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Nothing kills one's mood for golf like news of one's children being eaten alive. And by man-eating plants, no less! Keep your loved ones close; Super-Enigmatix is as cold and ruthless as he is cunning, and who knows where he may choose to strike next. In a Glass Grotesquely collects selected picture stories by Richard Sala, and it is with deep trepidation that we take this first look. And yet, once open, this book is nigh impossible to put down. Sala's lush, watercolored panels are eye-catchingly beautiful, and his sharp, dark humor is delightfully sinister. We'll have more previews in the next…

"I consider [Carl Barks’ comics] to be the best form of storytelling I’ve read." – Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) "A priceless part of our literary heritage." – George Lucas The Ghost of the Grotto, Starring Walt Disney’s Donald Duckby Carl Barks 96-page full color 5.5” x 7.5” softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-779-6 Due to arrive in about 2-4 weeks. Click the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/ghostofthegrotto

Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Son of the Sun by Don Rosa 208-page full color 8.5" x 11" hardcover • $29.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-742-0 Ships in: September 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now "Great howling crashwagons!" The Richest Duck in the World is back — and so are noisy nephew Donald, wunderkinder Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and rascally richnik Flintheart Glomgold! Because you asked for it, we're proud to present our first complete, chronological book of Duck adventures by contemporary fan favorite Don Rosa — following in the footsteps of Disney legend Carl Barks with an exciting,…

Snoopy gliding gracefully across frozen ponds, Linus' mad snowfort-building skillz, Charlie Brown's unending kite problems, Lucy's piano-leaning flirting tactics—these strips and more are in our 22-page, 8.3 MB excerpt of Vol. 2 of Peanuts Every Sunday. This collection of full color, full-page Sunday strips by Charles M. Schulz is sure to delight Peanuts fans new and old. Look for the book to hit bookstores in October. Our presale is up for you to reserve your copy, and make sure to follow our Flog for continued updates and previews!

We are pleased to present you with our finalized cover design for Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: The Seven Cities of Gold! In a story that inspired Steven Spielberg and George Lucas—both big fans of Carl Barks themselves—with iconic parts of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the titular "The Seven Cities of Gold" has Uncle Scrooge and his kin on the hunt for the fabled Seven Cities of Cibola, said to have streets paved with gold. This and other stories, notes, and cover art make up our newest volume of classic, carefully remastered work by the one and only Carl Barks.

With this sleek, elegantly minimalistic slipcase design, Jacques Tardi's award-winning Goddamn This War! and It Was the War of the Trenches are beautifully encased in a matte, dark grey boxset that quietly reflects the books' somber, heavy material. We expect to see Tardi's WWI boxset out in October. Until then, we'll have more juicy previews and unboxing video in the coming weeks. And as per usual, our presale for the boxset is up and raring to go.

This week's hen's egg clutch of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Review: Gast by Carol Swain "What’s most impressive about Swain’s story is its quiet nature, and its delicate portrayal of darkness. Instead of going for the obvious and imposing gruesome imagery to match the backdrop of macabre, Swain portrays the setting as a far more subtle place to contain unease, at time bucolic even with the fog of despair that sometimes hangs there." – John Seven, Vermicious   Review: How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis "That's Davis' sensibility. In her roundabout way, she dramatizes not the prospect of happiness,…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1 [Softcover Ed.]by Michael Kupperman 160-page full color 7" x 9.75" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-764-2 See Previews / Order Now Fans and comedy cognoscenti alike, basking devotedly in the glow of Tales Designed to Thrizzle, have made it the smash hit humor comic of the decade. And now the first four issues of Michael Kupperman’s revered series are finally collected into one deluxe hardcover. Even better, Kupperman has taken the original two-color printing and made the entire book full color! These tales are more thrizzling than…

Malcolm McNeill has put out a video compilation of images from his collaborative work with famed writer William Burroughs, which Fantagraphics published as The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here in 2012. Check it out below:

21: The Story of Roberto Clemente [Softcover Ed.] by Wilfred Santiago 200-page color 6.25" x 8" hardcover • $19.99 ISBN: 978-1-60699-775-8 Ships in: September 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiago’s instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21 chronicles Clemente's life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished Puerto Rican…