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Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:   Black River by Josh Simmons 112-page black and white 6.5" x 8.5" softcover $18.99 | 978-1-60699-833-5  See previews/order now  Josh Simmons returns with his first full-length graphic novel since 2007's acclaimed House. A group of women, one man, and two dogs are making their way through a post-apocalyptic world in search of a city that supposedly still has electricity and some sort of civilization. Along the way, they go to a comedy club, take a drug called Gumdrop, and encounter gangs of men who are fools, lunatics, or murderous sadists. In…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Kurdlesby Robert Goodin 60-page full color 8.75" x 12" hardcover$24.99 | 978-1-60699-832-8 See Previews / Order Now In the spirit of Hergé's Tintin or Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge, The Kurdles is an all-ages comic spiced up with a teaspoon of strange. Sally is a teddy bear who gets separated from her owner while on a drive in the country. Desperate to find her way home, she stumbles upon Kurdleton, home to a most peculiar group of characters in the midst of a crisis; their forest house has grown hair, eyes,…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created MAD and Revolutionized Humor in Americaby Bill Schelly 644-page 6" x 9" hardcover$34.99 | 978-1-60699-761-1 See Previews / Order Now Harvey Kurtzman created MAD, and MAD revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman's groundwork as the original editor, artist, and sole writer of MAD provided the foundation for one of the greatest publishing successes of the 20th century. But how did Kurtzman invent MAD, and why did he leave it shortly after it burst nova-like onto the American scene? Bill Schelly's heavily researched biography finally and fully…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Collected Poems by Alexander Theroux 672-page 6" x 9" hardcover$39.99 | 978-1-60699-802-1 See Previews / Order Now The publication of Alexander Theroux’s Collected Poems, a gathering of more than 660 poems, an astonishing creative output, will be among the major literary events of the year. Here is a full cornucopia of sonnets, odes, ballads, free verse, triolets, pure, satires, narratives, dramatic monologues, fanciful meditations, flytings and harangues, ruminations on death and lost love, and no end of lyrics both beautiful and fierce. Taken altogether they contrive to make up a record…

Black Riverby Josh Simmons 112-page black & white 6.5″ x 8.5″ softcover$18.99 | 978-1-60699-833-5 Josh Simmons returns with his first full-length graphic novel since 2007’s acclaimed House. A group of women, one man, and two dogs are making their way through a post-apocalyptic world in search of a city that supposedly still has electricity and some sort of civilization. Along the way, they go to a comedy club, take a drug called Gumdrop, and encounter gangs of men who are fools, lunatics, or murderous sadists. In other words, all manner of terrors. Josh Simmons is one of the field’s most…

Zombies, lions, and Nazis… Oh my! The seventh volume of our Eisner Award-winning Mickey Mouse series, March of the Zombies, has all of that and more. Under Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson's capable pen, Mickey must prevail against evil scientists, the Axis powers, and… the consequences of Goofy's impulsive decision-making. These ever-delightful tales are as entertaining to read today as they were when Gottfredson began the fledgling strip in 1930, and our exquisite packaging of these strips means you'll be able to enjoy them for years to come. March of the Zombies is due to arrive at bookstores this May, but you can…

Huey, Dewey, and Louie think they’ve scored a great deal when they buy a talking parrot off a sailor for only a dime, but this parrot seems only interested in counting bananas! Then, to top it off, they lose their parrot to Donald, who gives him to an ungrateful Uncle Scrooge as a birthday present. ("Ten cents a month for crackers he'll cost me!") Our latest volume in the critically acclaimed The Complete Carl Barks Library series is as full of laughs, wit, and Barks' beautifully penned panels as ever, beginning with the story of the same title, "The Pixilated…

Wandering Son Vol. 8by Shimura Takako 200-page black & white 7" x 9.25" hardcover$24.99 | 978-1-60699-831-1 Ships in: May 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Curiosity and transphobia collide in the latest volume of Fantagraphics' critically acclaimed manga about a boy who wants to be a girl, and a girl who wants to be a boy. In Volume 8, Nitori-kun, a boy who wants to be a girl, explores kissing with girlfriend Anna-chan; and Yoshino-san, a girl who wants to be a boy, finds the courage to go to school wearing a boy's uniform. Meanwhile, one of their male…

  Coming in March 2016. Five years in the making.

Wuvable Oafby Ed Luce 264-page black & white with color 7″ x 10.5″ hardcover$29.99 | 978-1-60699-816-8 Due to arrive in 2-4 weeks. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/wuvableoaf