This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here: Images from the Graphic Novel by Malcolm McNeill 168-page full-color 10.25" x 13.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-445-0 Observed While Falling: Bill Burroughs, Ah Pook, and Me by Malcolm McNeill 192-page full-color 6.75" x 10.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-561-7 "Might as well start…
Things to See: Jaime Hernandez portrait of Paul Ryan for the NYT
Did y'all see Jaime Hernandez's cover for The New York Times Magazine this past Sunday? What a smug creep (Paul Ryan, not Jaime).
The Last Vispo Release Party in Minneapolis!
After an amazing 70th birthday bash, visual poet John M. Bennett is bringing The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 to Minneapolis, MN! Join John on Saturday, October 27th for an afternoon of avant poems, group sounds, collaborations, and more at the Cheap Theatre at the Black Forest Inn [ 9 East 26th Street ]. He'll be joined by special guests Scott Helmes, Michael Jacobson, and Tom Cassidy. Recommended admission is $5, and the event is free for Cheap Theater season ticket holders.
Came the Dawn and Other Stories by Wallace Wood – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Came the Dawn and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)Illustrated by Wallace Wood; written by Al Feldstein et al.; edited by Gary Groth 208-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-546-4 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Corpse on the Imjin! + Came the Dawn (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. The 20th century had hit its…
Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories by Harvey Kurtzman – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Corpse on the Imjin! and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Harvey Kurtzman, et al. 240-page black & white/color 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-545-7 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Corpse on the Imjin! + Came the Dawn (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. The creation of MAD would have been enough to cement Harvey Kurtzman’s reputation as…
The Cartoon Utopia by Ron Regé Jr. – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Cartoon Utopia by Ron Regé, Jr. 144-page black & white 10.25" x 12.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-596-9 See Previews / Order Now Ron Regé, Jr. is a very unusual yet accomplished storyteller whose work exudes a passionate moral, idealistic core that sets him apart from his peers. The Cartoon Utopia is his Magnum Opus, a unique work of comic art that, in the words of its author, "focuses on ideas that I've become intrigued by that stem from magical, alchemical, ancient ideas & mystery schools." It's part sci-fi, part philosophy,…
Heads or Tails by Lilli Carré – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Heads or Tails by Lilli Carré 200-page full-color 7" x 9" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-597-6 See Previews / Order Now SPECIAL OFFER: Add Lilli Carré's acclaimed debut The Lagoon to your order for just $9.99 ($5 off)! Use the option menu when ordering. The creator of 2008’s acclaimed graphic novel The Lagoon — named to many annual critics’ lists including Publishers Weekly and USA Today’s Pop Candy — is back with a stunningly designed and packaged collection of some of the most poetic and confident short fiction being produced in comics…
The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 – Now in Stock
Just arrived and being shipped with love by the co-editor himself from our mail-order department: The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 by various artists; edited by Nico Vassilakis & Crag Hill 336-page full-color 8" x 10" softcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-626-3 See Previews / Order Now Fantagraphics spotlights the intersection of art and language in this innovative new collection — without peer in English — that gathers the work of visual poets from around the world into one stunning volume. The alphabet is turned on its head and inside-out and the results culminate in a compilation of daring and surprising…
Daily OCD 10/22/12
The fantastically newest Online Commentaries & Diversions: • Review: Over at Read About Comics, Greg McElhatton cracks open a copy of Lewis Trondheim's newest English translation. "Ralph Azham Vol. One is a nice little surprise; what initially looks cute and fun is dark and enjoyable, and Trondheim’s gradual reveals of the story’s contents are strong enough that it makes reading the next volume a must. . . I’m definitely back for Book Two; this was a great deal of fun." • Interview (audio): Robin McConnell of the Inkstuds podcast interviews Noah Van Sciver on The Hypo and his newest…
Flannery O’Connor Hangs Out
For one of the first times, Flannery O'Connor gets to hang out with some contemporaries but not of the prose world, the art world. Spotted for sale in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Flannery O'Connor shares shelf space with painters like Amedeo Modigliani, Giorgio Morandi, and Georgia O'Keeffe (yes, yes, alphabetically). You'll enjoy her ideas and experimentation, they laid the groundwork for her future fiction and she joins the ranks of other writers who played around in the visual arts like E. E. Cummings and William Blake. Pick up a copy of her book of linocuts and cartoons,…
