ARTIST HC

(W) Anna Haifisch (A) Anna Haifisch (CA) Anna Haifisch

Anna Haifisch's idiosyncratic graphic novel chronicles the experiences of a young artist, satirising the exclusive and frequently absurd world of fine art. Plagued by doubts and anxiety, the artist is confronted with constant setbacks punctuated by occasional, surprising glimpses of recognition. Based on Haifisch's own experiences as an illustrator, sharp and self-deprecating observations resonate with the current generation, especially those who make art.

FARMER NEDS COMICS BARN GN JABLONSKI COLLECTION

(W) Gerald Jablonski (A) Gerald Jablonski (CA) Gerald Jablonski

Finally, what the world has been waiting for - a big, oversized collection of Gerald Jabolonski's psychedelically underground, absurdly avant-garde comics! Jablonski has been comics' best-kept secret for decades, telling the tales of imposter ants, bear-faced grumps, and stoic farmers with pun-laden word balloons that wildly snake around the page. This book also includes a discussion with Gary Groth, the artist's first interview in print. Jablonski belongs in the ingeniously baffling auteur pantheon with John Cage, James Joyce, and Andy Warhol. Yes, you read that right.

LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT GN #2

HUMAN DIASTROPHISM (CURR PTG)

(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Gilbert Hernandez (CA) Gilbert Hernandez

This volume will collect the second half of Gilbert Hernandez's acclaimed magical-realist tales of "Palomar," the small Central American town, beginning with the landmark "Human Diastrophism," named one of the greatest comic book stories of the 20th Century by The Comics Journal, and continuing on through more modern-day classics. "Human Diastrophism" is the only full graphic novel length "Palomar" story ever created by Gilbert. Also included are all the post-"Diastrophism" stories, in which Sheriff Luba's past (as seen in the epic Poison River) comes back to haunt her, and the seeds are sown for the "Palomar diaspora" that ends this dense, enthralling book.

NOT WAVING BUT DRAWING GN CUNEO COLLECTION

(W) John Cuneo (A) John Cuneo (CA) John Cuneo

You know John Cuneo from his awardwinning illustrations that have graced the pages of or the covers of , but less known is the over-the-top and hilariously perverse cartoons that fill the pages of . Assembling Cuneo's best privately drawn sketchbook pages, each page immediately introduces us to unique takes on sex and domestic life in his signature squiggly style. is full of dark thoughts, lightly rendered.

RED RED ROCK SC

(W) Hayashi Seiichi (A) Hayashi Seiichi (CA) Hayashi Seiichi

Totalling more than 200 pages, collects over a dozen of Hayashi Seiichi's most famous stories from his most prolific period, spanning his debut for Garo in 1967 to his adult work for Yagy in the early '70s.

STARSEEDS HC

(W) Charles Glaubitz (A) Charles Glaubitz (CA) Charles Glaubitz

Multimedia artist Charles Glaubitz's first graphic novel is a work of myth and cosmology that combines religion, and spirituality with comics, sci-fi, alchemy and science. fits in perfectly with artists such as Matthew Barney, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Gary Panter, Marcel Dzama, and Ernesto Caivano - in other words, work that is epic, mythological, fantastical, enigmatic, and visually arresting.

ZONZO HC

(W) Joan Cornella (A) Joan Cornella (CA) Joan Cornella

Following the success of Joan Cornellà's first book, the viciously funny continues the tradition with 50 all-new strips of smiling psychopaths (human and anthropomorphic) and (often literal) side-splitting farce. Cornellà's humor mixes the absurdist comedy of Michael Kupperman with transgressive, political incorrectness.