Unlike other books of Theo’s tasty and puzzling drawings, this one comes with instructions. The instructions may be a little abstract but you’re guaranteed to succeed. Makes a good gift for someone odd.

Surely it can’t be so hard to win a guitar battle against a tree? Think again! Also, meet the guy who causes everyone’s problems everywhere. Sly nerdy humor, non-stop fantasy action, joyful casual drawings.

Continuing the story begun in Or Else #5, loosely adapted from Giorgio Manganelli’s Centuria. Glenn Ganges prefers to avoid conflict, so he left his “scientifically rigorous” country when politics got too hot; unfortunately, where he’s living now, there’s a religious war. The churning of society happens at a distance as Glenn tries to focus on simple things. A beautiful, powerful brew of classic cartooning, visual poetry and philosophy.

In this issue: What soldiers think; guns in the forest; a little kid tries to imagine life without the Bible; a mysterious ride in a pickup truck.

July 23 to August 16, 1900: Dealing with Grant’s ghost and getting a bicycle. The history of Portland is more exciting than you may have known.

Gag cartoons, sort of; it depends on how abstract you are. Cilla offers a brief sampler of odd little ideas, with his unmistakable bulgy line and out-of-control noses.

Twenty-three unsettling, elliptical four-panel “comic strip poems”—some with stories and some not, some with color and some not. Neely’s elegant drawings seethe with dread, yearning, and occasional joy. (A shorter, black-and-white-only version of this book was previously available from Tom at conventions.)

Jesse plays music, makes up a new system for graphing daily moods, and wonders when the cats will stop throwing up so much. (Note, if you have issue #1: Reklaw has been doing these faster than we could order them, so this is the third issue; we have the second one too now.)

Short humor comics about life, death, food, and other important things. Big heads and wandering lines lend some innocence to a troubled world.

You might not think that having to explain to your parents, your girlfriend, and a bunch of comics fans that you’re now a girl instead of a boy could be funny. But this is Joey, so it’s funny—and it’s a true story and insanely sweet.

A lady of infamous character has met an untimely end, and everyone has something to say about it in this sly period mystery story—lusciously designed in full color, with silkscreened cover. The online version of this comic is a nominee for the 2009 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic.