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$4.95

Fushigi Circus

By Mark Ryden

128 pages, 9.1 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches

A collection of the works of Mark Ryden. Features new works, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A survey of 55 of Ryden’s most impressive works from past shows to the present. 1st edition, mint condition, sealed.

$65.00

The Great Chicken Escape

By Nikki McClure

4 x 4", handbound

"The Great Chicken Escape is a true story, or as close to truth as I could ascertain from the chickens themselves. One day, the chickens snuck out the back door of the coop. Some of the more timid were caught, but a rogue group of the highest in the pecking order successfully eluded the nuns.The nuns decided that there was no real danger, only the possibility of a great chicken adventure. They let the chickens roam, enjoying the freedom of the forest. There was no worry, for the chickens would return home to roost; after all, they are chickens." --Nikki McClure

$10.00

I Wish There Was Something I Could Quit

By Aaron Cometbus

103 pgs, digest, perfect bound,pb

Laura is in the middle of a torrid affair -- with the trains that pass on the tracks at the end of her block. She is obsessed. She can't sleep. She sits on the porch all night lying in wait. Then she throws bricks, bowling balls, cans of paint. She loves the sound as they connect, meeting metal and glass. Smash goes the windshield of the camouflage Humvee. Crash go the headlights of a helicopter. The trains are carrying weapons destined for the front lines of America's latest war, and Laura can't rest until she's consummated the affair by blowing one up! She plots, she plans -- but meanwhile, the trains keep right on coming, haunting her. Taunting her, too. All her good intentions haven't done anything to stop them or even slow one down -- yet. Aaron Cometbus has earned legendary status in the literary underground for the longevity of his self-published fanzine and for his own tough, taut prose. He calls Berkeley his home but lives in a state of perpetual exile. Each issue of Aaron's zine, Cometbus, sells over 10,000 issues, with 50 issues and several collections. 

"Aaron craftes evocative essays and concise vignettes that read almost like prose poems." -New York Press. 

"America's most famous unknown writer." -Philadelphia Independent.

$8.00

Make Something: an Anthology of Portland Zinesters

By Greig Means

8.5 x 5.5", perfect bound

$5.00

On the Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of the City

By Eric Lyle

5.5" by 8.25" 270 pages

Lyle's Secret History traces the evolution of cities, for sure, and of neighborhoods, and of dissent, but also of his own thinking under the pressure of experience, from his early focus on the more outre forms of resistance, through more contemplative phases as he becomes preoccupied with the passage of time and starts to articulate an affirmative vision of the type of society he'd like to live in and fight for. In writing, for example, on Reagan's death he feels relief that came from realizing that by the time Reagan had actually died, his teenage rage had ceased being the motivating factor in his life, that what keeps him going is the sense of what he wishes the world actually looked like -- rampant public art, vibrant squats, free breakfast programs, guerilla peace demos, and unofficial punk holidays on which people gather and do a Secret Santa exchange of mix-tapes.

$14.95

Parallel Strokes

By Ian Lynam

This is a collection of nineteen interviews with typeface designers, graffiti artists and lettering artists from around the world. The book is a fascinating look at typography and street art. It examines the history and context of modern lettering in both mainstream and illicit practice.

$20.00

Rabbit Food Cookbook

4.5" by 5.5" 170 pages hard-cover

"Tasty vegan/vegetarian recipes, a historical timeling of food in america and other miscellany."

$19.95

Recipes for Disaster -- An Anarchist Cookbook

624 pgs, 5.5" x 8.5" perfect bound, offset print

Not to be confused with the deadly and slightly passe Anarchist Cookbook, Crimethinc's Recipes for Disaster contains a volatile mix of community building ideas, radical (and fun!) protest and parade instructions, and guidance for creating your own adventures. This is an irreverent, empowering, and informative tome suitable for most ages and levels of radical experience, with projects ranging from self healthcare to sabotage to reclaiming the streets!

$13.00

The Rise and Fall of My Roman Empire

By Phillip Iosca

$30.00