Your Custom Text Here
Please join us on Tuesday, March 18th from 5-7p in welcoming Team Santos Sisters! Come join Greg, Fake, and the SHQ crew in celebrating this beautiful new collection.
Preorder your books HERE to either pick up in store at the event or have a signed copy shipped to you afterwards!
Night Librarian by Christopher Lincoln
Penguin Random House
$14
I wish I had a book like this when I was a kid. A fantastic tale of two siblings with absentee parents getting involved in a literary adventure. Plenty of classic stories come to life in this overnight experience. If your kid loves books, pick this one up.
In Perpetuity by Maria Hoey and Peter Hoey
Top Shelf
$20
The afterlife is just like the Greeks imagined, except it's also like LA. There's still traffic, but at least there is no honking. If you manage to find contentment in the afterlife, be wary of people from your past who show up wanting to contact the land of the living.
One Hand & The Six Fingers by Ram V/Dan Watters/Laurence Campbell/Sumit Kumar
Image Comics
$20
I am a sucker for a great detective story, and this one is unique in the comic book space. Neo-noir comes alive as we join Ari Nasser, on the verge of retirement of course, as he follows the trail of a copycat of a killer he put away years ago. The shifting perspective of this story will make you feel like you understand what's going on, but there is so much to discover. Originally released as two intertwining series, this volume combines them both in the correct reading order.
In Utero by Chris Gooch
Top Shelf
$25
The publisher described this as "Annihilation meets Evangelion", and I didn't need to hear another word. The world this story inhabits feels both rich and desolate. Starting summer camp in an abandoned mall, Hailey meets a new friend named Jen with a monstrous secret. The world doesn't exactly see Jen as the kind of girl that Hailey comes to know, but Jen's secret just might save everyone.
Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker
Top Shelf
$30
If you miss The Venture Bros and Sir Terry Pratchett, this book is for you. As the daughter of a famous scientist, Mary and her cyborg brother Cutie Boy are no strangers to dangerous situations, but now they are facing the most dangerous one yet. I hope you are not sick of the multiverse because this book will bring you to the borders of our own reality and threaten to dismantle everything you hold dear.
Movie Zines by Nathan Gelgud
$6 each
Self-Published
Two new zines from our local hero, movie comics maestro, Nate Gelgud! Movie Matters features musings and tidbits by all your fave auteurs from A to V (Altman to Varda, natch, as we wait for Zulawski in the next one). Reel Politik follows the ornery staff of the Carlyle Theatre as they take down everything from populist movies to Letterboxd, all while pushing the end of "bourgeois garbage". Perfect stocking stuffers for the cinephile in your life or a red pill for a comics lover who's reading the same Batman comics and watching Love, Actually yet again this holiday season.
Zanzer Of Gorzu by Josh Pettinger
$9
Self-Published
From the twisted mind and pristine line of Josh Pettinger comes an apocalyptic science fiction quick hitter of unparalleled grandeur. Be prepared for your mind, stomach and your regions south of your stomach to expand, gurgle and burn but not necessarily in that order and who knows which organ is doing what.
UFO Mushroom Invasion by Shirakawa Marina
$20
Smudge/Living the Line
This wild, Umezu-esque UFO spore-horror (sporror?) was originally released in 1976. So was Klaatu's Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft. Coincidence? Hell no. Also, it's Holmberg-translated so you know your co-workers will be chatting about it at the water cooler.
Zine Panique: Sword & Sorcery
$24 (IMPORT, English/French Language)
Zine Panique
Zine Panique continues to be one of the best anthologies on that side of the Atlantic. For this fantasy collection, you could say curator Yann was "willing to put in the Orc". Featuring a head-loppin' Lale Westvind cover along with Ben Marra, Lando, Margot Ferrick, Lane Milburn and Tyler Landry just to name a few, you'll be "goblin" this comics-feast up.
Distant Ruptures by CF
$33
New York Review Comics
With the cultural shift and trend towards the late '90s and the Aughts, along comes this CF collection, expertly curated by our favorite comics maven Sammy Harkham. Most naughty aughty explorations lean heavily on nostalgia, but CF's "sci-fi" stories (extremely hard air quotes) are timeless, as in, they feel like they exist in no time. This is a special batch of weirdo comics for folks who are down to get squiggly.
Sunday by Olivier Schrauwen
$40
Fantagraphics
To me, perfection is a pepperoni pizza. I once got a pie that had 3 different kinds of pepperoni: regular pepperoni, mini pepperoni, super mini pepperoni. Sunday is that pepperoni pizza. Each type of pep represents Schrauwen's subtly different types of humor, and it's simultaneously arranged methodically and in a stream of consciousness flow, like a pizza fractal. That 3-pep pizza was a masterpiece and so is this book. There is not a cartoonist in the world like Olivier Schrauwen and I'm quite certain the word pepperoni has never been used so much to describe his work.
