FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
BAD GATEWAY HC MEGG & MOGG
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann (CA) Simon Hanselmann
Simon Hanselmann's previous best-selling books, Megahex, Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam, and One More Year have all cemented Hanselmann as one of the most exciting graphic novelists of his generation and Bad Gateway is the magnum opus that those books have been building towards. Megg & Mogg's fraught relationship careens into psychological depths that Hanselmann has previously only hinted at as his eternally-stoned, slacker characters begin to reflect the psychological toll that their years of insouciance and self-medication has inflicted.
BUTCHERY HC
(W) Bastien Vives (A) Bastien Vives
This poetic graphic novel explores the emotional bloodbath of a romance gone awry. A young man and woman fall for each other and all is sweetness and light. But when their relationship crumbles, they each must endure the ensuing emotional fallout. Starting from this simple premise, Bastien Vivès crafts an affecting narrative about the mercurial and tempestuous nature of romance and why we pursue it anyway. The Butchery is composed of the little moments that make and break a relationship: lively dancing, silent strolls hand in hand, stilted phone calls, tearful pillow talk.
CRISIS ZONE TP
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann
In March 2020, as the planet began to enter lockdown, acclaimed cartoonist Simon Hanselmann set out to make the greatest webcomic ever created! As the Covid-19 pandemic continued to escalate, Crisis Zone escalated right alongside with daily posts on Instagram. Crisis Zone is presented here, unabridged and uncensored, with a slew of added pages and scenes deleted from the webcomic, as well as an extensive "Director's Commentary" from Hanselmann himself. Bouncing rapidly between comedy, horror, action, and relational soap-operatics, Crisis Zone refuses to take the pedal off the gas as we all hurtle towards unknown destinations.
DISNEY MASTERS HC #13
MURRY FALLBERG MOUSE SUNKEN CITY
(W) Paul Murry (A) Carl Fallberg
Seven recolored comics tales starring Mickey, Goofy, and the Gang! Mickey and Goofy are lost at sea, and they get caught in a pitched battle between buccaneer Pete and sneaky submarine commander Captain Grapple. At stake: the ancient gold of Port Rancid, a pirate stronghold that sank beneath the waves - and is now guarded by a pack of very jealous sea monsters! Then, Mickey and Goofy have their hands full with a host of mystery puzzlers - from canoe-going ghosts in "Legend of Loon Lake" to hi-tech arsonists in "The Phantom Fires" to a piratical parrot in "The Castaways of Whale Bay!"
DISNEY MASTERS HC #14
KINNEY HUBBARD DUCK FEARLESS LEADER
(W) Dick Kinney
With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Duck tales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Donald's nerdy cousin Fethry Duck is a mallard on a mission, determined to include Donald in all his sudden passions: from a super exercise regimen to building an indoor farm, to stage magic that turns startlingly real! With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Ducktales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Kinney and Hubbard were a Disney dream team in the '60s, hatching Donald Duck co-stars like Fethry, master spy Mata Harrier, and terrible tomcat Tabby. From Fethry's very first story through the doggy doings of Scamp to Uncle Scrooge in "The Case of the Purloined Pearls," Kinney and Hubbard keep the laughs rolling and the hijinks hopping.
DISNEY MASTERS HC #15
MURRY CONNELL OGLE PHANTOM BLOT
(W) Paul Murry
Disney's infamous inky bad guy was the first Mouseverse villain to get his own comic book; by popular demand, the whole Silver Age series is collected in one volume! The Phantom Blot - a power-crazed supervillain in a ghostly black cloak - is on the loose, and Mickey, Donald, and Uncle Scrooge must assemble to stop him! From terrifying time travel to usurping "The Crown of Tasbah," the Blot will stop at nothing to turn the world upside down! Classic Disney artist Paul Murry teamed with writers Del Connell and Bob Ogle to create seven comic book issues starring The Blot. In the process, they introduced Goofy's new secret identity: Super Goof! Will the Blot move too fast for all our heroes? With allies like Mad Madam Mim, the Beagle Boys, and "The Mysterious Mr. X?" He just might!
