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Kramers Ergot #8 Dash Shaw, Takeshi Murata, Robert Beatty, Sammy Harkham and more ... PictureBox Kramers Ergot $29.75
($32.95 list)
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Read more and comment... 		<<•>>  edited by Sammy Harkham  <<•>>  Starting out way back in 2000 as a plain ol' self-published, black and white comic book, Sammy Harkham's Kramers Ergot has been through some serious changes over the years.  In 2003, when Sammy went for broke (literally) and switched to a massive full-color book format with the fourth issue, Kramers was transformed from a simple comic book to a synecdoche/catch phrase for the exploding art comics scene.  The subsequent two issues followed suit and were published by art house publisher, Gingko Press.  Then, with the seventh issue the stakes were raised again with the gigantic, full-blown, original-old-school Sunday page size – a whoppin'' 16" x 21" – full color, hardcover published by Buenaventura Press that knocked people's socks off the world over; not least folks here in Pittsburgh, where we hosted the Kramers Tour at The BrilloBox to much acclaim.  Now, with the eighth issue, Kramers is being published by our pals at PictureBox and has entered yet another phase.  This time out – perhaps in keeping with its maturation – Kramers takes the form of an unassuming standard size hardcover sporting a tan cloth cover of deceptively straightforward design by Robert Beatty; one which nonetheless provides both visual and tactile pleasure to the reader and hints at what is to come, which is another all-star anthology featuring some of today's top cartoonists working in an environment where they feel comfortable taking risks.  An essay by Ian Svenonius, "Notes on Camp, Part 2" sets the tone with a hyperbolic sequel to Susan Sontag's famous essay, in which Svevonius traces a lineage for pop, camp and comics that centers on Warhol and goes back through to the Roman Empire. Then we are treated to a brand new Jimbo adventure by Gary Panter followed by new stories by C.F., Kevin Huizenga (who redraws the story "The Half Men" from the classic ACG series of the 1950s & '60s, Mysteries of Unexplained Worlds), Gabrielle Bell, Johnny Ryan, Time Hensley, Leon Sadler, Chris Cilla, Anya Davidson, Ben Jones and Sammy Harkham, himself.  The clear standout of Kramers Ergot 8 is the collaboration between Dash Shaw and Frank Santoro, "Childhood Predators."  This sixteen page story is a masterpiece of layout which was consciously composed as a series of eight two-page spreads by someone who really knows what they're doing.  Santoro displays his mastery of the medium by employing a host of techniques and methods to deliver a highly textured, subtly nuanced, and deeply felt look at an emotionally complex and politically fraught scenario that will amply reward repeated readings.  In addition to the comics, there are a pair of art portfolios featuring Robert Beatty's "retro-future" airbrush art, as well as a series of freakishly photorealistic digital artworks by Takeshi Murata, all of which are reproduced on bright glossy stock, in contrast to the flat off-white stock of the comics work.  The 40-page dose of Oh, Wicked Wanda! comics that closes out this issue is also printed on glossy stock to mimic its original appearance in the pages of Penthouse Magazine back in the 1970s.  Oh, Wicked Wanda was created by the British artist and writer duo of Ron Embleton and Frederic Mullalley as Penthouse's answer to Kurtzman and Elder's Little Annie Fannie, which ran in Playboy Magazine.  As with everything Penthouse, it is the same as Playboy, only more so; and in this case, the humor is decidedly British (as was Penthouse) with its international settings and casual conflation of kinky sex with Nazis.  We'd be curious to learn why the largest hunk of this issue of Kramers was devoted to these comics, so we hope Harkham will go on record as to his rationale and motivation here.  Regardless of what they may be, Kramers remains in the vanguard of contemporary comics and is indispensable reading for anyone who likes their comics challenging.
