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Neon green book cover with white illustration of a hand, with all of its nails brought together. A cow design is pieced together from each one.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person cleaning a planet out in dark space.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person cleaning an planet and wringing out the towel.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person laying on grass, holding a small planet in its fingers and looking up towards the sun.

20 km/h - Woshibai

$ 29.95

Softcover, 376 pages, 5.3 x 7.1 inches.

A slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand

How fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly’s wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China’s most prolific and recognizable—yet anonymous—new underground cartoonists of the current generation.

Every story in 20 km/h toes the line between pun and poetry, and lands somewhere just short of a zen koan: come back to it as often as you like, it will never quite read the same way twice. A nondescript figure awakes from an assembly line of identically-fashioned companions and boards a rowboat destined for the unknown. A man holds the key to sleep in his hand and uses it to disappear into his mattress. The moon is plucked from the sky and fed into a vending machine for a can of soda.

Woshibai’s minimalist renderings are a startlingly delightful cocktail of existential dread and silent slapstick that arrest the mind’s eye with equal parts humor and grace.

Person wearing white t-shirt. Front side of t-shirt has a drawing of three faces attached to each other with hair.

2K - Barry McGee Ballpoint T-shirt

$ 30.00

Japan's 2K is THE coolest t-shirt maker out! This one is a ballpoint pen drawing from Barry McGee. Purple print on white!

Cover for issue #11 of Optic Nerve, mint green with 8 simplistic white flowers and a black and white illustration of a man's back, with short black hair and a black collared short sleeve.

Adrian Tomine - Optic Nerve #11

$ 3.95

Paperback, 10" x 7", 32pp

In this long-awaited conclusion to Adrian Tomine's three-part epic, the story leaps across the country, taking place entirely in New York. All of protagonist Ben Tanaka's worst (and most amusing) traits are brought to the fore as his obsessive quest reaches a fever pitch. His best friend, Alice Kim, finds herself at an unexpected crossroads in her life, forcing her to make several life-altering decisions. But whatever happened to Ben's girlfriend, Miko Hayashi? That and many other answers are revealed as our protagonists walk and talk their way through the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, all delineated in Tomine's evocatively pristine style.

Book cover featuring an illustration of many people on a subway, some school girls, a young adult and some business people. A witch flies alongside the train.

Open 2 page spread of illustrations, one of a couple standing on a subway with the windows covered by exterior flowers. The other is of a set of feet, with one pair on its tippy toes.

Open 2 page spread of illustrations, one of a roadside shop with a vending machine outside and the other is of a covered bus stop.

Open 2 page spread of illustrations, one of a cat inside a paper bag with 2 girls laughing and looking. The other is of a cat sitting on a glass table, with a girl laying under it and looking at the cat through it.

An Extraordinary Ordinary Day - The Art of 526

$ 29.99

Softcover, 140 pages, 8.3 x 5.8 inches.

Delight in the casual, yet heartwarming, slices of everyday life in 526’s illustrations.

The much-anticipated commercial debut collection of 526 on the theme of “daily life,” showcasing moments from the lives of people today captured in single illustrations.

526 is a new creator whose ability to evoke empathy has been getting a lot of attention: in 2021, their illustrations posted on social media received more than 840,000 likes. Featuring students, parents, pop idols, office workers and other people of various ages and occupations as the main characters, the meaning and emotion expressed in the illustrations and titles are sure to enhance reader’s enjoyment of 526’s work even more.

This book is sure to play an active role in expanding awareness of people’s everyday lives against the backdrop of ordinary scenes in Japan today.

Take a look at each of these lovely slices of daily life captured by 526.

Archie's Press - "Pizza Chart" Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

From Our friend Archie

Pizza is the most beloved food in America, and likely the world. However, it often means different things to different people. When my family moved to Rhode Island (a mere 45 minutes from our home in Massachusetts), we encountered a totally bizarro form of pizza that is known only in Rhode Island: The Pizza Strip. Every single birthday, Bar Mitzvah and board meeting has these things. It's a thick piece of focaccia bread smothered with sweet and salty tomato sauce, no visible cheese and cut into strips. It's served cold, and leaves a visible residue of grease on anything it touches. Is this pizza? 7 year-old me didn't think so, but I was told it was pizza enough times that now I think it counts. There aren't many restaurants that sell this style, but every Rhode Island bakery will have some version of it.

We included a few chain pizzas because they are so ubiquitous throughout the country that their flavor defies any other style.

It's also a gimme, since the map itself is shaped like a pizza.

Letterpress Snob Wheel printed in black ink on textured white paper with deep impression.

Archie's Press - Circle City Map Screenprint Large (Tokyo)

Archie's Press - Circle City Map Screenprint Large (Tokyo)

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Comes in Red or Black.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Laid Land Series

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Choose your preferred city.

Orange silkscreen on white paper of Mars, depicted abstractly as various circles and lines. Geographical elements are written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "Mars" is written largely in the top left, with its moons, "Phobos" and "Deimos" in circles outside the planet.

