Hi! This week's highlights include: a whole passel of awesome Tintin popup books, in both mini and large-scale editions, each with scenes and details from a different Tintin adventure; a soft and cuddly plush figure of Snowy, Tintin's faithful companion; a fascinating collection of process sketches by Charles Burns drawn for "Black Hole"; nearly 40 years of comics by Diane Noomin, featuring middle-aged glamour-puss DiDi Glitz and others, finally back in print; and a career-spanning collection from the heir to Herge, Joost Swarte — the first English-language collection of this European master.

In our Adult catalog: Nothing this week. Sorry. We hope to have some good dirty books for you next week.

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY

FEATURED ITEM: ECHO ECHO: CUT-UP DRAWINGS FROM BLACK HOLE (SIGNED AND NUMBERED) Charles Burns – $25.00 See COMICS below.

COMICS

FEATURED ITEM: ECHO ECHO: CUT-UP DRAWINGS FROM BLACK HOLE (SIGNED AND NUMBERED) Charles Burns – $25.00 Hand-sewn vellum and paper – Black and white Process sketches by Charles Burns drawn for Black Hole. If you don't like his sketches of beautiful teenagers and pus-ridden mutations, there's something wrong with you. Fascinating for artists interested in process. Guts printed on an opaque natural paper, cover printed on translucent vellum stock. Hand-bound with black linen thread. Edition of 400, signed and numbered.

GRAPHIC NOVELS

AMAZING MYSTERIES: THE BILL EVERETT ARCHIVES VOL. 1 Bill Everett, Blake Bell, editor – $39.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-488-7 Hardcover – Color This book collects over 200 pages of never-before-reprinted, beautifully restored, full-color pre-WWII superhero stories by Sub-Mariner creator Bill Everett a founding father of the genre and one of comics' greatest visionaries and most accomplished artists. Work from titles such as Amazing Mystery Funnies, Amazing-Man Comics, Target Comics, Heroic Comics, and more.

CHICO & RITA Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba – $24.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-906838-29-4 Hardcover – Color From the internationally acclaimed, Oscar- nominated animated movie! Cuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unite them, but their journey brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood, and Las Vegas, they battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.

FEATURED ITEM: GLITZ-2-GO: COLLECTED COMICS Diane Noomin – $19.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-481-8 Softcover – Mostly b&w, some color Glitz-2-Go finally collects nearly 40 years of comics stories by Diane Noomin, best-known for her work as cartoonist and editor of the women comics anthology Twisted Sisters. It stars Noomin's signature character, DiDi Glitz, the frustrated middle-aged glamour-puss and anxiety-ridden suburban Sisyphus. All her stories are finally back in print for the first time in over 30 years.

FEATURED ITEM: IS THAT ALL THERE IS? Joost Swarte – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-510-5 Hardcover – Color By appropriating and subverting Tintin creator Herge's classic "clear line" style, Joost Swarte revitalized European alt comics in the 1970s with satirical, musically elegant, beautifully drawn stories. His first English-language collection compiles all his innovative comics work from 1972 to date, including his RAW stories, painstakingly restored and reproduced. Intro by Chris Ware.

KOLOR KLIMAX: NORDIC COMICS NOW Matthias Wivel, editor – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-520-4 Softcover – Mostly color, some b&w Scandinavia has become a comics hotbed, from the internationally acclaimed funny-animal stylings of Norway's Jason to the hilarious slacker romps of Sweden's Martin Kellerman and Dane Nikoline Werdelin's Eisner- nominated urban slice- of- life stories. This anthology offers an intoxicating and compelling sampling of current works from these countries, many created especially for this book.

MAGAZINES & ZINES

COLOR INK BOOK #14 Brothers Washburn, editors – $10.00 Softcover – Black and white The DIY art periodical. B&W line drawings for you to color if you like, from a variety of hot artists. Published in limited quantities, Color Ink Book showcases established artists and fresh faces. # 14 is the all cute edition! 64 Colors, Bob Harper, The Chung!!, Dacosta!, Gary Fields, Gary Ham, Jason, Maloney, Kat Brunnegraff, Scribe, Simone Legno (Tokidoki) Steve Talkowski and Tharp.

DICE MAGAZINE #42 Matt Davis, Dean Micetich, editors – $6.95 Perfect bound – Color Cycles, cars, girls. Many color photos of all three. In this issue: Sunrise; Dave; Grant; Drag; Andy; WWNWW, Part 2; Stevie and the Tramp; Gentry; GKM; Rickard; more.

KING BROWN MAGAZINE #7 Ian Mutch, editor – $28.00 Strong notch bound – Color Kingbrown represents the thriving movement of street art and art in the public arena such as photography, illustration, design, music and skateboarding. Hand collated, stitched inside a retro-press printed brown bag. Limited edition of 2000. In this issue: Geoff McFetridge (cover), Remed, Miss Van, Chali 2na, Aryz, Stacey Rozich, How & Nosm, RichT (brown bag), more. Plus stickers and zine.

