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Visitors to the?Real Comet Press Retrospective?at?Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery?on Saturday will be among the first people on the planet to sample the latest?Charles Burns-themed beer from Elysian Brewing. The 3rd installment of the 12 Beers of the Apocalypse, offically released on March 21, is a green cardamom ale called Fallout. That's appropriate becuase DJ Russ Fallout will be spinning art damaged punk platters from the 80s in honor of the heyday of Real Comet Press.

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We have an amazing array of wonderful artworks, iconic graphics, rare books and long out-of-print comix by the many gifted authors, artists, critics, and cartoonists that helped lay the foundation for Seattle's later ascendence to the forefront of global pop culture. Real Comet Press publisher Cathy Hillenbrand is a goddam civic treasure. Join hosts Michale Dougan, Art Chantry, and Ruth Hayes as we show our appreciation for Cathy's countless contributions to the cultural climate of the region.?

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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron (8th Printing)
by Daniel Clowes

144-page black & white 7.5" x 11" softcover ? $19.95
ISBN: 978-1-56097-116-0

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Like a Velvet Glove... collects all 10 chapters of Eightball's terrifying and fascinating journey into madness that makes Twin Peaks look like Teletubbies. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters, including a pair of sadistic cops who carve a strange symbol into the heel of Clay's foot; a horny over-the-hill suburban woman whose sexual encounter with a mysterious water creature produced a grotesquely misshapen, but no less horny, mutant daughter; a dog with no orifices whatsoever (it has to be fed by injection); two ominous victims of extremely bad hair implants; a charismatic Manson-like cult leader who plans to kidnap a famous advice columnist and many more! This edition has a brand new cover, new title and end pages ? PLUS ? Clowes being the perfectionist that he is, there are tweaked and re-drawn panels that really make this a transcendent piece of storytelling art!

"Stunning, eerie, hilarious and surreal." ? Spin

"Essential." ? I-D

"Brilliant." ? Village Voice

"Must be seen to be believed." ? The Washington Post

"Incoherent, but engrossing." ? World Art

"A genre-defining masterwork." ? Bookforum

"A solid contender for best graphic novel of all time." ? Giant

"A nightmare told with absolute clarity: Little Nemo in Slumberland as written by Samuel Beckett. Grade: 'A'." ? Entertainment Weekly

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions:

? History: If you'd like to know more about the late Dale Yarger's tenure as Fantagraphics Art Director, this tribute by another erstwhile Fanta staffer Robert Boyd is a great place to start

? Review: "Bill Griffith, the one prominent figure of underground comix to reach the daily comic page mainstream, has delivered again with a phone book-sized volume both odd and pleasing.... Griffith, with his Zippy the Pinhead cartoon, which has been carried in dozens of daily newspapers since 1984, has had numerous reprint books, but none so exhaustive as Lost and Found. Day by day, week by week, year by year, Zippy reveals the oddness of post-modernity and opens up a large view of civilization both berserk and humorous, when viewed from what has been called 'the Zen of stupidity.' Nor has any previous collection contained such a substantial memoir as the artist?s introduction to this volume, 'Inside the Box.' Not even Griffophiles (or is it Zippophiles?) like this reviewer knew most of the details offered here..." ? Paul Buhle, The Jewish Daily Forward

? Review: "...It is splendid news that a book compilation of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby's romance comics has appeared. Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics is both significant for its content and memorable for its quality of production." ? Santiago Garc?a, Mandorla (translated from Spanish)

? Profile: Jim Woodring's in Homer, Alaska again for another residency at the Bunnell Street Arts Center; Michael Armstrong at HomerNews.com finds out what Jim's up to up there: "Sit down before him, and he might draw you. Hang with him, and he'll talk about art and cartooning. Walk around town on a nice day, and you can join him on an sketch tour, looking for cool things to draw."

While I personally wish we were putting out Gabrielle Bell's forthcoming collection The Voyeurs, I also couldn't be happier that it's coming out from her fellow Mome contributor Tom Kaczynski's Uncivilized Books. Get a closer look at the announcement on Gabrielle's blog.