Study Group Magazine #1 Zack Soto, Malachi Ward, Aidan Koch, Michael DeForge and more ... Study Group Study Group Magazine $10.00
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Zack Soto   Anyone on the prowl for a new comics anthology to sink their teeth into since the demise of MOME is sure to be pleased by the promising first issue of Study Group Magazine currently beckoning from the Copacetic central display table.  Rising from the fertile loam of the Portland, OR comics scene, it is edited and published by Zack Soto and features some delectable work from some of the freshest talents chosen from among the current crop of comics creators, including Malachi Ward, Aidan Koch, Michael DeForge, Chris Cilla and cover artist, Eleanor Davis, who is also the subject of an interview and who provides a nice transition for MOME readers, as her story was one of the highlights of MOME's last issue.  Study Group Magazine's format is a tall vertical format (8 1/2" x 12") printed in deep sepia against a light purple and deep yellow duo-tone color scheme that reminds us somewhat of the NoBrow aesthetic.  A highlight of this issue is an excellent, in-depth, heavily illustrated – with character studies, thumbnails, layouts, and finished pages – 17 page interview cum essay with Craig Thompson conducted and assembled by Milo George that focuses on his approaches to making comics in general and the creation of Habibi in specific, as well as providing valuable insight into his career and development as an artist. In addition, there is an appreciation of European comics wunderkind Brecht Evens by Greice Schneider that provides some food for thought.  Did we mention that it is a numbered addition of 1000 copies? that DeForge's contribution is an instant cartoon classic that will burrow deep within your subconscious mind and take up residence?  All in all an auspicious debut. 
Nursery Rhyme Comics Gahan Wilson, Roz Chast, Tony Millionaire, Lilli Carre and more ... (:01) First Second $17.77
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Chris Duffy This 115 page, full-size, full color collection of 50 "timeless rhymes" includes all the favorites and then some.  What makes this one different?  What makes it stand out from the crowd?  What makes it mind-bogglingly amazing?  The list of artists who created the 50 works that fill this volumedoes, that's what.  It is practically a "who's who" of contemporary cartoonists that stretches around the block.  We're only going to give you a baker's dozen here, just to whet your appetite:  Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez (each contributing their own comics nursery rhyme), Theo Ellsworth, James Sturm, Jordan Crane, Eleanor Davis, Patrick McDonnell, Kate Beaton, Craig Thompson, Lilli Carré, Tony Millionaire, Roz Chast, Gahan Wilson... we think you get the idea. This is pretty much a guaranteed gift success story if a comics fan is involved in any capacity:  whether you're giving or getting, this one has it all.  And it is practically a Platonic ideal as a gift designed to sprout a love of comics in a new reader.
Government Issue Comics Richard L Graham, Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Al Capp and more ... Abrams ComicArts $17.77
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Read more and comment... 		edited, compiled and annotated by Richard L Graham    Government Issue Comics provides readers with a 300 page overview of over sixty years of government sponsored comics.  The numerous and various branches of the US government managed, unsurprisingly, to recruit some of the top comics talent of its time, and in these pages you will find work by Will Eisner, Milton Caniff, Al Capp, Joe Kubert and Kurt Schaffenberger – and Charles Schulz, Walt Kelly, Chic Young and George McManus (and Al Wiseman!), along with a host of anonymous unknowns, all working on behalf of educating their fellow citizens on a (very) wide array of issues.  Richard Graham, an associate professor and media services librarian at the University of Nebraska has put together a broad survey of this massive but under-appreciated aspect of comics history.  It is organized into four categories:  military; economics and employment; civil defense, safety and health; and landscapes and lifestyles.  Each of these sections begins with an introductory essay by Graham that puts the comics in context.  Readers with Q-Code readers will, in theory, be able to access a large online archive of these comics by scanning the digital access code at the end of the book (or, go here and download PDF files of some of the complete comics and start reading now; just scroll down...).   Yes, history can be fun!  And now for less, as it is now on sale!
