Debuting Books
CO-MIX: A Retrospective of Comics, Graphics, and Scraps
- Drawn & Quarterly
CO-MIX began as a museum retrospective detailing Spiegelman’s lifelong involvement with comics. The exhibit was in conjunction with his Angouleme Presidency and later traveled to Centre Pompidou in Paris. To be released by Drawn & Quarterly in Spring 2013, this expanded English version of the Flammarion bilingual edition will feature full-page reproductions …read more
Black Paths
- SelfMadeHero
- 128 pages
- $24.95
When the Austro-Hungarian Empire disintegrated after World War I, control of the Adriatic port of Fiume (now Rieka, Croatia) was hotly disputed. Enter “Pirate King” Gabriele d’Annunzio, an Italian poet who stormed the city with 3,000 Italian nationalists. D’Annunzio declared Fiume a free republic and himself commander. He envisioned a …read more
So Long, Silver Screen
- PictureBox Inc
Translated by Edward Gauvin Cover design by David Mazzucchelli What are the movies? What effect do they have on us? Why do we love them so much? Blutch addresses all these questions in a series of interlocking short comics that move between scholarly history, romantic theory and ribald vignettes, featuring …read more
Aesthetics: A Memoir
- Yale University Press
- 120 p., 7 1/2 x 7 1/2
- $25.00
This eye-popping illustrated autobiography by Ivan Brunetti traces his artistic trajectory and output, from youthful doodles to his latest cover illustrations and comic strips. Aesthetics: A Memoir unearths a trove of previously unpublished materials, including working drawings, sketches for cartoons, book covers, personal photographs, and items from the artist’s collection of toys …read more
MERE
- PictureBox Inc
- Softcover, 172 pages, color
- $19.95
In 2012, Providence-based artist and musician C.F. began to produce a series of more than a dozen mini-comics, which he distributed via Twitter. Each mini-comic offered a take on, and expansion upon, a classic comic strip genre-from crime and sci-fi to punk and sex — all of them infused throughout …read more
The Library
- Conundrum Press
- 7x9.5 inches, 160 pages, black and white, hardcover
- $20.00
To debut the new Conundrum International Imprint, The Library is the first English edition of Chihoi, a young Hong Kong artist, who has had books published in Chinese, Italian and French. Reading the short stories included in this volume is like reading someone else’s dreams. “The Library” or “Father” reminds one of Kafka; …read more
My Dumb Dirty Eyes
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Flexicover, 7 x 9, 120 pages, full color
- $19.95
Sharply observant, laugh-out-loud funny comics from The Believer cartoonist and New York Times illustrator. My Dirty Dumb Eyes is the highly anticipated debut collection from award-winning cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt. In a few short years, Hanawalt has made a name for herself: her intricately detailed, absurdly funny comics have appeared in …read more
Marble Season
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Hardcover, 8.125 x 11, 128 pages
- $19.95
Marble Season is the all-new semiautobiographical novel by acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar, and cocreator of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series, along with his brothers Jaime and Mario. Marble Season is his first book with D&Q and one of the most anticipated …read more
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life
- Fantagraphics
- 460 pages
- $35.00
Back in 1984, a rebellious,17-year-old, punked-out Ulli Lust set out for a wild hitchhiking trip across Italy, from Naples through Verona and Rome and ending up in Sicily. Twenty-five years later, this talented Austrian cartoonist has looked back at that tumultuous summer and delivered a long, dense, sensitive, and minutely …read more
Sunny Volume 1
- Viz Media
- 224 pages
The latest manga masterpiece from the Eisner Award-winning creator of Tekkonkinkreet. What is Sunny? Sunny is a car. Sunny is a car you take on a drive with your mind. It takes you to the place of your dreams. Sunny is the story of an orphanage, the children who live …read more
The Property
- Drawn & Quarterly
- Hardcover, 6.5 x 9, 232 pages, full color
- $24.95
