The Creator of House Embarks on a Life-Spanning Epic {product_snapshot:id=1449,true,false,true,left}Hot on the heels of his first graphic novel, House, Josh Simmons’ Jessica Farm fuses serialized adventure, fantasy and psychological horror and stamps it with his signature macabre sensibility in this atmospheric new graphic novel. Like a Lynchian take on Alice in Wonderland, Jessica Farm opens with an exterior of what could be any Midwestern farmhouse: once inside, we track our titular heroine as she bounds out of bed on Christmas and goes about her morning routine, eventually breakfasting with her grandparents. The banality of the situation is subverted by a…
Daddy’s Girl – Exclusive Preview
A New Edition of a Long Out-of-Print Fantagraphics Classic {product_snapshot:id=1442,true,false,true,left}Fantagraphics Books is proud to re-release one of the most powerful and moving books in its distinguished publishing history: Debbie Drechsler’s first collection of short comic stories, Daddy’s Girl. Originally published in 1995 and distributed only to comic book specialty stores, Daddy’s Girl was ahead of its time: Two years before The Kiss, Kathryn Harrison’s critically acclaimed story of her incestuous relationship with her father, Drechsler’s account of her abuse at the hands of her father, told from the point of view of an adolescent, is one of the most searingly…
Hall of Best Knowledge – Exclusive Preview
A Bold New Direction in Comics {product_snapshot:id=1444,true,false,true,left}Ray Fenwick has pioneered his own medium of storytelling, one best described as “typographical comics.” Hall of Best Knowledge is presented as a handsome, personal journal written by an unnamed voice, referred to only as “The Author.” Little is known about him; he makes occasional, derogatory references to a twin brother and younger sibling, but reveals little else. He clearly fashions himself a genius, writing with a faux-aristocratic air, and it is presumably his belief in his own genius that leads him to want to share his knowledge with the world. Each page features…
The Education of Hopey Glass – Exclusive Preview
A New Love and Rockets Collection from Jaime Hernandez {product_snapshot:id=1440,true,false,true,left}A stand-alone graphic novel from the "Locas" universe. It starts with a barely-glimpsed slaying ("Life Through Whispers") and ends with a funeral ("Male Torso Found in L.A. River"). Even though (or perhaps because) he's still carrying the torch for Maggie, Ray diligently pursues the dangerous and annoying "Frogmouth," aspiring actress and full-time train wreck, from seedy bars and back alleys through comic book conventions… all the way to the ultimate, and unexpected, consummation. Meanwhile, Hopey spends an eventful week during which she undergoes a couple of major life changes, both personal…
Lust by Ellen Forney – Exclusive Preview
Riding a wave of accolades for her illustrations in Sherman Alexie’s acclaimed young-adult novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, Ellen Forney returns this winter with a brand new collection of her funny, sexy cartoons. Arriving just in time for Valentine’s Day, it’s… LUST: KINKY ONLINE PERSONAL ADS FROM SEATTLE’S THE STRANGER {product_snapshot:id=735,true,false,true,left}Ellen Forney’s follow-up to her wildly popular I Love Led Zeppelin is a collection of cartoons celebrating the sometimes stunningly crude, sometimes surprisingly sweet online world of personal classifieds. Forney has for several years been illustrating the Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger‘s “Lustlab” classified ads by interpreting…
Hotwire Comics Vol. 2 – Exclusive Preview
AMAZING! INCREDIBLE! DANGEROUS! {product_snapshot:id=652,true,false,true,left}The cartoon anthology that puts the kicks back in comics strikes again. Climb on board the Hotwire express for another electrifying joyride — from the sublime to the ridiculous, and all parts in between. Hotwire Vol. 2 includes some of the strongest narrative comics around. Tim Lane’s epic autobiographical strip, “Spirit,” portrays the grittiness, desperation, and terror that accompanied him as he went on the bum, riding the rails. “Niacin” by Mary Fleener is the sordid but hilarious story of a hallucinatory date with a drug dealer. Mack White brilliantly deconstructs the western myth of the OK…
