Coming soon: See us at the Portland Zine Symposium, August 23-24. Also, expect new books and a gussied-up website by the end of July.

Welcome to the Hobo way of life!

Laterborn

(Jason Martin)   Stories about youth, friends, sadness, quiet moments and loud noises. The naive drawing style conveys a surprising amount of atmosphere and character.

#6: 44 PAGES, HANDMADE, $3.00

#5: 36 PAGES, $2.00

#4: 24 PAGES, HANDMADE, $2.00

Estrus

(Mari Naomi)   The title refers to a critter who's eager for mating -- but things are rarely that straightforward for human beings, so MariNaomi's kiss-and-tell comics are full of mixed signals, technical difficulties, gross-outs, embarrassment and hilarity. Issue #4 is a standard-format comic; #5 and 6 are handmade.

#6: 44 PAGES, HANDMADE, $5.00

#5: 48 PAGES, HANDMADE, $5.00

#4: 32 PAGES, $5.00

Fox Bunny Funny

(Andy Hartzell)   A wordless modern fairytale world of foxes and bunnies, where the natural order of predator and prey is translated into all-too-familiar social pressure. What do you do when your desires don't match your genus? Bunny ears become emblems of spiritual struggle in this Hermann Hesse-style drama, brought to life by Hartzell's fluent cartooning skills, with craftily designed characters and stunning double-page spreads. (This is the mass-market paperback edition from Top Shelf; Andy's handmade version is now a treasure of the past.)

104 PAGES, SQUAREBOUND, $10.00

Trackrabbit

(Geoff Vasile)   In this latest issue, Vasile explores the rewards and perils of online dating in a world full of big jerks. Take what comfort you can from the sleek linework and city ambience, as you witness insecure sarcasm, prescription eyewear, and bodily fluids being traded recklessly.

#3: 24 PAGES, HANDMADE, $3.00

Thingpart

(Joey Sayers)   Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, Sayers must keep making four-panel weekly strips that are so silly they will cause you to die. What will we do on New Earth? Is English the language of love? Where are your pants? The answers are here.

#6: 40 PAGES, MINI, HANDMADE, $4.00

Water Column

(Josh Frankel)   Frankel continues his ocean journeys with this visually rich and slightly disturbing look at all the tiny drifting beasties that make the food chain go. Wordless images pull you into the depths, then a helpful afterword explains who's who. First in a planned series.

#1: 28 PAGES, HANDMADE, $4.00

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