Art & Comics

Sean Stewart
In four short years (1965–1969), the U.S. underground press grew from five small newspapers to over 500 newspapers. Completely circumventing (and subverting) the establishment media.

Cynthia Chin-Lee • Illustrator: Lea Lyon
This picture book shows the heartwarming and humorous actions of Alex and her younger brother, Nicky, to convince their parents to get married before the passage of Prop 8.

Martin Bull and Banksy
Following up on Volume 1, this book rounds up the rest of Banksy's UK graffiti from the last five years.

Paul Buhle • Illustrators: Chris Hutchinson, Gary Dumm, and Sharon Rudahl
Paul Buhle brings a new dimension to Robin Hood, helping to explain why an outlaw from the 14th Century is still a left wing hero today.

Editors: Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn
A unique and irreplaceable full-color resource for activist artists and academic researchers, as well as an active forum for critique of the role of art in revolution.

Prole.info
A 60-page illustrated guide to the daily misery, stress, boredom, and alienation of restaurant work, as well as the ways in which restaurant workers fight against it.

Jacinta Bunnell • Illustrator: Nathaniel Kusinitz
Sometimes the Spoon... aids the work of dismantling the Princess Industrial Complex by moving us forward with more honest representations of our children and ourselves.

Queen of the Neighbourhood
A radical feminist history and street art resource for inspired readers!

Teun Voeten
By the end of the millennium, thousands of homeless people roamed the streets of Manhattan. A small group of them went underground. Invisible to society, they managed to start a new life in the tunnel systems of the city.

Editors: Josh MacPhee and Alec Dunn
Josh MacPhee and Alec Icky Dunn have complied compelling full color graphics and art of international resistance in the debut volume of Signal.

Editor: by Josh MacPhee
This major collection of contemporary politically engaged printmaking showcases art that uses themes of social justice and global equity to engage community members in conversation.

Jacinta Bunnell and Julie Novak
Girls Are Not Chicks is a subversive and playful way to examine how pervasive gender stereotypes are in every aspect of our lives.

Editor: Lois Ahrens
One out of every hundred adults in the U.S. is in prison. This book provides a crash course in what drives mass incarceration, the human and community costs, and how to stop the numbers from going even higher.

Editors: Gilda Haas, Tomas Benitez, and Carol Wells
This book combines full-color graphic arts and grassroots voices to describe the harm of gentrification and development in central L.A., and how people fight to protect their communities.