Books

Paperback with dust jacket, 114 pages, measures 5.25 x 7.25 inches.

From publisher Peow:

THE YEAR IS 199X,

Laura Leiha Deng befriends a mysterious and beautiful girl with sharp teeth named Carmilla, and slowly, something soft, delicate and rotten like white mold blooms between them.

A retelling of Carmilla, one of the the earliest pieces vampire literature ever written.

The director’s cut has an extended runtime of 114 pages (almost 30 more pages than the original book), with new art, previously deleted scenes, and refreshed dialogue. The first printing of soft was one of our final few Risograph books, and had the highest page count for a single book. It really pushed the limits of what we were able to bind, and would have been an extremely difficult book to reprint. Because of those production reasons, the book was not reprinted for many years, despite many people asking for it, and that is one of the authors favorites among their works. Now, 10-ish years later, we are very happy to have the chance to bring it back. We hope you like it too!

Paperback, 116 pages, measures 6.25 x 9 inches.

From publisher Peow:

IT'S VERY VERY HOT

A naked 8-foot fire-demon crash-lands in your field one hot summer night: What do you do? Well, if you're Auntie Ann and her grand-niece, Katy, you take them in, clothe them, and put them to work on your farm without a break in your stride. But why is Red actually there? What's eating at Auntie Ann? And most pressingly, can a fire-demon cook and egg simply by holding it?

Peow would say this is a great book for people who enjoy Harvest Moon or Stardew Valley, but also want to have strong huge red demons on their farm and also glassblowing, more emotion, and really beautiful artwork.

Originally released in 2018, Heat is 116 pages, printed with three pantone spot colors, and a debossed cover, and was the first book Peow released working together with a guest editor, Zainab Akhtar.

Hardcover, 80 pages, 7.8 x 9.3 inches. 

Award-winning, beloved children's book author and illustrator Carson Ellis makes a stunning adult debut with an illustrated memoir that evocatively captures a specific cultural moment of the early 2000s and in her journey as an artist. 

In January 2001, the young artist Carson Ellis moved into a warehouse in Portland, Oregon, with a group of fellow artists. For the first week she lived there, she kept a detailed diary full of dry observations, mordant wit, hijinks with friends (including her future husband, Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy), and turn-of-the-millennium cultural touchstones. Now, Ellis has richly illustrated this two-decade-old journal with extraordinary new paintings in the signature style that has made her an award-winning picture book author today.

This beautiful volume offers a snapshot of a bygone era, a meticulous re-creation of quotidian frustrations and small, meaningful moments, and a meditation on what it means both to start your journey as an artist and to look back at that beginning many years later.

Measures 7 x 89 inches. 128 pages of blank 1 40 GSM woodfree FSC-certified paper.

Let your creativity soar with Kiki and Jiji!

A beloved classic of Studio Ghibli, Kiki's Delivery Service provided so many of us with artistic and emotional inspiration which can live on with this sketchbook! Durable cloth-bound hardcover with foil stamping, full-color endsheets, and unlined/blank sketchbook pages. Great for most art mediums, including pencils, pens, inks, pastels, markers, and more.

Measures 6 x 8 inches. 128 pages of lined notebook paper.

Let your writing soar with Totoro!

Celebrated for being one of the best hand-drawn films in the history of animation, My Neighbor Totoro is a true inspiration. This luxe hardcover notebook is a must-have for Totoro fans. Durable cloth-bound hardcover with foil stamping, full-color endsheets, and lined pages.

Hardcover, 624 pages, 10 x 7 inches. 

This Tekkonkinkreet: Black & White 30th Anniversary Edition, by acclaimed manga artist Taiyo Matsumoto, is restored to its original right-to-left orientation and features all the original color pages, a full-color foldout poster, and a brand new afterword by the author.

In the somewhere-sprawl of Treasure Town, two young boys, Black and White, rule the streets. Like avatars of the city itself, they are its will and its voice, full of love and compassion, as well as danger and violence. As they leap from rooftop to rooftop, from lamppost to lamppost, nothing escapes their notice. But the city is changing beneath their feet as a yakuza-backed corporate development moves in. When the gangsters make a play to remove Black and White, the boys push back. The police have an interest in Black and White as well, trying to make sure things don't get out of hand—but things will. A battle begins between corruption and innocence, a struggle for the soul of the city itself, that will change Black and White and the city around them forever.

Hardcover, 344 pages, 8.5 x 6 inches. 

Every night, a young man hears children playing outside his boarding house—but the alley below his window is fenced off from the world. Then, when a young woman’s family starts acting strangely at the same time she begins having bizarre dreams, she decides to stay with her aunt, but the town she heads for has neither addresses nor roads… Also, an all-you-can-eat ice cream bus that’s more sinister than sweet!

Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents ten bloodcurdling short stories.

Hardcover, 200 pages, 8.5 x 6 inches. 

All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito!

Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border?

Featuring stories from a range of award-winning and popular creators, as well as a foreword and exclusive cover art by global phenomenon, Junji Ito.

Ryo Hanada (creator of Devil’s Line), Aki Shimizu (creator of the Suikoden III manga), and Shima Shinya (creator of Lost Lad London and cowriter of Star Wars: The High Republic, The Edge of Balance) each tell uniquely Japanese tales of ghosts and creatures who exist alongside us. American creative duo, Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (cowriters of Wonder Woman and Batgirls) along with duo Leslie Hung (cocreator of Snotgirl) and Sloane Leong (creator of A Map to the Sun) and up and coming creator Hua Hua Zhu round out the anthology with tales that would make anyone paranoid about who they may encounter.

Softcover, 228 pages, black and white. Measures 6.1 x 8.4 inches.

In the end, we’re all the same…we just want to be smothered like babies against another human’s beating heart

Through a cracked door, heartsick Emi hears a playful growl. Cautiously, she lets her lover in—a wolf of a man wielding a bouquet of roses. His shoulders must have been four inches wider than mine. As I stood behind him, I fantasized about the broadness of his chest and the thickness of his neck…and about becoming his mistress once again.

And so their story goes. For a young woman interested in love without the hassle of a traditional relationship, an affair with someone else’s spoiled husband is just what she ordered—until it’s time to move on.

Then there’s Yuko: with even less time for married men’s shenanigans, she turns her attention to her aging father and the guilt of adultery that has gnawed at his heart for years. Her mother is long dead, yet her memory is enshrined for eternity in their—both father’s and daughter’s—mirrored indiscretions.

Drawn soon after the critically-acclaimed Talk to My Back, the two stories in Second Hand Love mark the triumphant return of Yamada Murasaki, one of literary manga’s most respected feminist voices. Translated by noted historian Ryan Holmberg, this edition includes an interview with the artist from the height of her career in 1985, where her wit and wisdom are on shimmering display.

Softcover, 312 pages, black and white. Measures 8.4 x 6 inches.

The classic comic strip by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson in a new paperback series

Presented in an all new softcover format that collects the all ages comics of both Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, the five-volume Moomin Adventures series will introduce the timeless comic strip to a new generation of readers of all ages. The strip’s gentle humor and subtle yet sharp musings on life relay an utterly human existence through the lives of Moomin, Moominmamma, Moominpappa, Snufkin, Little My, Snork Maiden and more.

Moomin Adventures: Book One kicks off with perhaps the most famous adventure of them all, Moomin on the Riviera, which was adapted into an animated feature and debuted at the London Film Festival. In Moomin’s Desert Island, the entire Moomin family is stranded on a desert island—the very island their ancestors came from. The Moominvalley hijinx continued with a charming mix of strips from Finland’s most famous writer/artist Tove Jansson, and her brother Lars Jansson who taught himself how to draw in order to take over the strip when it was in syndication.

Hardcover, 56 pages, measures 5.4 x 6.6 inches, black and white comic.

MAKING LIGHT OF NUPTIAL NARCISSM

At the behest of his soon-to-be wife, Adrian Tomine set out to create a wedding favor for their guests that would be funnier and more personal than the typical chocolate bars and picture frames. What started out as a simple illustrated card soon grew into a full-fledged comic book: a collection of short strips chronicling the often absurd process of getting married. A loose, cartoony departure from Tomine's previous work,Scenes from an Impending Marriage is a sweet-natured, laugh out-loud skewering of the modern marriage process, including hiring a DJ, location scouting, trips to the salon, suit fittings, dance lessons, registering for gifts, and managing familial demands. The most personal and autobiographical work of Tomine's career,Scenes from an Impending Marriageis a charming, delightful token of love.

Paperback, 158 pages, measures 9 x 12 inches.

We're huge fans of Natalie Andrewson and her wondrous, colorful risographs. We are so excited to be able to carry her brand new book "Dreaming in Color" - a collection of beautiful artwork and words coming from Natalie discussing her world and process!

From publisher Peow:

There's a chance that you've met Natalie before, standing behind a table full her prints at a comic or artist convention. Maybe you've even asked her to explain “what exactly is a risograph printer?”. And we’re pretty sure quite a few of you have been at her table contemplating which print to buy and said “I don’t know which one to get, they ALL LOOK SO GOOD”. This book is for you.

