Optic Nerve #14 by Adrian Tomine (D&Q) $6.95 – Optic Nerve 14 brings Adrian Tomine’s multifaceted, expressive cartooning to a new peak with two stories and a bonus autobiographical strip. “Killing and Dying” is about a father’s struggles to be supportive: it centers on parenthood, mortality, and stand-up comedy. “Intruders” depicts a man obsessively trying to find his way back to a former life by revisiting places he once knew.
The Bloodiest Thing That Ever Happened In Front Of A Camera: Conservative Politics, ‘Porno Chic’ and Snuff by Stephen Milligen (HeadPress) $21.95 – In the early 1970s, outrageous claims were made of a new blood-spattered cinematic extreme. This was the legend of the ‘snuff movie’, which promoted the inhuman notion that a woman had been murdered to satisfy the sexual appetite of a jaded public. The story was produced by a kind of madness incarnate, but it reflected the desperation of America in cultural turmoil. ‘Snuff’ was a backlash against the naïve liberalism of the counterculture, embraced by people who preferred to believe the worst about their society. Once unleashed the concept was embraced and manipulated by the tabloid media and a variety of political and social crusaders, each using it to further their own cause. Brutal, evil, ghastly beyond belief, snuff became an iconic urban legend. This book is the true, startling and hideously exploitative history of that legend and how it was created.
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Zines
Black Metal of the Americas vol 8 by Ed and Patrick $5.00
Your Table is Ready: Tips for Having a Supercool Tabling Experience by Nyxia Grey $1.00
Booya Moon Purple Myrtle #9 Split $5.00 – Partially a Stephen King Fanzine.
Vulture Voyeurism Screenshots from the Mitt Romney Campaign Website $10.00 – Taken on election night november 7th, 2012.
Frightened by the Eye of Horus by Tricycle Red Projects $3.00
Surgical Ampitheater #2 by M Chandelier $5.00
Ima Eat You Apr 15 by Dawn Graham $2.00
Mechanical Yammering #1 Practical Guide for Digital Life by Nicky Martin $2.00
Godzilla Grrl vol 1 by Monstrochika $6.00
Comics & Minis
Pope Hats #4 by Ethan Riley $7.95
Golemchik by William Exley (Nobrow) $5.95
One Dot by Tony Kinnard $6.00
Hunter by Joe Sparrow (Nobrow) $5.95
Vacancy by Jen Lee $5.95 (Nobrow) $5.95
Whimsical Delusions by Garrett Leo Augustyn $8.00
Eat to Survive Flyers N Stuff 2013-2015 by Jeff Mahannah $4.00
Old Timey Hockey Tales vol 1 by Robert Ullman & Jeffrey Brown $6.00
Jelly Jar #1 by Sandra Mazuera $3.00
Revenger #1 Cages by Charles Forsman (Oily Comics) $5.00
Snake Church #1 by Eric Reyes $5.00
Not On My Watch: A Bystander’s Handbook for the Prevention of Sexual Violence by Isabella Rotman $5.00
Adventure by Mike Freiheit $4.00
Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks
Spectators by Victor Hussenot (Nobrow) $22.95
Don’t Get Eaten By Anything a Collection Of the Dailies 2011-2013 by Dakota McFadzean (Conundrum) $25.00
Mr. Smiley by Tony Kinnard $15.00
Apocalyptigirl an Aria For the End Times by Andrew MacLean $9.99
East of West vol 1 by Jonathan Hickman $9.99
Fables Deluxe Edition Book 10 by Bill Willingham (Vertigo) $29.99
Ex Machina Book 5 by Brian K. Vaughan & Tony Harris (Vertigo) $19.99
Art & Design
Slang Aesthetics by Robt. Williams (Baby Tattoo) $40.00
Rock On by Alex Diamond $25.00
Dare to Be Stupid the Poster Art of Ryan Duggan Drug Factory Press 2006-2014 (HoZac Books) $28.85
Atom Bomb Bikini: The Lurid Art of Robert Ullman $16.00
Jason D’Aquino’s Circus ABC by Jason D’Aquino $12.95
Custom Tattoo 101 Over 1000 Stencils and Tattoos For Customizing Your Own Unique Tattoo by Tattoofinder (Race point) $25.00
Fiction
Make Something Up Stories You Cant Unread by Chuck Palahniuk $26.95
Exigencies by Richard Thomas and Chuck Wendig (Dark House) $15.95
The Essential Ginsberg, ed. by Michael Schumacher $17.99
Loving Day by Mat Johnson $26.00
Mayhem & Outer Limits
The Gates of Janus: Serial Killing and Its Analysis by the Moors Murderer, intro by Colin Wilson and afterward by Peter Sotos (Feral House) $23.95 – Ian Brady and Myra Hindley’s spree of torture, sexual abuse, and murder of children in the 1960s was one of the most appalling series of crimes ever committed in England, and remains almost daily fixated upon by the tabloid press. In The Gates of Janus, Ian Brady himself allows us a glimpse into the mind of a murderer as he analyzes a dozen other serial crimes and killers.
