Best of
Comix

2017

You & a Bike & a Road


Eleanor Davis - 2017
    The immediacy of Davis’ comics journal makes for an incredible chronicle of human experience on the most efficient and humane form of human transportation.Eleanor Davis is a cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Athens, GA and was born in Tucson, Arizona. In 2009, Davis won the Eisner's Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award and was named one of Print magazine's New Visual Artists. In 2015, her book How To Be Happy won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Anthology or Collection.

One More Year


Simon Hanselmann - 2017
    One More Year continues to give substance to the characters and personalities of its protagonists in ways that never fail to surprise, delight, and horrify.

Pearls Hogs the Road: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury


Stephan Pastis - 2017
    Comic strip censors, apathetic baristas, and IRS employees are all strongly advised to laugh or get out of the way.Pearls Hogs the Road also features three comic strips illustrated by the legendary Bill Watterson of Calvin and Hobbes, who ended a 19-year hiatus from the comics page to collaborate with Pastis.

Velvet


Ed Brubaker - 2017
    What if the secretary to the man running the world's most top secret spy agency was actually their most dangerous weapon, once upon a time? VELVET is groundbreaking new work from one of the best-selling teams in comics, and now Velvet Templeton's first major storyline is collected in one oversized deluxe hardback with behind the scenes extras and articles. A must-have for any Brubaker and Epting fan. Collects VELVET #1-15

Crawl Space


Jesse Jacobs - 2017
    But in the fraught realm of adolescence, can friendship survive the appeal of the surreal?Jesse Jacobs was born in Moncton, NB, and now draws comics and things from his home in Hamilton, ON. In 2009, his books Small Victories and Blue Winter were short listed at the Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. He received the Gene Day Award for Canadian Comic Book Self-Publisher of 2008. Even the Giants (AdHouse, 2011) marked his major publishing debut after several award-winning, self-published titles, and his work has appeared in the acclaimed Latvian comics anthology š!, as well as the 2012 edition The Best American Comics edited by Françoise Mouly and published Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. He made his debut with Koyama Press in 2012 with the psychedelic creation myth By This Shall You Know Him, which was followed by the trippy take on nature versus nurture, Safari Honeymoon in 2014.

Royal City, Vol. 1: Next of Kin


Jeff Lemire - 2017
    In a return to the literary and thematic territory of Lemire's breakthrough graphic novel ESSEX COUNTY, ROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing Mother and his brow beaten Father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his youngest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades ago. As each member of the family struggles to keep themselves above water, it quickly becomes clear that Tommy's death isn't the only dark secret tearing the town, and this family, apart at the seams. Can each member of the Pike family come to terms with their own guilt over Tommy's death, and make peace with the many versions of Tommy that still haunt them, or will they all be dragged down below the river along with his lingering ghost? ROYAL CITY promises to be a sprawling, serialized graphic novel that will chart the lives, loves and losses of a troubled family and a vanishing town, across three decades. Jeff Lemire is the creator of DESCENDER (with DUSTIN NGUYEN), AD: AFTER DEATH (with SCOTT SNYDER), ROUGHNECK, SECRET PATH (with Gord Downie), PLUTONA (with EMI LENNOX), ESSEX COUNTY, SWEET TOOTH, TRILLIUM, and THE UNDERWATER WELDER. He had also written celebrated stories featuring Green Arrow, Animal Man, Bloodshot, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Teen Titans, the Valiant, the X-Men and Inhumans for the major comic book publishers. Collecting issues 1 through 5.

ELEMENTS: Fire A Comic Anthology by Creators of Color!


Taneka StottsMaria Victoria Robado - 2017
    With stories featuring peaceful warriors, blossoming brujas, godly hackers, and a fire-breathing dragon boy, we are the main characters of our own stories, not the sidekicks or token characters. This is an anthology that is full of our passions, magic, and inner fire because our diversity is not just a buzzword: it's our reality!

Batwoman by Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III


Greg Rucka - 2017
    Williams III team up to show a new side of Gotham through the eyes of Batwoman. As one of the first openly gay superheroes in the DC Universe, Kate Kane has broken down boundaries since taking on the the beloved Bat mantle. Batwoman returns to the spotlight when a mysterious villain comes straight from the rabbit hole in BATWOMAN BY GREG RUCKA AND J.H. WILLIAMS III. Batwoman's crime-fighting nights in the city of Gotham are collected in BATWOMAN BY GREG RUCKA AND J.H. WILLIAMS III. Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #854-863.

