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20 km/h - Woshibai
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.
24 Minutes to Bedtime! by Daniel Kwan illustrated by Felicia Chiao
Hardcover, 64 pages, 8.75 x 12 inches.
Written by Everything Everywhere All at Once director Daniel Kwan, 24 Minutes to Bedtime! brings the multiverse to the bedtime story, illustrated by the wonderfully talented Felicia Chiao, one of Giant Robot's absolute favorites.
Illustrated by Felicia Chiao, the story follows Winston, who invents a time machine that allows him to time jump around his house, narrowly avoiding his increasingly agitated parents and their efforts to brush his teeth, change his PJs, and just tuck him into bed already. Everything goes smoothly until Winston encounters alternate versions of himself in alternate timelines, forcing him to confront his choices head on.
2K - Barry McGee Ballpoint T-shirt
Adrian Tomine - Optic Nerve #11
An Extraordinary Ordinary Day - The Art of 526
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 - Moon Circle Map - Large Silkscreen Print
Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.
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.
Archie's Press - The Solar System (Black/Silver) - Large Silkscreen Print
Measures 17.75 x 17.75 inches.
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.
Areaware - Cubebot + Milo Best Friends Set
Measures 4.25" tall with 5.5" arm span (when opened). 1.5" x 1.5" cube (when folded).
The Cubebot & Milo Best Friends Set celebrates the special bond between bot and dog bot. It includes one Cubebot Micro and one Milo Micro in a twinning multi-colored palette that’s fitting of true besties. Now Cubebot and Milo are inseparable, just as best friends should be.
Areaware - Cubebot Micro (Skeleton)
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.
Areaware - Cubebot Small (Skeleton)
Measures 6.75" tall with 9.25" arm span (when opened). 2.5" x 2.5" 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.
Areaware - Micro Cubebot (Multicolor)
'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.
Areaware - Micro Cubebot (Natural)
'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.
Areaware - Milo Cubebot Micro (Skeleton)
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.
Ayumi Kasai Illustration: The Master and Lover’s Quarrel
Hardcover, 16 pages, 5 x 8.5 inches.
The artworks of the The Master and Lover’s Quarrel series are now available in this illustrated card collection with a bonus short story!
In 2021, BL (Boys Love) illustration legend Ayumi Kasai published Aphrodisiacs, her first art book in a decade, which was well received not only by her fans but also by BL fans all over the world. This new book contains cards of 38 illustrations from her popular The Master and Lover’s Quarrel series, which was also included in Aphrodisiacs, along with two newly drawn illustrations. The cards can be peeled off for displaying your favorite artworks on walls or sending them as postcards.
What’s more, the beginning of the book features a short story by Yoichi Onoe, “The Sincerity of Privolva.” The story reveals the never-before-seen relationship and life of Master and Shizuho, giving you a peek into their secret life to enjoy together with the illustration cards.
Bad Boy Illustrations: Anthology Illustration Collection
Softcover, 168 pages, 9.5 x 6.5 inches.
Recently, dark, disturbing, aggressive, and distorted worldviews that are opposed to bright, cheerful, healthy, and refreshing outlooks are becoming increasingly popular among a wide variety of content creators.
This book is a collection of more than 130 illustrations with newly drawn artworks by 19 artists depicting attractive bad boys who are all the more irresistible for their provocative, belligerent, defiant, melancholy, perverse, and dark characteristics and worldview.
Balsam Fir - Christmas Tree Seed Grow Kit
Balsam Fir tree grow kit.
Bring the holidays to life with a fun-filled gift that grows a living Christmas Tree! These kits make great stocking stuffers, ideal party favors, and wonderful goodwill gifts for friends, family, and colleagues. Everything needed to germinate a Christmas Tree is included: mini greenhouse, high germination seed, growing medium, perlite, and step by step instructions!
Fun, festive, and meaningful — give a tree of Christmas Future! Available in a variety of classic Christmas Tree species.
Barry McGee - Fuzz Gathering (Second Printing)
Softcover, 144 pages, 4.3 x 6.3 inches.
This zine by Barry McGee gathers a number of his own photographs, collages, and drawings to create a unique visual language composed of geometrical patterns and recurring symbols. It was published on the occasion of his exhibition towards the end of 2021 at the Perrotin Gallery in Paris. Born and educated in San Francisco, McGee produces works that are candid and insightful observations of modern society, but always with an emphasis on contributing to marginalised communities. He is associated with the Mission School, which emerged in the early 1990s and is primarily influenced by urban realism, graffiti, and American folk art, with a focus on social activism.
Barry McGee - Reproduction (Hand Customized)
Hardcover, 224 pages with 250 images, measures 8.5 x 11 inches. (T3)
This book is personally customized - See photos!
- An exterior silver spray paint job
- Stamped with Barry McGee designed stamps (in three places) These are his own personal stamps.