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We've unearthed some hidden treasure: Burne Hogarth's King Arthur Portfolio Vol. 2 by Burne Hogarth 6 black & white 11" x 17" prints • $125 reduced to $75 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews Six beautifully produced prints depicting the rise and fall of Camelot in lush, detailed illustrations by a master of cartoon classicism. Printed with utmost quality and care on creamy, textured paper and housed in a sturdy folio, this is truly a deluxe collectors item. Out of print and lost in our warehouse for years, now available again at an affordable reduced price. Plate One…

The advance copies have been rolling in to the office all week and here's the lo-fi proof: Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune Vol. 1: 1933-1935 by Roy Crane Krazy & Ignatz 1916-1918: Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut by George Herriman (designed by Chris Ware) Weathercraft by Jim Woodring We will, as is customary, be bringing you better-quality and greater-in-quantity photo and video previews in the near future. Our Twitter and Facebook followers are first to get these glimpses, so the impatient among you are encouraged to add us to your feeds there.

A trio of new releases heading to comic shops this week; read on to see what the weekly blogospheric new-release roundups are saying: King of the Flies Vol. 1: Hallorave By Mezzo & Pirus 64-page full-color 9" x 12.5" hardcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-320-0 Last week at Comics Alliance Douglas Wolk wrote "I don't know whether this handsome translated-from-the-French hardcover, the first of a three-volume series, owes parts of its aesthetic directly to Charles Burns' 'Black Hole' or whether creators Mezzo & Pirus are just coming from a similar dark place, but what I've seen so far looks pretty great —…

Only one item today but it's a doozy: • Holy crap, Johnny Ryan draws Karl Lagerfeld for Vice

Online Commentary & Diversions: • Reviews: "That doesn’t mean you should ignore the intermittently excellent Mome Vol. 17. [Paul] Hornschmeier’s understated character piece resembles a less deadpan Dan Clowes. It might confuse first-timers, but it’ll also probably make them want to pick up the previous installments. The beautiful 'Congo Chromo,' Olivier Schrauwen’s surreal goof on European colonialism, is like a Thomas Nast cartoon remade by Andre Breton." "Hotwire is an anarchic blitz of inspired absurdity that somehow avoids collapsing into nonsense. It preserves the spirit of such earlier underground comic anthologies as Zap and Raw… Hotwire can be crude, even…

Forget the dude in the Slave Leia costume, this is the best photo from Emerald City Comicon, taken by our own Stephanie Hayes.

How do you know that L.A. independent bookstore Skylight Books is awesome (aside from the two magic words "independent bookstore" that is)? The fact that they feature closeups of Locas II AND kittycats in their new TV ad, that's how! (Via The Believer on Twitter.)

• It's a new New Character Parade strip from Johnny Ryan • Kevin Huizenga gives us perhaps the kookiest installment of Amazing Facts and Beyond with Leon Beyond yet • Frank Santoro's views of Pittsburgh, PA • David Paleo presents his portrait of Rickie Lee Jones from the book Talk to Her • Gabrielle Bell gets a haircut in her new Lucky strip • A recent book cover illustration by Sergio Ponchione • A peek, an escape from Renee French • Usagi Yojimbo art by Stan Sakai for the Comix Experience 21st Anniversary CLBDF Benefit auction • So, one of…

Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: For Library Journal, Tom Batten recommends a handful of recent "Classic Graphic Novels," including The Left Bank Gang by Jason: "Supporting his highly imaginative and quirky storytelling, Jason's deceptively simple cartooning carries a great deal of intensity in each line." • Review: "Winning a coveted Jury prize at the 2010 Angouleme festival, Dungeon Quest succeeds on so many levels: the art and character design are superb, the dialogue is acerbic yet measured, the page construction has a flow to it that verges on perfection, the meter of the storytelling is spot-on, and, most importantly,…

Our pal Jonas Seamen comes through yet again with another great set of photos from a Fantagraphics Bookstore event, this time from Gilbert Hernandez's exhibit opening & book signing on Saturday. Thanks to everybody who came out for it — it was hoppin'!