Long suffering (anybody out there remember Good Girls?) comics artist Carol Lay does her part to expand the boundaries of comics with this first ever all-comics weight-loss guidebook.  This is a full color, full-size, 196-page work that is filled with Ms. Lay's characteristic wit and good humor and that makes for an engaging, entertaining and educational read.  Billed as a memoir, it combines personal narrative with humorous anecdotes, practical tips and how-to guides, and follows it all up with a fairly comprehensive illustrated reference section that covers calorie charts, menus, and a heaping pile of recipes.  It closes with a handy checklist to help anyone setting out on this particular journey to keep on the path.  It should go without saying (but you know us well enough to know we can't resist) that this will make the perfect gift for any comics fan looking to improve their physical well-being.  Intrigued? 

Well, for our money at least, this volume is hands down the best so far.  It has a tripartite structure:  A survey of Manga Masters featuring pieces on Osamu Tezuka, Hideshi Hino, Suehiro Maruo, Saseo Ono and Yoshihiro Tsuge; a focus on Vaughn Bodé that features a critical appreciation, a revealing biography and a personal reminiscence  -- all amply accompanied by classic and rare Bodé comics, illustrations and rarely (if ever!) seen sketchbook pages; and then there's the giant comics feature:  this time around the theme is "seduction" and the contributions by many of today's best comics practitioners are top notch.  Among the contributors are Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Igort (whose 4-pager is among the highlights), Mary Fleener, Rick Geary, Bill Griffith, Megan Kelso, Paul Hornschemeier, Marc Bell, Gabrielle Bell (whose submission is her most accomplished work yet published), Carol Lay and many others.  This is a great volume to have just lying around:  no matter what page you open to you'll find something engaging.

RESIST! 96 pages of comics and more, all in the 4th of July spirit of resistance and the rights of the individual (with an accent on women).

 

We just located a small stack of new copies of this criminally underrated collection (complete!) of the absurdly satiric stories of Irene Van de Kamp by the supremely talented Carol Lay.  This volume collects all the comics originally published in the pages of Carol Lay's 1980s comic book series, Good Girl, plus 23 pages that appear only here in the pages of Goodnight, Irene. 

Get ready for page after page of fantastic, classic, pen & ink comics that while satiric are nevertheless sincere in their characterizations.  These are great old school comics! 

This 132-page edition was originally published in 2007 and we're still offering for less than the original cover price!

Introduction by Mark Mothersbugh (!)

"I've been a fan of Carol Lay's ever since The Pep Girls, and Irene has always been one of my favorite characters." – Jaime Hernandez

FROM THE ARCHIVES