Someday Funnies Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, C.C. Beck, Wallace Wood and more ... Abrams ComicArts $45.00
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Michel Choquette  Well, here's something you don't see everyday:  a comics anthology that has been completed but unable to find a publisher for nearly forty years, finally being published!  As readers of The Comics Journal #299 – the cover feature of which was an in-depth article on the history of this volume – already know, this volume had reached a legendary/mythical status.  Robert Greenfield's introduction squarely situates the work contained in this volume as a document of "The Sixties," While comics critic/historian Jeet Heer's foreword provides ample context and background for the comics work the book contains as well as a chronology of its epic 40-year journey from inception to publication.  We've barely dipped out toes in this majorly oversize – 11" x 17" – 216 page, full color hardcover volume containing 120 comic strips by 169 creators, so we're not going to say much about the contents at this time, but we will provide you with some of the contributors, and let you do the math:  Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, C.C. Beck, Wallace Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Arnold Roth, Don Martin, Gahan Wilson, Bobby London, Trina Robbins, Vaughn Bodé, Steve Englehart, Archie Goodwin, Denny O'Neil, Ralph Reese, Alan Weiss, Herb Trimpe, Frank Zappa, Harlan Ellison, William S. Burroughs, Roy Thomas, Barry Smith (before he added Windsor) Guido Crepax, Ralph Steadman, Leo & Diane Dillon, Walter & Louise Simonson, Justin Green, Bill Griffith, Red Grooms, Russ Heath, Jay Kinney, Denis Kitchen, (a very young) Art Spiegelman, (also very young) Stan Mack, Ever Meulen,  Joost Swarte, Tom Wolfe,  Federico Fellini, and many, many more!  Also included is a "92-drawing take on Choquette's travels by Michael Fog" that parallels and brackets the comics the volumes contains.  Surprisingly (at least to us), the intent to create an interweaving bracketing tale was a component of the original volume's conception, and blank spaces were deliberately left in many of the pages at Choquette's instruction. 
The Best American Comics 2011 Alison Bechdel Houghton Mifflin Best American $22.75
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Read more and comment... 		  edited by Alison Bechdel   This year's volume gets off to a good start with Bechdel's own illustrated introduction wherein, in addition to introducing the work that follows she meanders autobiographically and waxes philosophical in and about comics.  It must mean something that this year's volume is the first in which there was a substantial amount of work that we here at Copacetic were not previously familiar with.  It seems that we can no longer keep up with all the deserving work out there.  As it doesn't feel like we're reading any less, the only conclusion to draw is that there's even more good work out there than we can keep up with.  A good sign, indeed!  The contributor list includes the essential work by those key artists whose work over the past year it is the first and foremost responsibility annual "best of" collection to present: Jaime Hernandez, Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, three of the best cartoonists of our times, did some of the best work of their career over the past year, and it is duly represented by excerpts here.  Dash Shaw's Bodyworld also receives a massive excerpt here (second in length only to Sacco's), and there are about a half dozen additional excerpts, most notably from Kevin Huizenga, Jeff Smith and Ken Dahl.  Then there are the short pieces, from all over, many of which – for the first time, as we noted – were new to us.  Included under this category are David Lasky and Mairead Case's "Soixante Neuf," Michael DeForge's "Queen," (how did we miss this one?), cover artist Jillian Tamaki's "Domestic Men of Mystery," Eric Orner's "Weekends Abroad" and Angie Wang's sumptuous "Flower Mecha."  Other great short pieces that we had already read and were glad to see here, include stories by Gabrielle Bell, John Pham, Joey Alison Sayers (from Papercutter, our favorite comic book anthology series), Noah Van Sciver, the webcomics sensation Kate Beaton and Paul Pope.  And we can't leave without mentioning the six-page "Anatomy of a Pratfall" by Peter and Maria Hoey from their self-published comic book series, Coin-Op.  This is a strongly Joost Swarte-inflected piece that would have been at home in Raw Magazine back in the day; it also reminds us, in its complexity, of some of Michel Gondry's more adventurous music videos.  We weren't hep to Coin-Op before reading this year's Best American.  Now we are; that's the idea.
Typewriter #6 Nick Bertozzi, Kurt Wolfgang, Dylan Williams, Nicolas Robel and more ... Self-published $9.00
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Read more and comment... 		<<•>>  edited and published by David Youngblood  <<•>>  One of the highlights of the 2003 SPX, and one of the best anthologies of the year, this 160 page squarebound volume features a lot of great work by a lot of great people like Souther Salazar, Sammy Harkham, Josh Simmons, Kurt Wolfgang, Farel Dalrymple, Dylan Williams, Marc Bell, Paul Hornschemeier, Nick Bertozzi, and Pittsburgh's own Jim Rugg, among many others!  The concept with this issue is that each story must begin with the sentence that the previous story ended with.  This is one of the best out there: small press, community building, unique, original and good.  Long out of print, but we just discovered that we have a secret stash!  2003 • 160 pages • B & W
Gay Genius Anne Murphy, Edie Fake Sparkplug Comic Books $17.00
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Read more and comment... 		Gay Genius is the latest, and possibly last, anthology from from venerable independent comics publisher, Sparkplug Comics, founded and run by Dylan Williams, an independent comics hero if there ever was one, who passed away on September 10, 2011.  "A showcase of contemporary radical queer visionaries-to-watch-out-for," Gay Genius is a squarebound softcover that runs 144 pages, most of which are in full color, and features twenty pieces that range from straight forward comics to collage to illustrated prose to unique combinations of these, all in celebration of the title theme.  Edited by Anne Murphy; cover by Edie Fake.
