Kazuno Kohara

Miroslav Sasek

Just the right mix of sweet and scary for the youngest trick-or treaters. At the edge of town lives a clever girl with a spooky problem: Her house is haunted! Luckily, she happens to be a witch and knows a little something about taking care of ghosts. She catches them, puts them in the washing machine, airs them out to dry, and gives them new lives as sofa covers, table cloths, and, of course, bed sheets to cozy up under.

First published in 1963, this book rockets readers to Cape Canaveral, a science-fiction-turned-fact location on the Florida coast, with a nostalgic look at the electronic brains that put our man into space. In this facsimile edition, the brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, and facts updated for the 21st century. Hardcover, color.

64pgs, $17.95 978-0-7893-1842-8

Edward Gorey

64pgs, $14.95 978-0-76495-0-629

wall-e Vick-e

The original Little Golden Book from the 1940s featuring Walt Disney’s Cinderella is back! Ages 4-8, hardcover, color.

When a lovable, lonely robot named WALL*E falls in love with a sophisticated female robot named EVE, he follows his heart all the way into outer space! Ages 4-8, hardcover, color.

I can fly

Tibor Gergely

Meant for “bigger things,” Scuffy the Tugboat sets off to explore the world, but on his daring adventure realizes that home is where he’d rather be, sailing in his bathtub. A classic for over 50 years. 24pgs, $2.99, 978-0-73642-422-6

skating

Treasured by adoring fans since its original release in 1968, The Blue Aspic remains an iconic masterpiece from the one and only great Mr. Gorey. Performer and fan collide in true Edward Gorey fashion.

12 cards, 5x7" $12.00 978-0-76495-0-209

Features one dozen holiday cards with Gorey’s “Skating” art, depicting two innocent children riding the back of an ice-skating crocodile. Inside message: Wishing you smooth skating for the holidays. Thirteen white envelopes, all in a red box with clear lid. Printed on recycled paper.

TWELVE LORDS A-LEAPING

12 cards, 5x7" $12.00 978-0-76494-9-388

Features one dozen holiday cards with Gorey’s “Twelve Lords a-Leaping, Eleven Ladies Dancing” art, with thirteen white envelopes, in a red box with clear lid. Inside message: Season’s Greetings. Printed on recycled paper.

Also Available: Animal Tales

978-0-37584-178-1

Baby Farm Animals

978-0-37583-686-2

$4.99

Bambi

978-0-73642-308-3

$2.99

Baby’s First Book

978-0-37583-916-0

$2.99

Dumbo

978-0-73642-309-0

$2.99

Farm Tales

978-0-37583-942-9

$10.99

The Fire Engine Book

978-0-37582-841-6

$4.99

The Jungle Book

978-0-73642-096-9

$2.99

The Little Red Hen

978-0-37582-773-0

$4.99

Ratatouille

978-0-73642-423-3

$2.99

Sleepytime Tales

978-0-37583-848-4

$10.95

Tootle

978-0-30702-097-0

$2.99

yule dogs

the FANTOD PACK: ORACLE DECK + BOOKLET IN BOX

24pgs, $2.99, 978-0-73642-422-6

Scuffy the tugboat

12 cards, 5x7" $12.00 978-0-76495-0-193

$10.00 978-0-15100-3-075

Jane Werner

24pgs, $2.99, 978-0-30700-146-7

Features one dozen holiday cards with Gorey’s “Celebration” art, depicting an elegant party with people eating cake and celebrating. Inside message: “Eat Cake and Celebrate! Happy Holidays.” Thirteen white envelopes, all in a red box with clear lid. Printed on recycled paper.

A pornographic work by Ogdred Weary (Edward Gorey). A number of well-endowed men and women do it. It’s not really porno; there’s no nudity, you need to imagine it.

cinderella

Ruth Krauss and Mary Blair’s I Can Fly won awards upon its first publication in 1951 and has not lost an iota of its charm. Ages 4-8, hardcover, color.

This sorry tale of petite Charlotte Sophia’s catastrophic, short life is classic Gorey. The Hapless Child is widely regarded as one of Gorey’s best books; happily it is now back in print after an absence of many years, so that we can all enjoy weeping for Charlotte Sophia again... and again, and again. Hardcover.

the curious sofa

Timeless classics for every generation

Ruth Krauss, Mary Blair

Celebration

the blue aspic

Little Golden Books

24pgs, $2.99, 978-0-73642-151-5

the hapless child

$9.95 978-0-76494-2-242

Edward Gorey’s trademark sense of impending doom is nowhere more darkly humorous than in this, his version of a tarot card deck. Each of the 20 cards forecasts a list of outcomes for the user ranging from the merely unpleasant (loss of hair, breakage, thwarted ambitions) to the downright horrible (catarrh, spasms, shriveling). Who but Gorey to make mirth from a kaleidoscope of catastrophe?