POP CULTURE

RECORD STORE DAYS: FROM VINYL TO DIGITAL AND BACK AGAIN Gary Calamar, Phil Gallo – $14.95 – ISBN-13: 978-1-4027-9455-1 Softcover – Color and b&w In this era of digital downloads, the small, indie record shop might sound like an anachronism. But record stores served as community centers, information exchanges, clubs, art galleries, and launching pads for bands and record labels. Here is a long, loving look at the retail refuges that enthralled generations of music lovers. Foreword by Peter Buck of R.E.M.

TINTIN & HERGE

FEATURED ITEM: SNOWY PLUSH FIGURE, SITTING, 20CM Herge – $39.99 See VARIOUS ODDS & ENDS below.

FEATURED ITEM: TINTIN – RED RACKHAM'S TREASURE: MINI POPUP, FRENCH Herge – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-2-87424-206-9 Hardcover pop-up book – Color This wonderful pop-up book has scenes and details from Red Rackham's Treasure. This is the mini edition. Text in French. Determined to find the treasure of notorious pirate Red Rackham, Tintin and Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. Tintin is ready for an ocean adventure — but is he ready for the big twist the journey will take?

FEATURED ITEM: TINTIN – THE CRAB WITH THE GOLDEN CLAWS: MINI POPUP, FRENCH Herge – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-2-87424-207-6 Hardcover pop-up book – Color This wonderful pop-up book has scenes and details from The Crab with the Golden Claws. This is the mini edition. Text in French. In this adventure: A can of crab meat turns out to be a small clue to a big mystery! Tintin meets Captain Haddock in his escape and his plan to track down the crooks takes him to an exotic desert city.

FEATURED ITEM: TINTIN – THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN: BIG POPUP, FRENCH Herge – $35.00 – ISBN-13: 978-2-87424-098-0 Hardcover pop-up book – Color This wonderful pop-up book has scenes and details from The Secret of the Unicorn. This is the large-scale edition. Text in French. When Tintin stumbles across a model ship, he buys it as a gift for his friend Captain Haddock. But this isn't just any old model ship… it's the Unicorn, built by one of Haddock's ancestors, and it holds a clue to finding the treasure of a notorious pirate!

FEATURED ITEM: TINTIN – THE SECRET OF THE UNICORN: MINI POPUP, FRENCH Herge – $29.99 – ISBN-13: 978-2-87424-205-2 Hardcover pop-up book – Color This wonderful pop-up book has scenes and details from The Secret of the Unicorn. This is the mini edition. Text in French. When Tintin stumbles across a model ship, he buys it as a gift for his friend Captain Haddock. But this isn't just any old model ship… it's the Unicorn, built by one of Haddock's ancestors, and it holds a clue to finding the treasure of a notorious pirate!

VARIOUS ODDS & ENDS

FEATURED ITEM: SNOWY PLUSH FIGURE, SITTING, 20CM Herge – $39.99 Soft plush figure – White A soft and cuddly version of Tintin's faithful and resourceful companion, Snowy. From The Adventures of Tintin, this soft plush figure is a perfect gift for Tintin fans of all ages. 20 cm tall.

RELISTED

The following titles had been taken out of our catalog, but they recently came back in stock — or else we found them on our stock shelves when we thought they were gone — so we've put them back on our Website.

ANDROMEDA 1 Dean Motter, editor – $1.50 Saddle-stitched – Black and white Sci-fi comic tales from 1977. This issue has "The Man who Walked Home" by James Toptree, ilustrated by John Allisin and Tony Meers; "Amber" by Robert MacIntyre; "The Escape and Pursuit of Jeanne d'Arc" by Dean Motter; and "A Day at YGSRD's" by Jason Ross. Cover by John Allison. Back cover by Paul Rivoche.

APEX TREASURY OF UNDERGROUND COMICS/ THE BEST OF BIJOU FUNNIES Don Donahue, Susan Goodrick, editors – $20.00 – ISBN-13: 978-0-8256-3228-0 Softcover – Black and white An underground classic! This collects some of the finest underground comics ever inked. Genuine cartooning geniuses like Robert Crumb, Art Spiegelman, Justin Green, Spain Rodriguez, Bill Griffith, Willie Murphy, Shary Flenniken, Jim Osborne, Rory Hayes, Marty Pahls, Jay Lynch, Bobby London, more. True underground cream from the early '70s. Two collections printed back to back.

BUDDY DOES SEATTLE: COMPLETE BUDDY BRADLEY STORIES FROM "HATE" COMICS VOL. 1 (1990-1994) Peter Bagge – $19.99 – ISBN-13: 978-1-56097-623-3 Softcover – Black and white These legendary stories from the first 15 issues of Bagge's "Hate" comic are a defining icon of Seattle's early '90s subculture, as well as Generation X in general. This is the first time these riotously hilarious stories, starring the hapless Buddy Bradley and his cast of loser cohorts, have been available under one cover. Trenchant, caustic, always funny.

GARISH ZOW COMICS 5 Various – $8.95 Softcover – Color The fifth in the fine comic anthology series. This one's in a small graphic-novel format, with a spine and everything. Comics by Dash Shaw, D. Belanger, Tim Goodyear, Rozanne Zuniga, Samuel Kienbaum; Chris Kohler, Mark Thompson, Josh Simmons, Peter Conrad, Thien Pham, Michael Allen; John Orloff, Matt Dunn, Vinh Ngo, Jeff Farber, Geoffrey Vasile, and Andy Gouveia.