Remarkably, an order placed only 9 days ago to Kuš Comics in Latvia is on our shelves today! This order includes the new Kuš anthology: š! #9 Female Secrets, including a story by Vancouver’s own Emily Carroll.
Also in the order:
Kuš! #7 (Music)
Kuš! #8 (Allotments)
Special kuš! 3 × 3
š! 2/3 Masks, Childhood
š! 4 Lost in the City
š! 8 Midnight Sun
mini Kuš! #1 Bearslayer
mini Kuš! #2 Being
mini Kuš! #4 Story of Gardens
Foldout Kuš!

Frank Santoro’s Comic Book Layout Workshop

Why do some comics read easier than others? Is it the story, the cartooning or the page design? Frank Santoro will demonstrate how some cartoonists such as Hal Foster and Herge used visual harmonies and structures in their page designs much like classical oil painters. Discover the similarities between visual and musical harmonies and how some of the great cartoonists used dynamic symmetry like a map to organize their stories.

Also, after the talk, Frank will lead an informal FREE workshop focusing on formats available for the comic book maker in 2012. Everyone is welcome. Come see what Frank Santoro’s Correspondence Course is all about – or come on down just to argue with Frank – maybe even buy a book and get it signed. Thursday February 16th from 6 to 8pm at Lucky’s Comics and Games – 3972 Main Street, www.luckys.ca, 604-875-9858

Every few years a comics compilation arrives for those of us who like our stories sans superheroes and a little cutting-edge.

This month the eighth installment of Kramers Ergot makes its debut, and I’m eager to check it out.

This time around, editor Sammy Harkham chose creators that “reflect a more specific and unified aesthetic space of discipline, sophistication, and quiet power.”

So many books in this week – including lots of great kids stuff, art books, comics, literature, and more:

In stock now:

Adventures of Little Archie vol 1 and 2
Amazing Screw on Head and Other Stories HC
Archie Babies
Archie the Married Life TP
Astro Boy Omnibus TP vol 1 and 2
Baltimore: Plague of Ships HC vol 1
Bone vol 1 and 2
Cartographies of Time
Cat Getting out of a Bag
Copper
Exquisite Book
Geronimo Stilton #1 GN
Granta Book of the Irish Short Story
Granta Book of the African Short Story
Hark! A Vagrant
Little Lulu Giant Size TP vol 1
Little Lulu TP vol 25-27
Louis Riel
Lucky Peach vol 2
Masterpiece Art Paint-By-Numbers – Lisa Hanawalt
Masterpiece Comics – R. Sikoryak
Moomin Book 6
New Granta Book of Travel
Oz: Wonderful Wizard of Oz TP
R. Crumb Complete Record Cover Collection
Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis HC
Sisters Brothers, The
Star Wars Blood Ties TP
Star Wars Clone Wars Adventures TP 1-5
Star Wars Darth Maul TP
Star Wars Omnibus Boba Fett TP
Star Wars Omnibus Droids TP
Star Wars Omnibus Emissaries and Assassins TP
Star wars General Grievous TP
Superman vs Muhammad Ali Deluxe HC
Tiny Titans TP vol 2-5
Ultimate Book of Jokes
Usagi Yojimbo Yokai HC
Fables vol 16 TP
Red Wing TP
Walking Dead vol 15 TP
Wildlife of Star Wars
Wildwood
Wonderstruck

Arriving Friday:

Best American Non-Required Reading 2011
Despite Everything: Cometbus Omnibus
Isle of 100,000 Graves – Jason
Mark Twains Autobiography – Michael Kupperman
Crumb’s Heroes of Blues and Jazz w/CD
Werewolves of Montpellier – Jason
Why are You Doing This? – Jason
Fail Nation
Prison Pit Book 3
Tree Show Postcards
500 Portraits – Tony Millionaire
Jason Conquers America
Manara Library vol 1
The Sigh – Marjane Satrapi
Tales Designed to Thrizzle #7
Tales Designed to Thrizzle TP
Crumb’s Book of Genesis
In Me Own Words: Autobiography of Bigfoot
Photographer: Into War-Torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

This is what’s up:

Two of Vancouver’s finest

Aaron Read Band

+

Watermelon

at Lucky’s Comics

Doors at 8 PM

THIS WILL BE OVER BY TEN PM

Bring a couple dollars for the bands

and

Beer.

Be in the Christmas

Spirit.