Congratulations to Philip Spector of Mamaroneck, NY for winning the signed limited-edition Ghost World silkscreen print! Philip, your prize is on its way. Thanks to everyone who participated by pre-ordering Ghost World: Special Edition (which is now in stock).

Ghost World: Special Edition
By Daniel Clowes

This deluxe new edition of our most popular book ever expands the original graphic novel — which tells the story of two best friends, Enid and Rebecca, facing the prospect of growing up and apart — from 80 pages into a 288 page, behind-the-scenes tour through the making of both the classic book and the subsequent hit film. Including a new introduction and several pages of new strips by Clowes, as well as over 200 pages of ‘extras’: the Oscar-nominated screenplay by Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, dozens of pages of never-before-collected ephemera, including unused concept drawings, notes, movie posters, foreign edition covers, merchandise, artwork created for the movie by Clowes, Sophie Crumb and the cast, and much more, all annotated by Clowes. Truly lavish, definitive and comprehensive.

288-page duotone and full-color 7.5" x 10.75" hardcover • $39.99
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(NOTE: Our contest for the drawing to win the limited-edition signed Ghost World exhibit poster is now closed as of midnight last night. We will announce the winner as soon as we figure out who it is. Stay tuned! We are also down to the very last of the signed bookplates, which will likely be gone today or tomorrow. First come, first served, so don't delay!)

Sublife Vol. 1
By John Pham

Two white supremacist brothers live in the midst of an “ethnic” urban flood along with a dog they’ve trained as a weapon. A household made up of three renters, a landlord who never leaves her attic bedroom, and her son, who insists on wearing a sheet over his head all the time. A pack of ravenous stray dogs chase a cat down a desolate alleyway. The lonely, grimy silhouette of Los Angeles, ever-present. All these separate threads weave through the first part of "221 Sycamore St.", an ongoing story about the desperate need for family in two distinct households that share an indelible yet mysterious connection.

Sublife is the engaging new series from emerging talent John Pham (Epoxy, MOME). Similar in format to other great one-man anthology comics before it (Eightball, Acme Novelty Library, Jim), Sublife presents a variety of stories told in a range of styles and voices, all demonstrating a singular vision. Issue one features the first self-contained chapter of "221 Sycamore St." as well as "Deep Space," a semi-comical sci-fi journey into "psychopathia infinitus."

96-page two-color 8.25" x 6.75" softcover • $8.99
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Meat Cake #17
By Dame Darcy

Just because Dame Darcy is busy with music, dollmaking, and being a reality TV star, that doesn't mean she's stopped baking her beloved Meat Cake, and here's a new issue to prove it! In Meat Cake #17, God is revealed to the Faeiry Sisters — so of course they get into a fight over it. Also, Trixxie Roxx stars in "The Horrors of Fame," what Darcy describes as "a punk-rock version of those cheesy 1940s romance novels where the girls are going through hyperdrama all the time" — plus more kee-razy neo-Goth fairy-tale madness from one of comics' true originals!

32-page black & white 6.75" x 10.25" comic book • $3.95
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Congrats to Kaz for winning an Emmy in the Outstanding Animation Special Category for his "story by" credit on the "Lazlo's First Crush" episode of Camp Lazlo! Photo from Kaz on Facebook.

The Complete Peanuts 1969-1970
By Charles M. Schulz

"WOODSTOCK" PROPELS PEANUTS INTO THE '70s!

He turns up first as Snoopy’s secretary, then gradually becomes a good friend whom Snoopy helps to fly South... but it’s not until June 22, 1970 that the little bird gains a name, in a perfect salute to the decade that ends with this volume: Woodstock!

In other timely stories, Peppermint Patty runs afoul of her school’s dress code (those sandals!), Lucy declares herself a “New Feminist,” and Snoopy’s return to the Daisy Hill Puppy Farm on a speaking engagement climaxes in a riot and a new love found amidst the teargas (“She had the softest paws...”).

Speaking of Snoopy, this volume falls under the sign of the Great Beagle, as three separate storylines focus on the mysterious sovereign of Beagledom. First Snoopy is summoned by a wrathful G.B. when Frieda submits a complaint about his (Snoopy’s) desultory rabbit-chasing efforts; then, back in the Great one’s good graces, Snoopy is sent on a secret mission; and finally he himself ascends (briefly!) to the mantle of Great Beagledom.