Sundays #4 Lydia Conklin, Damien Jay, Max de Radigués, Mari Ahokoivu and more ... Self-published Sundays $12.75
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Read more and comment... 		It looked for awhile that we weren't going to be able to lay our hands on any of these, but thanks to trusty Tony Shenton, we snagged a handful before they went the way of the Dodo.  Limited to 300 copies, this horizontally formatted anthology of super indy comics was printed and bound at The Center for Cartoon Studies and sports a hand pulled silk screen cover drawn by Damien Jay and pulled by Alex Kim and Joseph Lambert.  Here's its contributor list:   Mickey Z, Jeff Lok, Ed Piskor, Warren Craghead III, Aaron Cockle, Melissa Mendes, Joseph Lambert, Mark Burrier, Alex Kim, David Libens, Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi, Dane Martin, Julie Delporte, Michael DeForge, Sean Ford, Samuel C. Gaskin, Scott Longo, Jose-Luis Olivares, Mari Ahokoivu, Max de Radigués, Damien Jay, Lydia Conklin.  Whew!  Grab it before it's gone!
Gazetta: Comics from Belgrade to Bangkok Ron Regé, Dylan Horrocks, Amanda Vähämäki gazetta $15.00
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Read more and comment... 		This international anthology of comics from around the world has much to recommend it both in terms of scope and quality.  Cover artist Ron Rege, Jr.'s contribution is the first publication of his latest project, Cartoon Utopia.  Here he is producing what are, in effect, sermonistic lectures in spritual psychology (or, perhaps, lecturistic sermons on pyschological spirituality) in comics form; whatever one might decide to call them, they are both uniquely fascinating and uplifting, and, really, are worth the price of admission.  The Dylan Horrocks, the first new work by him we've read since we don't know when (what? Atlas #3, was it?), is so good that it makes us mad that this is all we get. Dylan's work has been so sporadic over the last decade that we suspect that there are plenty of folks out there who aren't familiar with his work.  If you fit this description, then you should change your status with all due speed, and picking this up might just be the ticket.  Then there are the two! – count them – contributions by Finland's greatest export, Amanda Vähämäki, rendered in her trademarked delicate yet precise pencils.  The remainder of the contributions are all quite worthy, and will have readers asking themselves why they haven't seen work by these creators before and/or where they can find more:  Belkis Ayón from Havana; Edmund Baudoin from Paris; Igor Hofbauer from Zagreb; André Lemos from Lisbon; Aleksander Opacic from Belgrade; Maurizio Ribichini from Rome; and Sam Seen from Bangkok.  Recommended!
Papercutter #16 Greg Means, Liz Prince, Joey Alison Sayers, Alexis Frederick-Frost and more ... Tugboat Press Papercutter $3.50
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Read more and comment... 		This issue leads off with "Professor Pearson," by Joey Alison Sayers:  an epic of despair in the form of a 20-page comics story about a junior high school teacher who loses his mind (did we neglect to mention that it is, as with all work by Sayers, quite funny?)  Also on hand are a two-page by Liz Prince, "Endless Lizcation," and "A Good Catch," a ten-pager depicting a slice of life that is red in tooth and claw by Alexis Frederick-Frost.  Papercutter delivers yet again.