Dreaming In Color by Natalie Andrewson
(w/SIGNED BOOKPLATE while supplies last)
$40
Peow2
Our pal and Queen Of Riso Natalie Andrewson ruled it a few holidays ago with her Nutcracker And Mouse King book, and appears that WINTER HAS COMETH again with her artbook Dreaming In Color, from reborn publishers and comics hotties Peow2. Gorgeous art, bonkers transparent layover sheets, and perhaps the best offset recreation of risograph these peepers have ever peeped, on top of all that, you also get a damn interesting treatise on the riso process. All hail the Queen, long may the crown reside in Atwater Village.
Stay tuned for next time... Patrick's Picks!
Unwholesome Love by Charles Burns
Partners & Son
$16
All new comics from Ink-Master Burns. Weird, uncomfortable, semi-throwback romance comics that are daaaaaark!
Artist's Strategy by Ian MacKay
Self-Published
$18
A "handbook for artist's" in need of some guidance in attaining that corner office. Let Ian show you how to get what you want no matter the cost. Also, there are fantastic shoes.
Ex Mag V: Bloodsucker
PEOW2
$25
Peow is back as Peow2! All new and yet same as it ever was simultaneously! The new volume of Ex Mag is all vampires and totally shreds. It's like every fun new cartoonist is in this volume. How does Peow2 do it?!
Lilly Wave by Brian Blomerth
Anthology Editions
$35
A new Blomerth book! Dolphins! Ketamine! Researchers! For real, do not miss this.
Yokai by Shigeru Mizuki
Published by Drawn & Quarterly
$45
Probably the best monsters ever by boss Monster Maker Mizuki. This book is so good it's just crazy. Every yokai has a brief explanation, so you can reference all the monstery things they do forever and ever.
Comix 2000 with 1999 Catalogue
L'Association
$400
For the turn of the last century, L'Association published a giant book of 2000 comics creators from all over the whole world. I mean, what more ambitious comics project has ever been made? Long gone because 1999 is 25 years ago, which is nuts. This copy comes with the catalog that was included the book originally for you collectors that MUST have the best!
Hard Boiled by Miller & Darrow
Dark Horse
$75
Super nice, slightly oversized hardcover that should always be available, but isn't. Haven't read Hard Boiled? This is probably the best way to do it! Your softcover copy all dogeared from staring at Geoff's intense artwork? You're in luck!
SHQ Pizza Keychain
Art by Jon Vermilyea
$4
Jon made the very last keychain that you'll ever need. It's flexible, kinda clear, and holds keys & all your little charms & stuff.
Various & Sundry Vintage Doodads
$2 - $5
Vintage patches! Vintage cards with monsters! Stickers with Wolverton art! I mean, come on! In store only.
Stay tuned for part 3... Chris picks!
The Deep Dark by Molly Knox Ostertag
Scholastic
$17
This book made me cry! Three times! Molly Knox Ostertag (Witch Boy, Girl From The Shore) does it again with this beautiful YA horror fantasy.
A relatable story of being young, encumbered with adult responsibilities and familial obligations, and trying to figure it all out.
Ash's Cabin by Jen Wang
First Second
$18
As a trans masculine person obsessed with survival shows like Alone, this book hit hard for me! Similarly to Deep Dark, Ash's Cabin is a YA adventure about finding your place in the world and learning that there is strength in asking for help.
Ultimate Spider-Man Volume One by Jonathan Hickman
Marvel Comics
$20
The first monthly Spidey book I've read in ages and much better than it has any right to be.
Peter Parker is your basic middle aged dad on Earth-6160 until a mysterious stranger from the future offers him a choice (and a mutated spider...)
Super fun alternate history Spider-Man!
Tokyo These Days by Taiyō Matsumoto
Viz Media
$28 each (3 volume series)
A perfect series about art, aging, comics, creation, legacy, and friendship.
It took me a while to get through the whole thing, because I kept stopping to take photos of the gorgeous panels. Matsumoto is a master, THE master imho.
Mothballs by Sole Otero
Fantagraphics
$30
Poppy, bright, unique art highlights this moving story of generational trauma and familial resentment & misunderstanding. If you, like me, love stories about family throughout generations, this is a must read.
Bonus, Coming Soon...
War On Gaza by Joe Sacco
Fantagraphics
$13
Among the best serialized comics from 2024 and one of the most important releases of the year. Gut wrenching commentary and observations by a man who has been writing about Palestine for decades.Out December 17, just in time to start lots of interesting and important discussions when you're home for the holidays.
Stay tuned for next time... Dave's picks!