The award-winning author of Exit Wounds returns with a story about families, secrets, and the complex bonds of love The Property is a work that will inspire, fascinate, and delight readers and critics alike. Savvy and insightful, elegant and subtle, Modan’s second full-length graphic novel is a triumph of storytelling and …read more
Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 3: Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness
- Oni Press
- 160 pages, Full Color, Hardcover
- $30.00
The full-color, completely remastered, utterly astounding republication of the Scott Pilgrim epic continues! This new 6″x9″ hardcover presents Scott’s run-in with Ramona ex, Envy boy toy, and The Clash at Demon Head with bassist Todd Ingram as you’ve never seen it before – in full-color! Plus, previously unpublished extras, hard-to-find …read more
Sandcastle
- SelfMadeHero
- 112 pages, HC, B&W
- $19.95
Early morning on a perfect summer’s day, people begin to descend on an idyllic, secluded beach. Amongst their number, a family, a young couple, a refugee and some American tourists. Its fine white sand is fringed with rock pools filled with crystal clear water. The beach is sheltered from prying …read more
Paul Joins the Scouts
- Conundrum Press
- 172 pages, 7.5x10 inches, black and white
- $20.00
Following on the heels of the The Song of Roland, Montrealer Michel Rabagliati returns to the childhood story of his famous semi-autobiographical character. It’s 1970 and Paul’s family watches the news with anxiety as bombs are going off around Montreal. But Paul is more interested in flying his kite, comics, and …read more
New School
- Fantagraphics
New School is an all-new, 340 page work of fiction that was loosely inspired by Shaw’s experience as a teenaged foreign exchange student. “New School is my most personal book. It’s all true (sort of). I dramatized and changed things to make everything closer to how it felt. The book took years of …read more
3 New Stories
- Fantagraphics
- 32 pages
This stand-alone work will feature three all-new, full-color short stories that explore varied dystopian societies. From a Sherlock Holmes-style investigator who must complete his high school degree to filmed “voluntary” nudity to prison camps full of jaded children, Shaw pens each story with his signature style and unique spin, all …read more
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame
- PictureBox Inc
A collection of works by the undisputed gay bondage comics master Gengoroh Tagame is being published for the very first time in North America by PictureBox in The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame: The Master of Bara Manga, designed by Chip Kidd and introduced by literary icon Edmund White. Tagame (pronounced Tah-gah-mé) is …read more
When David Lost His Voice
- SelfMadeHero
- 280 pages
- $24.95
The doctor’s report is final: David has cancer. Now the whole family is under the same terrible verdict. David’s wife becomes progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death while his daughters struggle to be as helpful as possible. Meanwhile, David soldiers on, not wanting the tumor to rob him …read more
Strong Eye Contact
- 2D Cloud
- 6.75 x 9 inches and the page count, 104 pages (full color)
- $14.95
In Christopher Adams’ Strong Eye Contact, the reader is led through a kaleidoscope of crystalline memory fragments. These fragments coalesce into one narrative track, guided by a quixotic, Buster Keaton-like figure. As this unnamed figure tries, with limited success, to be a typical American: using consumer products, failed vacations, fabricated …read more
So Basquiat
- Self Published
- 12 pages
- $2.00
Art, film, and Topps trading cards all converge when Baylis goes on a journey that takes him from New York University to Bilbao, Spain, where he discovers that he might have something in common with the great 1980s artist, Jean-Michael Basquiat. Cover art by the legendary underground comics and Garbage …read more
Garder Le Rythme
- Self Published
- 5 x 7.5, 44 pages, Black and White
A collection of wordless stories. Sometimes strange, sometimes absurd, but mostly funny, Garder le rythme is a follow up Tranquillement pas vite and Il faut que ça bouge. Which are all comics that include faceless characters in really small squares.
Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 1
- Oni Press
- 120 pages, 9 x 9, Softcover, Full Color
- $19.99
Double Fine Productions is renowned for making videogames such as Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, and Iron Brigade. Scott Campbell (or Scott C) came on as art director for Psychonauts and started drawing comics as a morning warm up. These comics were then uploaded to doublefine.com and the world was made amazing. …read more
Double Fine Action Comics Vol. 2
- Oni Press
- 120 pages, 9 x 9, Softcover, Full Color
- $19.99
Knight, Strongman, Captain, Thompson, and all the rest return in this the second exciting, amazing, and thrilling volume of Double Fine Action Comics! This volume collects 200 Strips that include the Black Pyramid Interdimensional Adventure, Knight Turns Inventor, Tower Story, Gold Digger Adventure, The Uncle Black Knight Experience, The White …read more
Odd Duck
- First Second
- Hardcover, 96 pages, full color
- $18.50
Theodora is a perfectly normal duck. She may swim with a teacup balanced on her head and stay north when the rest of the ducks fly south for the winter, but there’s nothing so odd about that. Chad, on the other hand, is one strange bird. Theodora quite likes him, …read more
Chronicles of a Wanderer
- Editions Trip
- 5x7 inches, 48 pages, black and white, softcover
The wanderer is on journey across the lands of the subconscious. Travelling through the fantastic vistas of his imagination, our intrepid adventurer draws what he sees. Chronicles of a Wanderer is a record of his travels. Author and visual artist Frédéric Cordier imagines playful worlds where imaginaton, poetry and beauty …read more
Very Casual
- Koyama Press
- 6 x 9 inches, 152 pages, b&w and colour interior, colour softcover
- $15.00
Culled from mini comics, online comics and anthology contributions, Very Casual collects notable short stories from DeForge’s prolific oeuvre. Included are stories about litter gangs, meat-filled snowmen, righteous cops, beagle/human hybrids, and forest-bound drag queens. Very Casual also collects Spotting Deer, which won the Pigskin Peters Award for best non-traditional, non-narrative or avant-garde work at …read more
Journal
- Koyama Press
- 6.5 x 9 inches, 184 pages, colour interior, colour softcover
- $20.00
Koyama Press is publishing the first English translation of Montreal-based artist Julie Delporte’s autobiographical comics called Journal. Delporte is a fellow of the renowned Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) in White River Junction, Vermont. She co-organizes Montreal’s annual “48 Heures” comics festival and newsprint anthology, runs and co-hosts the comics-centric radio …read more
Swear Down
- Blank Slate Books
- 130pp, 236 x 178mm, full colour, hardcover
- $19.99
East walks out of his front door and follows the line of longitude through England, France, Spain and Africa. In this first volume East walks from his Manchester home out and into England recording the landscape, the architecture, flora, fauna and the thing he’s walking away from in the first …read more
Starting Monday
- Promises Press
- 128 pages
- $15.00
WHAT’S THE WEIRD WEIGHT LOSS SECRET THAT YOUR DOCTOR WON’T TELL YOU? It’s impossible to whistle with chocolate cheesecake in your mouth. While that may be true it’s not nearly as helpful as Fiona, Trish and Shanta. These three well-meaning trainers of Promises Fitness, a posh, suburban health club, continue …read more
We Can Fix It
- Top Shelf Productions
- 112 pages, 6 1/2 x 8
- $14.95
What would you do if you had a time machine? Bet on sporting events? Assassinate all the evildoers of history? Or maybe try to fix all the mistakes and regrets that have haunted you all these years? Join Jess as she travels back in time to share her wisdom with …read more
Obituary Man
- Conundrum Press
- 6.5x8.5 inches, 84 pages, black and white
- $15.00
Behold: Obituary Man! A nondescript man who gains indescribable energy from reciting the eulogy at the funerals of strangers. He has never felt so alive! Maurice Petit is the unremarkable type, unaware of his own loneliness until, one morning, on his way to work he feels the crowds in the …read more
Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens
- Boom Studios
- 128 pages
- $19.99
Join fan-favourite characters Marceline and Princess Bubblegum for riot grrrl rock-fueled excitement in this brand-new Adventure Time mini-series! Thanks to a newfound interest in music, Princess Bubblegum joins Marceline’s paranormal rock band for a tour across the land of Ooo! But when they’re threatened by everything from scenesters to beasts …read more
Every/Body
- 2D Cloud
Every/Body is a follow-up to Little Heart that focuses inward on people as individuals, by examining the topics of the body and gender. This anthology, edited by newcomer Greer Lawson and distributed by 2D Cloud, discusses and explores the way people view themselves and others, their bodies, and the way …read more
Stupid Stories #1
- Mother Books
- 5.5
- $5.00
New comics by Toronto’s Hot-Dog-Madman Keith Jones. Stupid Stories #1 contains Jones’ newest work “Donut Daze” where rival drivers clash in a garbage encrusted drag race through a post-apocalyptic roadside donut den. Scrawled masterfully in Jones’ unmistakeable erratic style. Not to be missed! Catch Keith Jones’ artshow Budsies at Capital Espresso (1349 Queen Street …read more
Everything Takes Forever
- Koyama Press
- 8 x 10 inches, 60 pages, b&w interior, colour softcover
- $10.00
Manhattan-born and based Victor Kerlow’s Everything Takes Forever is a collection of the cartoonist and illustrator’s ink-and-wash comics that blur the quotidian with the absurd. In Kerlow’s world tacos and toast have bodies and smoke, tiny men who can no longer copulate or consume sandwiches deal with existential angst, and dream logic …read more
Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes
- First Second
- Hardcover, 272 pages, full color
- $31.00
Welcome to the city of Red Wheelbarrow, where the world’s greatest detective has yet to meet the crime he can’t solve—every criminal in Red Wheelbarrow is caught and convicted thanks to Detective Gould’s brilliant mind and cutting-edge spy technology. But lately there has been a rash of crimes so eccentric …read more
Snack Pak #1
- Self Published
- $5.00
Snack Pak #1 is a new collection of autobiographical vignettes and diary comics from the creator of Curbside, Boy Trouble, and the Ignatz nominated THREE. “Kirby’s the kind of artist who can do just about any type of storytelling, and minis like this are clearly a way for him to …read more
Relish: My Life in the Kitchen
- First Second
- Paperback, 192 pages
- $20.00
Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about …read more
New Comics
- Mother Books
- 7 x 10, 40 pages, Black and White
- $8.00
New Comics #1 collects three new stories by Toronto artist Patrick Kyle.
Who is AC?
- Atheneum
- 176 pages, 6 X 8 inches
- $21.99
In this breakthrough graphic novel from the award-winning author of Mercury, there’s a new superhero in town—and she’s got kick-butt cyberpowers. Meet Lin, a formerly average teenage girl whose cell phone zaps her with magical powers. But just as superpowers can travel through the ether, so can evil. As Lin …read more
I’m a German Shepherd
- Self Published
- 112 pages, color
Barking long soliloquies in the vast hinterland stands a German Shepherd. The ever zealous breed, a brave specimen, particularly stubborn and stoical optimist. Murilo Martins’ second independent comic book is a tribute to working dogs. But, most of all, it is a fine piece of writing that is able to …read more
Destination X
- Nobrow Press
- Hardcover, 52 pages, duotone, 5.5 x 6.5
- $15.95
Sam is the grandson of a world-renowned space adventurer. Marvelled by his ailing grandfather’s stories of interstellar travel and alien romance, he models his life after these tales – even though they may be untrue. So focussed is Sam on fulfilling what he thinks is his natural destiny in life that …read more
Machine Gum
- La Pastèque
- Hardcover, 80 pages, duotone, 5.25 x 7.5
- $14.95
A collection of wordless comic strips originally published on the artist’s blog. Machine Gum features the manic trials and mishaps of an unfortunate robot beset by a frenzy of transformation, mutation, and unsympathetic providence.
