New Stuff This Week

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*ZINES*

Ennui photo zine by Dongyi Wu $12.00

Heels by Jeffrey Cheung $6.00

Confusion Droppings #20 by Max Nordile $5.00

Crochet by Jordan Taylor $5.00

Giorgio and Dimitrius Fast Food Colorin’ Book by Leif Goldberg $6.00

Algeria – Notes on an Unfamiliar Place by Gene Bedient $5.00

House by George Wylesol (Tan N Loose) $12.00 – A collection of sparse digitized images in an American idiom: gas stations, truck stops, bars. Text fragments tell a surreal story of a transforming neighborhood. Truly unsettling, beautiful, and strange. -Lane

*COMICS & MINIS*

Forlorn Funnies #1 by Paul Hornschmeier (Fantagraphics) $8.00

Dead Flame by Chloe Perkis $10.00 – A stunningly designed and deeply felt meditation on love and loneliness. Worth it alone for the way Chloe draws hair! Highly highly recommended. -Lane

Cats of the White House by Danny Noonan $3.00

Panthor #2 $9.00

Marjorie #1 by Josh Reinwald $3.00

Otto Splotch titles:
Quarter Vomit by Otto Splotch $15.00 – Get back to the grimestone with the latest collection from Otto Splotch. Three friends drink and embark on a Mardi Gras adventure. This one brings the yuks and & yucks. -Lane
Wake Up and Knurl $7.00
Granny Candy $15.00

Of Love and Books by C. Kardambikis $10.00

Views From the Gutter #1 $10.00

*GRAPHIC NOVELS*

The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux $24.95 – Claveloux’s whimsical intoxicating short stories (murderous grandmothers! bad-tempered vegetables!) from the 70s in French, now translated into English. Book designed and with an intro by Daniel Clowes.

The Doomster’s Monolithic Pocket Alphabet by Theo Prasidis $12.99 – Bongs, goats, amps, and a lot of naked nuns! In five decades of wretched existence, doom metal has evolved into a vast orchard of unearthly delights. Explore its unholy rites with this illustrated lexicon of all things doom.

The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery, Vol. 1: From Sherlock Holmes to A Clockwork Orange to Jo Nesbø by Russ Kick

Cold Cube #003 by Aiden Fitzgerald & friends $25.00

How 2B King by Taylor H. Dow and Alexandria Vickery (Cold Cube Press) $20.00 – A beautiful collaborative narrative experiment from Alexandria Vickery and Taylor Dow. These two best friends built their comic story from the center outward, each contributing panels color-coded in red and blue. Endearing and lovely! -Lane

*ART & DESIGN*

2018 Indicator Species Calendar by Leif Goldberg $24.00 – Enjoy each month of 2018 with Leif Goldberg’s screen-printed spaceships, pizza, critters and assorted madness. And then when the year is over, continue to marvel at the colors.

Beautiful Days by Chris Uphues 12.00

Dark Sand by Alain Vonck (Bronze Age) $14.00

*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*

Revolutionary Yiddishland: A History of Jewish Radicalism by Alain Brossat & Sylvie Klingberg (Verso) $18.95

*MUSIC & TV BOOKS*

Uncommon People: The Rise and Fall of The Rock Stars by David Hepworth $30.00

The Essential Fan Guide to RuPaul’s Drag Race by John Davis & Libby VanderPloeg $19.95

*SEXXXY*

Headmaster #8 $20.00

Poisonous Berries (Bronze Age) $12.00

*MAGS*
The Believer Jan 18 $12.00
Wicked Vision Magazine vol 8 $18.00
Sometimes Magazine #1 Made in the Kitchen $10.00
Harpers Magazine Dec 17 $6.99
Paper Magazine Win 17 $10.00
Tape Op #122 $4.95

*CHAP BOOKS*

Overtime Hour 46 The Clean Room by Joe Cappello $2.00

Fools Journey by Sara Duff $4.00

*GIFTY SHIT*
Go to Hell the Game $22.00
Bravery Bandages $6.00
Glow Cats Toys $.50
Cat Scarf $19.98
Finger Cat Paws $2.00
Cat Bowtie For Posh Cats $6.00