Absolute Preacher Vol. 2


Garth Ennis - 2017
    Acclaimed by fans and critics alike, this groundbreaking title shattered conventions and set new standards for American comics during its original run. Now, Vertigo and DC Comics are proud to present the definitive Absolute Edition of Ennis and Dillon’s transformative work. This second of three deluxe slipcased volumes collects issues #27-40 of the series together with the specials “Saint of Killers,” “Cassidy—Blood and Whiskey,” “One Man’s War,” “The Good Old Boys” and “The Story of You-Know-Who,” and features an introduction by actor Graham McTavish—the Saint of Killers from AMC’s Preacher—as well as previously unseen preliminary art from the specials, a gallery of PREACHER covers and collectibles, and more treasures from the series’ infamous GONE TO TEXAS letters column. Collects PREACHER #27-40, PREACHER SPECIAL: SAINT OF KILLERS #1-4, PREACHER SPECIAL: THE STORY OF YOU-KNOW-WHO #1, PREACHER SPECIAL: THE GOOD OLD BOYS #1 and PREACHER SPECIAL: CASSIDY—BLOOD AND WHISKEY #1.

Black Science Premiere, Vol. 2: Transcendentalism


Rick Remender - 2017
    Before he can reclaim his mantle as protector of the Eververse, he must first overcome the demons that lurk within his own soul. And when his path finally leads him back home, what has happened while they were gone? In a world of infinite possibilities, what can one man do to keep everything that could ever possibly go wrong from doing so?Collecting arcs four through six of the ongoing sci-fi smash hit series by RICK REMENDER and MATTEO SCALERA in oversized 8x12" hardcover.

Black History In Its Own Words


Ron Wimberly - 2017
    BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN ITS OWN WORDS presents quotes of dozens of black luminaries with portraits & illustrations by Ronald Wimberly. Featuring the memorable words and depictions of Angela Davis, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Kanye West, Zadie Smith, Ice Cube, Dave Chappelle, James Baldwin, Spike Lee and more.

Wired Up Wrong


Rachael Smith - 2017
    In an effort to understand it she invents a cartoon dog who follows her around, and two tiny game show hosts who live inside her head. Luckily, Rachael also has her real-life boyfriend and real-life cat to help her navigate her confused way through life.

The Old Guard #4


Greg Rucka - 2017
    Joe and Nicky visit Dubai (not by choice), and Booker gets a line on Copley...much to Copley’s chagrin.

Angels And Magpies


Jaime Hernández - 2017
    In the latter, Maggie pays a visit to Queen Rena, who is living out her twilight days on an island after a lifetime as a wrestler and an adventuress. In the Ti-Girls segment, superheroics get a screwball spin when Angel of Tarzana and Maggie square off against Dark Penny Century. In the "Love Bunglers," held as perhaps Hernandez’s greatest masterpiece in his thirty-five-year career, and one of the great graphic novels of all time (it was hailed by Slate and Publishers Weekly as one of the best stories of the year), the past and present converge as Maggie and Ray’s reunion is threatened by long-buried family secrets.

What Is Left


Rosemary Valero-O'Connell - 2017
    Alive but trapped inside the reservoir of the ship's memories, an engineer who survives the wreckage finds herself alone and stranded in a patchwork dream of someone else's life.36pp. Full-colour.http://shortbox.bigcartel.com/product...

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero


Michael DeForge - 2017
    Former: Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, Governor General, entrepreneur, line cook, headmistress, Mountie, columnist, libertarian, cellist.” After a high-profile family scandal, Sticks escapes to the woods to live in what would be relative isolation were it not for the many animals that surround and inevitably annoy her. Sticks is an arrogant self-obsessed force who wills herself on the flora and fauna. There is a rabbit named Oatmeal who harbors an unrequited love for her, a pair of kissing geese, a cross-dressing moose absurdly named Lisa Hanawalt. When a reporter named, ahem, Michael DeForge shows up to interview Sticks for his biography on her, she quickly slugs him and buries him up to his neck, immobilizing him. Instead, Sticks narrates her way through the forest, recalling formative incidents from her storied past in what becomes a strange sort of autobiography.