Natalie Andrewson is a very talented artist whose work we really enjoy, after working with her over 9 years ago on a small riso book, she has become well loved risograph artist who makes fun fantasy-rooted artwork. She's also made some comics and even Magic the Gathering card art too. We are so excited to release a new book with her. If you aren't familiar with her art, hold up and check this out first. Dreaming in Color collects over 70 pieces of her super strong artwork. Peow2 put extra care into faithfully recreating the risograph printing magic for offset printers, with custom fluorescent pantone blends and a special process dubbed risoset™ (not really trademarked jk).

The book collects many of her risograph prints from the past years, which includes lots of dragons, some fanart, critters, creatures, magic, fantasy warriors, craftswomen, and more.

Measures 5 x 7 inches. Softcover, 66 pages, full color.

Giant Robot proudly presents its first issue of Small Art Society. This issue is in collaboration with nearly 70 artists who participated in our Five by Seven group art exhibition, featuring originals all 5 x 7 inches in size. Small but mighty - an amazing collection of art from all different styles contained in this lil zine!

Artists include: Addeline Griswold, Allison Bamcat, Amy Sol, Andrew Brandou, APAK, Bake Neko, Candie Bolton, Cassia Lupo, Christian Leon Guerrero, Cleonique Hilsaca, Crisselle Mendiola, Cynthia Zhang, David Horvath And Sun-Min Kim, Defective Pudding, Edlyn Capulong, Edwin Ushiro, Erick Martinez, Eunice San Miguel, Federico Tobon, Felix Galvan, G Yang, Gemma Correll, Huntz Liu, Jen Tong, Jenn Lima, Jenna Gibson, Jennifer Nguyen, John Banh, Jon Ching, Juliet Schreckinger, Junko Ogawa, Justine Lin, Kassia Rico, Kaylynn Kim, Kelly Sux, Ken Garduno, Kevin Chan, Lap Ngo, Lia Tin, Linnea Strid, Lisa Kogawa, Maggie Chiang, Mari Inukai, Marina Caro, Maya Ruiz, Mister Toledo, Mu Pan, Naoto Hattori, Natalia Miramontes, Nathan Ota, Nellie Le, Nikki Longfish, Nola Won, Paperobott, Po Yan Leung, Quathryn, Sean Chao, Sean Keeton, Shihori Nakayama, Shino Charlson, Stacy Javier, Thao, Theo Ellsworth, Tiffany Wei, Yu Maeda, Yumi Yamazaki and Yusei Abe.

Hardcover, 152 pages, Measures 9 x 11 inches.

We love Felicia Chiao here at Giant Robot, her art being so unique and bursting with character and thoughtful thematics. Her "Sketchbook 5" is a faithful 1:1 reproduction of her personal sketchbook. Featuring 77 beautifully detailed color illustrations complete with Post-it note sketches and a personal handwritten introduction on a bleed sheet, this publication is as close to owning the original as one can get.

Paperback, 444 pages, measures 6.2 x 8.4 inches

Spring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city.

Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and a deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki.

Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meeting in a place they’ve wanted to visit forever: New York City. Tagging along is Dani’s classmate Fiona, a mercurial art student with an opinion on everything. Together, the three cram in as much of the city as possible, gleefully falling into tourist traps, pondering so-called great works of art, sidestepping creeps, and eating lots and lots of pizza (folded in half, of course). Roaming is a ground-breaking graphic novel from the authors behind New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Honor Book This One Summer.

Hardcover, 152 pages, Measures 9 x 11 inches.

We love Felicia Chiao here at Giant Robot, her art being so unique and bursting with character and thoughtful thematics. Her "Sketchbook 5" is a faithful 1:1 reproduction of her personal sketchbook. Featuring 77 beautifully detailed color illustrations complete with Post-it note sketches and a personal handwritten introduction on a bleed sheet, this publication is as close to owning the original as one can get.

Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.35 inches, 40 pages. 

Written by Zohreh Ghahremani and illustrated by Susie Ghahremani.

A lively afternoon together in Nana’s garden is full of laughter, discovery, and connection. In lyrical text that blends past and present, Memory Garden takes us to the places we leave behind but never forget.

Written and illustrated by a loving mother daughter duo, the nostalgic text and vibrant illustrations invite us to enjoy the beauty of Iranian gardens – and culture - in an adventure that will resonate with readers of all backgrounds.

Softcover, 70 pages, full color. Measures 8.25 x 10.75 inches.

A beautiful compilation of photographs capturing public telephone boxes, which are rendered as still standing time markers. 

From the publisher: 

"In "Phone Book," Tatsu's lens captures the essence of time's passage through portraits of public phones. Each image evokes nostalgia for a bygone era while prompting reflection on the impact of technological progress. Through Tatsu's artistry, these relics become symbols of human connection, inviting viewers to ponder what we've gained and lost in the evolution of communication."