Thanks to some inventory reshuffling we now have several formerly out-of-stock books back in our warehouse and available to order! Quantities are very limited — in some cases, literally a handful — so get your order in quick before they're gone again! The list:

• The Comic Strip Art of Lyonel Feininger
• The Comics Journal #290 (with the Schulz and Peanuts roundtable, this one sold out fast the first time)
• Crumple by Dave Cooper
• Greetings from Hellville by Thomas Ott
• Prince Valiant Vol. 11: Intrigues at Camelot (1946-1947) by Hal Foster
• Prince Valiant Vol. 41: King of Atheldag (1971-1972) by Hal Foster & John Cullen Murphy
• Prince Valiant Vol. 50: Vikings on the Isle of Man by Hal Foster & John Cullen Murphy (undamaged copies)
• Tell Me Something by Jason

• Here's photos of Dame Darcy's post-APE appearance at Isotope Comics...

• ...and a photo from J.R. Williams of himself with Jim Blanchard and Daniel Clowes at APE

• Nuvole Parlanti discusses (in Italian) the Ghost World graphic novel and film

• The Chicago Reader has the first review of Lilli Carré's The Lagoon

• Newsarama looks at The Education of Hopey Glass by Jaime Hernandez

• Sometime Comics Journal contributor Noah Berlatsky discusses his favorite parts of the latest issue (#293)

Peter Bagge's art will be hanging on the walls of Ballard's Tigertail bar and restaurant from Nov 12th to the end of 2008. The opening celebration is on Wednesday the 12th, starting at 6 pm. And here's Bagge's design for a new Tigertail t-shirt:

Also: Bagge's new pop band, the curiously named "Can You Imagine?" (pictured below) will be making its stage debut at the Sunset Tavern in Ballard this Sunday the 9th at 8pm (they currently aren't listed but Bagge assures us that they WILL be there as an opening act), and they'll also be playing at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery's Anniversary party on Dec. 13th (more on that later). 

Peter Bagge, Jaime Hernandez and others sound off on the election results to MTV.

If you're starting to plan your holiday gift shopping, might we suggest that you could do far worse than to utilize this handy Gift Guide we've put together? Browse these categories for some quick gift ideas, with items for every interest and budget! (You can also find these links in the main menu of our site, under "Browse Shop.")

• Quick Gift Ideas - A selection of great gift books for every interest
• Gifts Under $20 - Affordable books that still make a big impact
• Gift Sets & Special Editions - Deluxe boxed sets, value multipacks, and fancy-pants Special Editions
• Gifts for Kids - A quick selection of kid-friendly titles
• Novelties - Prints, cards and other miscellany
• Stocking Stuffers - Small items, big gift-giving fun

As we like to remind you, we have a great selection of books available with signed bookplates as a nifty free bonus. Well, fresh from APE, we've just added new bookplates for Fuzz & Pluck: Splitsville by Ted Stearn (shown above), Most Outrageous by Bob Levin, and Sublife Vol. 1 by John Pham. These signed bookplates are only available when you order direct from us!

Some conditions apply; click here for more details and the complete list of books available with this FREE premium!

If you follow us on Flickr, you saw this preview of the upcoming new Zippy the Pinhead book Welcome to Dingburg pop up a few days ago. If you don't... here it is! Click this link if the embedded slideshow doesn't appear above, and/or to open it in a new window. (And don't forget to join us and Bill Griffith at the book launch party/exhibit opening at our bookstore on Saturday night!)

We floated our photos and videos from APE up on Flickr a couple of days ago but haven't had a chance to point 'em out until now. Behold the slideshow below; click here if you can't see it and/or to view it in a new window, or click here to browse through at your own speed.

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Election mania (woo hoo!) means a quiet blogosphere:

• The Playboy blog, tracking things monstrous, takes note of Beasts! Book 1

• More Johnny Ryan fan art