Tibonom
- Editions Trip
- 6x9 inches, 80 pages, black and white, softcover
“There are so many things that I love about Tibonom that continue to reveal themselves with repeated readings; the Charlie Brown motif on his cauldron, the inexplicable expressiveness of the featureless face of Lifeform and the beautiful, detailed pencil-shade and smudge drawings, littered with “incidental” ephemera that you can lose …read more
Crying in Front of Your Dog and Other Stories
- Grimalkin Press
- 264 pages
- $20.00
New and collected stories about life, death, love, ghosts, cats, time travel, humans, literature, fear, magic, evil organizations, happiness, television, secrets, dogs, loneliness, house plants, ancient dark rituals, pizza, failure, power, money, nature, government conspiracies, regret, the internet, horrifying monsters, awful jobs, wizards, the ocean, aliens, dads, kissing, crying and …read more
Hair Shirt
- SelfMadeHero
- 128 pages
- $27.95
John and Naomi were childhood sweethearts— and then they grew up. Life took them on very different paths, but accidents will happen. When their two lives intersect again, they decide to have another go at love. But this is no simple romantic rekindling: Both John and Naomi are wearing the …read more
Frontier #1
- Youth in Decline
- 32 pages, Risograph-printed
- $8.00
Frontier #1: Uno Moralez, features 32 pages of mysterious, creepy, and beautiful work by Russian illustrator and GIF artist Uno Moralez. This book marks Uno Moralez’s first North American release, presenting a mesmerizing collection of his pixel illustration and animated GIFs in a tactile, colorful monograph. To accompany the issue, …read more
Grand Gestures
- Retrofit Comix
- 6 x 9, 44 Pages
- $6.00
Simon Moreton weaves an emotional story about the mundanity of life. A man suffers through the Fall, geese, a sales trip barely surviving. Moreton’s brush strokes cary the reader through his story, forcing them to take a deep breath and look around.
Science Fiction
- Conundrum Press
- 6.75x10 inches, 124 pages, duotone, tp,
- $18.00
What would you do if someone you trusted asked you to believe what you thought was impossible? When high school science teacher and pragmatic realist Mark is inexplicably drawn to renting a cheesy alien-abduction flick, it sets in motion a chain of events that makes him rethink everything he has …read more
The Grey Museum
- Conundrum Press
- 7x8.5 inches, 216 pages, black and white
- $20.00
Set in the future, The Grey Museum is a galactic romp, following a small group of survivors as they fend with mystic beings, interstellar parasites and themselves. Everything here is decided by narcissistic gods and goddesses, disturbed spirits, and bored aliens. Our clueless captives are left to wander, meandering their …read more
Astronaut Academy: Re-Entry
- First Second
- Paperback, 192 pages, Black & White
- $11.00
The wild and wacky world of Astronaut Academy is back! It’s spring semester at this futuristic institution of learning, and Hakata Soy has lost his heart. Literally. And he’s not the only one . . . something is stalking the halls of Astronaut Academy, impersonating the crush-objects of students and …read more
Scenes From A Multiverse: Business Animals
- Topatoco
- 148 pages, 8 x 8, Softcover, Full Color
- $20.00
This second collection of Scenes From A Multiverse comics is super-hilarious and pretty to look at. Come join Cornelius Snarlington, Horace Greenstein, Doctor Whoa, Sciencemaster Adler and a whole bunch of bunnies for an interdimensional taco party that’ll leave you pooping laughter for weeks.
SUPERMAG
- AdHouse Books
- 56 pages, 8.5 x 11, 4 colour
- $9.95
SUPERMAG is Jim Rugg’s latest print project… a glossy, magazine-format collection of “narrative collapse.” It showcases his interests in genre, irreverent humor, graphic design, drawing, and typography. SUPERMAG features new work as well as collecting the best of his recent anthology contributions.
