All good things must come to an end and today marks the digital release of the final monthly issue of Hip Hop Family Tree. Ed Piskor’s monthly examination into hip hop music is coming to an end today, but not going out without a bang. Issue #12 features a collaboration between Rick Rubin and LL Cool J, the arrest of KRS-One, and Run DMC heading out on tour. Find this milestone issue on comiXology. A few more books from our backlist have also found their way on comiXology, and they include: Beasts and Priests by Jim Blanchard Jack Davis: Drawing…
New Digital Releases from Piskor and Stein
Today we are proud to present new digital releases from two young artists on the cutting edge of comics — Ed Piskor and Leslie Stein. Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 4 continues Piskor’s award-winning, best-selling history of hip hop music. This new book charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam Records and introduces new branches of the “tree”: Will Smith, Salt-n-Peppa, Rakim, and Biz Markie. Find this book on comiXology and Google Play. Also from Piskor is the 11th issue of the monthly Hip Hop Family Tree series! Famed producer and DJ Rick Rubin graces the cover and…
Drinky Crow Goes Digital
Today marks the digital debut of a brand new Maakies collection by Tony Millionaire called Drinky Crow Drinks Again. That, and more Millionaire madness in this week’s digital releases. Drinky Crow Drinks Again is the latest collection of Tony Millionaire’s weekly strip featuring a crow, a monkey, and many other inebriated weirdos. Millionaire’s Maakies is one of the longest running and most decorated comic strip in America and this book collects more than 200 weeks worth from the past half-decade for the very first time. Drinky Crow Drinks Again blends vaudeville-style humor and breathtaking linework and can now be found…
Digital Comics by Piskor and Kelso
We’re unloading the new issue of Hip Hop Family Tree and a few Megan Kelso graphic novels digitally just for you this week! In issue #10 of Ed Piskor’s award-winning series Hip Hop Family Tree, the endlessly quoted graffiti documentary Style Wars gets lovingly dissected. Also, did you know Public Enemy were first the Spectrum City DJs? That Flavor Flav can play a dozen musical instruments? Power on your tablets and learn about all these earth-shattering discoveries only through comiXology. Megan Kelso has been a DIY cartoonist and publisher since the early ’90s, equally mastering…
All You Need is LOVF
A brand-new, medium-expanding book by Jesse Reklaw and a murderous old favorite from Richard Sala highlight our digital releases this week. LOVF is the sketchbook companion of a man literally losing his mind. Homeless and broke, he ends up off his meds and on a secret quest from Portland to New York, DC, LA, San Francisco, and Seattle. With wild energy, promiscuity, criminal activity, and substance abuse, LOVF becomes a document of a full-blown manic episode captured by Jesse Reklaw. We know you’ve never read anything like it before and it is now available through comiXology and Google Play. …
Digital Wednesday
This week we are featuring two new collections — one assembling short stories from a modern-day marvel and another a continuation of Crockett Johnson’s great 20th century strip. Noah Van Sciver’s Disquiet highlights a dozen short comics by the acclaimed cartoonist behind Fante Bukowski and The Hypo. In this book you have “The Death of Elijah Lovejoy,” on Midwestern abolitionists in the 1830s; “The Lizard who Laughed,” about a painfully dysfunctional reunion; and “Punks Vs. Lizards,” an anarchic, darkly comic piece of absurdity that blends Quadrophenia with Jurassic Park. Find Disquiet on comiXology and Google Play. …
Digital Feels Good, Man
Action! Adventure! Romance! Drugs! This week’s digital releases have it all and the artists span several generations of brilliant cartooning. Turn on those tablets because here’s what’s going digital today: Boy’s Club is Matt Furie’s deadpan comics showcase featuring roommates Andy, Brett, Landwolf, and the infamous Pepe in a series of hilarious vignettes combining laconic psychedelia, childlike enchantment, drug-fueled hedonism, and impish mischief. Need we say more? Catch this internet sensation on comiXology. In Highbone Theater, Joe Daly’s new graphic novel epic, Palmer — wallflower, mystic seeker, and paper mill worker — moves into a new…
Something Digital for Everybody
Make sure those tablets are turned on because we’ve got a wide array of digital releases for you this Wednesday! Collecting the final year of Charles Schulz’s classic strip, The Complete Peanuts Vol. 25 also has a forward by none other than the President of the United States. Rerun become a comic artist, Snoopy’s playing pranks, and the Li’l Folks are here — Schulz’s precursor to Peanuts that ran in his hometown paper. Be a part of history and read Volume 25 through comiXology. Josh Simmons is undertaking a grand experiment . . . Drawing one page each…
Digital Goodness
We’ve got such a diverse array of digital releases today, there’s guaranteed to be something for everybody to connect with. Or, if you’re like us, you love them all! Plug those tablets in because here they are . . . Issue #9 of Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree marks a new era in rap music as Beastie Boys assemble, Run DMC become superstars, and the Fat Boys make a name for themselves. Your favorite rapper’s favorite rappers are all covered in this bold installment of the award-winning, best-selling series. Find it at comiXology. Also, from the Fantagraphics vaults comes…
New Digital Releases
Get your reading devices ready for Kramers and consternation because this week marks the digital debut of Kramers Ergot #9 and Josh Simmons’s The Furry Trap. Powerful and uninhibited cartooning of the highest caliber still exists in the short form and in Kramers Ergot #9, the best and brightest voices have been collected. Whether you’re laughing with joy or cowering in terror, Kramers has you covered with contributors like Michael Deforge, Renee French, Archer Prewitt, Anya Davidson, Julia Gfrörer, Kim Deitch, and more. Get it on your tablet through comiXology. Josh Simmons’s 2012 collection The Furry…
