The problematic nature of tell-all confessionals is highlighted in this recent tell-all from a Bob Dylan mistress.
The Death And Resurrection of Elvis Presley (Reaktion Books)
In death, Elvis Presley lives on. This informative book examines Presley’s postmortem career, as well as gives an overview of the social and spiritual aspects that exist within the context of his career.
The Meat Cake Bible (Fantagraphics)
The exotic and unique Dame Darcy created a wonderfully bizarre world within her graphic series Meat Cake; this lavish book collects the entirety of the series, and still astonishes and confounds.
Eternal Troubadour: The Improbable Life of Tiny Tim (Jawbone Press)
There will never be another uniquely wonderful character as Tiny Tim–and this in-depth biography delves into relatively unknown territory about the mysterious and flawed yet lovable and sincere gentle giant.
Living Like A Runaway: A Memoir (Dey Street Books)
Hard-rock guitarist and singer Lita Ford opens up about her wild and frantic rock and roll life, as well as the sadness and heartbreak that has come along with it.
The Jaywalker
Writer and occasional Recoup contributor Lisa Carver has a delightfully disgusting new book out, and has reunited with her former Rollerderby cohort, Dame Darcy. Don’t miss this book!!!!!!
A Great And Terrible Golden Age: Movies Of The 1930s
The inaugural issue of this zine declares it to be a series on the film of the 1930s, and so far, it’s a fun, informative read, with only a minor quibble point or two.
Last Night At The Casino #10
Last Night At The Casino is the ongoing saga of Billy da Bunny, a New Mexico-based casino dealer. With a vivid writing style and keen sense of humor, Billy gives the world a behind-the-scenes peek into the world of gambling.
Beverly (Drawn & Quarterly)
Beverly is the stunning debut graphic novel by Nick Drnaso, offering a disturbing, complex storyline that twists and turns in such a way that indicates a masterful new storyteller is in our midst.
Killing and Dying (Drawn & Quarterly)
Optic Nerve creator Adrian Tomine’s newest work, Killing and Dying, compiles six stories from that comic’s last three issues, but don’t let that bother you; the tales offered here are easily his finest to date.