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Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Bumf Vol. 1: I Buggered the Kaiserby Joe Sacco 100-page black & white 6.625" x 10.5" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-748-2 See Previews / Order Now Author Joe Sacco promises that, in the vein of underground comix like ZAP or Weirdo, "Bumf will go where it needs to go, and do what it needs to do." Though Sacco is world-famous for his serious, journalistic books like Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and Footnotes in Gaza, Bumf promises to echo back to his earlier days as a satirist and underground cartoonist. Bumf is a…

B'Gawrsh! It's another volume of rip-roarin', shoot-em-up, and time-travelin' Mickey Mouse adventures, penned by the masterful Floyd Gottfredson. Lost in Lands of Long Ago starts off with a six-page foreword by Thomas Andrae that's packed with original sketches and illustrations, followed by a full illustrated spread by Stephen de Stefano titled "I Sat at Floyd Gottfredson's Desk!" All of this, plus seven pages of comics, are included in our 22-page, 5.1 MB downloadable excerpt. Lost in Lands of Long Ago is available for pre-order now, which means you'll receive it on your doorstep, front porch, P.O Box, or via brontosaurus* in…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Seven Cities of Gold (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 14)by Carl Barks 240-page full color 7.5" x 10.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-795-6 See Previews / Order Now Uncle Scrooge takes Donald and the nephews on a perilous trek in search of the fabled seven cities of gold! This is the Scrooge story famous for providing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas with inspiration for parts of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Speaking of gold and movies, James Bond fans might recognize in “The Mysterious Stone…

Can't get enough ZAP in your life?! Not only do we have our limited-edition, single printing five-volume box set of The Complete Zap Comix coming out in November, but we're also preparing companion book and Volume 9 of The Comics Journal Library—Zap: The Interviews, edited by Michael Dean and Gary Groth. This softcover collection holds all of the definitive Comics Journal interviews with the various Zap contributors and is a must-have for any Zap addic—er, fan. We've got the journal cover design here, and we'll have select previews coming soon!

 TODAY, Eleanor Davis will be livestreaming her drawing process and making cute 3"x3" drawings to support a friend in need from 10AM-10PM EST. Here's what Eleanor says: "My friend Kyle needs a wheelchair van!! Living in Mesa Arizona he's trapped in his apartment without one! I'm doing a drawing marathon to benefit Kyle's GoFundMe to get him a van. On September 10th, from 10am to 10pm, I'm trying to raise $1,000 in a DRAWING MARATHON. I will be making 40+ pen-and-ink artworks & posting them on tumblr and twitter as I make them. And, HEY!!! You can watch me drawing them in real time on this…

To round off this season's gift box sets, we're packaging Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Outwits the Phantom Blot and Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse: Lost in Lands of Long Ago into one well-designed, collectible, and extremely giftable slipcased set. We're proud to showcase these next two thrilling volumes of Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey adventures, due to come out alongside Lost in Lands of Long Ago in late November. The box set is available for pre-order now, at a price cheaper than the two individual volumes combined. Hard to beat that deal!

"Drew Weing’s beautiful art and masterful pacing are so pleasurable that Set To Sea stands up to multiple reads. It’s a catchy little tune that sounds better with each spin.” – The AV Club "The book contains very little dialogue, so it’s Weing’s images themselves that do the narrative work. And they’re a singular mix: in the foreground, bright, cartoony figures that look like they’re moonlighting from an E.C. Segar Popeye comic strip; in the background, densely crosshatched, painstakingly detailed seascapes." – NPR "With hints of The Odyssey, Moby Dick, Popeye and Treasure Island, Weing has created a modern classic…

This week's kale and acai berry energy smoothie of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Review: The Lonesome Go by Tim Lane "At times harsh, but always humane, The Lonesome Go hits you like a smack in the face. It’s a graphic novel in the truest sense, meant to be read as much as viewed. It’s a rich, substantial work by an artist and writer who is using the medium of comics to its fullest potential." – Harris Smith,comiXology Review: "Disfigured hobos lurch from panel to panel into fresh horrors. The vintage hairstyles of the ‘40s, nude bodies, a prescription-pill driven freak-out…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Walt Disney's Donald Duck Box Set: Lost in the Andes & Trail of the Unicorn (Carl Barks Library Vols. 7-8)by Carl Barks 472-page full color 7.75" x 10.5" hardcover • $49.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-796-3 See Previews / Order Now A double dose of Donald Duck! Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes and Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Trail of the Unicorn make up this special boxed set of two of our most popular Donald Duck albums exquisitely re-presenting the Duck stories of Carl Barks, one of the most brilliant cartoonists of the…

With its lightly textured cover and interior pages filled with Olivier Schrauwen's unique artwork, flipping through an advance copy of Arsène Schrauwen is both a tactile experience and visual treat. This first look shows just how varied the illustrations can be from page to page—and yet, it all ties together in a cogent, if surreal, biographical account of the artist's grandfather. Ollie Schrauwen's first full-length graphic novel is not to be missed. We'll have more previews coming up on the Flog, and the book is available for pre-order now!