Cover spine: The 6th Candorville collection.

The 6th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Can Lemont make time to interview President Obama's evolving position on gay marriage and Syria's vicious dictator, even while he's suing an evil vampire for custody of their son in a court run by the vampire's own mother? Will he be derailed by nepotism, by the incompetence of his six-year-old attorney, or by the testimony of his former roommate from the insane asylum? Back home, Lemont's "One That Got Away" Facebooks him after 14 years, but her mountain of secrets threatens to spoil their second chance at love. Meanwhile, Susan's boss decides to join the War on Women, and Lemont accompanies Osama Bin Laden, Steve Jobs, Whitney Houston, and Trayvon Martin on their Final Journeys to the afterlife. And all along, two homeless street philosophers have a strange conversation while they wait by the side of a city road, for *something.* Candorville delivers biting social & political satire to daily newspapers nationwide.

How have African American writers drawn on "bad" black men and black boys as creative touchstones for their evocative and vibrant art? This is the question posed by Howard Rambsy’s new book, which explores bad men as a central, recurring, and understudied figure in African American literature and music. By focusing on how various iterations of the bad black man figure serve as creative muse and inspiration for literary production, Rambsy puts a wide variety of contemporary African American literary and cultural works in conversation with creativity research for the first time. Employing concepts such as playfulness, productivity, divergent thinking, and problem finding, Rambsy examines the works of a wide range of writers—including Elizabeth Alexander, Amiri Baraka, Paul Beatty, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tyehimba Jess, Trymaine Lee, Adrian Matejka, Aaron McGruder, Evie Shockley, and Kevin Young—who have drawn on notions of bad black men and boys to create innovative and challenging works in a variety of genres. Through groundbreaking readings, Rambsy demonstrates the fruitfulness of viewing black literary art through the lens of creativity research.

Now in FULL COLOR! The 9th collection of the syndicated comic strip Candorville, by Darrin Bell. Lemont's a single dad raising a mysteriously smart toddler. He's also a journalist single-handedly running one of the country's top news sites during the craziest presidential election in American history. With the 2016 election in full swing, can he accomplish all his goals at once? Can he collect & catalogue everything his son has ever made, maintain the passion of his long-distance relationship with the mysterious "Vancouver", finally get his boy to go to sleep on time, while also getting Donald Trump to attack him on Twitter? Can he compete with Susan's new boyfriend, or is he about to be pushed out of her life for good? Can Susan get along with "Vancouver," or are they headed for a reckoning? Can Lemont get everyone to realize that Donald Trump's victory is inevitable? Meanwhile, Susan finally finds out why her boss won't let her fire her evil assistant. And Lemont accompanies Prince on his final journey.

An insightful comic strip filled with edgy dialogue and thoroughly modern situations, Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash by Darrin Bell is made for today's world. It fearlessly covers bigotry, poverty, homelessness, biracialism, personal responsibility, and more while never losing sight of the humor behind these weighty issues. The strip targets the socially conscious by tackling tough issues with irony, satire, and humor. Candorville: Thank God for Culture Clash celebrates diversity by poking a little fun at it.

The 8th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Lemont's a single dad raising a mysteriously smart two year old. He's also a journalist single-handedly running one of the top news sites in the country. Will he figure out how to cover breaking news in Uganda and Russia, interview every buffoon in the 2016 presidential race, and win the never-ending struggle to get his toddler to go to sleep at night, while still trying to find the perfect woman? Will he figure out how to explain to his son why he's supposed to respect the police, when the police don't seem to face any repercussions for killing so many unarmed people who look just like his dad? Meanwhile, despite his best efforts, people start to wonder if the dumb "thug" C-Dog is secretly the smartest, most morally upstanding man in the neighborhood. At the ad agency, Susan discovers why her boss won't ever let her fire her evil, conniving assistant. And Lemont accompanies the recently-departed comedian Robin Williams on his final journey.

The 7th collection of the syndicated comic strip "Candorville" by Darrin Bell. Lemont's written a memoir, but when Susan gets to the part where Lemont explains how he and the demon La Llorona accidentally caused the end of the world, Susan questions his sanity. Also, can couple's counseling fix Lemont's dysfunctional relationship with his television? After discovering she was Phil Anders' "other woman," will Susan give the jerk a second chance. or will she find true love thanks to the sure-fire Date-a-Dude.com profile Lemont writes for her? When Susan runs afoul of the cops in Arizona, can she talk them out of deporting her to Mexico? Plus, Lemont's political blog explodes, but can he win the war at home where it's his need for a good night's sleep vs. his baby boy's pathological need to jump on the bed all night long? And lastly, Lemont accompanies a 94-year-old World War II veteran on his final journey.