It's been a bit longer wait this time around, but the latest issue of the connoisseur's comic magazine is here.  The best production values in the business present an insider's look at Harvey Kurtzman's post-Humbug career by Denis Kitchen; Tante Leny and the Dutch Underground Press by Patrick Rosenkranz; an amazing look at some rare classic Sunday Funnies in "The Comics That Time Forgot" by Peter Maresca; a taut yet meandering personal reminiscence by the one and only David Collier; a look at Fred Guardineer's 1935-36 Journal by Dylan Williams (how did he get a hold of this!?!?!); and a close reading of Dan Clowes's David Boring by Ken Parille that is written in accordance with the standards and practices of contemporary academia and will have you screwing your thinking cap on tight.

   <<•>>  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!  

 

<<•>>  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

Long out of print rarity!  We have just a very few copies remaining.  GONE!