Songy of Paradise by Gary Panter (Fantagraphics) $34.99 – An inspired interpretation of John Milton’s retelling of the story of Jesus being tempted by Satan after being baptized by John the Baptist and fasting for forty days and nights in the Judaean Desert. Panter’s version doesn’t rely on Milton’s words, but faithfully follows the structure of Milton’s Paradise Regained, with one notable exception: Jesus has been replaced by a hillbilly, Songy, who is on a vision quest before being tempted by a chimeric Satan figure.
*ZINES*
My Aim Is True #12 by Carrie $2.00
Running Ivy #1 Day Shrooming $13.00 $13.00
Mitsu Zine #1 $10.00
Preoccupied With the History Department #1 PWTHD
*COMICS & MINIS*
Elsewhere #2 by Lindsay Mathers $5.00
Pods by Julia Gootzeit $5.00
Middle Planet #1 $5.00
(No) Pain: A Guide to Injury Prevention For Cartoonists by Kriota Willberg $7.00
*GRAPHIC NOVELS*
Palookaville #23 Keeps the Heat Away by Seth $22.95 – The conclusion of Clyde Fans, the iconic cartoonist’s most famous storyline.
Fetch: How a Bad Dog Brought Me Home by Nicole J. Georges $17.95
The Airship Adventures of Little Nemo by Winsor McCay (Taschen) $15.00 – Gathers all of Little Nemo’s colorful airship adventures in Slumberland, totaling 69 installments, first published between January 1910 and April 1911.
Shit and Piss by Tyler Landry (Retrofit) $10.00
Adventure Time Original Graphic Novel vol 10: The Ooorient Express $14.99
*ART & DESIGN*
Femina and Fauna by Camilla D’Errico (Dark Horse) $24.99 – Improved and updated 2nd edition, showcasing the captivating artwork of superstar artist Camilla d’Errico, whose singular passion and extraordinary creative talents have taken her career into the heights of such diverse realms as comic book and manga art, pop surrealist painting, fashion, toy design, video games, feature films, and more!
From the Platform 2: More NYC Subway Graffiti, 1983–1989 by Paul & Kenny Cavalieri (Schiffer) $34.99
*POLITICS & REVOLUTION*
Regretting Motherhood: A Study by Orna Donath (North Atlantic Books) $15.95 – Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true—that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research interviewing women from a variety of socioeconomic, educational, and professional backgrounds, sociologist Orna Donath treats regret as a feminist issue: as regret marks the road not taken, we need to consider whether alternative paths for women currently are blocked off. She asks that we pay attention to what is forbidden by rules governing motherhood, time, and emotion, including the cultural assumption that motherhood is a “natural” role for women—for the sake of all women, not just those who regret becoming mothers.
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions, Edited by Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki (PM Press) $26.95 – In 1969 the FBI and New York Police Department rounded up the Black Panther 21 in order to disrupt and destroy the organization that was attracting young people around the world interested in Black liberation. Involving charges of conspiracy to commit violent acts, the Panther 21 trial revealed the illegal government activities which led to exile, imprisonment on false charges, and assassination of Black liberation leaders. Solidarity for the 21 also extended well beyond “movement” circles and included mainstream publication of this, their collective autobiography, which is reprinted here for the first time.
Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment by Angela J. Davis $27.95
Rad American Women A-Z Postcards by by Kate Schatz & Miriam Klein Stahl $12.99
*FICTION*
The Forensic Records Society by Magnus Mills $26.00 – Two vinyl geeks create a weekly society for the appreciation of records at their local pub. It rises! It schisms! It gets surreal!
My Best Friend’s Exorcism: A Novel by Grady Hendrix $14.99 – Unholy supernatural thriller hybrid of Beaches and The Exorcist with angst, horror & 80s pop songs.
*ESSAYS*
Ars Botanica by Tim Taranto (Curbside Splendor) $14.95 – Hybrid memoir-poetry-illustration examinations of the ways in which various cultures and religions carry grief, written as letters to his unborn child.
*MUSIC & FILM BOOKS*
Freedom, Rhythm & Sound: Revolutionary Jazz Original Cover Art 1965–83, Edited by Gilles Peterson, Stuart Baker (Soul Jazz Publications) $34.95
Once Upon a Time in Shaolin: The Untold Story of Wu-Tang Clan’s Million-Dollar Secret Album, the Devaluation of Music, and America’s New Public Enemy No. 1 by Cyrus Bozorgmehr $26.99
Revenge of the Nerd by Curtis Armstrong $26.99 – I’m no dummy. I’ve been in high school for six years, and I say that you should read this memoir from the guy who played Booger.
*MAGAZINES*
Juxtapoz #199 Aug 17 $6.99
Tape Op #120 Jul Aug 17 $4.95
Tom Tom Magazine #30 Nepotism $10.00
2600 the Hacker Quarterly vol 34 #2 Sum 17 $6.95
Uppercase #34 A Magazine for the Creative and Curious $18.00
Dissent Sum 17 $12.00
Record Collector #467 $11.50
Atlantis Rising Special Collectors Edition Fall Win 17 $9.99
True Crime Summer Special 17 $12.99
Horror Hound #66 Jul Aug 17 $6.99
Witches and Pagans #34 $6.95
Victory Journal #13 $16.00
Fate #731 $5.95
Rethinking Schools vol 31 #4 Sum 17 $5.95
The Monthly Review vol 69 #3 Jun 17 Revolution and Counterrevolution 1917-2017 $14.00
*LIT JOURNALS*
The First Line vol 19 #2 Sum 17 $4.00
After Hours #34 $10.00
