Yusaku Hanakuma A hilarious, outrageous horror-comedy manga about two blue-collar factory workers and jiu-jitsu experts who deal with a zombie uprising in Tokyo. When the story begins, Fujio and Mitsuo dream of training in martial arts overseas and becoming famous. When they accidentally kill their overbearing boss, they bury him at a man-made garbage mountain known as Dark Fuji, where tons of rotting garbage have been contaminated with industrial waste which, naturally, transforms the bodies of the dead into ravenous, flesh-eating zombies. Fuji and Mitsuo try their best to survive in this horrific new landscape, but the hapless pair become separated after an idiotic mistake involving potato chips and a stray dog. A few years later, post-apocalyptic Tokyo has become a feudalistic society, in which the rich have enslaved the lower classes, and created gladiator death matches, pitting zombies against slaves, and Fuji and Misuo meet again. Originally serialized in the cutting-edge manga magazine AX from 1998 to 1999. Translated by Ryan Sands. Softbound, b&w.

Tokyo Zombie was also adapted into a hit film directed by Sakichi Sato and starring cult film stars Tadanobu Asano (Ichi the Killer) and Sho Aikawa (Dead or Alive), with a cameo from famed horror manga artist Kazuo Umezu.

Tokyo Zombie by Yusaku Hanakuma
8.2 x 5.4, 164p, $9.95
978-0-86719-701-3

HI-FRUCTOSE COLLECTED EDITION

Hi-Fructose Magazine showcases and eclectic mix of underground artists, pop surrealists, emerging and rediscovered countercultures, and awe-inspiring spectacles from around the world.

This hardbound book is the best of the collectible, long-sold-out first four volumes. Features the art of Mark Ryden, Tim Biskup, Junko Mizuno, Dave Cooper, Greg "Craola" Simkins, Gary Baseman, Alex Pardee, Gary Taxali, Scott Musgrove, Jeff Soto, Ray Ceasar, Jenny Bird, Joe Ledbetter, Longo Land, Michael Salter, Fawn Gehweiler, Kurt Halsey, Invader, Ron English, wilfrid Wood, Jim Woodring, Seen, Leslie Reppetaux, Brian McCarty, Attaboy, Saur Kids, Chris Uphues, Kaiju Big Battel, PShaw!, Ragnar, Cat Chow, and more.

Includes:
*expanded art spreads and interviews
*five deluxe edition prints from artists including Greg "Craola" Simkins, Mars-1, Jeff Soto, Travis Louis,and Dave Cooper
*a Do-It-Yourself papercraft art toy
*a D-I-Y "Blood Ghost" plush sewing pattern template by Jenny Harada.

"Hi-Fructose is one of the most beautiful magazines coming out of anywhere" -BUYOLYMPIA.COM

Hi-Fructose Collected Edition
11 x 8.5, hardbound, 250p, $39.95
978-0-86719-702-0

TOLERANCE: CHRIS MARS

Chris Mars’ painting style, examples of which graced all of his album covers, is marked by nightmarish landscapes and grotesque, distorted figures. He draws inspiration from his older brother’s struggle with schizophrenia.
From the Artist’s Statement: “...From my hands, my mission: To free the oppressed; to champion the persecuted, and the submissive; to liberate through revelation the actualized Self in those proposed by some to have no self at all. It’s in every single one of us, somewhere underneath that word on our chest. In my hands, my version: All art is political in some sense, be it through conformity, reflection, propaganda or rebellion. My paintings are rallies and trials, photographs of a moment when Truth was made public, and Mercy known. Question why a villain is villainized, a victim martyred. Ask why a group is demonized, and the motives for control. See for yourself what the truth looks like in your hands. Dig it up and hold it for a while. This work you see, it’s my Truth. But please don’t take my word for it.”

Tolerance: Chris Mars
12 x 10, clothbound, 176p, $40.00
978-0-86719-692-4

DYING OF THIRST

Gary Baseman Dying of Thirst catalogs Gary Baseman’s solo show “I Melt in Your Presence,” at Modernism Gallery in San Francisco. Baseman’s paintings reflect an oozing, sexual frenzy and dripping, cream-filled energy. This full-color, large-format hardcover collector’s edition features beautiful reproductions of Baseman’s artwork. Includes nude studies in mixed media and his paintings such as Dripping With Desire, The Hills of Creamy Goodness, Dying of Thirst, The Battle for Independence and Creamy Fulfillment, The Rose, In the Presence of True Desire, The Goodness of Creamy Wonderment, The Battlefield of Glory and Desire, and Madonna and the Chou Chou. Baseman blurs the line between toy culture and fine art with his strong iconic images, both playful and dark, childlike and adult, id-driven and thought-provoking.

Gary Baseman was named "One of the 100 Most Creative People in Entertainment" by Entertainment Weekly Magazine.

Gary Baseman's Dying of Thirst
14 x 11, hardbound, 48p, $24.95
978-0-86719-692-4

Ron English's Abject Expressionism

Ron English A comprehensive survey covering 20 years of English's career, from staged photography to neo-Surrealist oil paintings to street art. An important look at the work of an artist who has been at the forefront of activist art movements in photography, painting and underground music. English's work often involves 'liberating' commercial billboards with his own messages: he wrangles carefully created corporate iconographies so they are metaphorically turned upside down, used against the corporations they are meant to represent. English's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums worldwide, including Paris' MOCA and NYC's Whitney.

"Ron English has been called the Robin Hood of Madison Avenue for his seminal work in billboard subvertising and is widely considered to be a founding member of the Culture Jamming movement." -Juxtapoz

Ron English's Abject Expressionism
12 x 9, Hardcover, 198p, $39.95
978-0-86719-689-4