Sawtelle Japantown Hat (Black)

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.

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

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.

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. 

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.