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The acclaimed action comedy series roars back with its second all out attack issue! After last issue's plunge into the river, the currents sweep Johnny away to the Brownfield area where his risk of bodily harm immediately multiplies. But despite all the aggro he still finds time to get his laundry done. Or does he? Meanwhile, who is the mysterious Goldenrod?

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Ex Libris is finally available in a softcover edition, following the sold-out hardcover that quickly became a collector’s item. This inventive graphic novel draws you into the story of a character trapped in a room with only a futon and a bookcase full of comics. As they read, hidden messages and mysterious threats emerge, blurring the line between fiction and reality. With its twisty, psychological narrative, Ex Libris is perfect for fans of meta-fiction, suspense, and smart, literary comics. From acclaimed creator Matt Madden (99 Ways to Tell a Story), Ex Libris is a dazzling tribute to storytelling and the comics form itself. Inspired by literary legends like Borges, Cortázar, Nabokov, and Calvino, this book rewards every reading with new discoveries, making it a must-have for anyone who loves inventive, thought-provoking graphic novels. About the creator: Matt Madden is known worldwide for his inventive approach to comics. His celebrated works include 99 Ways to Tell a Story, Drawn Onward, and Bridge. Madden is also a teacher and translator, and currently lives in Philadelphia.

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A headless busty blonde, a face—stealing psychopath, a sleazy serial—killer sculptor, a horny handsome hunchback, a vengeful caterpillar cuckold, a torturous hangover in the pits of hell. Welcome to the raunchy and gristly world of FACE MEAT, from the decadent imagination of outlaw polymath Bonten Taro—ex—kamikaze, ex—yakuza, singer, songwriter, actor, world—famous tattooist, husband of seven, and underappreciated pioneer of “pinky violence” femme fatales and adult horror manga. While Mizuki Shigeru and Umezz Kazuo were paving the way for horror in shonen and shojo magazines in the 1960s, Bonten was secretly doing the same in erotic men’s rags—and the results are as trashy as you’d expect. With an essay by Bonten booster and B—gekiga expert Kunisawa Hiroshi, FACE MEAT includes fourteen hair— and pants—raising stories that have never before been assembled under a single cover in any language! FACE MEAT is the fourth volume of SMUDGE, a line of vintage horror, occult, and dark fantasy manga, curated and translated by award—winning historian Ryan Holmberg.

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Dare to read the psycho—horror classic that horror manga master Ito Junji called a “frightening but moving story about an unfortunate individual who, lost in search of his true self, finds his own annihilation instead.” Little Tetsuo is a wimpy mess. His parents don’t love him. He meets the beautiful Kimiko, an ailing teenage girl obsessed with movies and mayhem in equal amounts. She doesn’t love Tetsuo either, or anyone other than herself. But she needs him. So Tetsuo becomes the man she wants—the monster she wants. He becomes HER FRANKENSTEIN! Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu’s HER FRANKENSTEIN marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again! HER FRANKENSTEIN is the inaugural volume of SMUDGE, a line of pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga, curated and translated into English by award—winning historian Ryan Holmberg.

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Raw, bare-boned, scathingly funny dispatches from the renowned comic diarist Gabrielle Bell, with biting cultural commentary mixed with her signature introspective, self-deprecating humor, and surreal digressions (from car-driving bears, through Zombie Apocalypses, to cute babies, and . . . more bears!) as she visits France, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, back to Brooklyn, and finally landing in upstate New York. In Truth is Fragmentary Gabrielle Bell proves she can be . . . funny! Gabrielle Bell was born in England and raised in California. Her work has been selected for the 2007, 2009, and 2010 Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and she has contributed to McSweeneys, Bookforum, the Believer, and Vice. The title story of Bell's book, Cecil and Jordan in New York, has been adapted for the film anthology Tokyo! by Michel Gondry. Her latest book, The Voyeurs, was selected as one of the top five graphic novels of 2012 by Publishers Weekly. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Refreshingly revelatory and charmingly accessible, this book follows up the previous autobiographical comics Lucky and The Voyeurs and easily solidifies Bell’s reputation as one of the greatest autobiographical cartoonists working.—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review