Steven Universe (2017-) #1


Melanie Gillman - 2017
    Based on Cartoon Network’s Emmy Award-nominated animated series created by Rebecca Sugar about a boy with magical powers who goes on adventures with The Crystal Gems, a team of beings who safeguard the universe. The show is approaching its fourth season and has earned millions of fans of all ages worldwide. In this kickoff issue, Steven, Lapis, and Peridot rescue a baby songbird on the ground outside the barn and work together to reunite it with its mother.

X-Men: Grand Design #1


Ed Piskor - 2017
    The first in a trilogy, GRAND DESIGN returns to Charles Xavier's assembly of Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Angel, and Beast! A must for fans looking to brush up on their X-Men lore or as jumping-on point for Marvel's merry mutants.

Tokyo Ghost: Complete Edition


Rick Remender - 2017
    Getting a virtual buzz is the only thing left to live for, and gangsters run it all. And who do these gangsters turn to when they need their rule enforced? Constables Led Dent and Debbie Decay are about to be given a job that will force them out of the familiar squalor of LA and into the last tech-less country on Earth: The Garden Nation of Tokyo.Presenting the full run of the smash hit Tokyo Ghost by Rick Remender and Sean Murphy in this oversized hardcover, packed with extra content, variants, designs, sketches and bonus materials!Collecting: Tokyo Ghost 1-10

Spider-Man/Deadpool - Marvel Legacy Primer Pages


Robbie Thompson - 2017
    Get caught up on all things Spider-Man and Deadpool with these Marvel Primer Pages and then check out the start of the mouthy duo in Marvel Legacy in Spider-Man/Deadpool #23.

Low: Book One


Rick Remender - 2017
    Shielded from a merciless sun’s scorching radiation, the human race tried to stave off certain extinction by sending robotic probes far into the galaxy to search for a new home among the stars. Generations later, one family is about to be torn apart in a conflict that will usher in the final race to save humanity from a world beyond hope. Dive into an aquatic fantasy like none you’ve ever seen before in this oversized hardcover, packed to the gills with concept art, design sketches, original script, and more hidden treasures, as writer RICK REMENDER (DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY) and artist GREG TOCCHINI (LAST DAYS OF AMERICAN CRIME) bring you a tale of mankind’s final hour in the cold, deathly dark of the sea. Collects LOW #1-15

Royal City #1


Jeff Lemire - 2017
    ROYAL CITY charts the lives, loves, and losses of a troubled family and a vanishing town across three decades. Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up, is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing mother, and his brow-beaten father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his youngest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades ago. ROYAL CITY is a return to the literary and thematic territory of LEMIRE’s breakthrough graphic novel Essex County and is his most ambitious, and most personal, project to date.

Diaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis in America and Israel


Eli Valley - 2017
    Sometimes banned, often controversial and always hilarious, Valley’s work has helped to energize a generation exasperated by American complicity in an Israeli occupation now entering its fiftieth year.This, the first full-scale anthology of Valley’s art, provides an essential retrospective of America and Israel at a turning point. With meticulously detailed line work and a richly satirical palette peppered with perseverating turtles, xenophobic Jedi knights, sputtering superheroes, mutating golems and zombie billionaires, Valley’s comics unmask the hypocrisy and horror behind the headlines. This collection supplements the satires with historical background and contexts, insights into the creative process, selected reactions to the works, and behind-the-scenes tales of tensions over what was permissible for publication.Brutally riotous and irreverent, the comics in this volume are a vital contribution to a centuries-old tradition of graphic protest and polemics.

Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution


Sherine Hamdy - 2017
    Years later, Anna learns that she may carry the hereditary cancer gene responsible for her mother's death. Meanwhile, Layla's family is faced with a difficult decision about kidney transplantation. Their friendship is put to the test when these medical crises reveal stark differences in their perspectives...until revolutionary unrest in Egypt changes their lives forever.The first book in a new series, Lissa brings anthropological research to life in comic form, combining scholarly insights and accessible, visually-rich storytelling to foster greater understanding of global politics, inequalities, and solidarity.

