Dan Piraro is a "triple-threat funnyman-in print, on stage, off stage." -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Bizarro has been voted Best Single-Panel Cartoon by the National Cartoonists Society for an unprecedented three straight years. Bizarro Buccaneers is a collection of Piraro's favorite pirate-themed panels. Bizarro cartoonist Dan Piraro presents a cartoon collection exclusively for wannabe plunderers and plankwalkers. Pirate pilates and prosthetics abound as Piraro culls a veritable treasure chest of his favorite buccaneer sketches that dare to ponder such complexities as, "Can you get wine stains out of a parrot?"

Short stories, including the adapted-to-film original Cecil and Jordan in New York Gabrielle Bell splits her cartooning time between creating wry sketchbook autobiographical comics, such as those included in her 2006 graphic novel, Lucky, and working on more detailed fictional short stories. This collection represents her short comics work that has been published in various anthologies over the past five years, including Kramer's Ergot, Mome, and The D+Q Showcase Book Four. The surrealist title story, in which a young woman turns herself into a chair so as not to be too much of a bother to those around her, is being adapted into a short film, Interior Design, by director Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep) as part of the forthcoming Tokyo! trilogy set for fall 2008 release.

Initially thrilled when his mother tells him that he never has to clean his room again, Frankie Pickle is delighted with all the time he now has for all his imaginary adventures, but when the pile of clothes and debris becomes too much to manage, Frankie realizes his greatest challenge stands before him when he open the door to his closet and looks inside.