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Here's your first look at Carl Barks' The Ghost of the Grotto, due out later this fall. Sunken ships, a giant octopus, an ominously named reef, and a centuries-old mystery in the West Indies—plus many other short stories besides—await you between these covers! This panel of a very surprised giant octopus is one of my favorites in the book. You can see more of Barks' excellent storytelling in our downloadable preview, and then you might mosey on over to the book page to pre-order a copy!

The good news is here! Dash Shaw's next Cosplayers book continues with Annie and Verti attending a 3-day anime convention called "Tezukon." During the convention they face off against a Street Fighter 2 Cammy, encounter two otaku boys who are obsessed with their youtube videos, and meet a manga scholar named Ben Baxter, who sleeps in a dumpster outside of the hotel and receives visions of the ending of Tezuka's unfinished "Phoenix" saga. Cosplayers 2 is a sweet, funny, melancholic ode to the anime convention experience!   $3.99 for this 32 page comic from Dash Shaw can be yours!     "A former student of the…

Thursday, July 10th Beloved multi-media Brooklyn gallery, Cinders, is celebrating 10 years of not just existing, but of bringing a community together through their diverse group of artists. This special anniversary show, A Decade of Decadunce (+10 pun points), features an impressive list of artists who have helped shape them over the past 10 years into the non-profit art organization they are today. Check out this lineup: Maya Hayuk, Brian Chippendale, Diane Barcelowsky, Allyson Mellberg, Jocko Weyland, Jungil Hong, Esther Pearl Watson, Kyle Ranson, Blok, Jim Tozzi, Travis Egedy, Matt Furie, Anna Hellsgard, Ron Rege Jr., and Ric Ocasek (lead singer of the CARS!), plus…

How to Be Happyby Eleanor Davis 152-page color/b&w 7.75" x 10.125" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-740-6 Ships in: July 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Eleanor Davis's How to Be Happy is the artist's first collection of graphic/literary short stories, and it’s about time. Davis is one of the finest cartoonists of her generation, and has been producing comics since the mid-2000s. Happy represents the best stories she's drawn for such connoisseurial venues as Mome, Nobrow, and Lucky Peach, as well as her own self-publishing and web efforts. Davis achieves a rare, subtle poignancy in her narratives that are at…

Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 5: Outwits the Phantom Blotby Floyd Gottfredson 288-page black & white/color 10.5" x 8.75" hardcover • $34.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-736-9 See Previews / Order Now Disney's greatest villain steals the spotlight! The deadly Phantom Blot — a master thief clad in a ghostly black cloak — is turning Mouseton upside down in search of seemingly ordinary box cameras. But why? Mickey's determined to find out if it kills him… and it just might! Floyd Gottfredson, artist of Mickey Mouse from 1930-1975 and creator of the Phantom Blot, produced…

Gastby Carol Swain 176-page black & white 7.5" x 10" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-755-0 Ships in: July 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Helen is an amateur bird watcher and naturalist who lives in a rural community in Wales. When local farmer Bill tells Helen that a "rare bird" named Emrys killed himself at Cuddig farm, she decides to investigate. One of the dogs at the farm tells her, by way of explanation, that Emrys "had no feathers and couldn’t fly." She plucks an old cosmetic kit from a dumpster and discovers it belonged to Emrys. Inventorying the kit's…

Wednesday, July 9th Portland, OR: To kick off her West Coast tour, ineffable cartoonist, Eleanor Davis will be taking to the good people of Portland and bestowing upon them signings of great peace, which is how you'll feel after you read her soon-to-be-released book, How to Be Happy. Floating World Comics (aka one of the best comic stores ever) will host this event, beginning at 5 pm! (More details)     Saturday, July 12th Park City, UT: Dolly's Bookstore presents a signing with Kevin Avery, editor, compiler, and champion of the work of prolific columnist, Paul Nelson. Nelson's career and influence spanned far beyond the pages in…

Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: Special Exits (Paperback)by Joyce Farmer 208-page black & white 7.25" x 10" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-760-4 See Previews / Order Now Caring for elderly parents in failing health is a challenge many of us will face, but which is seldom depicted in works of art. In this moving memoir, Joyce Farmer creates a vivid portrait of a family, their relationships with each other, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. Composed over a decade by this pioneering underground cartoonist, Special Exits…

  Beginning in 2008, the Georgetown Merchants Association commissioned graphic artist Tim Silbaugh to design posters for the Georgetown Art Attack. Working with Fantagraphics curator and GMA president Larry Reid, Silbaugh's monthly motifs convey something about distinctive character and colorful culture of the historic Georgetown industrial arts corridor.   Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will host an exhibition of the posters next door at All City Coffee opening Saturday, July 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The digital composite prints on archival stock are available in a signed, limited edition. Prints can be purchased at Fantagraphics Bookstore for $25 unframed ($40 framed.) The…

This week's tasty jubilee of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Review: Twelve Gems by Lane Milburn "This excellent, retro space opera reads like a funny, alternative Infinity Gauntlet meets Guardians of the Galaxy – but way cooler than both." – Benn Ray, Largehearted Boy "The story — involving a winged genius dog, a pig monster, a sultry space warrior in leather lingerie, a mad scientist, a quest for a dozen mystic rocks and the cyber-future of sex dolls — is dumb, convoluted and perfect! " – Jake Austen, Chicago Tribune   Interview: How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis "I tried…