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Neon green book cover with white illustration of a hand, with all of its nails brought together. A cow design is pieced together from each one.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person cleaning a planet out in dark space.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person cleaning an planet and wringing out the towel.

Page excerpt, featuring 2 panel illustrations of a person laying on grass, holding a small planet in its fingers and looking up towards the sun.

20 km/h - Woshibai

$ 29.95

Softcover, 376 pages, 5.3 x 7.1 inches.

A slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand

How fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly’s wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China’s most prolific and recognizable—yet anonymous—new underground cartoonists of the current generation.

Every story in 20 km/h toes the line between pun and poetry, and lands somewhere just short of a zen koan: come back to it as often as you like, it will never quite read the same way twice. A nondescript figure awakes from an assembly line of identically-fashioned companions and boards a rowboat destined for the unknown. A man holds the key to sleep in his hand and uses it to disappear into his mattress. The moon is plucked from the sky and fed into a vending machine for a can of soda.

Woshibai’s minimalist renderings are a startlingly delightful cocktail of existential dread and silent slapstick that arrest the mind’s eye with equal parts humor and grace.

Person wearing white t-shirt. Front side of t-shirt has a drawing of three faces attached to each other with hair.

2K - Barry McGee Ballpoint T-shirt

$ 30.00

Japan's 2K is THE coolest t-shirt maker out! This one is a ballpoint pen drawing from Barry McGee. Purple print on white!

Cover for issue #11 of Optic Nerve, mint green with 8 simplistic white flowers and a black and white illustration of a man's back, with short black hair and a black collared short sleeve.

Adrian Tomine - Optic Nerve #11

$ 3.95

Paperback, 10" x 7", 32pp

In this long-awaited conclusion to Adrian Tomine's three-part epic, the story leaps across the country, taking place entirely in New York. All of protagonist Ben Tanaka's worst (and most amusing) traits are brought to the fore as his obsessive quest reaches a fever pitch. His best friend, Alice Kim, finds herself at an unexpected crossroads in her life, forcing her to make several life-altering decisions. But whatever happened to Ben's girlfriend, Miko Hayashi? That and many other answers are revealed as our protagonists walk and talk their way through the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, all delineated in Tomine's evocatively pristine style.

Plush figure next to its display box. Plush is a pink smiling bear with a white hat, covering the top half of its head, with colorful sprinkles and a cherry on top!

7 differently designed plush figures. "Stan" is a croissant bear, "Reenie" is a pink tea pot, "Gary" is a milk carton cat, "Jollie" is a bunny mug with whipped cream on top. "Ooh La Larry" is a cat dressed as a macaroon, "Bruno" is a pink cupcake bear, "Mr. Sprinkles Smith" is a donut cat.

"Jollie" plush, a mint colored bunny as a mug with a pink handle, with whipped cream with sprinkles in the cup.

"Gary" plush, a white and blue milk carton combined with a cat.

Afternoon Tea at Cafe Momiji Blind Box

$ 13.00

Plush blind box figure.

Momiji introduces their first collection of super soft plushies, inspired by cafes! "Afternoon Tea at Cafe Momiji" features 6 adorable plush options, including Reenie, Gary, Ooh La Larry, Stan, Bruno and Jollie, with ultra rare Mr. Sprinkles Smith. See which one you can snag, or try and collect them all!

100% Polyester.

Listing is for one plush blind box, chosen at random.

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Archie's Press - "Pizza Chart" Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

From Our friend Archie

Pizza is the most beloved food in America, and likely the world. However, it often means different things to different people. When my family moved to Rhode Island (a mere 45 minutes from our home in Massachusetts), we encountered a totally bizarro form of pizza that is known only in Rhode Island: The Pizza Strip. Every single birthday, Bar Mitzvah and board meeting has these things. It's a thick piece of focaccia bread smothered with sweet and salty tomato sauce, no visible cheese and cut into strips. It's served cold, and leaves a visible residue of grease on anything it touches. Is this pizza? 7 year-old me didn't think so, but I was told it was pizza enough times that now I think it counts. There aren't many restaurants that sell this style, but every Rhode Island bakery will have some version of it.

We included a few chain pizzas because they are so ubiquitous throughout the country that their flavor defies any other style.

It's also a gimme, since the map itself is shaped like a pizza.

Letterpress Snob Wheel printed in black ink on textured white paper with deep impression.

Archie's Press - Circle City Map Letterpress Print (Kyoto)

$ 28.00

Letterpress print, measures 8 x 8 inches.

This letterpress map is traditional, beautiful and the most visually pleasing. A great way to show love for the beautiful city of Kyoto.

