From Publisher's Weekly:
"A pocket-sized hardcover book drawn from various parts of the great American underbelly. Presented with text facing illustrations on each spread, the book consists of four stories based on real people—researched, appropriated and rewritten in the first person by Coleman—that originally appeared in the anthology Blab!, memoirs of the hobos Jack Black and Boxcar Bertha, and tales of the criminal mayhem of two psychopaths. Coleman's recreation of their authorial voices are striking, rueful, philosophical and manic, but what ties them together are are his drawings. Somewhere between Victorian engravings and folk art, they are haunting and macabre. "

Published by Fantagraphics Books

Hardcover, 206 pages, published by Last Gasp and La Luz de Jesus books. 12.3 x 10.2 x 0.9 inches.
With essays by Anthony Haden-Guest, Rebecca Lieb, Asia Argento, and Jack Sargeant. Keys to the paintings by Katharine Gates and "Bibliografica Colemania" by Don Kennison.

For the serious Joe Coleman collector. In addition to the book, the slipcase contains Diseased Shadow-Self, a hand-printed 2-plate aquatint etching produced at Tony Fitzpatrick's studio, Chicago. Limited to 66, sold only inside special limited-edition version of The Book of Joe, 2003. The print may be removed and framed.

Richmond, VA: Gates of Heck. Illuminated text in gold ink on black paper by Joe Coleman. 18 full-color die-cut tipped-in details from the artist/author’s 1993 painting of the same name. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies, handmade.

Deluxe Collector’s Edition: Boxed Artwork (9 x 12 x 15 inches, clamshell box, slipcased): signed and numbered and including full-size 50-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle of Man of Sorrows and a handmade reliquary containing Coleman’s hair and a tattered piece of shirt from one of his explosive performances (limited to 100).