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BAREFOOT GEN VOL 08: MERCHANTS OF DEATH

Keiji Nakazawa

$14.95

Cartoonist Keiji Nakazawa was seven years old and living in Hiroshima in the early days of August 1945 when the city was destroyed by an atomic bomb dropped by the U.S.A. Starting a few months before that event, his ten-volume saga shows life in Japan... (more)

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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)

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THROUGH PREHENSILE EYES: SEEING THE ART OF ROBERT WILLIAMS/SIGNED &...

Robert Williams

$200.00

Through Prehensile Eyes is a collection of Robert Williams' most recent fifty-eight paintings from his past three shows at the Tony Shafrazi Gallery in New York. The images range from Williams' familiar lowbrow and biker culture, stretching deep into a faux science of quantum mechanics... (more)

highly recommended

JUXTAPOZ: PHOTO (HARDCOVER)

Juxtapoz, editor

$29.95

Once a year, the Juxtapoz Magazine photo issue is released to eagerly awaiting fans of bleeding-edge photography. For the first time, Juxtapoz Photo pulls together in one volume the featured artists who since 1994 have been redefining a new movement of art and culture through... (more)

highly recommended

SURREALIST PAINTERS: A TRIBUTE TO THE ARTISTS AND INFLUENCES OF...

Sarane Alexandrian

$40.00

Surrealism, a significant artistic and intellectual movement that dominated the 20th century, still inspires an avid interest today. Surrealist exhibitions proliferate the world over, and books devoted to the movement's illustrious participants abound. Rather than the lingering memory of a past poetic and pictorial adventure,... (more)

highly recommended

BEST SEX WRITING 2010

Rachel Kramer Bussel, Esther Perel, editors

$14.95

What's happening behind the bedroom door? The erotic elements of Twilight, scary sex laws, the future of sex ed, the science behind penis size, a cheating wife's defense of her affair, and much more make it under the covers of Best Sex Writing 2010 . Diana... (more)

SAN FRANCISCO PANORAMA COMICS SECTION (FROM MCSWEENEY'S 33)

Dave Eggers, editor

$10.00

The comics section of the San Francisco Panorama, a.k.a. McSweeney's 33 -- sold separately here at a lower price -- features some of the best comic artists of... (more)

POPULARITY PAPERS, THE (HARDCOVER)

Amy Ignatow

$15.95

Lydia Goldblatt and Julie Graham-Chang are best friends with one goal: to crack the code of popularity. Lydia's the bold one: aspiring theater star, stick-fighting enthusiast, human guinea... (more)

BELIEVER MAGAZINE #70: THE FILM ISSUE, W/DVD (MAR/APR...

Heidi Julavits, Ed Park, Vendela Vida, editors

$10.00

A monthly magazine where length is no object. The Believer contains no ads and is printed in four colors on heavy-stock paper. Each issue contains essays, book reviews,... (more)

SAND & FURY: A SCREAM QUEEN ADVENTURE

Ho Che Anderson

$16.99

Sand & Fury is a story of blood, of sex, of death -- of sound and retribution. It opens as a girl by the side of a desert... (more)

KING OF THE FLIES VOL. 1: HALLORAVE (HARDCOVER)

Mezzo, Pirus

$18.99

Set in a suburb that is both nowhere and everywhere, King of the Flies is a glorious bastard, combining the intricacy and subtlety of the best European graphic... (more)

PAPERCUTTER 12

Greg Means, editor

$4.00

The latest issue in Tugboat Press's award-winning anthology comic series dedicated to showcasing the best young, underexposed and emerging comic book artists. This issue features a thrilling story... (more)

PYROMANIA #5 (ZINE)

John Isaacson

$3.00

Tales of a junior high school bus boycott, going straight edge only to break edge, post-college male promiscuity, a dirty letter from James Joyce to Nora Joyce, a... (more)

NYMPHETTES VOL. 1: EROTIC ELFIN ART

Barry Blair, Colin Walbridge

$14.95

Two artists of non-stop abilities, Barry Blair and Colin Walbridge, have created a cottage industry of illustrating fantasy for the entire world! Their work is an integral part... (more)

FAERIE LUST VOL. 1: ELVIN EROTICA

Melanie

$9.95

For all those who think elves are just a cheap source of non-union labor for Santa and cookie manufacturers, think again! Fantasy writer and illustrator Melanie Klegerman Fersko... (more)

DANGEROUS CURVES VOL. 1: WOMEN OF ACTION!

Sal Quartuccio, editor

$9.95

Guns, knives, swords, bare-handed or bare-bottomed -- these ladies are lovely and very lethal. A cunning collection of deadly divas being showcased by artists Paco Diaz, Rafa Lopez,... (more)

COLOR-INK-BOOK #6

Brothers Washburn, editors

$10.00

The DIY art periodical. Black and white line drawings for you to color if you like, from a variety of hot artists. In this issue: Ron English; McFaul... (more)

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL MAGAZINE #323 (APRIL 2010)

Various

$4.00

Hardcore, punk rock, scene reports, radical politics. In this issue: Battletorn; Face the Rail; Scatha; Attentat Sonore; Dadfag; Really Red; Partibrejkers; Chuck Warner; The Last Pogo; Mob Rules;... (more)

RIPPED: T-SHIRTS FROM THE UNDERGROUND

Cesar Padilla, editor

$30.00

A visual history of counterculture music T-shirts, spanning the defining era of indie music. Ripped is the first book to document the shirts of the post-punk and indie... (more)

AWAKE TO NAP (HARDCOVER BOARD BOOK)

John Skewes

$9.95

This striking, high-concept board book showcases artist Nikki McClure's distinctive collection of alphabet papercuts. Created while her son was napping, each is accompanied by a letter of the... (more)

LARRY GETS LOST IN SAN FRANCISCO (HARDCOVER)

John Skewes, Michael Mullin

$16.95

In this new adventure, while chasing down a donut, Larry gets lost among San Francisco's popular landmarks. Filled with candy-colored retro illustrations, this lively book gives children a... (more)

REMEMBER: A SEASONAL RECORD (JOURNAL)

Nikki McClure

$16.95

This beautiful new journal from popular paper-cut artist Nikki McClure is divided into four sections: Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer. Each section features an opening list page, where... (more)