new from Last Gasp

CYNIC'S GUIDE TO A RICH FULL LIFE, A (HARDCOVER)

Mario DiGiorgio

$9.95

Emerging, prize-winning comedian Mario DiGiorgio gives tongue-in-cheek advice on how to be more self-centered, cynical, and most importantly, hilariously inappropriate. Some suggest that this black cloud of wisdom is, in fact, the Anti-Christ in book form. But you know better. You know there comes a... (more)

coming soon from Last Gasp

UNDIGESTED KERNEL (HARDCOVER)

Scott Harrison

$19.95

Scott Harrison is an internationally recognized tattoo artist, infamous for his peculiar cartoon imagery and lack of finesse. He has tattooed all over the US, as well as Europe and Japan. His clients have included such diverse celebrities as Master P, Kiki Smith, Tony Fitzpatrick,... (more)

Last Gasp special editions

MOST SPECIAL DAY (LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED AND NUMBERED)

Clayton Brothers

$200.00

The Most Special Day of My Life is a collection of works by visionary artists Rob and Christian Clayton, both as collaborators and individuals. In tandem, they are known as The Clayton Brothers, producing dynamic, extemporaneous, yet purposeful images, sought after for commercial use as... (more)

highly recommended

STREET ART & WAR ON TERROR:HOW WORLD'S BEST GRAFFITI ARTISTS...

Xavier A. Tapies, Eleanor Mathieson, editor

$35.00

Bringing together a stunning array of antiwar, anti-Bush, and anti-Blair graffiti from the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Japan, and Australia, this gritty, controversial collection captures many unique images which have survived only a few hours between execution and clean-up. Including a chronology of... (more)

highly recommended

MUERTE

Mike Giant

$25.00

Mike Giant's signature black ink graphics mix tattoo styles, Mexican folk art and Japanese illustration, and are unmistakable on concrete, paper or skin. The ladies are buxom bong-hitters or multi-limbed Indian goddesses, and the gentlemen carry spray cans or have flames coming out of their... (more)

NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU: STORIES...

Miranda July

$14.00

Award-winning filmmaker and performing artist Miranda July (Me and You and Everyone We Know) brings her extraordinary talents to the page in a startling, sexy, and tender collection.... (more)

H.R. GIGER'S RETROSPECTIVE 1964-84

H. R. Giger

$19.95

This book covers twenty of the master surrealist's most abundantly productive years. Serving as a great introduction to H.R. Giger's remarkable body of work, Retrospective is filled with... (more)

THREE SHADOWS

Cyril Pedrosa

$15.95

Can you ever escape your fate? Three shadows stand outside the house -- and Louis and Lise know why the spectral figures are there. The shadows have come... (more)

KAPUT & ZOSKY (FIRST SECOND GN)

Lewis Trondheim, Eric Cartier

$13.95

Kaput and Zosky are the most mayhem-inducing, the most screams-of-terror-provoking, the most rotten, ruthless aliens in the entire galaxy. And they have the biggest weapons, too! So why... (more)

RANT: AN ORAL BIOGRAPHY OF BUSTER CASEY (SOFTCOVER)

Chuck Palahniuk

$13.95

The mind-bending new novel from Chuck Palahniuk ( Fight Club ) takes the form of an oral history of one Buster "Rant" Casey, who may or may not be the... (more)

LIVE THROUGH THIS: ON CREATIVITY AND SELF-DESTRUCTION

Sabrina Chapadjiev, editor

$17.95

In a collection of original stories, essays, artwork, and photography, cutting-edge artists explore their use of art to survive madness, abuse, incest, depression, and the impulse toward self-destruction... (more)

MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL MAGAZINE #301 (JUNE 2008)

Various

$4.00

Hardcore, punk rock, scene reports, radical politics. In this issue: Los Violadores; The Sears; Head On Collision; Antibodies; Tentacles of Destruction; Kola; Straight Jacket Nation; Spectres; Dean Dirg;... (more)

CABINET MAGAZINE #29: SLOTH (SPRING 2008)

Sina Najafi, editor

$12.00

Immaterial Incorporated's non-profit quarterly magazine of art and culture run by a staff from around the world. Each issue contains articles, interviews, specially commissioned artist projects, and a... (more)

AMULET, BOOK 1: THE STONEKEEPER

Kazu Kibuishi

$9.99

After the tragic death of their father, Emily and Navin move with their mother to the home of her deceased great-grandfather, but the strange house proves to be... (more)

COMIC ARF: THE UNHOLY MARRIAGE OF ART &...

Craig Yoe, editor

$19.99

This great Arf book features one of the greatest comickers of all: Milt Gross! Gross drew a 1920s comic that left the last panel blank for aspiring cartoonists.... (more)

EXPLAINERS: THE COMPLETE VILLAGE VOICE STRIPS 1956-66 (HARDCOVER)

Jules Feiffer

$28.99

In 1956, a relatively unknown cartoonist by the name of Jules Feiffer started contributing a strip to the only alternative weekly published in the US, a small radical... (more)

ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE INSIDE: THE BEAT WITHIN (HARDCOVER)

Louise E.V. Nevaer, editor

$19.95

The Beat Within is a decade-old, nationwide writing program for incarcerated youth. "Words not Weapons" is the organization's credo, inspiring these young adults -- males and females of... (more)

FACE FOOD: THE VISUAL CREATIVITY OF JAPANESE BENTO...

Christopher D. Salyers

$12.95

Dating back several hundred years, the Japanese bento box is as integral a part of the country's culinary identity as sushi. Today, a contemporary version of the bento... (more)

IMPOSTERS (HARDCOVER)

James Knoblauch, Shawna Kenney

$24.95

Every year, millions of visitors to Los Angeles head straight to the heart of Hollywood and the Walk of Fame with vain hopes for a celebrity encounter. Visions... (more)