What is a Glacier?


Sophie Yanow - 2017
    What is a glacier exactly? Sophie Yanow's autobiographical story of a trip to find out explores the personal and environmental struggles of living in our current world.

The Unquotable Trump


Robert Sikoryak - 2017
    Sikoryak is famous for taking classic comics and mashing them with famous literature as he did in Masterpiece Comics or even using comics to visualize the iTunes Terms and Conditions contract. Now in these uncertain times, cartoonist R. Sikoryak draws upon the power of comics and satire to frame President Trump and his controversial declarations as the words and actions of the most notable villains and antagonists in comic book history.Reimagining the most famous comic covers, Sikoryak transforms Wonder Woman into Nasty Woman; Tubby Tompkins into Trump; Black Panther into the Black Voter; the Fantastic Four into the Hombres Fantasticos and Trump into Magneto fighting the Ex-Men.In perfect Trumpian fashion, The Unquotable Trump is a 48-page treasury annual—needlessly oversized and garishly colored; a throw-back to the past when both Comics and America were Great. This is the hugest comic, truly a great comic. You won’t want to miss this, trust me, you’ll see!

Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe


Cullen Murphy - 2017
    Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group--Superman, Beetle Bailey, Snuffy Smith, Rip Kirby, Hagar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, Sam & Silo, Amy, The Wizard of Id, The Heart of Juliet Jones, Family Circus, Joe Palooka, and The Lockhorns, among others. Cartoonists and their art were a pop-cultural force in a way that few today remember. Anarchic and deeply creative, the cartoonists were independent spirits whose artistic talents had mainly been forged during service in World War II.Illustrated with never-before-seen photographs, cartoons, and drawings, Cartoon County brings the postwar American era alive, told through the relationship of a son to his father, an extraordinarily talented and generous man who had been trained by Norman Rockwell. Cartoon County gives us a glimpse into a very special community--and of an America that used to be.

52, Book 2


Geoff Johns - 2017
     DC s groundbreaking publication of the weekly comic 52 tells the story of a missing year in the DC Universe3/4in real time. The cataclysmic events of INFINITE CRISIS have left the world without its three biggest icons3/4Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. Who will stand up in their absence? Now, in the second of two volumes, 52 is collected with bonus material after each chapter, including concept designs, page breakdowns, scripts, alternate story elements and more! Collects 52 #27-52."

So Pretty / Very Rotten: Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Cute Culture


Jane Mai - 2017
    Empowering and beautiful, but also inescapably linked to consumerism, the Rococo-inspired fashion is indulgent and sublime, pretty and rotten.An Nguyen is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Ottawa, ON best known for her romantic comic series Open Spaces and Closed Places.Jane Mai is a freelance illustrator and comic artist from Brooklyn, NY.Novala Takemoto is a Japanese author, fashion designer and prominent promoter of the Lolita lifestyle.

Jack Kirby's Kamandi Omnibus


Jack Kirby - 2017
    From one of comics' legendary creators, Jack Kirby's Kamandi faces danger from a giant, monstrous crab creature and an intelligent killer whale, and is hunted by the Sacker Company as a valuable intelligent human. In what is considered the series' greatest tale, Kamandi is forced to compete with the leader of a gorilla clan for the ultimate prize: Superman's costume!Collecting: Jack Kirby's Kamandi, The Last Boy On Earth 1-40

Darkwing Duck: Orange is the New Purple (Comics Collection Vol. 1)


Aaron Sparrow - 2017
    The Terror that Flaps in the Night clashes with a villain who may be unstoppable, and faces off with his arch nemeses Megavolt and Negaduck as they wreak havoc on the city. Don t miss the slapstick, crime-fighting adventures of the feathered protectors of St. Canard in this four-issue comics collection."

Anti-Gone


Connor Willumsen - 2017
    Like a form of multistable perceptual phenomena, Anti-Gone exists in ambiguity.