MOME #22 Kurt Wolfgang, Tom Kaczynski, Joe Kimball, Eleanor Davis and more ... Fantagraphics MOME $17.77
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Eric Reynolds Say it isn't true!  Sadly, this is the end of the road for the most innovative and challenging regularly published English language comics anthology of the twenty-first century.  But they're going out with a bang!  MOME 22 is a wallopin' 240-page double issue that is a veritable gathering of MOME alumni (along with some notable last-minute newcomers) featuring 30 artists, including Kurt Wolfgang, Tom Kaczynski, Joe Kimball, Eleanor Davis, Anders Nilsen, Tim Hensley, Paul Hornschemeier, Gabrielle Bell, Zak Sally, Jesse Moynihan, Malachi Ward, James Romberger, Nick Drnaso, Joseph Lambert, Nick Thorburn, Victor Kerlow, Jim Rugg, Chuck Forsman, Sergio Ponchione, Steven Weissman, Sara Edward-Corbett, Laura Park, Josh Simmons, Derek Van Gieson (with collaborator Michael Jada), Tim Lane, Nate Neal, Lilli Carré, T. Edward Bak, Dash Shaw, Ted Stearn and Noah Van Sciver.  Whew!  Get a heaping helping of PDF preview, here.
Unicorn Mountain, Volume 2 Curt Gettman, Frank Santoro, Juliacks, Paulette Poullet and more ... Self-published Unicorn Mountain $12.00
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Read more and comment... 		As the cover states, this is a compendium of comics, writing and music.  Edited once again by Curt Gettman, this time around Unicorn Mountain is a chunky 206-page squarebound squareformat anthology printed in umber ink on flat white paper of (mostly) Pittsburgh culture that contains an eclectic 21-track CD, all for less than the prie of the average stand-alone CD!  Made possible in part by a grant from the seemingly omnipresent Sprout Fund, this issue is a big step up from the first issue.  Highlights include "Thousands of Mistakes" by Frank Santoro, "Niran and Theola" by Curt Gettman and Owl Kahol Systems (a pseudonym for a local comics artist), "Like Lace" by JULIACKS, "Rock & You" by Paulette Poullet, a two-page untitled piece by Brian Maruca and Jim Rugg of Street Angel fame, and a fistful of untitled illustrations by Paper Rad.  The material on the CD ranges far and wide and includes new tunes by Modey Lemon, Oneida, Ex-Models, Elf Power and Pink Mountaintops.  The Karl Hendricks Rock Band's "The Last Uncompromising Hardcore Band" will have you tapping your toes and singing along before you even realize it. 
Bound & Gagged Andrice Arp, Marc Bell, Chris Cilla, Michael DeForge and more ... Self-published $10.00
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Read more and comment... 		   <<•>>  curated by Tom Neely  <<•>>  This compendium of 71 single-panel gag cartoons from the world of independent comics is a genuine goldmine of unique comics work.  Who's in this comical compendium?  Well, hold on to your hats for this partial list:  Andrice Arp, Marc Bell, Chris Cilla, Michael DeForge, Kim Deitch, Theo Ellsworth, Robert Goodin, Juliacks, Kaz, Anders Nilsen, Jason Overby, John Porcellino (whose lead-off contribution had us wondering if perhaps he hadn't missed his calling as a New Yorker cartoonist), Jesse Reklaw, Zak Sally, Josh Simmons, Matthew Thurber, Noah Van Sciver, Dylan Williams, Chris Wright and more!!! In full color and black & white.   Anyone who misses out on this will be kicking themselves for years to come.  Don't let yourself be one of them!
S! – Baltic Comics Magazine #7: Forest Tales Michael DeForge, Derek Ballard, Pat Aulisio Biedriba Grafiskie Stasti S! $8.00
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Read more and comment... 		Yikes!  Yet another forest-themed comics anthology!  What does it mean?!  Straight out of Latvia, this pint-sized powerhouse is 98 pages of full color comics from around the world – but with a very strong accent on the Baltic States.  North Americans on hand are Pat Aulisio, Derek Ballard and Michael DeForge, whose 4-page "New Signal" is quite the eye-opener.
Root Rot Anne Koyama, Michael DeForge, Dan Zettwoch, Hellen Jo and more ... Koyama Press $12.00
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Read more and comment... 		Here's another forest themed book.  This all-new anthology contains 16 two-page spreads by 16 different artists including Dan Zettwoch, Hellen Jo, T. Edward Bak, John Vermilyea and Joseph Lambert – roughly 2/3 comics and 1/3 illustration – along with a wraparound cover by co-editor DeForge.  Beautifully printed on heavy, flat white stock.  Another fine Koyama Press publication.  BACK IN STOCK.
