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If you weren't able to peruse our advance preview copy of Abstract Comics at the MoCCA festival, now you can check out an extensive photo preview posted by editor Andrei Molotiu over at the Abstract Comics blog.

All 30 copies of Luba: Collectors Edition are spoken for. The Gilbert Hernandez sketch above is in copy #2/30, owned by Ty Buttars, a.k.a. Twitter user grendel33, who shared this snapshot on Twitpic. If you've received your copy, we'd love to see your sketch too — post it somewhere on the web and let us know in a comment here! The regular edition of Luba is, of course, still available.

Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 By Michael Kupperman Fans and comedy cognoscenti alike, basking devotedly in the glow of Tales Designed to Thrizzle, have made it the smash hit humor comic of the decade. And now the first four issues of Michael Kupperman’s revered series are finally collected into one deluxe hardcover. Even better, Kupperman has taken the original two-color printing and made the entire book full color! These tales are more thrizzling than ever! What are tales designed to thrizzle? Tales designed to thrizzle are about evil girls and their owls. They are about Jesus’ half-brother Pagus, the…

Low Moon By Jason The acclaimed graphic novelist Jason returns with his most eagerly awaited book yet, thanks to the inclusion of the title story, the world’s first (and likely last) chess western, originally serialized in 2008 in the New York Times Sunday Magazine “Funny Pages” section. This 216-page hardcover book features five yarns — all brand new with the exception of the aforementioned “Low Moon,” which is collected into book form for the first time. The new stories lead off with “Emily Says Hello,” a typically deadpan Jason tale of murder, revenge and sexual domination. Then, the wordless “&”…

The Comics Journal #298 Edited by Mike Dean & Kristy Valenti; Gary Groth, Executive Editor In this issue: Brazilian twins Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon on The Umbrella Academy and breaking into U.S. comics; Perry Bible Fellowship's Nicholas Gurewitch talks about love; brutally honest Thriller artist Trevor Von Eeden on his professional and romantic struggles; Percy Crosby's Skippy rediscovered; Jiro Taniguchi's A Distant Neighborhood previewed; a cartoon interview of Peter Bagge by Noah Van Sciver; and much more! 208-page color/b&w 7.5" x 9.5" squarebound softcover magazine • $11.99 Add to Cart • More Info & Previews

Wednesday, June 10th – 4PM to 7PM International comics superstar Jason will be signing at Portland's COSMIC MONKEY COMICS to celebrate release of his new book – LOW MOON. LOW MOON — collecting his New York Times comics along with four other short stories — will be making its West Coast debut at this event! Wednesday, June 10th4PM to 7PMCosmic Monkey Comics5335 NE Sandy BLVDPortland, OR 97213 Here's a pic of the man signing copies of LOW MOON last week at the Strand:

Saturday at BEA was extremely busy, and my enthusiasm for picture-taking waned after a promising start Friday. We hosted a signing with Monte Schulz, whose novel This Side of Jordan is going to surprise a lot of folks this fall. It's fantastic.    That's Monte above, signing galleys for a big line in the autographing area, and graciously answering questions not only about his book, but also his father, Charles M. Schulz, for whom Monte wrote the book. Monte looks uncannily like his father. I couldn't get over this all weekend.  After the show, Gary, Jason and I had dinner…

With MoCCA already in the rear-view mirror, it's a bit late to be recapping the 2009 Book Expo America, which took place the weekend before at the wonderfully air-conditioned Javits Center. But who doesn't like convention photos? Don't let the lack of cosplay action fool you, BEA was a great time for myself, Jason Miles and Gary Groth, and we enjoyed hanging out with the likes of Kim Deitch, Monte Schulz, Michael Kupperman, and Dash Shaw.  We flew in Thursday morning, Jason and I waking up at 4:00AM only to get to the airport by 5:00AM so I could get…