Twenty assorted 5x7" Edward Gorey holiday cards (5 each of 4 designs) plus envelopes in a decorative box. Four holiday- themed, dog-themed il12 cards, 5x7" $15.00 978-0-76493-6-715

fruitcake Features one dozen 5 x 7” holiday cards with Gorey’s “Fruitcake” art, depicting an assortment of

the remembered visit

64pgs, $14.95 978-0-76495-0-636

lustrations by Edward Gorey: Gold Bow, Illustration from Light Metres, Illustration from The Very Fine Clock, and Bell Ringer. Published with The Edward Gorey Charitable Trust. Inside message: Season’s Greetings. Printed on recycled paper.

genteel people discreetly dropping their fruitcakes through a hole in the ice. Inside message: Season’s Greetings. Thirteen white envelopes, all in a red box with clear lid. Printed on recycled paper.

In this curious coming-of-age tale, Edward Gorey employs his signature dark humor and exquisite illustrations to deftly portray the precociousness of a child on the brink of adulthood. One of the most enigmatic of Gorey’s many books, The Remembered Visit, originally released in 1965, is unforgettable.

12 cards, 5x7" $12.00 978-0-76494-9-371

n e w m i s c e l l a n e o u s & Pa p e r g o o d s

n e w m i s c e l l a n e o u s , Pa p e r g o o d s , c a l e n d a r s LE FORET ECO-KEEPSAKE NOTECARDS 20 NOTECARDS IN BOX

SUBLIME STITCHING PATTERN Jenny Hart

$5.00 ea.

Hip, alternative patterns for embroidery! Just iron these designs on fabric (they imprint multiple times) and stitch along the lines for embroidery with an edge! One 8 1/2 x 11” sheet of embroidery patterns, complete instructions & embroidery lesson. In Beach Babes: Make a splash! Many of you requested a sheet that showed women with “real” bodies, so here they are! In Jim Woodring: The dreamy imagery from Woodring’s beloved, surreal Frank comic will take your embroidery to another world. In Roaring Twenties: Flappers, a gangster, and his moll dripping with furs and jewels. Deco accents and borders. In Scooter Babe: What’s cooler than a scooter? Scooter patterns! Flash your scooter status on a jacket, bag or scarf. In Vital Organs: A full set of vital innards (with some extra body parts thrown in): intestines, brains, kidneys and more.

52 WEEKS, HEADS, AND QUOTES: A ONE-YEAR PLANNER

208pgs, $12.00 978-1-934781-49-4

$6.00

8pgs, $9.95 978-0-8118-6742-9

20 Notecards in Box 978-0-8118-6763-4 $14.95

Junzo Terada

This collection of notecards by artist Lisa Congdon features ink drawings lovingly rendered onto antique book pages. Housed in a keepsake box and printed on 100% recycled paper with soy-based inks, the cards are a joy to behold and a pleasure to share with friends and loved ones. 20 cards (4 designs, 5 each), 20 envelopes (1 design), color illustrations.

This accordion-style postcard book features the beautiful handcrafted paper-cut illustrations of artist Nikki McClure. For each piece of art, McClure transforms a single sheet of paper into bold images of nature, relationships, and activism. Share the spirit of the seasons by sending 15 postcards, or unfurl the book to showcase the entire collection. Color.

15 Postcards, $9.95 978-0-8118-6943-0

TARA MCPHERSON LOVE BLOWS JOURNAL

This new long and narrow flexi journal features artist Junzo Terada’s charming creatures at work and play. Tall and slim, with graph paper and lined paper, and lots of color art throughout.

160pgs, $9.95 978-0-8118-7012-2

DON ED HARDY: LOVE KILLS SLOWLY 20 NOTECARDS IN BOX

Jeffrey Brown

Don Ed Hardy

The beloved comic artist of Clumsy, Unlikely, and Cat Getting Out of a Bag has created 30 different color and black and white cat postcards to keep or send. Includes 8 all-new strips!

A Southern California native born in 1945, Ed Hardy has made a career as a master tattoo artist, while also introducing a tattoo-based aesthetic in drawing, painting, printmaking, and porcelain. This box of 20 notecards and envelopes features 4 each of 5 different Ed Hardy images, including “Love Kills Slowly” design. Color.