Unicorn Mountain 3 – The Black Forest: A Collection of Art, Comics and Folk Tales from Western Pennsylvania and Beyond Rina Ayuyang, Chris Cornwell, Theo Ellsworth, Juliacks and more ... Unicorn Mountain Unicorn Mountain $25.00
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Read more and comment... 		This is the long awaited third volume from Unicorn Mountain, published right here in Pittsburgh, PA.  While lacking the musical component of the first two volumes (in other words: no CD this time around), the comics and illustration work, taken as a whole, is head and shoulders above the first two.  Also worthy of note is the fact that this 228 page volume that includes the work of more than 25 local, national and international creators contains full color work for the first time – including an all-new, six-page story by Theo Ellsworth (his first in full color?).  Limited to a mere 500 copies!  SPECIAL OFFER:  For a limited time, anyone purchasing this will receive a copy of Unicorn Mountain #1 at no extra cost!  Please be aware that we only have a small quantity of Unicorn Mountain #1 available for this offer; once this supply has been exhausted, the offer ends.
POOD #3 Jim Rugg, Hans Rickheit, Adam McGovern, Paolo Leandri and more ... Big If POOD $4.00
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Read more and comment... 		And then there's this!  sixteen mammoth 16" x 22" newsprint pages in alternating full color and black & white.  Each gigantic page offers up a complete work by an individual creator or creative team – 15 in all, along with one page of editorial content.  There's some really worthwhile work here.  First off two of the top teams in indy comics are on hand here:  Jim Rugg & Brian Maruca deliver another cartoon deconstruction of US foreign policy in their latest US APE tale, "Chernobyl," while Adam McGovern & Paola Leandri splice 60's Kirbyisms onto Orphic lyrics to create a poetic comics evocation of the primal muse in "Spirit Media."  Hans Rickheit brings us once again into his finely rendered dream world with "Cochlea and Eustachia."  And, there's plenty more before the book closes out with two pages of full color splendor with "Zizmo and the Escapists" by Tobias Tak and "World Excursion" by Bishakh Som.
Bete Noire Ludovic Debeurme, Anke Feuchtenberger, Helge Reumann , Suzy Amakane and more ... Fantagraphics $9.95
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Read more and comment... 		<<• edited by Chris Polkki •>>  Don't let the fact that some of your favorite comics anthologies are concluding their runs get you down:  there's a world of comics out there waiting to be discovered.  Take this swell 100-page anthology from 2005, for example.  We thought it was long gone, but we stumbled on a source and so are eager to let late-comers in on this swell package of comics from around the world, with a special emphasis on the Japanese avant garde.  Bête Noire features what we believe was the first North American publication of Yuichi Yokoyama, as well as works by fellow Japanese manga masters Junko Mizuno, Ichiba Daisuke, Takeshi Nemoto and Suzy Amakane.  Also on hand are Helge Reumann of Switzerland, Anke Feuchtenberger of Germany, Ludovic Debeurme, Lucie Durbiano and Caroline Sury of France, as well as artists from Italy, Spain, Finland, along with Kevin Scalzo, Renée French and cover artist David Heatley from the USA.  Recommended for readers of Kramers Ergot, MOME and Blood Orange (which Mr. Polkki also edited).
Diamond Comics #6 Lane Milburn, Jonny Negron, Paul Pope, Zack Soto and more ... Floating World Comics Diamond Comics $3.75
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Read more and comment... 		<<• edited by Jason Leivian •>>  This full color newspaper jammed with comics is from the fine folks at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR.  This time around we start off with a wraparound cover by none other than Mr. Paul Pope, who also contributes a page along with, among others, Farel Dalrymple, Sam Hiti, Jonny Negron, Lane Milburn, Dash Shaw, Zack Soto and Pittsburgh's own Jim Rugg!  Sadly, this issue is, according to the idicia, the last. Don't let that stop you from enjoying it; just take your time... TEMPORARIY OUT OF STOCK.
