Before cracking open The Hard Tomorrow, it might be a good idea to mentally buckle up – and maybe even put on an emotionally protectivehelmetfor good measure –as Eleanor Davis's new graphic novellives up to its title. It is indeed ahard hitting look at how the here andnow could play out in what'scoming – but certainly not one without hope, and that is, ultimately, the point. Beautifully drawn, dramatically paced, and overflowingwith empathy for its fully realized cast of characters, The Hard Tomorrow is vibrantly alive to being in the world in America in our time. Davis's choice to set the work a few years in the future (apparently2022)...

It's here! Five years in the making. Ganges #5.

Kevin Huizenga makes comics like no one else. He strives to bring the mechanics of consciousness to life in pen and ink on paper, in text and image, diagram and chart. One of his primary concerns is the representation of the temporal dimension in the spatial, in capturing and organizing the implacable flow of time from infinity to eternity to the here and now on the page, and that is the primary focus of this issue. He is aware that this is, ultimately, an impossible task, but attempts it nonetheless, knowing that this is what it means to be human. In this, the fifth issue of his series ...

How did we forget to list this on the site (maybe it was accidentally deleted?).Sorry! Originally released in a softcover edition from Sasquatch Books,back in 2000,now, at last,The Greatest of Marlys has a permanent home befitting its status. This deluxe 248 page hardcover from the ever esteemed Drawn & Quarterly will last a lifetime and endure the many readings it will be sure to receive. Not only that, it includes additional strips not included in the original edition, and starts off with an all-new 2-page introductiorystrip created especially for this edition. Did we mention the endpapers? Nice! All for a bargain price. Don't miss...

It's been almost a year (more?) since we've seen anything new by Kevin H. (not counting the self-published mini, Sermons #2), so it was with no small trepidation that we cracked open the second issue of Ganges. which is the 27th in the Ignatz series. What surprises will it hold? Well, we certainly don't want to rob you of this experience, so we're not going to go into too much depth here, but we will say this much: This issue has a bipartate structure. The opening section is a bravurra performance on Huizenga's part, in which he takes on a challenge that is dear to many cartoonists of his generation (Brinkman, Chippendale and Paperrad...

This is a graphic novel where much of the meaning and significance is manifested in and through the artist's method. Evens has developed a unique comics language involving the transparency of watercolor that you can get some idea of here, but only some, as the pages they chose for this preview only hint at what is to come in this dazzling 184 page work. What you can see is that Evens's figures possess varying degrees of solidity and translucency, giving them at times a vaguely wraithlike appearance which works to embody and communicate his themes of urban ephemerality, revealing to his readers the flitting souls of his characters as much...

Accruing accolades and awards by the bushelful, McBride's novel employs a staccato, jump-cut prose style reminiscent of Samuel Beckett, and puts it to new and original uses in this harrowing coming of age tale

Here's Anne Enright's review in the UK Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/sep/20/girl-half-formed-thing-review

Here's James Woods in The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/29/useless-prayers

The latest (and late) volume in The Carl Barks Libraryhas finally arrived. Uncle Scrooge, "The Lost Crown of Ghengis Khan!" is packed cover to cover with classics like "Land Beneath the Ground", "The Second Richest Duck", "Back to Long Ago", "Land of the Pygmy Indians", and, of course, the title track. Plus a peck of one-pagers and other shorts, along with the now standard cover images, notes and bonus extras. Readers will laugh while they learn about the capitalist mindset at the heart of America that is personified in Uncle Scrooge and his relationships with extended family, who function as stand ins for the everyman (i.e. the rest of...

Hold onto your hats!We havereceivedan all new, 48 page, full color, French-flapped,oversized, self-published comic book by Anders Nilsen, the first in a new series: Tongues.

A blend of classical mythology, current events and science fiction, the three segments/chapters that make up this first issuealso continue to confrontphilosophical and ethical concernsaddressed by Big Questions and Dogs and Water, and as such the series appears thus far toconstituteanextension of the themes present these works.

Here's a little bit about it along with some preview images: https://www.andersbrekhusnilsen.com/blog/2017/5/24/tongues

This massive – 10" x 13"; 6 lbs (2.5 kg) – 375 page hardcover book devoted to Steve Ditko ismind-blowingly good. Ditko Unleashed was created to serve the dual purposes of being simultaneously thecatalogue for the exhibition of the same name being held from September 29, 2016 - January 8, 2017 held at the Palma Espai d'Art in España (it's not too late to book that flight!)anda general purpose coffee table / artbook for American – and Spanish – audiences. As a result, the text is bilingual – Español and English – throughout. This is barely noticable as the text is in parallel, and it's easy to simply follow along in the language of your...