London, England, UK: Nine Panel Grid, 1994. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “WOMAN WANTED: Man age 49. Divorced. Wants to meet women for marriage. Should be 35-44. Like television and motion pictures. Good food. I am a cost accountant, reliably employed. Money in bank. I like women to be on the fat side. Call 845 8973.” (From Loneliness, Charles Bukowski, p. 12) James Pyman is a British pencil and ink artist..... More

New York, NY, USA: The Realist, 1963. First Edition. Single Sheet. The Realist was a magazine of social-political-religious criticism and satire intended as a hybrid of a grown-ups version of Mad and Lyle Stuart's (1922-2006) anti-censorship monthly The Independent. Edited and published by Paul Krassner (1932-2019), and often regarded as a milestone in the American underground or countercultural press of the mid-20th century, it was a nationally-distributed newsstand publication as..... More

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 1994. First Edition, First Printing. Stapled Wrappers. "In the years that followed, Jesse drifted in and | out of jails and nuthouses. He experimented with | transvestism...heroin...and alcohol abuse." (excerpt "Grunge Father," panel 7). In You and Your Big Mouth (aka "Big Mouth"), indie cartoonist Pat Moriarity draws short tales by guest writers, most of whom are also alt-comix creators. This issue includes Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)..... More

Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books, 1995. First Edition. Stapled Wrappers. “The 1980s, despite their numerous other faults as a decade, were an electrifying period for “alternative,” “underground” (or whatever you want to call them) comics, and much of that electricity flowed from the twin poles of RAW and Weirdo, the Gog and Magog of comics anthologies. Curiously, the two magazines often seemed at odds with one another, each specifically rejecting the..... More

London, England: Sick Fly Publications/ Tangerine Press, 2019. Limited First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Signed by Joost Halbertsma. A collection of illustrations & short graphic stories by Joost Halbertsma, a young & prolific Dutch artist described as follows in this biography on verso of final page leaf, quoted in its entirety: "Joost Halbertsma was born 1984 in the Netherlands. He earned his art degree in fine arts when he was 21..... More

New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. With Illustrated Card Signed by Harvey Pekar. “While I’m usually not into “best of” collections and awards because of the wide variation in aesthetic taste, I am happy to be working on this Best American Comics collection because it lends legitimacy to the cause of Comics, my medium, and their creators. The first “Best American Short Stories” was published by Houghton..... More