MOME #15 Dash Shaw, Nicolas Mahler, Josh Simmons, T. Edward Bak and more ... Fantagraphics MOME $13.75
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Read more and comment... 		<<• edited by Eric Reynolds •>>  We are sad to announce that this is the penultimate issue of MOME.  Highlights this time around must start off with a new Tom Kaczynski tale, "The Cozy Apocalypse."  Also notable are a full-color two-pager by Lilli Carré, a nifty-in-a-very-dark-way three-pager by Jon Adams, the highly Hankiewicz-esque cover story by Sara Edward-Corbett, along with new work by Steve Weissman, Kurt Wolfgang, Josh Simmons (2!), T. Edward Bak, Nicolas Mahler, Dash Shaw, Sergio Ponchione, Nate Neal, Nick Thorburn and Michael Jada & Derek Van Gieson.  Savor these tales.
Papercutter #15 Drew Weing, Jonas Madden-Conner, Melinda Boyce, MK Reed and more ... Tugboat Press Papercutter $3.50
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Read more and comment... 		edited by Greg Means Yes, it's time for another issue of our favorite regularly published comic book anthology!  Jonas Madden-Conner leads off this issue with a seventeen page excursion into mathematics, history and fable with the curiosity-inducing (and grammatically challenging) title, "The Most Gripping Mind-Exploding Triumphantly Electric of Our Time."  This is followed by "My Two Front Teeth," a six page childhood reminiscence by Melinda Boyce.  The issue concludes with "My Boyfriend... or My Kitty?" in which a common dilemma is given a neo-classic romance comics treatment.  Written by MK Reed, this story features Drew Weing's finest art to date.  It looks like he's hit his stride here.  Don't miss it!
Mineshaft #24 R. Crumb, Mary Fleener Self-published Mineshaft $6.95
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Mineshaft #25 R. Crumb Self-published Mineshaft $7.00
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Not My Small Diary #15 John Porcellino, Dave Kiersh Self-published Not My Small DIary $6.00
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Read more and comment... 		Not My Small Diary is a unique anthology title that has been running strong since its founding in 1996 by Delaine Derry Green, who continues as its editor and publisher. Each issue is composed of two 64-80 page volumes, and features approximately 50 different cartoonists – making for a lot of comics for your money!   Beginning with #11, each issue has been dedicated to a specific theme (listed below).  These issues feature a truly great variety of comics work, most of it by creators that will be unfamiliar to most readers, but much of it is nonetheless quite worthy. Each issue also features work by seasoned comics pros such as Dave Kiersh and John Porcellino.  #15: Brushes with Celebrity (140 pages)
Not My Small Diary #14 John Porcellino, Julia Wertz, Sarah Oleksyk, Alec Longstreth and more ... Self-published Not My Small DIary $6.00
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Read more and comment... 		Not My Small Diary is a unique anthology title that has been running strong since its founding in 1996 by Delaine Derry  Green, who continues as its editor and publisher. Each issue is composed of two 64-80 page volumes, and features approximately 50 different cartoonists – making for a lot of comics for your money!   Beginning with #11, each issue has been dedicated to a specific theme (listed below).  These issues feature a truly great variety of comics work, most of it by creators that will be unfamiliar to most readers, but much of it is nonetheless quite worthy. Each issue also features work by seasoned comics pros such as Dave Kiersh, Alec Longstreth, Sarah Oleksyk, Julia Wertz and John Porcellino! #14: The Dating Issue (138 pages)  
Not My Small Diary #13 Dave Kiersh, Dan Zettwoch Self-published Not My Small DIary $6.00
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Read more and comment... 		Not My Small Diary is a unique anthology title that has been running strong since its founding in 1996 by Delaine Derry Green, who continues as its editor and publisher. Each issue is composed of two 64-80 page volumes, and features approximately 50 different cartoonists – making for a lot of comics for your money!   Beginning with #11, each issue has been dedicated to a specific theme (listed below).  These issues feature a truly great variety of comics work, most of it by creators that will be unfamiliar to most readers, but much of it is nonetheless quite worthy. Each issue also features work by seasoned comics pros such as Dan Zettwoch and Dave Kiersh.  #13: The Lucky/Unlucky Issue (158 pages)
Kus: The Baltic Comics Magazine #8 Biedriba Grafiskie Stasti Kus $8.00
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Read more and comment... 		(112 pages; 6" x 9")
S! – Baltic Comics Magazine #6 Biedriba Grafiskie Stasti S! $4.50
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