Baobab #3 returns to the structure of the first issue, split between twoongoing and (seemingly) unrelated stories set a century ago. In the first partof the book, young Hiroshi's ailing grandmother tells him that she will diesoon, and that his future will be in his nation's capital: Tokyo. It's thebeginning of his new life for Hiroshi, and the end of his childhood. Then, turnto the continuing story of two young, struggling South American cartoonists.Celestino is still living in his native Parador where, on the eve of World WarI, a right-wing military dictatorship is growing in power and viciousness, evendestroying the printing presses of the paper for whom he works. Even in thisdarkness, some light emerges: Celestino receives his first few fan letters fromreaders, and embarks on a romance with his publisher's daughter.

A complete collection of the lesser-known series's eleven-issue run from 1957 to 1958 offers insight into the MAD founder's satirical creativity and includes art by such cartoonists as Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Al Jaffee.

Since its inception in 2005, MOME has bridged the gap between thecontemporary graphic novel scene and the current cutting-edge literary scene,serving as a perfect sampler of today's best young graphic novelists in aquarterly format that sits as handsomely on the newsstand alongside journalslike McSweeney's and Paris Review as it does in the graphic novelssection. Volume 12 welcomes back renowned graphic novelist David B.(Epileptic) for the first time since the fourth volume. MOME alsofeatures returning regulars Jonathan Bennett, Sophie Crumb, Andrice Arp, PaulHornschemeier, Kurt Wolfgang, Eleanor Davis, Zak Sally, Tom Kaczynski, DashShaw, Joe Kimball, and Ray Fenwick. Tim Hensley also returns with more of hisbrilliant ''Wally Gropius'' strips, as do fan favorites Al Columbia and R. KikuoJohnson! Plus, several other surprises from some of the best new talent incomics. MOME is an accessible, reasonably priced quarterly runningapproximately 120 pages per volume, mostly in color, and spotlighting the mostexciting new storytellers in comics along with special surprises. MOME isquickly earning a reputation as one of the premier literary anthologies on theshelves, and the only one comprised almost entirely of comics.

A latest volume of complete Love & Rockets tales concludes the original 1982-1996 fifty-issue run, in a volume of non-Maggie and non-Palomar pieces that includes such entries as "BEM," "Rocky and Fumble," and "Music for Monsters." Original.

Traces the family life and criminal trial of Hustler magazine cartoon editor Dwaine Tinsley, documenting his early prison record for burglary, the political and cultural factors that marked his fights against censorship, and the incest charges for which his risqué cartoons were used as evidence. Original.