A New Love and Rockets Collection from Jaime Hernandez {product_snapshot:id=1440,true,false,true,left}A stand-alone graphic novel from the "Locas" universe. It starts with a barely-glimpsed slaying ("Life Through Whispers") and ends with a funeral ("Male Torso Found in L.A. River"). Even though (or perhaps because) he's still carrying the torch for Maggie, Ray diligently pursues the dangerous and annoying "Frogmouth," aspiring actress and full-time train wreck, from seedy bars and back alleys through comic book conventions… all the way to the ultimate, and unexpected, consummation. Meanwhile, Hopey spends an eventful week during which she undergoes a couple of major life changes, both personal…
Lust by Ellen Forney – Exclusive Preview
Riding a wave of accolades for her illustrations in Sherman Alexie’s acclaimed young-adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Ellen Forney returns this winter with a brand new collection of her funny, sexy cartoons. Arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s… LUST: KINKY ONLINE PERSONAL ADS FROM SEATTLE’S THE STRANGER {product_snapshot:id=735,true,false,true,left}Ellen Forney’s follow-up to her wildly popular I Love Led Zeppelin is a collection of cartoons celebrating the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of personal classifieds. Forney has for several years been illustrating the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger‘s “Lustlab” classified ads by interpreting…
Hotwire Comics Vol. 2 – Exclusive Preview
AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! DANGEROUS! {product_snapshot:id=652,true,false,true,left}The cartoon anthology that puts the kicks back in comics strikes again. Climb on board the Hotwire express for another electrifying joyride — from the sublime to the ridiculous, and all parts in between. Hotwire Vol. 2 includes some of the strongest narrative comics around. Tim Lane’s epic autobiographical strip, “Spirit,” portrays the grittiness, desperation, and terror that accompanied him as he went on the bum, riding the rails. “Niacin” by Mary Fleener is the sordid but hilarious story of a hallucinatory date with a drug dealer. Mack White brilliantly deconstructs the western myth of the OK…
