Before Joe Sacco crafted his two major works of "cartoon journalism," Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde, he created a number of shorter pieces, ranging from one-page gags to 30-page "graphic novelettes." This massive book finally collects the entirety of Sacco's earlier journalistic and autobiographical work, plus a sizable serving of his satirical strips, many of them never before collected in book form. The centerpieces in Notes from a Defeatist are a triptych of war stories: "When Good Bombs Happen to Bad People," a history of aerial bombing that specifically targets civilian populations; "More Women, More Children, More Quickly," in which Sacco relates his mother's harrowing experiences during World War II in Malta; and, most personally (and closest to Sacco's later work), "How I Loved the War," Sacco's impassioned but sardonic reflection on the Gulf War, the surrounding propaganda and media circus, and his own ambivalent feelings as both a spectator and commentator: The book derives its title from this sequence, which has acquired a painful new relevance in the past half-year. Notes from a Defeatist also includes a roadie's-eye view of an American punk band's eventful European tour, a reminiscence of an awful season spent in his native Malta, and much more. Notes from a Defeatist is a fantastic primer to Sacco's work.

Amazonian tribesmen, Crypto-Nazis, mystical ninjas, and Sicilian mafiossi... seems like everybody wants to wear the mask, the great green empowering artifact! But it's fallen into the hands of Ray Tuttle, a downtrodden film buff who's taken his share of beatings... and is itching to strike back -- as The Mask! When you can pull a two-ton mallet out of your pants or turn a Chevy Camaro into a Sherman Tank, what can possibly stand in your way?! Tuttle Mask is about to find out!

Menz Insana is one part love story and one part psychotic head trip. It's the story of Menz and Jaz two normal humans who went insane a long time ago, and now travel the mental plane, exploring and generally losing their minds. Eventually they discover that the mind isn't really all that big a thing to lose anyway, and they learn a little bit about themselves along the way.

With Alice, Gaspard Talmasse delivers a singular testimony, capturing with painful emotion a relentless world as seen thorough the eyes of an innocent child: one who grew up to become the author's own life partner.

Mercy Sparx is Heaven's secret weapon - a devil girl secretly living among us as a human, hunting rogue angels who've fallen off the grid. When not fighting she's boozin' it up with her tech-genius, heavy metal roommate, Hank, coming up with amazing gadgets to take down the next divine target. What at first appears to be a simple mission unfolds into an epic divine battle finding Mercy at the epicenter. Fans were left hanging in 2009 when Mercy's sophomore series went on hiatus, but now she's back! Just keep your distance if a fight breaks out!