MONTE SCHULZ TOURS WEST COAST IN SEPT.-OCT. TO PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW NOVEL, THIS SIDE OF JORDAN This September, Fantagraphics Books will publish This Side of Jordan, a novel by Monte Schulz. To support the release, the author will tour thirteen cities on the West Coast in September and October: Fri., Sept. 25, 8PM • Southern California Writers Conf., Irvine, CA Mon., Sept. 28, 7PM • Chaucer's Books, Santa Barbara, CA Wed., Sept. 30, 7PM • Mysterious Galaxy Books, San Diego, CA Thurs., Oct. 1, 6PM • Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA Sat., Oct. 3, 5PM • Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA…
Daily OCD: 8/26/09
A short-n-sweet Online Commentary & Diversions update: • Review: "While Prison Pit does, in fact, have a definable story throughout, it’s one that feels as though it were crafted in the margins of a spiral-bound notebooks stowed safely away in some backpack littered with the Sharpie penned names of metal bands. And though Ryan didn’t go so far as to in append a listening soundtrack to the back of this volume, one can almost certainly be assured that it contains its share of Cannibal Corpse and Slayer tracks." – Brian Heater, The Daily Cross Hatch • Events: The Seattle Weekly…
Chris Ware + robots + t-shirt + 826 = buy
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Monte Schulz West Coast Tour
MONTE SCHULZ TOURS WEST COAST IN SEPT.-OCT. TO PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW NOVEL, THIS SIDE OF JORDAN This September, Fantagraphics Books will publish This Side of Jordan, a novel by Monte Schulz. To support the release, the author will tour thirteen cities on the West Coast in September and October: Fri., Sept. 25, 8PM • Southern California Writers Conf., Irvine, CA Mon., Sept. 28, 7PM • Chaucer's Books, Santa Barbara, CA Wed., Sept. 30, 7PM • Mysterious Galaxy Books, San Diego, CA Thurs., Oct. 1, 6PM • Laguna Beach Books, Laguna Beach, CA Sat., Oct. 3, 5PM • Skylight Books, Los Angeles, CA…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #567
{mosimage} Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel that no…
Daily OCD: 8/25/09
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions starts with a bang: • Review: "…[A]n astonishingly rich and convincing picture of uncertain, developing human relationships. Besides the masterful storytelling, [Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray] is notable for superb black and white artwork. Panel by panel and page by page, it's a delight to watch darkness crowding into open space, while supple linework dances freely in its allotted territory. This is a landmark in comics literature." – Publishers Weekly (starred review) • Review: "From Wonderland with Love is an excellent introduction to the part of the Danish comics scene that tries to push…
Now in stock: West Coast Blues by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Patrick Manchette
West Coast Blues By Jacques Tardi & Jean-Patrick Manchette NOTE: BECAUSE OF OUR CONTRACT WITH THE LICENSOR THIS BOOK CANNOT BE SOLD OUTSIDE OF NORTH AMERICA. IF YOU RESIDE ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THE U.S. OR CANADA PLEASE DO NOT TRY TO ORDER IT FROM OUR WEBSITE; YOUR ORDER WILL NOT BE PROCESSED. A SAVAGE NOIR THRILLER REUNITING A MASTER CRIME NOVELIST AND A SUPERLATIVE FRENCH CARTOONIST George Gerfaut, aimless young executive and desultory family man, witnesses a murder and finds himself sucked into a spiral of violence involving an exiled war criminal and two hired assassins. Adapting to the exigencies…
Now in stock: The Squirrel Machine by Hans Rickheit
The Squirrel Machine By Hans Rickheit AN ANACHRONISTIC PARABLE FOR THE CONVULSIVE ELITE What is the squirrel machine? Is it a rodent ensnarement device? A mechanism for concealing one’s guarded harvest? An anachronistic fable? A meaningless diversion? Set in a fictional 19th Century New England town, the narrative initially details the relationship and maturation of Edmund and William Torpor. But the two brothers quickly elicit the scorn and recrimination of an unamused public when they reveal their musical creations built from strange technologies and scavenged animal carcasses. Driven to seek a concealment for their aberrant activities, they make a startling…
Now in stock: Rock Candy: The Artwork of Femke Hiemstra
Rock Candy: The Artwork of Femke Hiemstra By Femke Hiemstra Dutch artist and designer Femke Hiemstra has a unique style and vision that evokes the work of Robert Williams and Mark Ryden, but with a less cynical worldview that invites the viewer to enter the magic spaces she creates. Rock Candy is the artist’s first retrospective and fully spotlights her talent, whimsy and wit in a deluxe package certain to catapult her to the forefront of the Pop Surrealism movement. Hiemstra’s paintings and illustrations are united by a meticulous attention to craft that gives life to her dark, lush, fairytale…
Now in stock: The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book by Joe Daly
The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book By Joe Daly Set in sun-drenched Cape Town, South Africa, The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book — featuring two full-length stories, “The Leaking Cello Case” and “John Wesley Harding” — is stuffed to the gills with mystery, suspense, action, adventure, conspiracy theories, cool cars, and excellent weed as Dave and his freeloading pal Paul, well-meaning stoners in the tradition of Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar, thwart criminal malfeasance even as they ponder the larger questions, such as, “What steps can I personally take to help protect the Earth and the species that…
