new from Last Gasp

CHINA TATTOO (HARDCOVER)

Chris Wroblewski

$29.95

The world's first publication on the art of Chinese skin illustration-a unique and stimulating book on the elusive and secretive Chinese world of permanent body illustration. With over 250 original images, showing the proud wearers of body art, this book takes the reader on a... (more)

coming soon from Last Gasp

ONIKAGE: THE ART OF TOSHIO SAEKI (HARDCOVER)

Toshio Saeki

$39.95

A selection of Toshio Saeki's previously unseen works -- erotic, unsettling, boundary-pushing, intense and controversial -- is uniquely printed here in a large, lush format. Throughout, paper vellum overlays reproduce Saeki's unique method for adding color to his black and white artwork. He does not... (more)

highly recommended

CYNIC'S GUIDE TO A RICH FULL LIFE, A...

Mario DiGiorgio

$9.95

Emerging, prize-winning comedian Mario DiGiorgio gives tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be more self-centered, cynical, and most importantly, hilariously inappropriate. Some suggest that this black cloud of wisdom... (more)

highly recommended

TOON TREASURY OF CLASSIC CHILDREN'S COMICS, THE (HARDCOVER)

Art Spiegelman, Francoise Mouly, editors

$40.00

The Toon Treasury of Classic Children's Comics is an unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children, artfully compiled by two of the best-known creators in publishing and the field of comics -- Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly. This treasury created for young readers focuses... (more)

highly recommended

STRANGE SUSPENSE: THE STEVE DITKO ARCHIVES VOL. 1 (HARDCOVER)

Steve Ditko

$39.99

Before the Amazing Spider-Man, before the mysterious Dr. Strange, before the black-and-white world of the Ayn Rand-inspired Mr. A, the legendary comic book artist Steve Ditko was conjuring all manners of horrors at his drawing table. In his first two years in the industry (1953... (more)

MY LIFE AS A FOOT

Richard Suicide

$15.00

Like R. Crumb, Richard Suicide's work combines social commentary with underground/art comics in a murk of densely inked urban anomie. He uses the local atmosphere of Centre Sud,... (more)

HOWIE ACTION COMICS

Howard Chackowicz

$15.00

You'll laugh despite yourself at Howard Chackowicz's twisted, funny, yet surprisingly poignant cartoons. A mix of New Yorker gags gone awry, underground comix and nightmarish kids' books illustrations,... (more)

DROP-IN

Dave Lapp

$17.00

Similar in tone to the legendary comic series Duplex Planet, Lapp's first graphic novel is a collection of stories about his work as an art teacher in an... (more)

HIPLESS BOY, THE

Sully

$19.95

Say for a second you're just a normal person. You live in a hipster neighbourhood but you're not a hipster. You're hipless. This the premise behind this collection... (more)

GILDED LILIES

Jillian Tamaki

$17.00

Gilded Lilies is artist Jillian Tamaki's first book and collects many of the incredible illustrations she has done for high profile magazines (New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, CBC,... (more)

WITNESS MY SHAME

Shary Boyle

$19.95

Inspired by the self-publishing, or "printed matter" scene coming out of NSCAD in the 1990s Shary Boyle created sixteen mini books between 1997 and 2001. These genre-defying bookworks... (more)

MONSTER ISLAND THREE

Billy Mavreas

$15.00

Monster Island Three is the book anthology of the art zine edited by popular Montreal artist Billy Mavreas. It contains comics and essays about monsters and comics. These... (more)

LILLIAN THE LEGEND

Kerry Byrne

$15.00

This graphic novel is a fascinating historical drama about a pioneering Russian immigrant in the 1920s. Lillian Alling gets off the boat at Ellis Island then works as... (more)

SIZZLE 44

Terry Nantier, editor

$5.95

Now 64 pages! This issue of the adult comic magazine features: "Kristina, Queen of Vampires, Vol. 3" by Frans Mensink; "Great Moves: My Friend the Pornographer" by Robert... (more)

SPECTRUM 16: THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY FANTASTIC ART...

Cathy Fenner, Artie Fenner, editors

$29.95

The Spectrum series is the definitive reference for fantasy art. Spectrum 16 features such diverse visionary artists as James Jean (Fables), Brom (The Plucker), Iain McCaig (Star Wars),... (more)

NAKED LUNCH: 50TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, HARDCOVER IN BOX

William S. Burroughs

$24.00

Fifty years ago, Olympia Press in Paris issued a book that redefined not just American literature, but American culture. Naked Lunch , the U.S. edition of which soon followed... (more)

LIVING CANVAS: YOUR TOTAL GUIDE TO TATTOOS, PIERCINGS,...

Karen L. Hudson

$17.95

Tattoos. Given their permanence, why is it that we sometimes put more thought into what we'll wear next Saturday night, or our next haircut? As a tattoo specialist... (more)

DIRTY SANCHEZ'S GUIDE TO BUCK NASTY SEX

Dirty Sanchez

$10.00

First popularized by the movie The 40-Year-Old Virgin and widely circulated on hip, edgy websites, the activities described in this book combine laugh-out-loud humor with ultra-naughty, ridiculously named... (more)

BINKY BROWN MEETS THE VIRGIN MARY (HARDCOVER)

Justin Green

$29.00

A lost classic of underground cartooning, Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is Justin Green's autobiographical portrayal of his struggle with religion and his own neuroses. Binky... (more)