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One of the strange things about editing MOME is that we're always sending an issue to the printer simultaneous to the previous issue hitting stores. So while Vol. 11 just hit stores this week, we're also sending MOME 12 off to the printer as well. I thought I'd give you all a sneak peek of the cover:    The cover is by Olivier Schrauwen, who contributes an original 13 page story to the issue (his first written in English). It's amazing, absurdist delight titled "Hair Types". If you haven't read his book, MY BOY, you should.   MOME 12 also features new work by…

Hot on the heels of the release of the new edition of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 by Patrick Rosenkranz, we are pleased to present these multimedia features relating to the book. All items are courtesy the author. Below, a promotional video trailer for the original hardcover edition, produced by the author in 2003, featuring video and audio interviews with Gilbert Shelton, R. Crumb, Rick Griffin, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams and Justin Green: The following video presents footage of a book signing and reading, in conjunction with an exhibit of original Underground comic art, held at the CounterMedia…

With our forthcoming opus STRANGE & STRANGE: THE WORLD OF STEVE DITKO hitting in just a few weeks, I thought I would share a brief Steve Ditko story. About ten years ago we had the great fortune of publishing a new series by Mr. Ditko, STEVE DITKO'S STRANGE AVENGING TALES. This was incredibly exciting to me, having been a lifelong Ditko fan. Unfortunately, I did not get to interact much with Mr. Ditko. See, I do all of our promotion, and to say that Mr. Ditko is not big on promotion is like saying the Pope is not big on…

Bottomless Belly Button By Dash Shaw Bottomless Belly Button is a comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce. But the reason for splitting isn't itself shocking: they’re "just not in love any more." The announcement sparks a week long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy (and possibly haunted) beach house. The eldest child, Dennis, struggles with his parents' decision while facing difficulties of his own in his recent marriage. Believing that his parents are hiding the…

Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 (New Softcover Edition) By Patrick Rosenkranz Now available in a newly designed and affordable softcover edition! This is a provocative chronicle of the guerilla art movement that changed comics forever. This comprehensive book follows the movements of 50 artists from 1967 to 1972, the heyday of the underground comix movement. Through interviews with the participants and other materials, Rebel Visions is the most intimate look ever at the people and events that forged the phenomenon known as underground comix, from New York to San Francisco, from the corn belt to deep in the…

Here's one (from Jog), two (from ComicMix), and three (from Rob Clough) reviews of the new MOME, Vol. 11. I thought these were interesting, taken as a whole.

Joshua Burton of the Daily Titan talks to Megan Kelso about The Squirrel Mother and more.

Courtesy Kaz: Look for the first full-color UNDERWORLD collection early next year from Fanta, titled WE ARE NOT SAINTS. 

Robert Pollard talks a bit about his upcoming art book to Billboard. And by the way, here's your first look at the final cover design. The logo box will be a peelable sticker on hardcover: