A Softer World: Second Best Isn’t So Bad by Emily Horne and Joey Comeau. 244 pages, all-colour. For extras, there are a bunch of the original, super-crappy photocopied ASWs that Joey & Emily made at the all-night Kinkos in 2002 — with commentary! That section’s called Pretty Good for a First Try, you should get it just for that. Contains all the alt-texts from the site!

From the press release:

The webcomic A Softer World is launching their new book tonight at Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, in Montreal.

The popular webcomic has been running online since 2003, and this book A Softer World: Second Best Isn’t So Bad, is the second print collection of strips. Emily Horne is the photographer for the series, she recently moved from the west coast to share Toronto with Joey Comeau, the writer. The two creators will be showing some of their favourite strips, and Joey will read from his latest novel, Overqualified, which is based on a series of demented cover letters.

Date: Monday, December 14, 2009
Time: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
Street: 211 Bernard Ouest, Montreal, QC

The book can also be ordered online. Also available is the first ASW collection: A Softer World: Truth and Beauty Bombs

And of course, if you’d like to catch up on the webcomic itself, you should visit: www.asofterworld.com