Open Spaces and Closed Places #5
- Self Published
- 132 pages
Open Spaces and Closed Places is a humorous comic series with a magical realistic setting about high school delinquents, supernatural happenings, flowery young love, and dreamy-eyed youth. This newest issue explores the past of the three main characters Oscar, Vivien, and Jirou. Previous issues of OSCP can be read for …read more
Silent Worlds
- Editions Trip
- 8.2 x 11 inches, 56 pages, black and white, softcover
Using a grid of 9 panels over 40 wordless pages, Carlos Santos imagines multiple narratives driven by the power of the unconscious. With precise and accomplished images, Santos has created an experimental tour de force rarely seen in comics. “Carlos Santos creates strips in a manner that is essentially intuitive. …read more
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong
- First Second
- Softcover, 288 pages, black & white
- $19.00
You wouldn’t expect Nate and Charlie to be friends. Charlie’s the laid-back captain of the basketball team, and Nate is the neurotic, scheming president of the robotics club. But they are friends, however unlikely—until Nate declares war on the cheerleaders. At stake is funding that will either cover a robotics …read more
What Makes a Baby
- Seven Stories Press
- $16.95
What Makes a Baby is a children’s picture book about where babies come from that is written and illustrated to include all kinds of kids, adults, and families. Geared to readers from pre-school to about 8 years old, it teaches curious kids about conception, gestation, and birth in a way that …read more
Cupcake Graffiti Volume 1
- Self Published
- 8.5 x 8.5, 116 pages, full color
Follow the adventures of Mr. Cupcake as he hangs out with his friends Ms. Cupcake, Cotton Candy, Popcorn and Doughnut. Presented by Soda Pop Comics (Carla Rodríguez and Rosa Colón), the art is bright and colorful, and the stories are all ages.
Failure
- Alternative Comics
- 160 page full color paperback
- $21.95
The new book from the acclaimed author of Guilty, Whatever and The Lodger (2011 Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist). FAILURE collects Karl Stevens’ beautifully rendered humorous comic strips from The Boston Phoenix; winner of the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for Best Cartoon. His slice of life vignettes and …read more
Alternative Comics #4
- Alternative Comics
- 48 Page B/W Comic
- $5.99
Alternative Comics’ flagship anthology returns as a twice-yearly comic with more pages, showcasing the best indie, web and zine artists of today’s underground. Cover art by Mike Bertino (Trigger). Comics by Theo Ellsworth (The Understanding Monster) & Craig Thompson (Blankets, Habibi), Sam Alden (Eighth Grade), James Kochalka (SuperF*ckers), Sam Henderson …read more
The Hic & Hoc Illustrated Journal of Humor Volume One: The United States
- Hic and Hoc
- 64 pages
- $10.00
Edited by ambulatory laff factories Lauren Barnett (Me Likes You Very Much) and Nathan Bulmer (Eat More Bikes), the first volume of an anticipated 196 volume series of the best of funny comics throughout the world features the likes of Phil McAndrew, Box Brown, Madéleine Flores, Zac Gorman, KC Green, Dustin Harbin, …read more
Love Lens
- Self Published
- 112 pages BW, full-colour dust jacket, softcover
- $13.00
A collection of romantic tales set in that glorious time of youth when your heart can shatter as easily as your glasses. Featuring the original work of seven Canadian artists, themed around our favourite fashion accessory! Follow us to a workld fresh with magical girls, first loves and self-discovery. This …read more
Nobrow 8
- Nobrow Press
- 128 pages, 4 spot colours, Paperback
- $19.95
Jam-packed with delirious drawings and crazed comics, Nobrow 8: HYSTERIA is finally available!. Featuring 128 pages of full spot colour artwork and covers by Max Capdevila and Karine Bernadou, Nobrow 8 is 2013’s definitive bible of contemporary graphic art. We can all agree what the prevalent mood seems to be …read more
Unknown Origins & Untimely Ends: A Collection of Unsolved Mysteries
- Hic and Hoc
- 192 pages
- $12.00
Hic and Hoc announces the festival debut of Unknown Origins and Untimely Ends, edited by Emi Gennis. This book contains over 30 non-fiction unsolved mysteries by relative newcomers and small press comics legends alike, including J.T. Yost, Julia Gfrorer, Noah Van Sciver, Simon Moreton, and Sam Spina. Featuring tales of …read more
We Will Remain
- Retrofit Comix
- 6x 7.75, 44 pages
- $6.00
We Will Remain by Andrew White is a 44 page comic collecting comic stories about place and how places affect our lives. This collection of stories varies in subject from an astronaut entering that spot right between dimensions to a boy and a swimming pool.
Look Straight Ahead
- Alternative Comics
- $14.95
Jeremy Knowles is a 17-year-old outcast who dreams of being a great artist. But when he suffers a severe mental breakdown brought on by bullying and other pressures at school, his future is called into question, as is his very existence. Can he survive the experience through the healing power …read more
