Oh hell yeah, we’re really happy to report that David Rakoff’s new book, “LOVE, DISHONOR, MARRY, DIE, CHERISH, PERISH: A NOVEL” (Doubleday), is still getting a ton of well-deserved attention. Like, just a few days ago, over at the NEW YORKER Magazine Website, the book received a very excellent and (we have to confess) EXTREMELY VERY well-written Book Review by Alexandra Schwartz.

Their main focus in that article talks a lot about the special writing style used by Rakoff. The book is written in a very unique prose and it’s really great that they discuss that issue with such clarity. It’s very cool, stop what you’re doing and check it out right now, just CLICK HERE!

Just a quick post to share this hilarious cartoon from THE NEW YORKER Magazine. They always have the best humor! Here, they make fun of the NSA while also mentioning Dan Brown. His new book, INFERNO (Doubleday), is out right now and it’s going crazy! Amazon, at the time of this post, has it listed as book #8, WOW!

Over at THE NEW YORKER Magazine Website, in their PAGE-TURNER section, they have a special monthly feature they like to call “Books To Watch Out For”. They usually list about 9 or 10 new titles coming out in that period that have caught their attention and the choices are always very good and also very well-thought out. Well, we’re really proud to say that for JULY they added David Rakoff’s new book, "Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel" (Doubleday) to the list!

Now, this book won’t officially be out until July 16th, but right now you can read their extremely excellent review (and story description) by following this link RIGHT HERE. We want to thank them for adding this important book to the list. What an honor!

OK, just to clarify. We say “important book” because it is, quite sadly, David Rakoff’s very last book he wrote before he passed away last year at the age of 47. For many years his work has been enjoyed by a large group of serious fans and this has all been very sad news. Also, for people who just love reading books in general, and have never read him before, they should check him out as well because his writing is extremely clever and he has always had a really great sense of humor. We should also mention that the cover was designed by his friend, Chip Kidd, with artwork supplied by the cartoonist Seth.

Here’s a quick shout out for our friend and a great Cartoonist named Ivan Brunetti. This is to let everybody know that he did the artwork for this week’s cover of The New Yorker Magazine! His new book, Aesthetics: A Memoir, just came out last month (Yale University Press) and is doing quite well.

The theme of this week’s cover shares the trails and tribulations of starting a Gardening Box in your backyard and the rewards of doing so, perfect!

Just a quick shout out for fans of our friend Chris Ware. His artwork is going to be featured on the cover of the next fresh issue of THE NEW YORKER Magazine. This is Chris Ware’s special “Mother’s Day” cover that will hit newsstands on May 13th, 2013. So, please be sure to keep an eye out for it!

Also, Please be sure to read Chris Ware’s Article about this Cover by clicking RIGHT HERE!

Here’s quick post to share some pretty eye candy! Shown here is a nice collection of Chris Ware’s artwork that has appeared on the covers to a few issues of THE NEW YORKER Magazine, enjoy.

This week please be sure to pick-up the recent issue of The New Yorker Magazine ( Jan 7, 2013 ). For two reasons: 1. It’s an insanely great publication, and 2. Our Friend, the Artist, Chris Ware did the cover art and his artwork, as always, is totally amazing! The “message” of the cover was inspired by the recent Newtown Shooting Tragedy. Plus, it also responds to a previous cover that he did that had a “Back To School” theme and now, the recent event changed his feeling on that. OK, am I making sense here? Sorry, actually Chris Ware wrote a very excellent article explaining everything and how he came about the idea for the new cover and it’s over at the New Yorker website ( link down below).

You can read Chris Ware’s article by visiting this link, THE NEW YORKER.

Oh yeah, here’s an image of his previous cover we mentioned:

A BIG-HUGE THANKS goes out to Francoise Mouly over at THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE Website. She writes a very excellent Book Reader’s Blog there named PAGE-TURNER & she just posted a great story all about Chris Ware, Charles Burns, & Chip Kidd all appearing this week at the Strand Bookstore in New York City. They were all there sort of representing Pantheon Books. The big buzz was Chris Ware’s “Building Stories” Graphic Novel and Charles Burns was promoting his new book, “The Hive”. If you visit the Page-Turner site you’ll get to see an excellent Slideshow filled with fun photos & some really great quotes from these three talented Gentlemen ( Yes, I use the word, “Gentlemen”, lightly… Ha Ha! ). But seriously, it’s a great article so please check it out, just CLICK HERE!

Yes! This week’s latest issue of THE NEW YORKER Magazine features a beautiful cover with artwork by Chris Ware. It’s main theme is “Back To School” and, like a lot of his art, it is filled with a sense of Melancholy. So, please be sure to hit your local newsstand soon. We also want to mention that THE NEW YORKER did a short Interview and Story about about Chris Ware where they talk about this cover design and his new Graphic Novel book from Pantheon titled, BUILDING STORIES. You can read that interesting article by clicking RIGHT HERE!

As a side note:

To celebrate the release of BUILDING STORIES, Chris Ware will have two separate Art Gallery Openings that together will exhibit 126 drawings used to create the new book. The events will be held at Adam Baumgold Gallery (New York) and Carl Hammer Gallery (Chicago). The Art Shows open on September 8th, 2012 and run until October 27th.