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Peter Bagge's Other Stuff by Peter Bagge et al. 144-page color/black & white 7.25" x 10.25" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-622-5 Ships in: April 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now   FREE HATE! Order this book and get a FREE copy of Hate Annual #1! During the 1990s and 2000s, Peter Bagge worked mostly on his "Buddy Bradley" stories in Hate and a series of standalone graphic novels (Apocalypse Nerd), but in-between these major projects this ever-energetic cartoonist also cranked out dozens of shorter stories, which are now finally being collected in this riotously anarchic book. Peter Bagge's Other Stuff includes a few…

Reason to rejoice: the new, expanded and complete Castle Waiting Vol. 2: Definitive Edition by Linda Medley is almost here, and we've got advance copies in the office to prove it. Compiling the 15 issues that came out 2006-2009 and the 3 new issues that came out last year, this new edition finally tells the whole story. (Editor Kim Thompson explains how and why this new edition came to be.) Unexpected visitors, a secret passageway, ladies' undergarments, compelling character backstories, mysteries, laughter, tears, bowling action, a ghost… this story has it all! We won't keep you waiting long for more extensive previews; in the meantime,…

This month PREVIEWS is spotlighting "Manga & More: Comics from Around the World," and since we here at Fantagraphics pride ourselves on being Publisher of the World's Greatest Cartoonists, the shoe certainly fits. See below for additional info, sneak peek images (click 'em for larger versions), and links to previews for our May 2013 offerings! This info was prepared for retailers, but we're also sharing it here to encourage everybody to order these books from your local comic shop!  Hit the links below for complete info on each title, and see the whole lineup here.   NEW VOLUME OF THE BEST-SELLING…

The next issue of Love and Rockets: New Stories is still about 6 months away from hitting shelves. Too early to get hyped up for? Never, says we! And excitement reaches a fever pitch whenever Gilbert Hernandez sends in his original pages for scanning. More Killer in Palomar… Poison River revisited… oboy! I snuck the stack out of safekeeping in our art department for a quick snapshot.

(not final cover) The Comics Reporter let the monkey out of the bag: in November 2013 we'll be publishing Sock Monkey Treasury: A "Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey" Collection! This big fat hardcover collects all the Dark Horse Sock Monkey comics, the Uncle Gabby graphic novella, The Glass Doorknob storybook, and The Inches Incident graphic novel. These comics have been hailed as modern all-ages classics and we're delighted to bring them to you in a single, sure-to-be-gorgeous tome. The precocious sock monkey Uncle Gabby and his innocent pal Mr. Crow are the heroes of this funny, unsettling and endearing collection. Follow them as…

'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Jack Davis  & Al Feldstein 224-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-578-5 Ships in: March 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now  BARGAIN COMBO: 50 Girls 50 + 'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. With its pitch-perfect blend of laughs, terror, and gore, as delineated by some of the finest cartoonists…

50 Girls 50 and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)illustrated by Al Williamson et al.; written by Al Feldstein et al. 264-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-577-8 Ships in: March 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: 50 Girls 50 + 'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. Barely old enough to drink when he joined the EC Comics stable, Al Williamson may have…

Hey gang, we just got advance copies of Peter Bagge's Other Stuff! This handy volume collects Pete's collaborations (with Clowes, Crumb, Tomine, the Hernandezes, Alan Moore, etc.) from the back pages of Hate, stories from Hate Annual, and other odds 'n' ends. It's a must-have for Baggeliebers (huh?) and all lovers of hilarious satire. Lucky attendees at Emerald City Comicon this weekend will have first crack at buying copies (and getting 'em signed and personalized by Pete himself) — everybody else will have to wait a couple months before it hits shelves. But you can get a taste with our 20-page excerpt, readable right…

In 2010 it was our distinct privilege to bring you the English edition of Jacques Tardi's World War I tale It Was the War of the Trenches, widely acknowledged by readers, critics, and award committees as a comics masterpiece. In just 3 months or so we'll be following that up with Tardi's second WWI masterwork, Goddamn This War! Tracing the "progress" of the war year by year, from the perspective of an unnamed soldier, Goddamn unflinchingly chronicles the horror, boredom, frustration and despair of war for its ground-level participants as they grind through the gears of history. Providing further historical context is an…