Buy this from Comic Art Collective. Steven's latest "Stinckers," only 20 bucks! You will treasure it, seriously.

Presenting a random flip through the pages of the new softcover edition of Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 by Patrick Rosenkranz, coming soon. We also have a gallery of detailed still photos you can browse or view as a slideshow on Flickr.

(We'd love to get your feedback on presenting sneak peeks in video format like this, so please leave a comment here if you have any thoughts. Thanks!) 

It's Free Comic Book Day tomorrow, so head on down to your participating local comic shop (especially if it's the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery) and pick up a copy of our offering, I.G.N.A.T.Z. ("International Graphic Novels At Their Zenith")! This 32-pager contains exclusive, never-before-seen excerpts from upcoming installments in our premium Ignatz Series, plus a couple of other goodies, including Babel #3 by David B., Baobab #3 by Igort, Grotesque #2 by Sergio Ponchione, Sammy the Mouse #2 by Zak Sally, Niger #3 by Leila Marzocchi, Interiorae #3 by Gabriella Giandelli, Delphine #3 by Richard Sala, and Ganges #2 by Kevin Huizenga (who also provides a new cover ilustration), plus a gallery of unseen sketches from Reflections by Marco Corona!

To answer the inevitable question: this comic book is ONLY available at participating comic book stores; plans to make additional copies available via our website or otherwise are To Be Determined (and will not be influenced by begging -- we know how badly you want one). Future plans, if any, will be announced here on Flog, so stay tuned.

It's time for your weekly installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks"! In this week's strip: more thoughts on parenting, plus cosplay. (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)

Richard Sala provides illustrations for Gallery Ghost, which looks like a nifty edumacational book for the grade-school set. Via Sporadic Sequential, who get kudos for their blog post title.

Attention MySpace friends, Facebook fans, Flickr contacts, Twitter followers etc! It's your second annual opportunity to save 20% off all your online purchases at Fantagraphics.com for the entire month of May -- and this time we're giving you a chance to save 25% by participating in some fun interactivity!

Here's how it works:

MySpace: We have posted a 20%-off coupon code in a post in our MySpace blog that only our friends can see! For extra savings, leave a comment on our profile with one of the following: a picture with your favorite Fantagraphics book or comic, a list of what you intend to buy with your coupon, or some fan art; we'll send you a coupon code for 25% off!

Facebook: Fans of our Facebook page, check your updates for your 20%-off coupon code! We'll send a new update every week so that new fans who sign up in May get the code too. For extra savings, take a photo (or video!) with your favorite Fantagraphics book or comic, upload it to your profile and post it on our page; draw on our page with the Graffiti app; or just leave a message on our Wall telling us what you intend to buy with your coupon -- we'll send you a coupon code for 25% off!

Flickr: We've posted a 20%-off coupon code in an image in our Flickr photostream which is only visible to our contacts. For extra savings, take a picture or video with your favorite Fantagraphics book or comic or create some fan art, upload it to your photostream, tag it with "Fantagraphics" and add it to our Fantagraphics group pool; we'll send you a coupon code for 25% off!

Twitter: If you're following our Twitter feed, check your direct messages for your 20%-off coupon code. For extra savings, post a public reply to us (include "@fantagraphics" in your post) that includes a link to an item on our website that you plan to buy with your discount (or any other page of interest on our website); we'll send you a direct message with your coupon code for 25% off!

Goodreads: We're still working out how to contact our friends on this site with the 20%-off coupon code, but don't worry, you'll know when we do. For extra savings, just post a review or comment on any book that we publish or on our profile; we'll send you a coupon code for 25% off!

(Yes, we are on more social networking sites than these, but we're sticking with the most popular ones for this promotion.)

Get creative! If you can think of other ways to show and spread your Fantagraphics love on any of these sites, you don't necessarily have to do exactly what we say to be rewarded with a 25%-off coupon -- just make sure that we notice whatever it is that you do!

Coupon codes are distributed at Fantagraphics' discretion. All coupon codes can be used as many times as you like for any online order through May 31, 2008, but it's limit one coupon per order. Yes, you can add us as a friend/contact/etc. during the month of May and still be eligible, but we cannot guarantee delivery of coupon codes after May 28, 2008, so don't dilly-dally!

This week's free preview is a downloadable 20-page excerpt from The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8, the upcoming book from Swiss horror master Thomas Ott -- his first full-length graphic novel. These previews are exclusive to registered Fantagraphics.com users, so sign up and/or sign in to view.

The Yoda theme sketchbook I started last year at SDCC (riding Jacob's Ninja Turtle coattails) got 14 great new entries at Stumptown this past weekend. Here's Tom Kaczynski's contribution (completed graciously in the closing minutes on Saturday):

And Scott C's:

To see all the new ones, hit here.