DISNEY MASTERS HC #18
UNCLE SCROOGE PIE IN THE SKY
(W) William Van Horn (A) Bill Riling
Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck battle old foes and ancient curses in wild comics adventures by fan-favorite artist William Van Horn! By popular demand, this volume begins a comprehensive collection of his Uncle Scrooge and Donald adventures! This inaugural volume includes "Pie in the Sky," "The Amazon Queen" and "Another Vine Mess."
EC JACK KAMEN AL FELDSTEIN 3 FOR MONEY & OTHER STORIES HC
(W) Jack Kamen (A) Al Feldstein
This volume of the New York Times' bestselling series includes the infamous "The Orphan" - one of the stories that got EC Comics into hot water during the U.S. Senate's investigation into comic books. Also included are "The October Game," "Frozen Assets!" and "Standing Room Only" along with the title story, all pains-takingly restored. Like every book in The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, this volume also features essays and notes by EC experts on these classic masterpieces.
EC JACK KAMEN AL FELDSTEIN DADDY LOST HIS HEAD HC
(W) Al Feldstein (A) Jack Kamen
Famed for his deft delineations of beautiful, scheming women, handsome jealous husbands, and not-so-innocent children, Jack Kamen returns with a collection of over 20 classic EC horror tales from The Vault of Horror, Tales From the Crypt, and The Haunt of Fear. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, Daddy Lost His Head and Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.
EC JACK KAMEN AL FELDSTEIN MARTIAN MONSTER HC
(W) Gardner Fox (A) Jack Kamen (CA) Jack Kamen
Sci-fi classics from an EC Comics great! In Jack Kamen's first stories for Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, he and writer Al Feldstein explore the unexpected twists and turns that arise from the unintended consequences of new inventions such as matter transmitters, molecular duplicators, shrinking rays, time machines, and too-perfect robots. Well-known for his sure hand and slick line and his chic depictions of 1950s-style glamour, Kamen delights in bringing Feldstein's wicked scripts to graphic life-but there's surprisingly sharp social and political commentary as well, with stories that foreshadow the threat of climate change and the perils of artificial intelligence. From the creation of a miniature civilization to femmes fatale from the future to the precise prediction of the sun going nova, you'll find this collection of sci-fi shockers to be some weird science, indeed!
EC JACK KAMEN FORTY WHACKS & OTHER STORIES HC
(W) Al Feldstein (A) Jack Kamen (CA) Jack Kamen
Jack Kamen's precise, clean style was perfect for tales of men and women who act on the base instincts behind their glamorous façades. Enter the twisted world of Kamen's crime capers with stories like "Forty Whacks", "Contract for Death", "The Neat Job!", "Just Desserts!" plus 20 more tales of tension as only EC could do them! Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library, Forty Whacks and Other Stories also features essays and notes by EC experts on these superbly crafted, classic masterpieces.
EC JACK KAMEN ZERO HOUR & OTHER STORIES HC
(W) Al Feldstein (A) Jack Kamen (CA) Jack Kamen
With his wholesome approach, Jack Kamen stood out amongst the grand-guignol grunge, gritty realism, or futuristic dazzle of his fellow EC cartoonists ? but his brilliant editor/writer Al Feldstein found a way to exploit the surface innocence of his style with seemingly nice stories of romance gone horribly wrong, or future fantasies with an unexpectedly brutal twist. And nowhere did Kamen's clean-but-lush graphics work better than in the stories he created for EC's science-fiction comics. The title story, "Zero Hour" (one of three in this book adapted from works by Ray Bradbury), set in a Spielbergian suburban idyll, is particularly well served by Kamen's surface innocence; "A Lesson in Anatomy" works similar magic, with its Mayberry-esque setting veering into alien-invasion terror. If there was any devil in Kamen, it came out in his loving depiction of the female face and form, and you could see why his hapless heroes were often fatally entranced with them ? as in "Punishment Without Crime" (Bradbury again), "He Who Waits!" (a scientist finds an extreme way of rejoining his eight-inch-tall inamorata), and "Miscalculation!" (the lucky recipient of a package from the future literally brews his own harem); even the supercomputer in "Only Human!" proves vulnerable to a beautiful woman's charms. Zero Hour and Other Stories contains 22 classic EC yarns ? plus the usual all-new biographical, historical, and critical essays that have made Fantagraphics' EC Library series the ultimate version of these classics.
