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

BANKSY'S BRISTOL: HOME SWEET HOME (HARDCOVER)

Steve Wright, Banksy

$24.95

Home Sweet Home is a celebration of Banksy's street art in his home city of Bristol. This book places him in the context of 3D, John Nation from the Barton Hill Settlement, Inkie, Nick Walker and the other artists and musicians who were instrumental in... (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

TOYS ARE US: A REVOLUTION IN PLASTIC: SPECIAL ED. (DVD)

Brian Stillman

$19.95

Toys Are Us: A Revolution In Plastic is the first ever documentary on the creative, sophisticated, and often challenging world of designer vinyl toys, where artists create their own weird and wonderful figures for a booming, adult collector's market. The film is a high-energy, fast-paced... (more)

highly recommended

NIGHT OF YOUR LIFE, THE: A SLOW WAVE COLLECTION (HARDCOVER)

Jesse Reklaw

$15.95

Cartoonist Jesse Reklaw turns the dreams of strangers into the most insightful, humorous, and clever four-panel comic strips you have ever read in The Night of Your Life . This hardcover volume captures the sublime pleasure of tumbling through the freewheeling narrative of our sleeping lives.... (more)

KNOWLEDGE COMES WITH GAS RELEASE (HARDCOVER)

Gary Baseman

$39.95

Gary Baseman is one of the head exponent of the underground artistic movement in Los Angeles and is who also coined the phrase, "Pervasive Art." His work melds... (more)

SLOW STORM

Danica Novgorodoff

$17.95

A firefighter in rural Kentucky, Ursa searches for her place in life, struggling to meet her own expectations. When a tornado hits her town, the ensuing chaos brings... (more)

CHARLES HARPER'S BIRDS & WORDS (HARDCOVER)

Charles Harper

$27.95

This lovely reissue of the highly collectible 1974 classic is a Charley Harper gem: a book for every bird lover who knows there is more to birdwatching than... (more)

SUICIDE GIRLS: BEAUTY REDEFINED (HARDCOVER)

Missy Suicide, editor

$44.95

Suicide Girls: Beauty Redefined explores the Suicide Girl phenomenon from their start in 2001 to their websites one million unique weekly visitors today. This giant, hardcover tome provides... (more)

BOMP! SAVING THE WORLD ONE RECORD AT A...

Suzy Shaw, Mick Farren

$34.95

Bomp! is the definitive survey of the wildly innovative magazine of rock & roll commentary and criticism that was published from 1966-1978. Before Spin and Rolling Stone, there... (more)

WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, A (NELSON ALGREN)

Nelson Algren

$15.00

With its depictions of the downtrodden prostitutes, bootleggers, and hustlers of Perdido Street in the old French Quarter of 1930s New Orleans, A Walk in the Wild Side ... (more)

DO NOT EAT! A COLLECTION OF CREATURES (BOOK...

Andrew Bell

$18.00

This brand new book features an eating themed collection of creatures and other artwork by Andrew Bell, created over the last few years. Fans of Gris Grimly, Roman... (more)

BETTY PAGE CARDBOARD STANDUP

Anonymous

$12.95

A cardboard standup of Bettie Page, in all her pinup glory. Bettie stands a full 20 inches tall, and is clad in a sequined bikini, fishnet stockings, high... (more)

101 WAYS TO KILL YOUR BOSS

Graham Roumieu

$12.00

The author/ illustrator of the hilarious Bigfoot: I Not Dead and Me Write Book comes out of the woods and charges straight into the corporate jungle. For any... (more)

COMICS JOURNAL MAGAZINE #295 (JAN 2009)

Gary Groth, editor

$11.99

Comics industry news, reviews, dirt, good interviews. In this issue: Brian K. Vaughan on "Y: The Last Man," "Lost," "Ex Machina," and more; Paul Karaski interviews Gipi; John... (more)

ANTHEM MAGAZINE #37 (WINTER 2008)

Dustin Beatty, editor

$9.95

Fresh and raw content in the area of progressive alternative lifestyle. By working with bands, DJs, artists, designers, skaters and a myriad of other grassroots visionaries, they aim... (more)

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE VOL. 33 #1 (MARCH 2009)

Kevin Eastman, editor

$6.95

The adult illustrated fantasy comic magazine. Reprints lots of good Euro stuff, exposed breasts, proficient art. In this issue: "Biocosmosis" by Edvin Volinski, Nikodem Cabala and Grzegorz Krysinski;... (more)

BELIEVER MAGAZINE #59 (JAN 2009)

Heidi Julavits, Ed Park, Vendela Vida, editors

$8.00

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)

NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND: ZINES AND THE POLITICS OF...

Stephen Duncombe

$12.95

Much history and theory is uncovered here in the first comprehensive study of zine publishing. From their origins in early 20th century science fiction cults, their more proximate... (more)