FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
ARTIST CIRCLE OF LIFE HC
(W) Anna Haifisch (A) Anna Haifisch (CA) Anna Haifisch
The Artist first appeared as a weekly strip on Vice and this second collection (the first was published in 2016) continues our hero's attempts to break out as a fine artist while being plagued by setbacks punctuated by glimpses of recognition. It's cynically satirical, but far more loving and affectionate than one might expect. The Artist is a modern hero for anyone who feels broken by the art world but continues on nonetheless.
COMPLETE PEANUTS TP #13
1975-1976
(W) Charles M. Schulz (A) Charles M. Schulz (CA) Charles M. Schulz
We are midway through the 1970s and this volume features several benchmark storylines, including a "double track" sequence with two parallel narratives: Peppermint Patty competes in a Powderpuff Derby while Charlie Brown finally meets his baseball idol. There are also obedience school fiascos, waterbed dilemmas, and Marcie's unwanted suitor. All of these classic gags starring Snoopy, Schroeder, Lucy, Franklin, Rerun, and Sally are introduced by writer and comedian Robert Smigel.
EC FELDSTEIN TERROR TRAIN HC
(W) Al Feldstein (A) Al Feldstein (CA) Al Feldstein
This collection of Al Feldstein's pioneering work features all of the stories he wrote and drew for both of EC's original crime titles (War Against Crime and Crime Patrol) and for EC's terror triumvirate - Tales from the Crypt, Haunt of Fear, and Vault of Horror - including the very first appearances of The Crypt-Keeper and the Vault-Keeper! More than 30 stories in all, with essays and commentary by EC experts.
FRANK & NOW SIR THIS YOUR MISSING GONAD HC WOODRING
(W) Jim Woodring (A) Jim Woodring (CA) Jim Woodring
And Now, Sir... Is This Your Missing Gonad? features over 113 previously unpublished images created by Jim Woodring between 2009 and 2019 for his private amusement and reads like a collection of otherworldly gag cartoons sent from an extracorporeal corner of nihilist ecstasy. We promise you that you have never viewed situations quite like these before!
LOVE & ROCKETS LIBRARY GILBERT JAIME MARIO GN AMOR COHETES
(W) Los Bros Hernandez (A) Los Bros Hernandez (CA) Los Bros Hernandez
The Love & Rockets library continues with this special volume! Amor y Cohetes is the seventh volume in the new Complete Love & Rockets series, collecting together in one convenient package all the non-Maggie and non-Palomar stories by all three Hernandez Brothers from that classic first, 50-issue Love & Rockets series, including Gilbert's original 40-page sci-fi epic "BEM" from 1981's very first issue of Love & Rockets, Jaime's charming "Rocky and Fumble" series starring a planet-hopping girl and her robot, stunning one-shots such as Gilbert's Frida Kahlo biography "Frida," the shocking autobiographical fantasia "My Love Book," and much more!
NYMPH HC
(W) Leila Marzocchi (A) Leila Marzocchi (CA) Leila Marzocchi
Outside the Western Ruins, the birds and trees agree to protect a lone, defenseless pupa that has fallen from the sky. It begins to slowly evolve into a humanoid creature, showing a predilection for flight and music. When fossilized eggs start sprouting wings, the plante dwellers realize that they are in a mystical new world. Leila Marzocchi's lush artwork and witty dialogue makes Nymph equal parts tender and dark and proves that, to raise a child-like larva, it takes a village. Or at least a forest.
PSYCHODRAMA ILLUSTRATED #2
(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Gilbert Hernandez (CA) Gilbert Hernandez
In this Love and Rockets solo spinoff series by Gilbert Hernandez, Fritz and Killer star in a strange movie - Mercury and the Devil - about an ex-adult film actress and her grifter daughter. Their relationship is as if they were all American apple pie, but then the specter of murder looms, putting things in a different perspective.
WINDOWS ON THE WORLD GN
Based on the story of the 2019 film, Windows on the World is a sensitive portrayal of a family in mourning and personalizes the grief felt by an enture nation following 9/11. The book pulls no punches, revealing how cruelly the U.S. can treat undocumented immigrants. Told with empathy and nuance, this emotionally resonant story reflects on how the pains of our recent past have shaped the character of America.
WINTER OF THE CARTOONIST HC PACO ROCA
(W) Paco Roca (A) Paco Roca (CA) Paco Roca
Spanish comics superstar Paco Roca investigates the true story of the five cartoonists who responded to the dark times of the Franco regime and poor working conditions at publishing titan, Editorial Bruguera by starting their own magazine, Tio Vivo. The corporation, however, began trying to thwart their efforts, turning their battle into a real-life David and Goliath tale. Roca combines humor, compassion, and narrative mastery with profiles of the artists as they serve as heroes for all of those who have chased a dream, no matter how high the obstacles.