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Title Creator Publisher Series Price
The Goddess of War Lauren Weinstein PictureBox $11.00
($12.95 list)
Goddessofwar
Read more and comment... 		Also from PictureBox, this gigantic (10" x 15") comic book is the first installment of an epic fantasy that incorporates South and North American Indian history and lore, twentieth century European conflicts and surrealistic science fiction with a contemporary, urban art comics aesthetic to forge a modern mythology of war, and has fun doing it.
Girl Stories Lauren Weinstein $15.25
($16.95 list)
Girlstories2
Read more and comment... 		This thick, full color, horizontally formatted book from the creator of Tales from Vineyland wittily weaves a torrid tapestry of tumultuous teenage travails. There is definitely some Lynda Barry riffing going on, but it all has a more contemporary feel, and is geared more -- although not entirely -- to an actual teenage audience. This book is all over the place -- it's like a teenager's messy room; but there's nothing on the market like it, so check it out.
Arf Museum Lauren Weinstein $15.95
($19.95 list)
Arfmuseum
Read more and comment... 		edited by Craig Yoe This is Yoe's follow-up volume to his popular Modern Arf. Same oversize format, presenting an all new line-up of comics related in some way shape or form to the world of art. Beautiful, funny, obscure, arcane, insane, these pieces run the gamut. Frank King, Ernie Bushmiller, Mort Walker(!), R.F. Outcault, Rube Goldberg, a special section on... apes (featuring a Bettie Page photospread), and many more zany hi-jinx on the crossroads of art and comics.
Hotwire #2 David Sandlin, Ivan Brunetti, Lauren Weinstein, Mary Fleener and more ... Fantagraphics $19.55
($22.99 list)
Hotwire2
Read more and comment... 		edited by Glenn Head It took awhile to get this second volume together, but it just goes to show that you can't rush quality.  This second 136 page oversize softcover is packed to the gills with comics work from the wrong side of the tracks.  Included this time around are extended pieces by Tim Lane, Mary Fleener, Mack White, series editor, Glenn Head, Carol Swain and Dutch artist Tobias Tak.  Also on hand are shorter pieces by the likes of David Sandlin, Jonathon Rosen, Stephane Blanquet, Craig Yoe, Christian Northeast, and Mike Wartella. There are also hot new strips by David Lasky, Rick Altergott, Lauren Weinstein, Matti Hagelberg, Danny Hellman, Bob Sikoryak, Michael Kupperman and Chadwick Whitehead and others.  And Hotwire delivers in the humor department as well, with a pile o' gag pages by Ivan Brunetti, Johnny Ryan, Doug Allen, Gary Lieb and Sam Henderson.  To learn more check out the official Hotwire site. on the lower right hand corner of which you can click onto a nice set of preview pages and so get an idea of what you're in for.
Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age Daniel Clowes, Dash Shaw, Lauren Weinstein, Gabrielle Bell and more ... UNDEFINED $17.00
($18.95 list)
Stuckmidsm
Read more and comment... 		Edited by Ariel Schrag. The "joys" of middle school are displayed here in all their angst-filled glory.  Ms. Schrag has managed to recruit an impressive array of comics talent to turn in 200 pages of teen turmoil, and, on top of that, to convince the venerable Viking publishing house to release it.  Included in this zit-poppin' anthology are works by Gabrielle Bell, Ariel Bordeaux, Robyn Chapman, Daniel Clowes, Vanessa Davis, Nick Eliopulos, Eric Enright, Jim Hoover, Cole Johnson, Joe Matt, Jace Smith, Aaron Renier, Ariel Schrag (2), Tania Schrag, Dash Shaw & Lauren Weinstein.  While the Dan Clowes and Joe Matt are reprints of previously published material, all the rest was, to the best of our knowledge, produced specifically for this anthology and is appearing here for the first time.  The stories cover typical teen concerns, but especially focus on the alienated outsider (which pretty much defines just about anyone at some point in their teenage years).  This is a book about teens that is both suitable for and will appeal to those currently in middle school, as well as those who have passed through and lived to tell the tale.  Here's a book you won't have to go out of your way to get a teen to read.  Special Bonus:  the Junior High photos of the contributors included in the biographical information at the back of the book may very well be worth the entire price of the book.  You may find yourself tempted to cut out your favorite and put it on your refreigerator (or in your wallet).
Comics Comics #3 Timothy Hodler, Steve Gerber, Guy Davis, Marc Bell and more ... PictureBox $2.00
($2.95 list)
Comicscomics3
Read more and comment... 		Where traditional Japanese manga is lengthy, old school American comics are large, and Comics Comics is doing its part to keep this tradition alive by being printed on a web-press in newspaper format in the arm-spanning 44" x 28" (when held open) of the good old days.  This issue is filled with articles, essays, interviews and reviews by and about the likes of Sammy Harkham, Guy Davis, David Heatley, Lauren Weinstein, Frank Santoro, Dan Nadel and Timothy Hodler, and is filled throughout by humorous marginal illustrations by Matthew Thurber (think Sergio Aragonés in Mad Magazine).  The back cover is a gigantic, suitable-for-hanging-on-the-wall extravaganza by the one and only Marc Bell.  A must for comics cognoscenti everywhere.