FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
ART & BEAUTY #3
(W) R. Crumb (A) R. Crumb (CA) R. Crumb
The third, last, and most splendiferously accomplished volume of R. Crumb's Art & Beauty series. Three years in the making, A&B 3 contains 44 pages of almost exclusively female images drawn from extemporaneous sightings and photos (selfies!) and displaying the artist's obsession with large rumps and the infamous peanut-shaped curve. Includes running ruminations by the artist as well as guest ruminations by George Grosz, William de Kooning, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and others. By the artist whose ass The New York Observer can kiss.
BLUBBER #3
(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Gilbert Hernandez (CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Unleashing the unfettered Id of the great Gilbert Hernandez! Absurd, explicit, and profanely comical, Blubber makes all other comics blush. Pupusi (last seen in Gilbert's Garden of the Flesh) gets it on with a hideous monster, a couple of lustful faun follow suit, an alien takes a substantial bowel movement, a guy with a large member gets it on with a little alien, and so much more!
COSPLAYERS HC DASH SHAW
(W) Dash Shaw (A) Dash Shaw (CA) Dash Shaw
Dash Shaw's ode to that defining element of fandom, the "costume play", artfully celebrates both the culture's theatricality and uniquely D.I.Y. beauty via a series of interconnected short stories surrounding two young women. Cosplayers depicts their stories in an affectionately funny way and features plenty of easter eggs for the cognoscenti as well as being the perfect entry point for those befuddled by the phenomenon. To be released around the same time as Shaw's feature film directorial debut, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea.
DISNEY ROSA DUCK LIBRARY HC #5
RICHEST DUCK
(W) Don Rosa (A) Don Rosa (CA) Don Rosa
Extry! Extry! Klondike sourdough Scrooge McDuck has struck gold at last and everyone wants a piece of him! From slimy loan shark Soapy Slick to Blackheart Beagle to Bombie the Zombie, the world is converging on Scrooge in Fantagraphics' fifth complete, chronological book of Duck adventures by Don Rosa! Presented in brilliant color with a treasure trove of Rosa's cover art and behind-the-scenes factoids, these Duckburg epics are back in a definitive edition at a bargain price worthy of Scrooge himself!
DOCTORS GN
(W) Dash Shaw (A) Dash Shaw (CA) Dash Shaw
This new graphic novel from acclaimed cartoonist Dash Shaw (Bottomless Belly Button, BodyWorld, New School) is his most taut book to date. Doctorsfocuses on death, bereavement and knowing when to let go. Part science-fiction thriller, part family drama, part morality play for the 21st century, and quite possibly Shaw's best book to date.
GROWING UP IN PUBLIC GN
(W) Ezequiel Garcia (A) Ezequiel Garcia (CA) Ezequiel Garcia
The American debut of Argentine cartoonist Ezequiel GarcÃa explores the anxiety of aging as a working artist coupled with the uncertain future of his hometown, Buenos Aires, where the cultural firmament is being eroded. Like Lucy Knisley's An Age of License spun with Moon and Ba's Daytripper, GarcÃa finds meaning in autobiography and embraces all the promise and panic that comes with it.
LONGEST DAY OF THE FUTURE HC
(W) Lucas Varela (A) Lucas Varela (CA) Lucas Varela
Argentinian cartoonist Lucas Varela has crafted a wordless thriller reminiscent of the work of Jason (I Killed Adolf Hitler). In a futuristic city, two mega-companies engage in a battle to eliminate the other. Will the crash of an extraterrestrial flying saucer change that? Under the guise of a science fiction fable, Varela has spun a searing indictment against consumerism and unfettered capitalism.
NEW SCHOOL HC
(W) Dash Shaw (A) Dash Shaw (CA) Dash Shaw
STUNNING NEW FULL-COLOR GRAPHIC NOVEL In this brand new graphic novel from the acclaimed author of Bottomless Belly Button and BodyWorld, Dash Shaw dramatizes the story of a boy moving to an exotic country and his infatuation with an unfamiliar culture that quickly shifts to disillusionment. A sense of "being different" grows to alienation, until he angrily blames this once-enchanting land for his feelings of isolation. All of this is told through the fantastical eyes of young Danny, a boy growing up in the '90s fed on dramatic adventure stories like Jurassic Park and X-Men. Danny's older brother, Luke, travels to a remote island to teach English to the employees of ClockWorld, an ambitious new amusement park that recreates historical events. When Luke doesn't return after two years, Danny travels to ClockWorld to convince Luke to return to America. But Luke has made a new life, new family, and even a new personality for himself on ClockWorld, rendering him almost unrecognizable to his own brother. Danny comes of age as he explores the island, ClockWorld, and fights to bring his brother home. New School is unlike anything in the history of the comics medium: at once funny and deadly serious, easily readable while wildly artistic, personal and political, familiar and completely new.
REALIST CARTOONS HC PAUL KRASSNER
Founded by Paul Krassner, The Realist (1958-2001) was a legendary satirical magazine that featured an amazing stable of contributing writers and cartoonists whose mission was to assault flabby American culture, using humor and ridicule as their weapons of choice. The Realist Cartoons collects for the first time the best, wittiest, and most provocative drawings that appeared throughout the magazine's history, including work by R. Crumb, Art Spiegelman, S. Clay Wilson, Jay Lynch, Trina Robbins, Mort Gerberg, Jay Kinney, Richard Guindon, Nicole Hollander, Skip Williamson, and many others.
SPANISH FEVER TP ANTHOLOGY
Spanish Fever is a best-of anthology of contemporary comic art from a country with one of the strongest cartoon traditions in Europe. With its panoramic view of the contemporary Spanish comics scene, Spanish Fever includes the work of masters such as Paco Roca, Miguel Gallardo, David RubÃn and Miguel Ángel MartÃn along with newcomers like José Domingo, Anna Galvañ, Álvaro Ortiz and Sergi Puyol -more than 30 artists working on the cutting edge.