BLAB! is Monte Beauchamp's annual showcase of fine art, illustration and comix. Volume 17, with a Jonathan Rosen cover, features the BLAB! debut of Shag; a tribute to Bazooka Joe; Coe and Brody's exploration of the destruction of New Orleans; Greg Clarke's The Pungent Gaul; Michael Dougan's take on homeland security; Peter Kruper's Nine Lives; Fetal Elvis; Max Vesta, Matchbook Artist, a true story; Lou Brooks' Garden of Tongue-listing Twimericks; the Hoey's story about Coleman Hawkins and Django Reinhart; plus stories by Tim Biskup, Gary Baseman, Fred Stonehouse and more.