Alternative Comics: 73 books

Set in the world of young artists, dreamers, drinkers, layabouts, and dime-store deep thinkers of bohemian Allston, Massachusetts, Whatever-originally published serially in The Boston Phoenix-are revealing snapshots of real-life urban America at the dawn of the 21st century. In addition to The Phoenix...

After an accident on an industrial farm unhinges two young brothers from reality, they are guided through a weird and wonderful journey by Xolo, the Aztec's mythological protector of souls. Follow the brothers through a typical day, from their arrival at an industrial tobacco farm bussed in with others...

The 15th issue of Sam Henderson’s long-running, award-nominated MAGIC WHISTLE is here with way too many gags, Dirty Danny’s private island, fun with Monroe Simmons and the world’s meanest gym teacher, the return of ‘Always Funny'; plus guest appearances by Steven Kraan, back cover art by Victor Cayro and three-page confessional about her tryst with the Thing by Meghan Turbitt.

Falling Rock National Park is a comic strip that takes place in a southwestern national park. Park Ranger Dee looks after animal residents Carver, Ernesto, Pam, and Melissa. Funny and sweet, Falling Rock is a pleasant place to visit. In this issue our regular Falling Rock crew investigates the existence of the ellusive Desert Yeti.

In The Vagabonds, Josh Neufeld explores religion, global politics and the mysteries of everyday life, in locales as diverse as the Thai countryside, San Francisco and New York City.Stranded in a remote corner of Thailand, Josh and Sari are taken in by a family of Baptist missionaries. New perspectives-force them to confront their own spiritual longings.

On the island of Oahu two estranged step-siblings find a mysterious white dog who belongs to Pele, the Hawaiian Fire Goddess. Ancient rivalries are re-kindled, throwing Tamino and Timera into a race to save all of Honolulu from the elemental furies of wave, lava and frost. It's a good thing they have kui kui nuts, a dog, and a Thesaurus.

Peanutbutter is a cute little kitty who thinks she works in an office. She wears her little hat and tie and often falls asleep on the reams papers overflowing her inbox. Jeremy is the crafty crow who lives in the tree outside of Peanutbutter’s window. Jeremy tries to trick Peanutbutter again and again...

Your favorite candy booger makin’, candy booger eatin’ bear is back! This time around he’s distraught over the environment! That’s right, something is polluting his beloved countryside, and he’s dismayed to find out: It’s his own candy boogers that are stinking and littering up the place something foul! But don’t worry there’s still Time for candy eating and boogers!

In the second of three issues of Kingdom/Order, our nameless protagonist is lost in the woods, and he starts to learn the call of the wild and the language of the woods. As he learns, what we know as reality begins to become more malleable, and he himself is becoming something less human.

Harvey Award nominated four years in a row for Special Award for Humor, this is the funniest issue yet! This time you can read Sam Henderson's epic Paul Purd: The Man With the Biggest P*nis In the World (don't worry, it's not dirty), plus The Brube, Gunther Bumpus, and more of what you've come to know and love! Sam Henderson

Lou is an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up in a small, working-class town in New England in the 1990s. One summer, it becomes clear that her brother Eddie’s boss at the pizza shop is mixed up in some unsavory business. Things become more precarious, until finally Eddie shows up for work to find...

Eisner Award-winning My Friend Dahmer author Derf Backderf returns with his final volume of True Stories, culled from his long-running alt comic strip, The City. Volume Four features weird and hilarious stories from 1990 to 1995, when Gen X was flying the flannel and cell phones were as big as bricks.

This surreal adventure from the creator of Dog Boy and Bughouse serves up Lucha Libre wrestlers and an ancient vampire who prefers chicken. Two expats move to remote Oaxaca, the fabled highland city in southern Mexico. Rex, earnest yet duplicitous, flees from mid-life crisis and fear of death. Beautiful Gertie, cynical but honest, is just plain bored and craves adventure.

Gertie, the glamorous expat writer living in Mexico, stalks a 2000-year-old giant vampire bat while dressed as Lucha Lucy, Oaxaca's newest costumed wrestling sensation. Meanwhile, Gertie's husband Rex, the swashbuckling guitar-slinging cartoonist, talks about drunk driving with Death himself. Plus: Tlayudas, the most delicious Mexican food you've never heard of.