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All last week and this week we're bringing you a sneak peek at our Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 schedule of releases! Today's excerpt from our latest book distributor's catalog includes the 3rd volume of Glenn Head's Hotwire Comics anthology; Almost Silent, a hardcover compilation of some of Jason's out-of-print work; Unlovable Vol. 2 by Esther Pearl Watson; and the midcentury Italian cheesecake of Bella Donna: The Pin-Up Girls of Kremos. (Note that all the info in this catalog is subject to change along the way to the books' release, including release dates, prices, cover art, book specs, etc.) Click…

Do I still blog here? Sometimes. Like today being the day that Mark Todd is releasing a 5 color screenprint via Tiny Showcase for just $25. It's up at 4:30PST. If $25 is too cheap for you, there's always the crazy beautiful print from Jordan Crane's cover art of the Beasts! Book One paperback…

• Review: "Supermen! is an interesting book. All these knockoffs of Superman have a certain creepy charm — like an off-brand children's entertainer — and there is some art, especially by Basil Wolverton and Jack Cole, that is literally decades ahead of its time." – Paul Constant, The Stranger • Review: "…Boody: The Bizarre Comics of Boody Rogers is a real revelation… Boody Rogers' stories… don't seem to follow narrative structure. They're like Robert Crumb crossed with Li'l Abner. And they are amazing. This is the book to get if you think you know anything about comic book history; it…

Our own Janice Headley stumbled across the following gem, which we're just going to quote wholesale from the Matador Records website: My Worst Memory of Playing with Yo La Tengo Bilinda Butcher, My Bloody Valentine I have a true memory of doom descending upon me during one of the shows we played together. We were in Seattle, around 1992. I'd been chatting to James in the dressing room and got all excited at the thought of Peter Bagge (of "Hate" comics creation) being at the gig, not to mention all the other "Seattle-ites," like Hole. Well, for a start I…

All last week and this week we're bringing you a sneak peek at our Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 schedule of releases! Today's excerpt from our latest book distributor's catalog includes the anthology Newave! The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s; reprints of two volumes of The Complete Crumb Comics; Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1961-1962 (Vol. 6); and Krazy and Ignatz 1916-1918: "Love in a Kestle or Love in a Hut." (Note that all the info in this catalog is subject to change along the way to the books' release, including release dates, prices, cover art, book specs, etc.)…

• Review: "…[T]he primitive funnybooks rescued from obscurity by Greg Sadowski in Supermen! The First Wave of Comic Book Heroes 1936-1941 contain within their awesomely naïve and rudimentarily brilliant pages all the seeds of the postmodern graphic novel… Compounded equally from pulp fiction, movies, newspaper strips, and sheer desperate commercial-deadline-brainstorm lunacy, these early superhero tales created their own fresh synthetic mythology and compositional tools on the fly." – Paul DiFilippo, The Barnes & Noble Review • Review: "[Bottomless Belly Button] reads almost like a John Updike novel… [Dash Shaw] really utilizes the medium to its fullest capacity…" – Benn Ray…

I missed Record Store Day due to Stumptown, but if I hadn't, I sure would've been happy to stumble across one of these Jaime Hernandez-illustrated items: Found via Scratchy Buckles.

Drew Friedman looks in his crystal ball to Minnesota circa 2039 for The New Republic. Click through for full liver-spotted glory (and Drew's commentary).

All last week and this week we're bringing you a sneak peek at our Fall 2009 – Winter 2010 schedule of releases! Today's excerpt from our latest book distributor's catalog includes The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D., a collection of short stories by Dash Shaw; the second volume of John Pham's Sublife; and the expanded deluxe reissue King: The Special Edition by Ho Che Anderson. (Note that all the info in this catalog is subject to change along the way to the books' release, including release dates, prices, cover art, book specs, etc.) Click here to download the PDF!

Erstwhile Fantagraphics staffer Jen Ralston returned to the fold for the weekend, with a slice of real estate for her adorable stuffed felt creatures. Zuniga took a page from the Ajax Wood book of shades-wearing con badassery. More pretty, pretty books & comics. Sadly I failed to get a photo of Dame Darcy when she was at our table, especially since she was resplendent and colorful in a fancy turquoise dress. So, this year's Stumptown Comics Fest was a-hoppin' on Saturday when I was there. Stumptown has cemented a place in my heart as my favorite comics show. Personal highlights…