Archie's Press explains it best:

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Archie's Press - Circle City Map Screenprint Large (Tokyo)

Archie's Press - Circle City Map Screenprint Large (Tokyo)

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Comes in Red or Black.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Laid Land Series

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Choose your preferred city.

Orange silkscreen on white paper of Mars, depicted abstractly as various circles and lines. Geographical elements are written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "Mars" is written largely in the top left, with its moons, "Phobos" and "Deimos" in circles outside the planet.

Close up of orange silkscreen on white paper of Mars, depicted abstractly as various circles and lines. Photo shows the grain of the paper.

Archie's Press - Circle Map of Mars - Large Silkscreen Print (Orange & White)

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map Mars!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Orange ink on white paper.

Archie's Press - Coffee Letterpress Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

From Our friend Archie

There are so many ways to look at America's Favorite Drug® that we decoded the intricacies for the enlightenment of amateur and professional coffee snobs. My design collaborator David Hennessy and I chatted exhaustively about it, finally carving out this composition.

Espresso began as a way to brew individual coffee on-demand...not necessarily to create expensive and highfalutin coffee drinks.But of course, that's where it led, so we cleared up the differences between a Latte, Cappuccino and Flat White.

We also took stock of the most popular/effective/cosmopolitan methods of brewing coffee from Turkish to Vietnamese to Irish. I have recently become enamored with the AeroPress, a sort of manual espresso-French Press hybrid that is particularly useful on camping trips, and when your boyfriend is out of town.

Letterpress Snob Wheel printed in black ink on textured white paper with deep impression.

Archie's Press - Kitchen Chart Letterpress Print

$ 34.00

Letterpress print, measures 11 x 17 inches.

This letterpress chart is traditional, beautiful and the most visually pleasing. A great way to keep track of everything you'd ever need to in the best room in your place!

Archie's Press explains it best:

Famous food writer Jamie Feldmar and I developed this chart, using broad strokes to answer some of the most referential questions you might have in the kitchen. Included is:

Conversions
Substitutions
Hard/Soft boiled egg timing
Shelf life
Meat cooking temperatures
Oil smoke points

Dark blue silkscreen print on white paper depicting the city of Los Angeles abstractly as circles and lines. Neighborhood names are inside of circles, aligned in relation to their real location, and connected by street names and freeways. "Los Angeles" is written largely in the lower left corner.

Archie's Press - Los Angeles Circle City Map - Large Screenprint (Black & White)

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Archie's Press - Los Angeles Circle City Map Letterpress Print (Blue)

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Black letterpress on white paper of New York City, depicted abstractly as various circles, lines and abstract shapes. Neighborhood names are inside of circles, aligned in relation to their real location, and connected by street names. "New York City" is written largely in the upper right corner.

Archie's Press - Map Letterpress Print (New York City)

$ 32.00

Measures 8.5 x 11 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Laid Land Series

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Orange letterpress on white paper of Mars, depicted abstractly as various circles and lines. Geographical elements are written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "Mars" is written largely in the top left, with its moons, "Phobos" and "Deimos" in circles outside the planet.

Archie's Press - Mars Circle Map Letterpress Print (Red & White)

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Let's map Mars!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Red ink on white paper.

Silver silkscreen on black paper of the moon, depicted abstractly as various circles, representing craters and geographical elements, written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "The Moon" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Moon Circle Map - Large Silkscreen Print

$ 48.00

Measures 17.5 x 17.5 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map the moon!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Silver ink on black paper. Available in two sizes and printing methods.

Silver letterpress on black paper of the moon, depicted abstractly as various circles, representing craters and geographical elements, written across the planet, aligned in relation to their real location. "The Moon" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Moon Circle Map - Letterpress Print (Black)

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

Lets map the moon!

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.

Silver ink on black paper. Available in two sizes and printing methods.

Silver letterpress on black paper of the solar system, depicted abstractly as various circles and rings. Planets and geographical elements are written inside circles, aligned in relation to their real location. "Solar System" is written largely in the top left.

Archie's Press - Solar System Circle Map - Letterpress Print

$ 28.00

Measures 8 x 8 inches.

Buy Olympia explains it best:

A circle map of every planet, most moons and lots of other space junk you never knew existed.

Why Circles?

Circles are the simplest shape for our eyes and brain to understand. When faced with a swathe of circles, we're not as overwhelmed by the information. It's easy to look at, and easy to read.

Neighborhoods don't have corners: When you're in-between three different neighborhoods, which neighborhood are you in? There are no-man's lands all over a city.

Not only do circles create a contained space, but they also imply entire worldliness. In old times, a village was often mapped in a circle, which was probably the whole world to its inhabitants.