Comics at Lost City Books in Adams Morgan

 Lost City Books is an excellent bookstore run by Politics and Prose graphic novel programmer alumni Adam Waterreus and a really pleasant staff. I was there this weekend dropping off a large part of my Dad's paperback collection (mysteries, suspense, Mickey Spillane, and signed Dick Francis hardcovers) to see if they're interested in it. While my wife browsed the books, I checked out the comics offerings which are pictured below.

 

 

 

A Kim Deitch collection at $100. Is it rare?

 

In Adam's picks we can see David Small's recent graphic novel. Adam brought him to the store to speak.

Mattie Lubachansky's Boys Weekend is a staff pick (pro tip - Fantom might have signed copies still)

The Bubbles fanzine out of Richmond - a surprise to find.

An engaged customer

Bumper stickers!

Burn's Big Baby, Caza's Arkadi for $100, Chaykin's Black Kiss collection.

Society is Nix old strip reprints from Pete Maresca.

A Ghibli book I didn't know about

Windsor-Smith's Weapon X and Clowes' Monica were shelved up high

X of Swords in a display case. I don't know why it was.

P. Craig Russell in a display case I understand.

14 volumes of gay comic Meatmen for $500

Not comics, but she writes them as Ursula Vernon.

The rest of the photos are of the actual graphic novel section

 

The entire graphic novel section in one photo.

And there's a lot of interesting-looking restaurants in the same block.

Artomatic and comics in photos, part 2 - floors 5 through 8

 Artomatic ends tomorrow, so you theoretically can rush through and see these artists, as well as those featured in part 1.  Some of these people identify as cartoonists, but many of them are just influenced by the prevalence of comics and animation in modern life. Or historical images, in the case of the tattooist reinventing Rosie O'Neill's Kewpies. More captioning to come, hopefully someday.

 

 

Flash Gordon reimagined by?

 

 

 

 

K.S. Brenowitz actually makes comics:

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Claassen III had a major presence

 

 

I'm interested in this new medical material he's working on...

 

 

8th Floor, iirc:

DC Conspirator Michael Auger was tending bar.

 

 

I'm not sure where they got all the comics to tear up for their backgrounds and furniture. Lots of X-Men though... Anyone know?

 

Dave from http://branddave.com

 

Jughead

There's a John Byrne X-Men panel in there

 

 

 

I am (stained glass) BATMAN!

 

 

 

D. Feng was just selling on the 3rd floor, not exhibiting, 

but I bought her comic book and hope to have an interview soon.

and finally the Rosie O'Neill I mentioned at the top, also in the shop area on floor 3 from Sun Estes aka @sun.pokes