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In commemoration of Veterans Day we present "Uncle Bob," a two-page story by Mark Kalesniko, which is loosely based on a relative of Mark's who fought in World War II. It originally appeared in the out-of-print 2003 Comics Journal Special Edition. Thank you to Mark for allowing us to host it. Read it here.

We've aquired a small stock of this out-of-print comic — these are some of the last copies available anywhere! Babel #1 by David B. 32-page 2-color 8.5" x 11" comic book • $9.95Published by Drawn & Quarterly, 2005 Back in Stock – Order Now! The first installment of the breathtaking series by French cartoonist David B. A boy's world is shattered by his brother's epileptic seizures and his growing awareness of turmoil in warring countries. The stunning two-color artwork evokes an extraordinary range of influences, from the boldness of primitive art to the lyricism of Winsor McCay. This comic is…

Gilbert Hernandez "High Soft Lisp" Exhibit Print – Signed 16" x 22" three-color silkscreen print • $20.00 Order Now! The signed, limited-edition 3-color silkscreen print for Gilbert Hernandez's Spring 2010 exhibit at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery features Rosalba "Fritz" Martinez, star of the Love and Rockets collection High Soft Lisp. Signed by the artist, in an edition of 75. We are pleased to now offer this item to our mail-order customers! Printed in black, red and mint green on white heavy bond paper. Designed by Jacob Covey. Special Offer: Order this print together with High Soft Lisp and save $5.00!…

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "If you've never heard the name Carl Barks, then you probably see this book [Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes] and wonder, 'What makes this Donald Duck comic so great? Is this, like, an ironic VICE thing? Did I just get VICEd?' This is no goof, this book is the first in a series of volumes collecting some of the best examples of comic bookery ever produced…. In many ways these comics feel more similar to European adventure comics like Tintin or the Smurfs than they do with other American comics….

You can all have Female Trouble this coming Friday, November 11th as our friends at Meltdown Comics kick off their latest exhibit, Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show — a tribute to the one-and-only John Waters ingenue! That's a sneak peek of one of Johnny Ryan's pieces above,  and as he mentions on his blog, the other "is a 'mixed media' piece [he] can’t reveal just yet." (Mike Baehr to me, "I hope it's Johnny in drag!") The opening reception for Pretty? Pretty? A Divine Art Show is from 8:00 – 11:00 PM, featuring a live DJ, free booze, drag’s…

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks 240-page full-color 7.5" x 10.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-474-0 See Previews / Order Now Carl Barks's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics are considered among the greatest artistic and storytelling achievements in the history of the medium. After serving a stint at the Walt Disney studios as an in-betweener and a gag-man, Barks began drawing the comic book adventures of Donald Duck in 1942. He quickly mastered every aspect of cartooning and over the next nearly…

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Pogo – Vol. 1 of the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: "Through the Wild Blue Wonder" by Walt Kelly 308-page black & white/color 11.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-56097-869-5 See Previews / Order Now Walt Kelly started his career at age 13 in Connecticut as a cartoonist and reporter for the Bridgeport Post. In 1935, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Walt Disney Studio, where he worked on classic animated films, including Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Fantasia. Rather than take sides in a bitter labor strike,…

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler 144-page black & white 7.75" x 9.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-492-4 See Previews / Order Now When ten Oregonians travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that “Oil and Water” is just the first of the insoluble contradictions. Between the tarred sands of Grand Isle and the fouled waters of the Louisiana bayou, they come to find out that Gulf Coast residents are economically dependent…

Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery by Alexander Theroux 352-page 6" x 9" hardcover with color illustrations • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-465-8 See Previews / Order Now Any journey with Alexander Theroux is an education. Possessed of a razor-sharp and hyperliterate mind, he stands beside Thomas Pynchon as one of the sharpest cultural commentators of our time. So when he decided to accompany his wife — the artist Sarah Son-Theroux — on her Fulbright Scholarship to Estonia, it occasioned this penetrating examination of a country that, for many, seems…

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Artists of vision toiling within the gears of a vision-suppressing machine, Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson drew and wrote great swathes of the best popular art of the twentieth century, mostly in the least auspicious venues available: comic books and comic strips credited to Walt Disney…. Fantagraphics is currently collecting the work of both artists: Barks's transcendent Donald and Scrooge McDuck comics, and Gottfredson's sprightly Mickey Mouse serials. To the publisher's credit, the books are gorgeous but designed for readability rather than coffee-table displaying. This is great art you can feel guilt-free perusing…