December arrivals

BEN JONES ART BOOK
KRAMER'S ERGOT 7
OR ELSE #5
BIG QUESTIONS #11
BIGFOOT: I NOT DEAD (HARDCOVER)
ME WRITE BOOK: IT BIGFOOT MEMOIR (HARDCOVER)
BOOK OF LONGING (SOFTCOVER) - Leonard Cohen
LET US COMPARE MYTHOLOGIES (HARDCOVER) - Cohen
CANDIDE (CHRIS WARE COVER)
DORORO, VOL. 3 - Tezuka
MW - Tezuka
ROMEO & JULIET (MINI BOOK)
TOKYO ZOMBIE
WHATCHA MEAN, WHAT'S A ZINE? THE ART OF MAKING ZINES AND MINI-COMICS WU-TANG MANUAL
BELIEVER MAGAZINE #58: THE 2008 ART ISSUE (NOV/DEC 2008)
BIG BABY (SOFTCOVER EDITION) - Charles Burns
CHE: A GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHY
CREATED IN DARKNESS BY TROUBLED AMERICANS: THE BEST OF MCSWEENEY'S HUMOR (SC)
DEVO: THE COMPLETE TRUTH ABOUT DE-EVOLUTION VIDEO COMPILATION (DVD)
HOW TO MAKE FRIENDS AND OPPRESS PEOPLE: CLASSIC TRAVEL ADVICE... 2 x INCREDIBLE CHANGE-BOTS - Jeffrey Brown
JUXTAPOZ MAGAZINE #95 (DEC 2008)
LITTLE NEMO 1905-1914 (TASCHEN HARDCOVER)
MEAT CAKE 17
MOUNTAIN MAN DANCE MOVES: THE MCSWEENEY'S BOOK OF LISTS
OTHER PEOPLE'S LOVE LETTERS: 150 LETTERS YOU WERE NEVER MEANT TO SEE
SULK 1: BIGHEAD AND FRIENDS (MINI BOOK)
ZIPPY: WELCOME TO DINGBURG

New Books Abound 11/27/08

A couple of orders in this week, including:

Ojingogo by Matthew Forsythe -plentiful copies for the launch party on Saturday.
Louis Riel by Chester Brown - restock on this perennial favorite.
What It Is by Lynda Barry - restock on this fun filled popular title on creativity.
Bat-Manga: the Secret History of Batman in Japan - edited by Chip Kidd, super-cool book.
Pyongyang by Guy Delisle - before his new The Burma Chronicles, Delisle dipped into North Korea, and also visited China for Shenzen.
Historyonics - history themed anthology from Cloudscape Comics
Maps and Legends by Michael Chabon - to accompany his other plentiful and in-stock titles Gentlemen of the Road, the Final Solution, the Yiddish Policeman's Union, and of course the Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.
Catching the Big Fish by David Lynch - yes, the David Lynch - restock on this popular book of meditations.
Town of Mirrors by Robert Pollard - his new photo collage book from Fantagraphics - sweet!
Fuzz and Pluck: Splitsville hc - by Ted Stearn - a Lucky's all-time favorite, Fuzz and Pluck are full of surreal surprises and impossible gags.
Bed Bed Bed by Marcel Dzama with a They Might Be Giants CD included - kids love it!
Marcel Dzama Christmas Cards - need I say more? Also a couple copies of The Berliner Ensemble Thanks Us All in stock.

Many more titles back in stock, such as Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, Ghost World, Edward Gorey Puzzle, Maus, Berlin vol 1 and 2, Juxtapoz Tattoo, Found Magazine #1 - 5, Sardine From Outer Space, and more!

Trifecta of Comics Arty Goodness

What a confluence of great Lucky's related events this September, 2008.

1. Peter Thompson, veteran of the All-Star Schnauzer Band and creator of The Chronicles of Lucky Ello (Drawn and Quarterly) displays a series of twenty drawings, Is It the Apocalpyse, in Lucky's Gallery until September 26.
2. Launch party and art display for the release of You Ain't No Dancer volume 3, edited by Ed Brisson, on New Reliable Press.
3. Peter Bagge! Yes, Peter Bagge (Hate! Apocalypse Nerd, Buddy Does Seattle, Buddy Does Jersey, Reason Magazine), sponsored by Lucky's Comics, is coming up to Word on the Street at the Vancouver Public Library on September 28. He'll be speaking, and then meeting and greeting at our table afterwards.
   