Father and Son


Erich Ohser Plauen - 2017
    Father and Son

Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years


Gardner FoxBabs Tarr - 2017
    And ever since, the butt-kicking hero has been a vital part of Batman's team and a role model for girls everywhere, squaring off against mobsters, assassins, super-villains and more. Though many young women have worn the cowl--from unassuming librarian Barbara Gordon to deadly mute assassin Cassandra Cain to teen vigilante Stephanie Brown--all have made their distinct mark on the DC Universe. Now BATGIRL: A CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS collects all the greatest triumphs and most tragic moments of the many Batgirls in one volume, offering a crash course in the character, from Babs' first appearance by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino to her modern-day adventures by Cameron Stewart, Brenden Fletcher, Babs Tarr, Gail Simone and more.

In Between: The Poetry Comics of Mita Mahato


Mita Mahato - 2017
    Feel free to drop the common advice not to share your dreams, if your subconscious does half the work of hers."-Martin McClellanMita Mahato is one of handful of artists and writers whose visionary work is defining the new genre of Poetry Comics. In Between is a collection of pieces that bring together simple, elegant expressions of thought and emotion with dreamlike mixed media artworks. There are comics that reflect on grief for a loved one who has died of cancer and others that explore ideas of inspiration and surrealist delight. Others combine whimsical word play with visually absurd witticisms. Each work in this volume stretches the definition of what a comic can be, as well as expectations for how much genuine feeling words and pictures on a page can hold.

Irredeemable Premier Vol. 4


Mark Waid - 2017
    When countries around the world unite for one last desperate stand, who will come out on top—and what of Earth will remain when the dust settles? The next epic instalment of the landmark superhero title is here! New York Times bestselling author, Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) joins forces with Peter Krause (Insufferable), Diego Baretto (Escape from New York), and more in this definitive collection of the Eisner Award-nominated series.

The Adventures of Robin Hood


Russell Punter - 2017
    The poor folk of Nottingham find themselves at the mercy of the heartless money-grabbing Sheriff. But deep in Sherwood Forest, rebellion is brewing. Join brave Robin Hood and his band of daring friends as they pit their wits against the Sheriff and his ruthless ally, Guy of Gisbourne. Swashbuckling thrills come thick and fast in this action-packed graphic legend.

The Gooiest Cat Book Ever


Corina Alvarez Loeblich - 2017
    The Gooiest Cat Book Ever is a collection of highly artistic inks and a unique way to represent what any cat’s staff already knows. This particular collection is an accurate compilation of the most sweetest behaviours and peculiarities of cats, and the humor in this book is as true as it can be. A must on any cat’s staff bookshelves!So the cat can sleep on it, of course.

The Weirdest Cat Book Ever


Corina Alvarez Loeblich - 2017
    The Weirdest Cat Book Ever is a collection of highly artistic inks and a unique way to represent what any cat’s staff already knows. This particular collection is an accurate compilation of the most bizarre behaviours and peculiarities of cats, and the humor on this book is very abstract and imaginative. A must in any cat’s staff bookshelves!So the cat can set it on fire, of course.

The Lamest Cat Book Ever


Corina Alvarez Loeblich - 2017
    The Lamest Cat Book Ever is a collection of highly artistic inks and a unique way to represent what any cat’s staff already knows. This particular collection is an accurate compilation of the most uninspiring behaviours and peculiarities of cats, and the humor in this book is quite literal. A must on any cat’s staff bookshelves!So the cat can tear it apart, of course.

The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 1: Golden Age


Archie Superstars - 2017
    Archie expects this to do very well as a full-color 416-page $9.99 volume. It will be the first in a three-part series, to be joined in the calendar year by SILVER and BRONZE AGE volumes as well.In 1941, Pep Comics introduced Archie Andrews, America's newest boyfriend. Since then, Archie and his perennial teenage friends have entertained young and old alike with their hilarious misadventures. In this volume, you'll journey to a bygone era and unearth the roots of an American institution.The frantic forties and fifties -- a time when the comic book industry was young and anything was possible. Stories from this Golden Age of comics had an anything goes quality -- perhaps none more so than the freewheeling antics of Archie Andrews and his friends.

A Process of Drastically Reducing One's Expectations


Gabby Schulz - 2017
    An excerpt from the author’s introduction: “If these pages have any value it is the voyeuristic thrill of watching a stranger document the implosions of his life in real time, charting all the discrete failures and unutterable, graceless fears that filled the worst years of his life (to date). These pages were drawn during a prolonged period of solitude, nightly drinking and suicidal ideation, as I lost a home, suffered from mysterious debilitating pains, and returned to minimum-wage retail life in a new city mostly famous for segregation, gun violence, police torture, and putting meat juice on sausage.”

Groo: Friends and Foes


Sergio Aragonés - 2017
    Sometimes, it's a friend. Other times, it's a foe. Most of the time, it doesn't matter! From Arba and Darkarba to Granny Groo, Chakaal, Taranto, and even the melodic narrating Minstrel, the bumbling Cheese Dip Eater crosses paths with fan favorite characters on his quest to reunite Kayli with her long-lost father. Can Groo do even that one little thing right?The award-winning team of Sergio Aragones and Mark Evanier are joined by Tom Luth on colors and Stan Sakai on letters! This hardcover collects over 300 pages of Groo: Dark Horse's full 12-issue series.- A wild cast of characters that will delight long-time fans and ensnare new readers!- Three Eisner Award winners (Sergio Aragones, Mark Evanier, and Stan Sakai) working on an Eisner Award winning series! (Tom Luth was nominated for an Eisner, too!)- Amid all the chaos and lunacy, Friends and Foes still has a touching story to tell!- This beautiful hardcover collects a full year of Groo over 300 pages!. (Collects Issues 1-12 of Groo: Friends and Foes!)

A Treasury of XX Century Murder Compendium I: Including The Lindbergh Child, The Axe-Man of New Orleans, and Madison Square Tragedy


Rick Geary - 2017
    Witness the most controversial and famous true crime cases that shook the 20th century! These 240 pages retell the love affair that ended the life of prominent architect Stanford White, the New Orleans’ Axe-Man and his gruesome killing spree, and the abduction (and resulting media circus) of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s son—all collected in a handsome quarter-bound omnibus.

ABO Comix: A Queer Prisoners Anthology (issue #1)


ABO ComixSirbrian Spease - 2017
    All of the profits go back to the contributors/prison abolition organizations.

Hot Summer Nights


Freddy Carrasco - 2017
    A group of friends eke out the most they can from the last day of summer before high school begins.

Otherworld Barbara, Volume 2


Moto Hagio - 2017
    A despairing Kiriya had rejected his father, Tokio. Yet now both are traveling with Tokio to Engaru, where Aoba has slept and dreamt of the island of Barbara for seven years. The poltergeist phenomena becomes more intense. Can the dreamer become the dreamed, and the dreamed the dreamer?

Awaiting the Collapse


Paul Kirchner - 2017
    Roughly a third of the stories star Dope Rider, the pot-smoking skeleton whose psychedelic adventures take him through colorful vistas equally reminiscent of Sergio Leone's spaghetti western films and of the surrealistic paintings of René Magritte and Salvador Dalí. These stories were originally drawn for the marijuana-themed magazine High Times but were also for Kirchner an excuse to create his very own brand of visual poetry. An other third of the book is a miscellaneous collection of comics whose stories range from the loony (the sextraterrestrial invasion of Earth in "They Came from Uranus") to the satirical ("Critical mass of cool") and the outright subversive (if you ever wondered what games toys play at night, read "Dolls at Midnight"). This book also features a broad selection of the covers Kirchner made for the pornographic tabloid Screw in the 1970s. Awaiting the Collapse finally contains a previously unpublished essay by Paul Kirchner about his career and his influences, which helps put in perspective the works published in this book.

The Temple of Silence: Forgotten Works & Worlds of Herbert Crowley


Justin Duerr - 2017
    His illustrations were featured alongside work by Picasso, Matisse and Van Gogh in the 1913 Armory Show that gave birth to modern art in America. His newspaper strip THE WIGGLEMUCH was printed next to Winsor McCay's LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND in the New York Herald. He had a close relationship with Carl Jung, and was a noted mainstay of the burgeoning NYC experimental art scene.And yet he's been completely erased from history.Aside from a very small selection of his comics, none of his artwork has been published or collected in any form.Until now. Over the course of six years of deep research, we have unearthed a huge number of Crowley paintings, sculptures, illustrations, comics, prints, engravings and ephemera. Contained in this tome you'll find hundreds of jaw-dropping images of otherworldly shrines, whimsical cartoons, grotesque creatures, nightmares and dreamscapes. You will encounter impossible symbolism, encrypted glyphs, and the yearning visual poetry of a brilliant, tormented spirit. Enter THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE, and behold the strange, astonishing visions of a lost legend of modern art. Contained in this tome you'll find hundreds of jaw-dropping images of otherworldly shrines, whimsical cartoons, grotesque creatures, nightmares and dreamscapes. You will encounter impossible symbolism, encrypted glyphs, and the yearning visual poetry of a brilliant, tormented spirit. Enter THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE, and behold the strange, astonishing visions of a lost legend of modern art.

