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Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture – A Career Retrospective (2nd Printing)by Jack Davis 208-page full-color 10.25" x 13.25" hardcover • $49.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-447-4 Ships in: June 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Jack Davis arrived on the illustration scene in the euphoric post-war America of the late 1940s when consumer society was booming and the work force identified with commercial images that reflected this underlying sense of confidence and American bravado. Advertising agencies were looking for new ways to tap a rich and expanding market, and there was a vast array of media that needed illustrations. Davis’ animated and…

Wandering Son Vol. 3 by Shimura Takako 224-page black & white/color 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-533-4 Ships in: June 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now SPECIAL OFFER: Order this volume and get Vol. 1 and/or Vol. 2 for $14.99 each; that’s 25% off! Use the option menu when ordering. As shown in the first two volumes of this acclaimed series, Shuichi and his friend Yoshino have a secret: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy. But one day, abruptly, their secret is exposed,…

Richard Sala is up to the 26th installment (or a pair of thirteens, if you prefer) of his delightful "Skeleton Key" series of character portraits and bios, on his Tumblr and blog.

Todd Klein posted this great photo by José Luis Garcia-López of Fantagraphics co-founder and current editor Mike Catron freelancing in the DC Comics offices in 1979. Mike is currently in the process of making his arduous cross country move back to Seattle. We miss ya Mike! (Hat tip to Robot 6.)

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: New York Mon Amour by Jacques Tardi, Benjamin Legrand & Dominique Grange 84-page black & white/duotone 8.25" x 10.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-524-2 See Previews / Order Now Many years ago, Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences with “Manhattan,” a grim and grimy story of depression, madness and suicide in New York City whose appearance in the premiere issue of RAW magazine was instrumental in defining both that magazine’s virtuoso aesthetic and its dark sensibility. Three decades later, New York Mon Amour collects “Manhattan” and three…

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new title. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about it (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the link, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Prince Valiant Vol. 5: 1945-1946 by Hal Foster 112-page full-color 10.5" x 14.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-484-9 "Prince Valiant, Vol. 5 is out with more swashbuckling shenanigans (I reviewed it in last Sunday’s What Are You Reading)." – Chris Mautner, Robot 6 "If I could splurge, I’d get Prince Valiant,…

Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons edited by Kelly Gerald 152-page two-color 10.25" x 8.5" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-479-5 Ships in: June 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Flannery O’Connor was among the greatest American writers of the 2nd half of the 20th century; she was a writer in the Southern tradition of Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, and Carson McCullers, who wrote such classic novels and short stories as Wise Blood, The Violent Bear It Away, and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” She is perhaps as well known for her tantalizing brand of Southern Gothic humor as she is…

New York Mon Amour by Jacques Tardi, Benjamin Legrand & Dominique Grange 84-page black & white/duotone 8.25" x 10.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-524-2 Ships in: June 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Many years ago, Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences with “Manhattan,” a grim and grimy story of depression, madness and suicide in New York City whose appearance in the premiere issue of RAW magazine was instrumental in defining both that magazine’s virtuoso aesthetic and its dark sensibility. Three decades later, New York Mon Amour collects “Manhattan” and three other tales of the Big Apple — rendered…