Ancient Aliens and Secret Societies by Mike Bara (Adventures Unlimited) $19.95 – Did ancient “visitors”?of extraterrestrial origin?come to Earth long ago and lift the human race out of the ashes of a great global catastrophe around 10,500 BC? Were the science and secrets that they taught the ancients intended to be a guide for all humanity to the present era of change and upheaval we are experiencing? Was this crucial information about our future and our true past usurped by secretive, small cabals, some with bad intent and some with altruistic designs, who have held these secrets over the millennia to the present day?
Music Books
What Else Is In the Teaches Of Peaches by Peaches and Holger Talinski (Akashic) $27.95
Wailing of A Town: An Oral History of Early San Pedro Punk and More 1977-1985 by Criag Ibarra $20.00
Rise of the Super Furry Animals by Ric Rawlins $16.99
Your Band Sucks: What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution (But Can No Longer Hear) by Jon Fine $27.95 – By the guitarist from Bitch Magnet, Coptic Light and Don Caballero.
Essays
Bad Kid: A Memoir by David Crabb $14.99 – Filled with the music and popular culture of the late-eighties and early-nineties, this refreshingly honest and hilarious coming-of-age memoir from comedian, storyteller, and The Moth host David Crabb tells a universally resonant story about growing up gay and Goth in San Antonio, Texas.
Gnarr: How I Became the Mayor Of a Large City In Iceland and Changed the World by Jon Gnarr $16.95
I Can’t Find It vol 1 $12.00
Film
The Horror of It All: One Moviegoer’s Love Affair with Masked Maniacs, Frightened Virgins, and the Living Dead by Adam Rockoff $24.00
Cocaine Fiends and Reefer Madness: An Illustrated History of Drugs in the Movies 1894-1978 by Michael Starks $19.95
Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero & Susanna Sparrow $16.00 – The novel of the classic horror film, with an introduction by Simon Pegg.
Food
Tiki Drinks: Tropical Cocktails for the Modern Bar by Robert Sharp and Nicole Weston $19.95
Will Travel For Vegan Food by Kristin M. Lajeunesse $19.95
Sweet Mary Jane: 75 Delicious Cannabis-Infused High-End Desserts by Karin Lazarus $25.00
DIY
Compost City: Practical Composting Know-How for Small-Space Living by Rebecca Louie $16.00
Magazines
Bust Jun Jul 15 vol 93 $5.99
True Crime May 15 $8.99
Sumzine #3 Raw $20.00
Puss Puss #2 $24.95
Tape Op #107 May Jun 15 $4.95
Razorcake #86 $4.00
Wire May 15 #375 $9.99
Harpers Magazine Jun 15 $6.99
Lit Journals & Chap Books
Opaque vol 1 #1 $5.00
Sheriff Nottinghams Holiday Herald vol 1 #2 $10.00
Kids Books
Girl At the Bottom of the Sea by Michelle Tea and Amanda Verwey (McSweeneys) $19.95
Long Tail Kitty Come Out and Play by Lark Pien (Blue Apple) $17.99
Hungry Roscoe by David J Plant (Flying Eye) $17.95