Garlandia


Lorenzo Mattotti - 2017
    Their shaman, Zachariah, helps them to interpret the spirits that foretell their future. But a strange vision bodes ill. This long-awaited second collaboration between Italian artists Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky, ten years in the making, is masterfully drawn in soft, psychedelic black and white.

Uber: Invasion, vol. 1


Kieron Gillen - 2017
    Kieron Gillen's alternate history WW2 epic of Axis Germany developing the first enhanced humans returns with UBER: INVASION! Collects issues #01-#06

Superman: Birthright - Part 1


Mark Waid - 2017
    but what droe a farmboy from Kansas to divide his life between posing as a mild-mannered reporter for The Daily Planet and embarking on a career as Metropolis' heroic Man of Steel?ACTION COMICS #245Originally published in October 1958The evil alien Brainiac reduced the Kryptonian city of Kandor and kept it imprisoned in a bottle. For the first time since saving the city, Superman shrinks down for an adventure in this miniature slice of his home world. Meanwhile on Earth, a renegade scientist poses as the Man of Tomorrow.

Ghosts, Etc.


George Wylesol - 2017
    is a collection of strips from illustrator and designer George Wylesol. His work deals with environments, his “characters” are objects or abstract shapes. He has self-published various comics and zines including The Rabbit and Worthless, which are featured in this collection along with a new comic, Ghosts.George Wylesol is an illustrator/designer/writer from Philadelphia, living and working in Baltimore.

Sandwich Anarchy: The Cult Culinary Posters of Melt Bar & Grilled


John G - 2017
    Food and Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives. Everyone from Kevin Bacon to Mastadon to "Weird Al" Yankovic was dropping by unannounced to snag both a sandwich and a poster.Sandwich Anarchy collects ten years of Melt posters into one volume, from the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Melt to The Brat Pack Breakfast Club Melt (Pixy Stix included!), along with the stories behind the images. Perhaps the first book to document restaurant gig posters, Sandwich Anarchy serves clever artwork and design sure to entertain the senses.

Street Fighter VS Darkstalkers #0


Matt Moylan - 2017
    Two classic Capcom fighting franchises collide as the martial artists of Street Fighter are haunted by the mad monsters of Darkstalkers! The crossover chaos all starts in this special prelude issue!

Suburban Teens on Acid


Dennis Worden - 2017
    Worden has done his time. He reports back with a critical recall of events and honest confusion over their impact. His introduction reveals, "We didn't use drugs for 'enlightenment,' but for fun. We did it all for fun," and ends with, "Looking back, I'd have to say that LSD brought me more pain than pleasure, but I can't clearly say if it was a good or bad thing." -- Rich Kreiner

Ripples


Wai Wai Pang - 2017
    And in Britain. First time debut from Wai Wai Pang, this book was highly anticipated in big UK newspaper The GUARDIAN, and now we can read it.

Couldn’t Afford Therapy, So I Made This


Lawrence Lindell - 2017
    Couldn’t Afford Therapy is a book by Lawrence Lindell about mental health issues and blackness.

The Flash: The Silver Age Vol. 2


John Broome - 2017
    This volume also includes battles against Mirror Master, futuristic science-magician Abra Kadabra and Gorilla Grodd, who also appeared on the hit CW TV series The Flash.This title includes the Flash #123, the pivotal Silver Age story "The Flash of Two Worlds," which introduced the idea of the multiverse to DC Comics, bringing back the Golden Age Flash, Jay Garrick, and features appearances by Kid Flash, who starred in this summer's best-selling comic DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1.Collects THE FLASH #117-132.

Old Ground


Noel Freibert - 2017
    Ambience and slapstick combine as an absurd cast of characters inhabits and haunts the home.