New stuff update Sept 12/08

Well, once a month is better than once every 6 months. Here's an update on some new and restocked items:

• Moomin vol. 3 !!! Hooray for the new Moomin!
  
• Angaza Afrika beautiful book of modern African Art from Princeton Architectural Press
  
• Jamilti and Other Stories - new Ruutu Modan from Drawn and Quarterly
  
• Giraffes? Giraffes! - Haggis-on-Whey from McSweeney's
  
• McSweeney's #27 - holy cow - three book triple threat attack
• Wholphin vol. 6
• Stickerbomb
• Jokes Every Man Should Know
• The Portable Frank - the inimitable Jim Woodring
• The Wu-Tang Manual by the RZA
• Bone volume 8
• Amulet volume 1

New stuff update Aug 7/08

Incoming today and tomorrow:

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Roderick Rules

From Hell

Mouseguard #1 Fall 1152

365 Days

Backyard Birdsong Guide West

Dim Sum A Pocket Guide to Chinese Brunch

Batman Murder at Wayne Mansion

Graphic Design Cookbook plus...Marvel, Vertigo, DC, Dark Horse (and more) restock: ALL STAR SUPERMAN HC VOL 01 AMELIA RULES BOOKSHELF ED TP VOL 02 WHAT MAKES YOU AMELIA RULES BOOKSHELF ED TP VOL 03 SUPERHEROES ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 01 ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 02 ORIGIN OF THE SPECIES ANIMAL MAN TP VOL 03 DEUS EX MACHINA ARKHAM ASYLUM ANNIVERSARY ED SC (MR) ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 01 GIFTED ASTONISHING X-MEN TP VOL 02 DANGEROUS BATMAN STRIKES TP VOL 02 IN DARKEST KNIGHT BATTLESTAR GALACTICA CYLON APOCALYPSE TP BLACK PANTHER BY JACK KIRBY TP VOL 01 BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #17 DOOM PATROL TP VOL 02 PAINTING THAT ATE PARIS DOOM PATROL TP VOL 04 MUSCLEBOUND DOOM PATROL TP VOL 05 MAGIC BUS DOOM PATROL TP VOL 06 PLANET LOVE ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 01 ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 02 ESSENTIAL CAPTAIN AMERICA TP VOL 01 ESSENTIAL GHOST RIDER TP VOL 01 ESSENTIAL GODZILLA TP ESSENTIAL GODZILLA TP ESSENTIAL GODZILLA TP ESSENTIAL SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 EX MACHINA TP VOL 01 THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS EX MACHINA TP VOL 02 TAG EX MACHINA TP VOL 03 FACT V FICTION EX MACHINA TP VOL 04 MARCH TO WAR EX MACHINA TP VOL 05 SMOKE SMOKE EX MACHINA TP VOL 06 POWER DOWN FABLES TP VOL 02 ANIMAL FARM FABLES TP VOL 08 WOLVES FABLES TP VOL 09 SONS OF EMPIRE FILTH TP HULK TP VOL 01 INCREDIBLE DIGEST INVISIBLES TP #2 APOCALIPSTICK INVISIBLES TP #6 KISSING MISTER QUIMPER JACK KIRBYS GALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTERS HC JELLYFIST KORGI GN VOL 01 KORGI GN VOL 02 COSMIC COLLECTOR KORGI GN VOL 02 COSMIC COLLECTOR LOEG VOL ONE TP MAD WAR ON BUSH (PP #761) MARVEL 1602 TP QUILL AWARD EDITION MARVEL ADV SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 08 FORCES OF NATURE MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 CONCRETE JUNGLE MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 09 FOES DIGEST MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 03 DIGEST MARVEL AGE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 04 GOBLIN STRIKES DIGEST NEIL GAIMAN & CHARLES VESS STARDUST TP NEIL GAIMANS MIDNIGHT DAYS TP NEIL GAIMANS NEVERWHERE TP OWLY GN VOL 01 WAY HOME OWLY GN VOL 03 FLYING LESSONS OWLY GN VOL 04 TIME TO BE BRAVE PREACHER TP VOL 03 PROUD AMERICANS NEW EDITION PREACHER TP VOL 07 SALVATION NEW EDITION PREACHER TP VOL 08 ALL HELLS A COMING PROMETHEA TP BOOK 01 PROMETHEA TP BOOK 02 SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES SANDMAN TP VOL 02 THE DOLLS HOUSE SANDMAN TP VOL 04 SEASON OF MISTS SANDMAN TP VOL 05 A GAME OF YOU SANDMAN TP VOL 06 FABLES AND REFLECTIONS SANDMAN TP VOL 10 THE WAKE SEAGUY TP SECRET WAR TP SLOTH HC STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 01 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 02 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 03 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 04 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 05 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 07 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 09 STAR WARS CLONE WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 10 STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 08 LAST SIEGE STAR WARS CLONE WARS TP VOL 09 ENDGAME STINKY GN STUCK RUBBER BABY SWAMP THING TP VOL 08 SPONTANEOUS GENERATION SWAMP THING TP VOL 09 INFERNAL TRIANGLES TONY MILLIONAIRE LITTLE & LARGE HC TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 07 SPIDERS THRASH TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 08 DIRGE TRANSMETROPOLITAN TP VOL 09 THE CURE UN-MEN TP VOL 01 GET YOUR FREAK ON VENOM VS CARNAGE TP WATCHMEN TP WONTON SOUP GN X-FILES SPECIAL #0 Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 02 CYCLES