Close up of orange silkscreen on white paper of Mars, depicted abstractly as various circles and lines. Photo shows the grain of the paper.

Archie's Press - Circle Map of Mars - Large Silkscreen Print (Orange & White)

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map Mars!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Orange ink on white paper.

Archie's Press - Coffee Letterpress Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

From Our friend Archie

There are so many ways to look at America's Favorite Drug® that we decoded the intricacies for the enlightenment of amateur and professional coffee snobs. My design collaborator David Hennessy and I chatted exhaustively about it, finally carving out this composition.

Espresso began as a way to brew individual coffee on-demand...not necessarily to create expensive and highfalutin coffee drinks.But of course, that's where it led, so we cleared up the differences between a Latte, Cappuccino and Flat White.

We also took stock of the most popular/effective/cosmopolitan methods of brewing coffee from Turkish to Vietnamese to Irish. I have recently become enamored with the AeroPress, a sort of manual espresso-French Press hybrid that is particularly useful on camping trips, and when your boyfriend is out of town.

Letterpress Snob Wheel printed in black ink on textured white paper with deep impression.

Silver silkscreen on black paper of the moon, depicted abstractly as various circles, representing craters and geographical elements, written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "The Moon" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Moon Circle Map - Large Silkscreen Print

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map the moon!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Silver ink on black paper. Available in two sizes and printing methods.

Silver letterpress on black paper of the moon, depicted abstractly as various circles, representing craters and geographical elements, written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "The Moon" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Moon Circle Map - Letterpress Print (Black)

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map the moon!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Silver ink on black paper. Available in two sizes and printing methods.

Silver letterpress on black paper of the solar system, depicted abstractly as various circles and rings. Planets and geographical elements are written inside circles, aligned in relation to their real location. "Solar System" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Solar System Circle Map - Letterpress Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

A circle map of every planet, most moons and lots of other space junk you never knew existed.

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Informational style illustration graphic of the Solar System, simplified to be many circles and concentric lines with named labels.

Archie's Press - The Solar System (Black/Silver) - Large Silkscreen Print

$ 42.00

Measures 17.75 x 17.75 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

A circle map of every planet, most moons and lots of other space junk you never knew existed.

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Black letterpress print on white paper, depicting the flow of power for the United States government, as a flow chart of sorts.

Archie's Press - The United States Government Constitution Letterpress Print

$ 32.00

Measures 8.5 x 11 inches.

A very simple diagram of a very complicated government. I believe people are apathetic to voting and government because the ecosystem of politics is too complicated.

Wooden robot made out of many rectangular parts standing with its arms on its hips. Toy is painted black with white bone detailing.

Areaware - Cubebot Micro (Skeleton)

$ 13.00

Measures 4.25" tall with 5.5" arm span (when opened). 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).

Wooden Cubebots painted like black and white skeletons! From a cube to a bot. Play with the limbs to create any pose you can imagine. Elastic-band muscles and wooden parts will allow for years of fun! One per package.

Wooden robot made of all different colored square-like shapes, standing with both arms on its hips. In front is the same robot, folded into the shape of a perfect cube.

Areaware - Micro Cubebot (Multicolor)

$ 13.00

'Micro' Size measures 4.25" tall with 5.5" arm span (when opened). 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).

Wooden Cubebots! From a cube to a bot. Play with the limbs to create any pose you can imagine. Elastic-band muscles and wooden parts will allow for years of fun! One per package.

Color placement varies.

Wooden robot made of square-like shapes, standing with both arms on its hips. In front is the same robot, folded into the shape of a perfect cube.

Areaware - Micro Cubebot (Natural)

$ 13.00

'Micro' Size measures 4.25" tall with 5.5" arm span (when opened). 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).

Wooden Cubebots! From a cube to a bot. Play with the limbs to create any pose you can imagine. Elastic-band muscles and wooden parts will allow for years of fun! One per package.

Black wooden dog sculpture made up of many different geometric shapes.

Areaware - Milo Cubebot Micro (Black)

$ 13.00

Measures 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).

Wooden Cubebots! From a cube to a bot. Play with the limbs to create any pose you can imagine. Elastic-band muscles and wooden parts will allow for years of fun! One per package.

Milo is a toy dog robot inspired by Japanese Shinto Kumi-ki puzzles. Just like Cubebot, Milo can be folded into dozens of poses. When it’s time for a nap, Milo folds back into a perfect cube.

Wooden dog made of many geometric shapes, standing on its legs.

Areaware - Milo Cubebot Micro (Natural)

$ 13.00

Measures 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).

Wooden Cubebots! From a cube to a bot. Play with the limbs to create any pose you can imagine. Elastic-band muscles and wooden parts will allow for years of fun! One per package.

Milo is a toy dog robot inspired by Japanese Shinto Kumi-ki puzzles. Just like Cubebot, Milo can be folded into dozens of poses. When it’s time for a nap, Milo folds back into a perfect cube.