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A lovely book filled with depraved, degenerate art and the colorful story of the man who made it, Pirates in the Heartland: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson Vol. 1 is due out in about 2 months, and we've got our advance copies to begin showing off. Above, one of the only borderline-SFW comics spreads we can show you from the book, and the beginning of a middle chapter of this volume's part of the biography by underground comix historian Patrick Rosenkranz, who also compiled the comics. This book is An Event and we're excited to get it out into…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  The Complete Peanuts 1991-1992 (Vol. 21)by Charles M. Schulz 344-page black & white 8.5" x 7" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-726-0 See Previews / Order Now Love takes many shapes and shades in The Complete Peanuts 1991-1992. Charlie Brown's interest in the Little Red-Haired Girl is rekindled; Linus fails to impress Lydia; Sally hoorays for Hollywood; Marcie pines for the World War I Flying Ace, who becomes lost in his cups (of root beer); Peppermint Patty and Marcie try to make Charlie Brown choose between them; and Snoopy is dangerously obsessed… with…

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new title. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability.  Buddy Buys a Dump: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics Vol. 3 by Peter Bagge 144-page full-color 6" x 9" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-745-1 "Pete Bagge created a generational icon who I grew up with, and continued to grow up with even after I was a grown up. This book collects…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 (Vol. 1) – Paperback Ed.by Charles M. Schulz 298-page black & white 8.25" x 6.5" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-763-5 See Previews / Order Now The Complete Peanuts: 1950-1952 launches the definitive collection of Charles M. Schulz's masterpiece, introducing the strip's beloved characters — Lucy, Schroeder, Snoopy, Linus, and, of course, Charlie Brown. "Charles Schulz was an innovative genius of American comics and also the marathon man, drawing strip after strip, writing the storyboards for the TV specials, creating a fantasy world that connected kids as well as…

"Horror is a peculiar and particular flavor of dis-ease. The body does not respond to it as it does to fear, with the urge toward fight of flight; instead, horror washes over you and lingers, reminding you that all is not as it should be in the world," writes Silke Tudor.    In Issue 31 of Hi-Fructose, Al Columbia is featured in a special matte paper insert featuring paintings, illustrations and some comics found in Pim and Francie, published by Fantagraphics in 2009. Columbia's dark hallways and candy-coated big-eyed children create the perfect landscape to lose yourself and your own mind in.  Founder and Editor-in-Chief…

Seattle cartoonist Peter Bagge, one of the founding fathers of the alternative comix movement, returns with another chapter in the continuing saga of his signature character, Buddy Bradley. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery celebrates the publication of Buddy Buys a Dump with a show of original drawings, a book signing, and music performance on Saturday, May 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Peter Bagge’s Hate has chronicled the misadventures of Buddy Bradley and his crew of lovable losers since the formative period of the grunge era. His observations went beyond satire to help define the attitude and aesthetics of the most…

The next month's issue of Booklist reviewed a recent release by a Fantagraphics cartoonist, excerpted below: Sock Monkey Treasury: A 'Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey' Collection by Tony Millionaire "Millionaire's Sock Monkey comics feature a pair of stuffed toys…who dwell in a large Victorian mansion with their young owner, Ann-Louise…Millionaire's old-fashioned, lushly delicate drawing style is the ideal vehicle for these faux-nostalgic tales, which frequently end in devastation or take a disconcertingly dark turn….While the Sock Monkey strips bear a surface resemblance to classic children's comics, their actual audience is adults who fondly recall the comics of their youth but now…