It’s a question I find myself asking every summer. Here’s this year’s answer:
Cyrus and I are both away this week with limited ability to post. If you want to get a leg up on something, though, I’m re-reading Jonathan Lethem’s Chronic City over the next couple weeks and am toying with the idea of an online discussion. Sound like something you’d be into?
Two books you might be interested in reading re: Perkus Tooth:
http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=2022&category_id=655&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=62&vmcchk=1&Itemid=62
and
http://www.continuumbooks.com/books/detail.aspx?BookId=158529&SearchType=Basic
Neither is out just yet, though!