[cue Strauss's Also Sprach Zarathustra] Yes, it is here... Longboxes! (Volume One) Close to four years in the making, this 288 compendium – with page dimensions that are close to exactly halfway between an issue of Grixly and an issue of a standard modern comic book –  includes all officially designated "Longboxes" comics from Grixly #50 - #68 (And, yes, you are correct, #67 & #68 have not yet been released), along with ten pages of earlier precursor comics that foreshadowed the coming of Longboxes – plus an even dozen bonus pin-ups by Nate's peers and Longboxes fans. 

What more can be said about the epic that is Longboxes?  Quite a lot, we think.  Longboxes is filled with page after page of expertly paced and humorously drawn comics presenting spot-on observations of the manners, protocols, friendships and camaraderie of the highways and byways of the comic book back issue market – and the people that populate it – along with plenty of madcap foible-filled zaniness. 

And, as we have all heard the saying that, "the business of America is business," we cannot be surprised by the transactional nature of so much of life in these United States.  Longboxes contains (many) tales regarding how one's sense of self can become inextricably bound up, with and to commercial concerns:  not only "I am what I buy" and "I am what I sell", but also " I am how I buy" and "I am how I sell", "I am who I buy from" and "I am who I sell to", "I am where I buy" and "I am where I sell" and, ultimately, "I am when I buy" and "I am when I sell."  That might sound trite, but think about it for a half a minute.

We'll be back to say more, but want to let everyone know... Longboxes is here!