
(Book Three in the New Edition of the collected Love and Rockets) Yes! The next two volumes in the fantastic new packaging of the One True Classic of Modern American Comics have arrived ahead of schedule. We can hardly believe it, but are pleased to report that these two are, if possible, even more wonderful than the first two. The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. contains the long out of print Death of Speedy in its entirety along with so much more greatness. Should you be looking for a good entry point into the world of Love and Rockets for yourself or another, look no further! Start here.
Currently/temporarily out of print, but we still have a...

The second issue of the latest incarnation of The World's Greatest Comics Magazinehas arrived!

It's here: the deluxe full color, 112 page, horizontally formatted hardcover collection of Michael DeForge's internet work,Ant Comic. A high intensity allegory rendered in dazzling full color and employing DeForge's personal cartooning language to great advantage,Ant Colonyis a wholly original work that is not to be missed. In the words of no less a comics authority than Jaime Hernandez, "DeForge is one of those rare comics naturals andAnt Colonyproves it."
NOW OUT OF PRINT. Wehave just a few copies remaining. LIMIT: ONE per customer.


This is it: The ideal antidote to these trying times. Slim’s wit, style, charm, and grace will make the world vout oroonee in no time. As with all Proper Boxes, this one includes 4 CDs packed to the limit (102 tracks total!) for over 5 hours of music -- all remastered in the UK at the highest possible standards for music recorded during this period -- and a 44 page booklet containing a comprehensive history of Slim's career along with fab photos, old ads, record labels, and, best of all, complete track by track annotation -- where you’ll note the appearances of Slam Stewart, Ben Webster, Zutty Singleton, Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie...

Golden Boyis an exuberant portrayal of the early, formative years of the object of thePeanutscharacter, Schroeder’s obsession, the German composer, Ludwig van Beethoven. Originally published in Germany in 2020, it has now been released in North America in an English translation by Nika Knight that well captures the spirit and style of the original German. This attractive, 192 page, full color, hardcover edition comes to us courtesy of Fantagraphics Books. It is by turns fascinating, fun, insightful, entertaining and altogether hugely enjoyable.
Mikael Ross, whose previous work from Fantagraphics,The Thuddisplayed a highly developed level...

Whether the point of this novel is to show us the adult that lies latent in the child or to reveal to us the child that the adult never manages to quite fully outgrow is a question that is difficult if not fruitless to answer. What is certain, however, is that the novel Edwin Mullhouse is brilliantly conceived. It is also shockingly well written, replete with uncannily accurate descriptions of childhood perceptions that can at times be overwhelmingly sympathetic. It is at turns funny, sad, insightful, and even profound; but above all else, it is deeply creepy: It reveals -- almost imperceptibly at first, but then slowly, incrementally, the...

FROM THE ARCHIVES
FOUR new copies of the fifth printing of the original one shot comic book edition of Reid Fleming, The World's Toughest Milkman – the one that started it all!
This is a comic book.

This rigorously produced volume takes the physical form of a 176 page, full color, oversize, smyth-sewn hardcover, printed in Italy on heavy flat-white stock. It opens with a thoughtful and deeply engaged introduction by New York Review Comics co-founder, Gabriel Winslow-Yost and then proceeds through a judiciously selected – by Sammy Harkham, no less – array of CF’s work from the first decade of our current millennium, before concluding with a casual yet absorbing interview with CF, conducted by Rob Goyanes, that is surprisingly revealing, shedding significant light on CFs personality and process, and in particular on the crucial...

Having devoted himself to assembling the massively influential series of anthologies,Kramers Ergot, Sammy Harkham now at last steps into the spotlight himself in this collection devoted solely to his own work. Published by PictureBox,Everything Togetherlives up to its title, collecting a decade's worth of Harkham's concentrated comics narratives. Opening with hisminimalist meditations on personal perspective, "Napoleon" and "Elisha", the work ranges from hismost sustained pieces, the epic "Poor Sailor", "Somersaulting," the upside-down-under memoir of Australian adolescence, and "Lubavitch, Ukraine, 1876", to his short, comics-insider...
Yes, that's right, PIE, The PIttsburgh Indie Expo is coming! It will be held once again at The Heinz History Center located at 1212 Smallman St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 on the edge of downtown Pittsburgh, from 11:00am to 5:00pm on Sunday, March 15, 2026. This is a FREE event – and, not only that: PIE attendees also get free admission to the Heinz History Center Museum & Exhibits! Mark it on your calendar!
Copacetic customers may be especially interested in this panel, happening at noon:

Also, there will be a FREE comics reading the night before, on Saturday, March 14, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm at Pullproof Studio located at 5112 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh PA 15224 just a short dirve (or bus ride) from the Heinz History Center, in Garfield – hosted by Pullproof co-founder and PIE Special Guest, Christina Lee.
Get all PIE details at the the official PIE site, pieburgh.com. See you there!
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