. Before I could finish stumbling through my attempt to thank him, he was gone. 
, which tells the story of how Figgs and his fellow drivers at Turbo Pizza handle the busiest pizza day ever in the summer of '94. While the whole city of Houston is glued to the teevee watching the World Cup, the Rockets in the NBA Finals, and O.J. Simpson in the white Bronco, Figgs is trying to decide what he wants to do with the rest of his life. And of course, there's a girl...
are archetypal but not generic, and Mercado's fast and cartoony art style invites the reader to fill the characters up, so they feel very familiar, even when they're doing unusual things. The mix of blue comedy and sincere emotion would feel right at home in one of the better Judd Apatow movies. Like recent comics-to-film standout Scott Pilgrim, this comic blends the mundane with the fantastic and keeps the perfect balance. With these two volumes of Buffalo Speedway (which I expect to be a trilogy) under my belt, I'm looking forward to the next volume, because I can't WAIT to see how this particular Pizza Boy's story plays out...holla!
samax.
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collecting the first seven Usagi books, including the earliest stories; the origin story, the Samurai original graphic novel; and literally dozens more. It also has extra material, some from the long-out-of-print hardcover editions and some brand new: a complete full-color gallery of the more than 50 Usagi covers from that period (never-before-collected); many preparatory sketches; two "non-canon" Usagi stories by Sakai co-starring the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (with whom Usagi also shared screen time in the TMNT TV series); and a long career-spanning interview with Sakai. If you've got the bread ($63 as I write this, marked down from $100!), you can 
into TPB
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