Paperback, 224 pages, measures 6.3 x 1 x 8.5 inches
Unrequited love, underage drinking, and teen angst rule at a high school for mutants and witches
The New York Times and New Yorker illustrator Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer--moody and atmospheric bestsellers. SuperMutant Magic Academy, which she has been serializing online for the past four years, paints a teenaged world filled with just as much ennui and uncertainty, but also with a sharp dose of humor and irreverence. Tamaki deftly plays superhero and high-school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: The SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep school for mutants and witches, but their paranormal abilities take a backseat to everyday teen concerns.
Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy tries to escape this mortal coil to no avail. Throughout it all, closeted Marsha obsesses about her unrequited crush, the cat-eared Wendy. Whether the magic is mundane or miraculous, Tamaki's jokes are precise and devastating.
SuperMutant Magic Academy has won two Ignatz Awards. This volume combines the most popular content from the webcomic with a selection of all-new, never-before-seen strips.
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.
24 Minutes to Bedtime! by Daniel Kwan illustrated by Felicia Chiao (SIGNED!)
Hardcover, 64 pages, 8.75 x 12 inches.
This edition includes a signed bookplate by Felicia Chiao!
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
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 - Circle City Map Screenprint Large (Tokyo)
Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.
Comes in Red or Black.
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.