KRAMERS ERGOT is the definitive compendium of what’s new and exciting in comics today. Not to be confused with an “art” book, KRAMERS wants to be known as a comic, ha ha funny stories and pictures. Editor Sammy Harkham has made names like Sammy Harkham, Paper Rad, Mat Brinkman, Marc Bell, Souther Salazar, and now […]

PLAZM is a Portland based design and culture magazine. They’re also a design studio and type foundry that’s worked for LAIKA, the NW Film and Video Festival, PNCA, Nike, and was voted one of the world’s top 40 design firms by ID magazine. Creative director Joshua Berger developed the website anti-war.us, dedicated to the distribution […]

I almost don’t know where to begin! Imported from Japan: Frank – The Lute String. An all new Pupshaw, Frank, and Pushpaw story published by Presspop Gallery, Tokyo! Great new Jim Woodring for only $5.69. Visions of Frank DVD – 9 Japanese animators interpret the Frank comics of Jim Woodring in this astonishing 48 minute […]

“There are no civilians in Baghdad.” -Lt.-Col. Crowley Just read all 10 chapters of Anthony Lappe and Dan Goldman’s online comic, SHOOTING WAR, in one easy sitting. Takes place in our near future, 2011. There’s not much in this futuristic world that would be totally implausible. America is still occupying what’s left of Iraq, survivors […]

Just checked the mail and was delighted to see a package from Finland! Enclosed were the two latest edtitions of GLOMP a fantastic Finnish comix anthology that was previously imported by TOP SHELF. GLOMP 8 looks to be heavily influenced by Kramer’s Ergot 4, lots of crayons and magic markers, even the paper stock looks […]

Steve Ditko. Frank Miller. Sal Buscema. P. Craig Russell. Bill Sienkiewicz. (YOUR NAME HERE). One Halloween I put silver foil Pop Tart wrappers on my hands so I would look like ROM. The costume didn’t quite work out. But now… it’s time to put those gloves back on for one more tribute to the greatest […]

Yum… this cover is amazing. Is this that guy… oh yeah… Josh Petherick! What’s inside? 10 full color pages or art and interview with Mr. Petherick. Oh my! What else? The toy kitchen of the 50’s, music reviews: Acid Mothers Temple vs. John Coltrane, Celtic Frost vs. Scott Walker, book reviews: Kramer’s Ergot 6, Gore… […]

GOLIATH books presents the work of two photographers that apply cinematic production, staging and special effects to create incredibly surreal single frame images. Paul M Smith – Photographs $44.95 Paul Smith was one of a small group of photographers in the mid 90s who embraced the creative possibilities of photography and digital technology using computer […]

Started as an idea between two friends in Denver Colorado in the Summer of 2001 SHERBERT began with and still exists on one simple idea: to inspire and to be inspired. Each issue of SHERBERT is based on a loose theme and features emerging talent in the fields of illustration, photography, design, literature from around […]

Just got 2 amazing DVDs in the shop. ‘ELECTRIC DRAGON 80000V’ and ‘BURST CITY’ by Sogo Ishii. This is the first release of his anarchic punk epic ‘BURST CITY’ (1982) with English subtitles. His manic handheld 8mm and 16mm films from the early eighties were a huge influence on Takeshi Kitano, Shinya Tsukamoto, and Takashi […]