Art Spiegleman on CBC

I'd have loved to hear the interviewer ask: "What do you think about the fact that we're going to blur out the images of the Danish cartoons when this is aired? Do you think we are spineless, unwilling to stand up for free expression, or just total wimps?"

From the CBC website:

He's the only artist/illustrator to ever win the Pulitzer Prize. But why does Art Spiegelman think Canada is so uptight? Sunday's Carolynne Hew asks the man who depicted Holocaust victims as mice about the pitfalls of fighting for free expression.

Great interview...his skills in co-curating the comic portion of the Krazy! show at the Vancouver Art Gallery, though...another matter.

Morstad, von Szombathy, and Horacek

Nice little article from the Ottawa Citizen about recently (in the past 12 months) released books by Vancouver artists Julie Morstad, Chris von Szombathy, and Tom Horacek. All are part of the Petits Livres series of books published by Drawn and Quarterly.

Morstad, von Szombathy, and Horacec will all be appearing at Comix and Stories at the Vancouver Art Gallery on August 24th from 11am to 5pm. Kim Deitch is headlining, and Lucky's will be there too.

Lucky's newstuff 06 14 08

Because there seems to be a positive correlation between people knowing what we sell and people buying what we sell, here is the first installment blog posts letting you know what's arrived recently at Lucky's.

Books and Comics (new releases in bold):

Exit Wounds - Rutu Modan
Essex County Vol. 2: Ghost Stories
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152
Louis Riel - Chester Brown
Yiddish Policemen's Union - Michael Chabon
Maps And Legends - new Chabon
Milk Teeth - Julie Morstad
Idiots, Hypocrites, Demagogues
Mcsweeney's Issue 27 - amazing issue, three books in slipcase including Art Spiegelman drawing book, and gallery book of NYC drawing show curated by Dave Eggers
Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier and Clay - Chabon
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Animals Of The Ocean
Reading Comics and What They Mean - Douglas Wolk

Games:

Maple Story starters and boosters
Pokemon Great Encounters theme decks and boosters
Naruto the Chosen boosters
Bleach Seireirei and Soul Society boosters
Yu-Gi-Oh Dark Emperor structure decks
Magic the Gathering Chinese Portal starters
Bella Sara boosters

Nut Brown Live at Lucky's

Nut Brown performing live at Lucky's at the Ryan McCormick "The Game of Life" opening.

21 Questions with Lucky's

Lucky's is currently featured on the Sequential: Canadian Comix, News and Culture blog. Thanks to Bryan and the Sequential team for cultivating and promoting Canadian comics, stores, and culture!

Lucky's newstuff

Who knows, maybe I'll actually get into the habit of using the ol' blog again. Here's what's in new today:

McSweeney's:
Animals of the Ocean by Dr. Haggis on Whey (McSweeney's)
Arkansas by John Brandon
McSweeney's 26
Where to Invade Next

Simply Read
When You Were Small illustrated by Julie Morstad
The Day It All Blew Away by Lisa Cinar
Red Tree by Sean Tam


Scholastic:
Bone vol. 7 restock
Amulet Book One: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi

Hyperion:
Jellyaby by Kean Soo

D.C.
Batman The Killing Joke hc reprint

Bodega
Mourning Star (restock)

Comic Feeds and Websites

Here are some of the comic related blogs we at Lucky's try to keep up with:

Sequential (Canadian kudos)
Blog Flume
Comics Comics
Drawn and Quarterly
Fantagraphics "Flog"
Journalista