In other news, an exasperated Lucy throws Schroeder’s piano into the maw of the kite-eating tree, with gruesome results... Miss Othmar goes on strike and Linus gets involved... Charlie Brown’s baseball team has an actual (brief) winning streak... Snoopy’s quest to compete in the Oakland ice skating competition is thwarted by his inability to find a partner... Charlie Brown goes to a banquet to meet his hapless baseball hero Joe Shlabotnik... Snoopy is left in the Van Pelt family’s care as Charlie and Sally Brown head out of town for a vacation... and (alas) the Little Red-Haired Girl moves away...

This volume also features a new introduction by renowned illustrator Mo Willems and, as always, gorgeous design by award-winning cartoonist Seth.

344-page black & white 8.5" x 6.5" hardcover • $28.99
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The Complete Peanuts 1967-1970 Box Set
By Charles M. Schulz

two 344-page black & white 8.5" x 6.5" hardcover slipcased volumes • $49.99
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Also available: the slipcase by itself • $4.99
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Time for a new installment of Steven Weissman's in-progress pages from "Blue Jay," an epic 32-page story from Chocolate Cheeks, the next collection of the Yikes! gang's adventures. In this week's episode: a brief solemn moment. (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)

In anticipation of Halloween, Playboy presents a gallery of classic cartoons by Gahan Wilson, along with a handful of interview features.

They also spill the beans on Fantagraphics' upcoming collection of every cartoon Wilson ever published in Playboy, a 3-volume hardcover slipcased set due next October, in time for Halloween 2009! Yow! (Having been a fan of Wilson's work since I was a little kid reading Matthew Looney books, I personally can't wait for this set!)

The Internet weighs in on our books this week:

• The Times names Daddy's Girl by Debbie Drechsler and Funeral of the Heart by Leah Hayes two of "the summer's best graphic novels"

• NPR.org reviews and excerpts Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw; Sean T. Collins calls BBB "a deeply pleasurable, and rewarding, read"

• Sean T. Collins also digs into Mome Vol. 12

• Chris Allen reviews Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell

• Jeff Lester thinks Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 is so nice, he reviews it twice: once for The Savage Critics, once for io9; plus more reviews from The Star Clipper Blog and Marc Singer; Rocketship also gives it a quick plug

• Our favorite fictional comic shop clerk recommends several of our new releases (though her page count for The Portable Frank is missing a zero)

• If you can read Greek, maybe you can tell us what Back to Mono is saying about Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes

• Speaking of Clowes, Amazon's Omnivoracious blog gives the rundown on Ghost World: Special Edition

And in other links: 

• Mome artist Tim Hensley discovers Comic Life

• Here's a great poster by Tim Lane

• The Comics Reporter interviews John Pham

• Back to School with Johnny Ryan! Plus, how 'bout some Angry Youth Comix-based fan art? (links NSFW, as if it needs saying)

• Stephen DeStefano has a tale of meeting Ditko

• Found via Delicious: Annotations of The Complete Peanuts on WikiBooks

• Noah Berlatsky has contrary opinions about Kim Deitch, particularly his cover for The Comics Journal #292

• The New York Times looks at the "R. Crumb's Underground" exhibit in its current incarnation at Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art

• I'm not sure what this is all about, but there's a lovely picture of Jimbo in Purgatory with a couple of other oversized comics books

• Photographer Seth Kushner takes a spooky portrait of Michael Kupperman

• For her column at comiXology, The Comics Journal assistant editor Kristy Valenti runs down the Ivan Brunetti/Dan Clowes/Adrian Tomine panel at Bumbershoot

• The Oregonian talks about Crumb and the undergrounds with Rebel Visions author Patrick Rosenkranz

• Ger Apeldoorn has scans of a vintage profile of and cartoons by Hank Ketcham

• Bob Levin has a funny anecdote about interviewing S. Clay Wilson for the next issue (#293) of The Comics Journal

As a reminder, you can keep up with these links in real time on our Delicious page and RSS feed, or by adding us to your Delicious network.

Mome contributor Andrice Arp has an art show opening at Secret Headquarters in L.A. on Friday Sept. 19. More info here.