<DIV><P><B>A collection of wry, meditative comics from the cartoonist and Lemony Snicket illustrator</B><BR><BR><I>Palookaville # 22</I> is a new collection of work from <I>It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken</I>’s Seth. This installment of Seth’s critically acclaimed one-man anthology features an autobiographical comic about his childhood, part four of his long-running Clyde Fans serial, a photo essay about a barbershop he designed, and a comic strip about the art of barbering.<BR> “Nothing Lasts” revisits Seth’s childhood in 1960s Ontario, with a special focus on the salvation that he found in library books and drugstore comic books. Drawn in the sketchbook style Seth popularized in <I>Wimbledon Green </I>and <I>The Great Northern Brotherhood of Canadian Cartoonists</I>, “Nothing Lasts” offers a glimpse at the agonies of adolescence for a shy, often alienated, small-town teen. The Clyde Fans<I> </I>chapter included here shows the conclusion of brothers Abe and Simon Matchcard’s first lengthy conversation, and Abe’s pensive, self-questioning mood as he drives back to Dominion to meet up with his old flame, Alice.<BR> Rounding out the collection is a photo essay on Seth’s wife’s barbershop, the Crown Barbershop, and a short story in comics form about barbering. <I>Palookaville # 22 </I>displays the range of Seth’s cartooning and design career, and is a thing of beauty from cover to cover.</DIV>