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Meanwhile... A Biography of Milton Caniff UNDEFINED $29.75
($34.95 list)

Read more and comment... 		Caniff finally gets his due in this amazing 951 page (!) biography by noted comics scholar, Harvey.
The Ancient Book of Myth and War UNDEFINED $16.95
($19.95 list)

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The Art, Life and Music of Daniel Johnston UNDEFINED $22.22
($24.95 list)

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Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed Paul Trynka UNDEFINED $21.50
($0.00 list)
Iggybio
Read more and comment... 		This is it:  at long last we have a definitive biography of the one and only Iggy Pop.  While we're sure that this book will prove to be far from the last word on Iggy, Open Up and Bleed is without any doubt the most thorough going, well researched and fully fleshed out account of the life and career of James Osterberg and his alter ego, Iggy Pop, that has yet been produced.  Beginning with an in depth look at his trailer park beginnings and a surprising account of his high school politcal ambitions, it continues through his early days with the Iguanas and The Primer Movers and his epochal introduction to the Asheton brothers before charting his roller coaster career:  first with the Stooges, then through his friendship and musical partnership with David Bowie and all the way up to the present day, coming  full circle to the reunion of The Stooges that is currently underway.  Plus, plenty of rare photos!  Recommended to all Iggyphiles everywhere.
You Don't Love Me Yet UNDEFINED $22.22
($24.95 list)
Newlethem
Read more and comment... 		The follow-up novel to Lethem's wildly successful Fortress of Solitude, YDLMY (what's with all the long titles this month?) tells the tale of a help-line operator who falls in love with a caller -- "the complainer" -- but still has time to play bass in a rock 'n' roll band along with a lead singer who works at the zoo, and a drummer who works in a "masturbation boutique."  All proceeds swimmingly until "the complainer" joins the band...  at which point things take a screwball turn.  This strikes us as being a bit more light-hearted than Lethem's usual fare, but this could very well be a good thing, as we could all use a nice romp now and then, and Lethem may very well deliver us one here, as this sounds promising and he certainly is capable of pulling it off.  We'll let you know if he succeeded once we've managed to read it (although you probably don't need us to help you make your mind up).
Heyday UNDEFINED $22.22
($26.95 list)
Heydaya
Read more and comment... 		This book has our name on it, as it is written by Spy Magazine co-founder, Andersen, whose previous novel, Turn of the Century, was thoroughly enjoyable -- and, more importantly, Heyday is set in the USA of the pivotal year 1848, where so much was happening that determined what was to come (for better and for worse) that we can't wait to see what Andersen has to say about how it all fits together.  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Walt Whitman, Charles Darwin and Karl Marx -- to name but a few -- were producing work that was opening the way to the future as Edgar Allen Poe (a quote from whose last work, Eureka -- completed in 1848, shortly before his death -- was chosen for one of the book's two opening epigraphs) was laying to rest the past.  And then there's the war with Mexico (remember the Alamo?) and the gold rush of '49.  Money, power, personalities and ideas swirl, back in the day -- the heyday, that is.
The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps UNDEFINED $22.50
($25.00 list)
Bigpulps
Read more and comment... 		edited by Otto Penzler You want pulp fiction?  We got pulp fiction.  1,140 double-columned pages packed with the best crime stories from the golden age of the pulps -- the 1920s, 30s & 40s -- when writers like Dashiell Hammet, Raymond Chandler, Cornell Woolrich, Paul Cain, Leslie Chartiers, Erle Stanley Gardner, Frederick Nebel, and a host of others all wrote their heart out for 2¢ a word.  Divided into three sections -- The Crimefighter, The Villians and The Dames -- this massive tome contains over fifty stories and two complete novels.  This is a book that you'll want to save for those special nights when it's pitch black and freezing cold and the wind is rattling the windowpanes.  You'll want to turn off all lights in the house except for your reading lamp that's poised over your cracked leather armchair, put a stack of old Billie Holiday records on the turntable, pour yourself a couple fingers of hard liquor and settle in for a prolonged look at the underworld, out of which, somwhere along the way, the  unconscious will emerge and you'll be face to face with the heart of darkness of the good ol' USA.
Gentlemen of the Road Michael Chabon UNDEFINED $18.88
($21.95 list)
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Gentroad
Read more and comment... 		What's this?  Two new Michael Chabon novels in one year?  This new novel is a bit slighter on the ambition scale than this year's earlier release, The Yiddish Policemen's Union, but that is its intention.  As is splendidly evident in its design, Gentlemen of the Road is a classic adventure yarn.  Starting with endpapers that depict a historical map of the area where the book's adventures occur, and continuing with its old-school table of contents and list of illustrations, and, especially, on through to the llustrations themselves -- all done up in the classic pen and ink style by the current (and quite excellent) illustrator of Prince Valiant, Gary Gianni which are liberally scattered throughout -- this is a book that wants to take you back to when reading was an adventure in and of itself.  Set a thousand years in the past amidst the Caucas Mountains  and along the Don and Volga River valleys, it's a tale that follows a mismatched pair of adventurers, affectionately referencing Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, as they get into -- and out of -- one mess after another on their way to the revolution.  Here's a couple of  reviews in The Village Voice and The Guardian UK.
The Drama, Issue Nine UNDEFINED $5.35
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Drama9
Read more and comment... 		The latest issue of the art magazine that's the mostest is now on our shelves. This issue features heavily illustrated interviews with Fort Thunder co-founder, Brian Chippendale, cover artist Henrik Drescher and Zippy, the Pinhead creator, Bill Griffith. Also on offer are a nice preivew of the catalogue for the show, Wunderground: Providence 1995 to the present currently on exhibit at the RISD Museum. And, of course, there's the ever present 32-page comics supplement, this time around featuring the likes of Matthew Thurber, Vanessa Davis, Zak Sally, Nicolas Robel, Mark Bell, Mark Burrier, and a dozen others, along with the experimental inclusion of Adam Levin's short story, Frankenwittgenstein, illustrated by Keith Jones. AND, as if that weren't enough, this is the last issue, as the publishers have decided to call it a day and move on to art book publishing. We'll let you know what they come up with.