FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
GOOD NIGHT HEM HC
(W) Jason (A) Jason (CA) Jason
Three interconnecting short stories starring Ernest Hemingway comprise the latest graphic novel by the beloved Norwegian cartoonist Jason. Ernest Hemingway stars in three interconnecting short stories in this graphic novel. Paris, 1925. Our story begins when Hemingway meets Athos, the last Musketeer, who, together with several more friends of Hemingway, travel to Spain's Pamplona for the fiesta. Festivities and complications ensue. Paris, 1944. The second story starts the day after the liberation of Paris when Hemingway, now a war correspondent, decides enough is enough, and takes action to end the war for good. With a group of adventurers and resistance fights, he parachutes into Germany to do just that. Cuba, late 1950s. Our literary lion is in his twilight years, writing his memoirs, remembering his first and second meeting with the seemingly immortal Athos. Mixing fact and fiction, Jason has imaginatively recreated one of America's greatest and most controversial writers of the 20th century. Jason hails from Oslo, Norway, but currently resides in Montpellier, France. He's won multiple Eisners, a Harvey, and an Inkpot award.
LOVE & ROCKETS MAGAZINE #11
(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Jaime Hernandez (CA) Jaime Hernandez
As we learned in issue #10, so now Maggie and Tonta are buddies! Or are they? And where is Vivian (besides spellbinding us on the cover)?? Hell, even Jaime wants to know! Meanwhile, in the Gilbert Cinematic Universe, Rosy goes to her first comic con with Venus, while a female webcammer with the world's biggest biceps (?) joins the cast! Love and Rockets: still the GoaT!
NOD AWAY GN #2
(W) Joshua W. Cotter (A) Joshua W. Cotter
An SF graphic novel, the second in an epic series, set in a near-future where the internet is telepathic and its hub is a human child. Vol. 2 moves away from the deep space transport where Vol. 1 took place and moves to earthly terrain, peeling back layers of Cotter's world-building to reveal the bigger picture of this graphic novel series in ways that upend expectations. Aveline Moiré is a headstrong but self-destructive young French woman. When she meets and moves in with a young artist, Walter Walker, little do they know that the wheels they set in motion may bring about the end of humankind. Working within the structure of SF, Nod Away moves back and forth between physical and psychological worlds. It utilizes traditional and abstract storytelling styles to explore what consciousness could be, its location, what function or point it might serve, and how a lack of personal responsibility and accountability will always corrupt it. At a projected seven volumes and over 2000 pages in all, Nod Away is poised to be one of the great comics classics of the 21st century. Joshua Cotter's debut graphic novel, Skyscrapers of the Midwest, was nominated for an Ignatz award in 2005. He lives on a farm in rural northwest Missouri with his family and an acute sense of impending mortality. They keep him making comics.
PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY HC #9
1991-1995
(W) Charles M. Schulz (A) Charles M. Schulz (CA) Charles M. Schulz
The penultimate half-decade of oversized Peanuts Sunday newspaper strips in vintage color, as they've never been collected! Peanuts has almost always been collected and reprinted in black and white. But many who read the popular comicstrip during its original newspaper run remain fond of the striking, pastel-heavy coloring of its Sunday pages, which made for a surprisingly different and fulfilling reading experience. As Peanuts enters the '90s, all the classic characters - Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Sally, Pig-Pen, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie - are all present, as is the brightest star of the strip, Snoopy. This volume highlights the wacky friendship between Snoopy and Woodstock, Charlie Brown's supreme ineptitude on the ball field, and the amusing hijinks of Snoopy's desert-roaming brother, Spike. Collected in this gorgeous, oversized coffee table book, the strips in Peanuts Every Sunday 1991-1995 have been scrupulously restored and re-colored to look better than they ever have - allowing fans and new readers to immerse themselves in Charles M. Schulz's timeless masterpiece.
POPEYE HC #1
OLIVE OYL & HER SWEETY
(W) E. C. Segar (A) E. C. Segar (CA) E. C. Segar
Well, blow me down! This new four-volume series collects the complete run of the original Popeye Sunday newspaper page adventures in an accessible and affordable paperback format! Part slapstick, tongue-twisting comedy, part escapist, Depression-era fantasy, part tenderhearted yet tumultuous romance, Elsie Crisler Segar's newspaper comic strip captivated readers of the Roaring Twenties and beyond. And Popeye, the sailor man, was the unlikely start of the show. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar's whimsical world back into print, reviving the origins of the beloved spinach-eating American icon for a whole new readership. The E.C. Segar Popeye Sundays series collects the complete Popeye Sunday stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a deluxe slipcase. Volume one highlights Popeye's riotous romance with his sweet patootie - Olive Oyl. As he courts Olive in comically clumsy fashion, she proves that her sharp wit runs rings around his muddled brain! Next, he becomes a prizefighter and must contend with a series of fearsome opponents, from Johnny Brawn to a literal gorilla. Once outside the ring, however, his ferocity turns to sweet sentiment, and he gives away all his winnings to poor widows, old folks, and orphanages. Featuring laughout- loud gags, sensational slugfests, and endearing cast of characters, this revival of classic Popeye adventures will captivate stalwart fans and new readers alike. E.C. Segar (1894-1938) was an American cartoonist known for creating Popeye, the star of his comic series Thimble Theatre.
PORN BASKET HC
(W) Johnny Ryan (A) Johnny Ryan
This hardcover brick of a book collects 368 pages from Ryan's hilariously profane sketchbook, as originally seen on Ryan's influential @outlawscumfudge Instagram account (over 100K followers). Certain to have you taking pictures of every page to text to your filthy, like minded friends. Limited to 1200 copies and certain to sell out, so reach for the Porn Basket while you can!
THROUGH THE HEART OF IT NEW YORK NEW YORK HC
(W) Emille Harel (A) Heidi Jacquemoud
Open this book to embark on an extraordinary tour of Manhattan, from the paradise of Central Park to the dazzle of Coney Island, and every place in between. This accordion-style book unfolds into a stunning 30-foot-long panoramic travelogue! Featuring iconic NYC landmarks, familiar pop culture characters, and whimsical touches of the surreal, Through the Very heart of It captures the mythical, larger-than-life spirit of the City That Never Sleeps.