Blitmap #1
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!
Blitmap #2
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A CONTINUATION OF A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!!
Blitmap #3
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A CONTINUATION OF A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!!
Jillian Tamaki - Boundless
Paperback, 248 pages, measures 7 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
The cartoonist of This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academyexplores the virtual and IRL world of contemporary women via a lens both surreal and wry
Jenny becomes obsessed with a strange "mirror Facebook," which presents an alternate, possibly better, version of herself. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser, and as she shrinks away to nothingness, the world around her recedes as well. The animals of the city briefly open their minds to us, and we see the world as they do. A mysterious music file surfaces on the internet and forms the basis of a utopian society–or is it a cult?
Boundless is at once fantastical and realist, playfully hinting at possible transcendence: from one’s culture, one’s relationship, oneself. This collection of short stories is a showcase for the masterful blend of emotion and humour of award-winning cartoonist Jillian Tamaki.
Junji Ito - Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection
408 pages, 5.75 x 8.25 inches. Hardcover Graphic Novel Collection.
A must have for horror lovers and manga fans, this collection of 10 chilling, nightmare-inducing tales by Junji Ito will entice any reader.
Stories include: The Beautiful Boy at the Crossroads, A Woman in Distress, Shadow, Screams in the Night, The Boy in White, Narumi's Boyfriend, The Séance, The Mansion of Phantom Pain, The Rib Woman, and Memories of Real Poop.
Junji Ito - Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection
416 pages, 8.25 x 8.25 inches. Hardcover Graphic Novel Collection.
A must have for horror lovers and manga fans, this collection of 13 chilling, nightmare-inducing tales by Junji Ito will entice any reader.
Let's Not Talk Anymore by Weng Pixin
Let’s Not Talk Anymore weaves together five generations of women from Weng Pixin’s family, each at age 15. Her lineage is full of breakages–her great grandmother Kuān is sent away from her family in South China, her grandmother Mèi is adopted by a neighbor to help with housework, and her mother Bīng is heartbroken by her father’s estrangement. Pixin’s own story centers on her feelings of isolation and her rebellion from her mother. She extends the line by envisioning a fictional future daughter, Rita, who questions her family’s legacy. While spanning 100 years, Pixin moves back and forth in time seamlessly, as each woman experiences loneliness and kinship, hope and longing.
As each story develops, generational traumas are revealed and fraught relationships passed on from mother to daughter. Creative impulses are stifled or nurtured. They struggle with poverty and neglect. And at some point each woman begins to separate herself from her situation and understand the woman she will become.
Pixin’s bold, vibrant paintings fill the aching silences between generations with beauty and emotion. Her paintings conjure complete worlds which these women inhabit. Let’s Not Talk Anymore is a family history filled with tender moments as these women find connection with plants, animals, and their own creative pursuits, while struggling to connect with each other.
Mari Naomi - I Thought You Loved Me
This Gen-X memoir, which is told in prose, collage, and sequential art, explores queer culture, feminism, race, class, sex work, and the flawed nature of memory as Mari works to uncover a long-lost best friend that she can no longer remember but can’t let go.
Jodie was Mari’s best friend through their teens and twenties. As young Mari began to explore her identity as a bisexual, biracial outsider in a rich, white town, Jodie was her constant confidant, even kissing Mari out of the closet. The two were inseparable as they sought to gain a foothold in life and love as young feminists, Jodie an entrepreneurial sex worker, and Mari working in the boys’ club of video game development in the late ‘90s. Then, suddenly and mysteriously, Jodie ends their friendship. Years later, Mari is stunned when she discovers why.
Now much older, Mari is ready to forgive, but her memories of Jodie seem to have vanished. Through journal excerpts, letters, conversations with friends, and cross-country travel, she pieces together lost memories from a lost friendship, in an attempt at catharsis. The reader follows in real-time as the author unravels her own mystery, examining the expectations of friendship, the unreliability of memory, and the struggle to let go.
More Heroes & Heroines: Japanese Video Game + Animation Illustration
Softcover, 208 pages, measures 7.5 x 10.2 inches.
Following former best selling title; Heroes and Heroines, this title showcases the most trendy and updated illustrations by about 60 prominent character designers covering both video game and animation. Featuring a bilingual interview with Shiro Miwa, a leading comic artist who is also a character designer of 7th Dragon 2020 (cover art).
Featured animations and video games design from these titles: Girls and Panzer; Kantai Collection; Kill la Kill; Attack on Titan; METAL GEAR SOLID V; and much more.
Text in Japanese and English.
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - A la Carte - Sake
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - The Joy of Rice
Measures 8.25" x 6", 276 pages, softcover, Black & White.
A quest for the ultimate menu! R to L (Japanese Style).
"The Joy of Rice" In this volume of Oishinbo, Yamaoka and company look into the single most essential food in Japanese cuisine: rice. Cultivated for millennia, a staple meal in itself and the basis of countless other dishes, rice is an important component not only of the Japanese kitchen but also of Japanese culture. When Yamaoka is asked by TMzai's head chef for help in coming up with a new rice dish, what starts out as a simple culinary request rapidly grows into a disquisition into the past, present and future of Japan's food culture. As part of the celebrations for its 100th anniversary, the publishers of the TMzai News have commissioned the creation of the "Ultimate Menu," a model meal embodying the pinnacle of Japanese cuisine. This all-important task has been entrusted to journalist Yamaoka ShirM, an inveterate cynic who possesses no initiative--but also an incredibly refined palate and an encyclopedic knowledge of food. Each volume of Oishinbo follows Yamaoka and his colleagues through another adventure on their quest for the Ultimate Menu. Now, the highlights from the hundred-plus volume series have been selected and compiled into A la Carte editions: bite-sized chunks of story arranged by subject that add up to a full-course manga meal!
Oishinbo: Japanese Cuisine - Vegetables
Paul Hornschemeier - All And Sundry : Uncollected Work 2004-2009
Ron Rege Jr. - Skibber Bee-Bye
Steven Weissman - Chewing Gum in Church
Steven Weissman - Chocolate Cheeks
You Can('t) Do It! Zine by Cassia Lupo and Lauren Denitzio
* A6 (5.875" x 4.125") zine
* color, card-stock cover
* greyscale interior pages printed on high-quality satin-finish paper
* edition #2 (the first edition was printed as a photocopied version in 2020)
* There are a few curse words in this one so it may not be suitable for your child!
With lettering and layout design by Lauren Denitzio and creature designs and illustrations by Cassia Lupo, this booklet is a funny look at how we can get in our own ways sometimes. We all go through periods of self-doubt or low motivation, and this zine helps to put that sort of negative self-talk into a lighter perspective.
Back insert: "This zine is a reflection on artists' inner monologues inspired by Hayao Miyazaki, Yumi Sakugawa and Grover Monster."
Yukinori Dehara - Tosa Fighting Dogs Comic/Zine