We like the way the Cottesloe Theatre (the smallest of the 3 stages in London's National Theatre) labels their rechargable batteries with the names of Love and Rockets, Hate, Angry Youth Comix and Ghost World characters. Instagram photo (via Twitter) by Mike Winship, who informs us "Sadly, Maggie & Luba have been lost to the great battery dump in the sky*... (*ground)."

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions:

? Review: "Michel Gagn?... worked with Fantagraphics to produce this beautiful volume [Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics].... Clearly, Simon and Kirby tried to bring as much excitement to primarily psychological and interpersonal goings on as to punching and flying, but the action can?t help but be more grounded and, therefore, limited. It?s impressive that any of the stories manage to sweep one up, and a few do, pulling the reader in rather than leaving him/her assessing art and writing from an appreciative distance. The variety on display here is impressive as well." ? Hillary Brown, Paste

? Review: "There are strange things going on in Nordic comics. And when I say 'strange,' what I really mean is bug-eyed gibbering crazy. And when I say 'bug-eyed gibbering crazy,' I mean shit verging either on lurid incomprehensibility or sweet unfathomable genius.... If you're tired of traditional comic book fare and are looking to expand your horizons in your comic reading, Kolor Klimax is a pretty good place to go. After all, I can't imagine that your local comic shop stocks too many Nordic comic books on its shelves, and this anthology may be your only available on-ramp to a whole different world of comic book possibilities." ? Daniel Elkin, Comics Bulletin

? Review: "The 'autobio' strip in [Athos in America] is my hands-down full-stop favorite thing Jason has ever done, earning this book the EXCELLENT rating for that reason alone. The rest of the book is totally satisfying, but I can?t pretend I didn?t read all of it with my brain obsessing over all the little beats in 'A Cat From Heaven.' There isn?t a dead moment in the thing. 'Hey, Fuckface'?so funny, this thing." ? Tucker Stone, The Savage Critics

? Review: "Everything I feel comfortable saying about [Is That All There Is?] right now already came stumbling out on this Inkstuds podcast I did..., but it deserves some kind of Savage rating. How about EXCELLENT? There?s stuff in here that I wish was bigger in size, but?so what? I hope every single person who complains about the size of this book gets buried in shit after being murdered by their family, and I hope they get murdered with Lou Gehrig?s disease. If they?re a cartoonist, I hope it happens to them twice." ? Tucker Stone, The Savage Critics

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The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 1: The Early Years of Bitter Struggle (Expanded Softcover Ed.)
by Robert Crumb

208-page black & white/color 8.5" x 11" softcover ? $24.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-558-7

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This long out-of-print first volume of the multiple Harvey and Eisner award- winning Complete Crumb Comics series has been one of our most demanded reprints. Now, this landmark volume of Robert Crumb?s formative years not only returns, but also boasts a major discovery not included in prior editions: a never-before-published, 60 page ?home-made? Arcade comic from 1962.

Growing up, Robert and his brother Charles often created their own comic books. These ?home-made? editions were usually produced in editions of one. As such, many have been lost to time or private collections. What hasn?t comprises much of the first two volumes of The Complete Crumb series. Their creation continued throughout the 1950s and into the early ?60s and eventually the content of Crumb?s work gradually matured from the light-hearted, funny animal antics of earlier years to stories that flashed signals of what we now recognize as ?true Crumb.?

This previously undiscovered Arcade ?issue,? from May, 1962, shows many flashes of where Crumb was heading (whereas Charles had all but abandoned drawing comics by the ?60s). The 17-page strip ?Jim? is the most emotionally-charged work of Crumb?s young life to that point, a gentle and psychologically astute look at a boy who needs a mother, and also brimming with signs of his increasing frustration with Catholicism. It also features the first quintessential ?Crumb girl,? Mabel.

This volume also includes several early Fritz the Cat stories (a.k.a. ?Animal Town Comics?), and the classic ?Treasure Island Days? (as seen in the Crumb film) and is rounded out with other strips, diary entries and sketches that will be a treasure trove for Crumb fans, all defining work from Crumb?s formative years as a cartoonist, spanning the years 1958-1962 (when Crumb was ages 15-19) and featuring material from other ?home-made? comics of the era. This is Ground Zero for a man who may well be the greatest cartoonist who ever lived.

