My friends Xiao Yan and Dave Chua have just released their new comic book The Girl Under the Bed. It's a ghost story set during the Hungry Ghost Festival, with two kids trying to find out who exactly is the girl beneath the bed.

The book's available at Kinokuniya, published by Epigram Books.

Director, Designer & Animator Adam Patch recorded his drunk wife's joke, and animated it.

Lady enjoying her day out. Beautiful animation blended into live footage. Character design by Charlotte Gastaut.

A California Childhood from James Franco is a memoir filled with snapshots, sketches, art, poems and short stories.

A California Childhood is available at Amazon (US | CA | UK | DE | FR | IT | ES | JP | CN) and Book Depository (US | UK)