20 Notecards in Box 978-1-60160-384-5 $15.95

TIM BURTON PLAYING CARDS Tim Burton

Tara McPherson

$9.99 978-1-59617-495-5

the CUTEST SNEEZE IN THE WORLD: 30 CAT POSTCARDS

30 Postcards, $9.95 978-0-8118-6858-7

Nikki McClure

Lisa Congdon

ANIMALS AT WORK AND PLAY JOURNAL

McSweeney’s

The first planner highlighting the cover illustrations of Charles Burns from Believer magazine. Lots of space for writing, doodling, and getting down important dates. Each week has a Burns illustration of a person interviewed in the Believer, plus a quote from that interview. Each week is its own color for manageability, and it allows you to start when you like.

TAKE CARE: 15 POSTCARDS

Following the success of Tara McPherson’s compelling and wonderful book Lonely Hearts comes this companion piece: the “Love Blows” journal. Designed by Tara and bearing reflections of that common sentiment, this journal is a must-have for any Tara McPherson fan. Spiral-bound journal with spiral binding concealed by spine; unlined pages bordered with McPherson’s art.

R. CRUMB WALL CALENDAR 2010 FEATURING MR. NATURAL

GAMA GO BRIGHT IDEA BOOKMARK (LIGHTBULB)

GAMA GO BUBBLEQUOTE BOOKMARK, W/DRY ERASE PEN (BOOK TALK)

Gama-Go

spiritual force and a great religious leader.

Have you been enjoying an illuminating book? Show the world what a bright bulb you are with this low-watt placeholder, screen-printed onto die-cut clear flexible plastic. Whether you’re pondering the “End of Oil” or embroiled in the “Green Revolution,” you’ll quickly pick up where you left off with the bright idea bookmark. 7 x 3¾"

Need to make a point while nose-deep in your latest guilty pleasure? Turn to the Book Talk Rewritable Bookmark to save your place while making your case. Comes with a dry-erase marker, for easy writing on the empty bubble quote. This stylized bubble quote is screen-printed onto die-cut clear flexible plastic. 7 x 3¾"

978-1-59490-583-4 11x28" $13.95

1. Avalon Ballroom Posters 1966-67 978-0-76494-795-7

$13.99, 12x26"

2. Bird Songs (audio, w/poster)

978-0-81186-839-6

$19.99, 13x13¼"

3. Ed Hardy Tattoo Art

978-0-74078-185-8

$13.99, 12x12"

4. Edward Gorey: The Doubtful Guest 978-0-76494-772-8

$13.99, 12x26" (b&w)

5. Emily The Strange: Be More Strange 978-0-81186-828-0

$13.99, 12x12"

HOT STUFF: 30 TEMPORARY TATTOOS

LACTAID DREAMS COLORING BOOK

6. Exquisite Creatures

978-0-76494-726-1

$13.99, 13x24"

Mitch O’Connell

Kozyndan

7. Graffiti Planet

978-0-74078-199-5

$13.99, 17x11"

These delightfully naughty temporary tattoo designs by Mitch O’Connell are perfect for bachelorette parties, the bedroom, and beyond. Matchbook-style book, 8 sheets, 30 color tattoos. 4¾x6"

You may have some questions like “What’s up with the stupid title?” Or “What’s up with all the bunnies?” This is a coloring book, damn-it! It isn’t supposed to be analyzed, it’s supposed to be colored! Saddle stitched, suitable for many types of medium.

8. Greg Hildebrandt

978-1-93535-107-8

$12.95, 12x12"

9. H.R. Giger

978-1-88339-871-2

$14.95, 13.7x11.6"

10. High Times Ultimate Grow

978-1-89301-026-0

$13.99, 12x12"

11. Neil Zlozower Rock n’ Roll

978-1-93535-111-5

$12.95, 12x12"

12. Little Nemo in Slumberland

978-0-97688-853-6

$14.95, 14x20"

15pgs, $9.95

52 plastic-coated cards 978-1-59617-737-6 $5.00

2010 Wall Calendars R. Crumb features Mr. Natural, that mysterious philosopher whose shadowy past may include brushes with the law, leading musical bands, and years of travel through Asia. By the 1960s, the baldheaded, bushybearded favorite came into his own as a powerful

$6.00

Tim Burton has overseen and approved this wonderful deck of playing cards featuring his beloved characters. Cute and creepy Kings and Queens and skull-backed cards will keep you guessing. Set of 52 plastic- coated cards, plus two jokers. Color art.