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The Complete Peanuts 1983-1984 (Vol. 17)
by Charles M. Schulz
Introduction by Leonard Maltin

344-page black & white 8.5" x 7" hardcover ? $28.99
ISBN: 978-1-60699-523-5

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As Peanuts reaches the mid-1980s, Charles Schulz is still creating and playing with new characters, and in this volume Snoopy?s deadpan, droopy-mustached brother Spike takes center stage: Surrounded by coyotes in the desert where he lives and who are attacking him with rubber bands, he sends a frantic message to Snoopy who launches an expedition to save him. Then, he makes the long trek back to Snoopy?s neck of the woods accompanied by his only friend (a cactus, of course)? and throughout the rest of the book, pops up in hilarious, Waiting for Godot-style vignettes set in his native Needles.

In romantic news, the Peppermint Patty-Marcie-Charlie Brown love triangle of overlapping unrequited love heats up (well, kind of), while Linus continues to vociferously deny that he is Sally?s ?Sweet Babboo?; of course, Lucy?s unsuccessful pursuit of Schroeder remains unabated. Also, a romance blossoms between two of Snoopy?s ?Beagle Scout? birds. (We will pass over Spike?s brief attraction to one of the coyotes.)

In what is probably his most baroque and hilarious baseball-involved humiliation yet, Charlie Brown agrees to join Peppermint Patty?s team the ?Pelicans? only to discover that he?s wanted not as a player but as a mascot? Linus gives up his security blanket and forms a support group for other kids who are trying to do the same? and Peppermint Patty manages to be held back in school (leaving a ?Snoring Ghost? to take her place in the rest of the class that has advanced) and yet get to go on a European trip with her dad, sending back periodic dispatches from the road. All this plus appearances from Franklin, Rerun, and the rest of the gang in these strips from a period of Peanuts that?s far less well-known than the endlessly-collected 1960s and 1970s eras?

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions:

? Review: "?Athos in America? is even chunkier and more rewarding than Low Moon, which was itself a career high.? Fans will find much here to laugh at, applaud and be surprised by. If you've yet to sample the delights of Jason, there isn't a better place to start than here.? All together a wonderful compendium of Jasonia. An essential purchase for comics fans." ? Peter Wild, Bookmunch

? Plug: At It's Nice That, cartoonist Tom Gauld discusses some favorite books on his shelf, including Jason's I Killed Adolf Hitler: "Jason is a Norwegian cartoonist who makes really funny, dry, smart comic books. This story starts off like it?s going to be a trashy adventure with cartoon animals, time travelling and Nazis but then sort of loses interest in all that becomes a much sweeter, sadder tale about getting old. Visually it reminds me a bit of Herge?s Tintin books, and the clear drawings, beautiful colouring and simple layouts make it a joy to read. I was influenced by the accessibility of Jason?s work when I was making my book Goliath."

? Interview (Audio): At The Jewish Daily Forward, "Pioneer of women?s comics Diane Noomin talks to Michael Kaminer about Wimmen?s Comix, Twisted Sister and her new book, Glitz-2-Go. The many and varied adventures of Didi Glitz ? the book?s central character and Noomin?s comic alter ego of several decades ? both delight and instruct."

? Profile: Thomas Dimopoulos of The Post-Star catches up with David Greenberger (via The Comics Reporter)

It is with a heavy heart that we must report that Dale Yarger, a beloved and influential figure on the Seattle alternative-press and design scene with whom we had the pleasure of working for a number of years in the 1990s (he was Fantagraphics' senior designer for the first half of the decade, as well as on a later occasion), has passed away after a long, courageous battle with cancer.

Dale was a man of uncommon skill, grace, and sweetness and his premature departure leaves a hole in the world and in our hearts. Our sympathy goes out to all the people who knew and loved Dale, of which which there are -- as you can tell from the steady stream of updates to this Facebook tribute page to Dale -- many.

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