ETERNAUT HC (CURR PTG)
(W) Francisco Solano Lopez (A) Francisco Solano Lopez (CA) Francisco Solano Lopez
A seminal, Latin American sci-fi classic - back in print! Fantagraphics is proud to publish, for the first time in English, a graphic novel so powerful its main character's image (much like Che Guevara's) has become a potent symbol of the endless struggle against oppression; "Juan Salvo" appears on walls and in subways throughout Latin America to this day. This seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial from 1957-59. Juan Salvo, its inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metalworker Franco, face what appears to be a nuclear accident, but quickly turns out to be something much bigger than they imagined. Cold War tensions, aliens of all sizes, space-and time travel-this one has it all. The Eternaut is also thinly disguised political allegory: its writer, He ctor Germa n Oesterheld (HGO), because he was involved in groups who protested the military dictatorship, was "disappeared" and presumed dead in 1977. Classical artist Francisco Solano Lo pez (who had to flee Argentina for Spain) illustrated the book in a gritty, realistic style. This collaboration between two of the biggest names in Latin American comics is still powerful: the story of Juan Salvo, fighting to save Argentina and the world, lives on in sequels, retellings, and adaptations.
FANG GN #2
WEEKEND AT MEDUSAS
(W) Marc Palm (A) Marc Palm (CA) Marc Palm
VAMPIRISM! MYTHOLOGY! DECAPITATION! WITCHCRAFT! MARIJUANA! and DEFAMATION!! Before, her life was all fun and profits. Now, after receiving a hallucinogenic snake bite, famed "monster hunter" The FANG experiences a psychedelic nightmare. The Hash Hag and Weed Witch dispense scaly insight to help unravel these twisted visions. The FANG is sent on a journey of mythologically
MEGAHEX HC MEGG & MOGG (CURR PTG)
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann (CA) Simon Hanselmann
What at first glance reads like an episodic stoner comedy slowly reveals a chiseled character study of suburban ennui to rival the works of Solondz, Groening, or Flaubert. Hanselmann's characterization and visual creativity mines lifetimes of pathos from the slapstick simplicity of its psychedelic, absurdist premise. You will believe an Owl can cry. Collecting all of Hanselmann's classic Megg & Mogg webcomics plus over 70 pages of new material.
MEGG & MOGG IN AMSTERDAM AND OTHER STORIES HC
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann (CA) Simon Hanselmann
Fresh off their star turn in the New York Times best seller Megahex, Megg and Mogg decide to take a trip to Amsterdam for some quality couple time, although the trip gets off to a rocky start when they forget their antidepressants. Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam collects all of Simon Hanselmann's contributions to Vice. com, the Ignatz Award-nominated short story "St. Owl's Bay," and other surprises that will add additional color and background for fans of Megahex.
ONE MORE YEAR HC MEGG & MOGG
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann (CA) Simon Hanselmann
The latest graphic novel in the New York Times best-selling comic series about a stoner witch, a cat, an owl, and a werewolf. The characters are imbued with far more pathos and depth than seems plausible given the stock comic premise - drugged-out, slacker roommates. One More Year continues to give substance to the characters and personalities of its protagonists in ways that never fail to surprise, delight, and horrify.
PENGUIN CAFE AT THE END OF THE WORLD HC
(W) Nurit Zarchi (A) Anat Warshavsky
This charming children's story is set in the icy reaches of the South Pole and follows three penguin brothers who love cooking so much that one day they band together to start a cozy café. The only snag? Since they are located at the edge of the world, people don't visit them very often. The Penguin Café at the Edge of the World is a warmhearted tale of friendship and collaboration.
PSYCHODRAMA ILLUSTRATED #5
(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Gilbert Hernandez (CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Medical specialist Dr. Droog's secret files are exposed --- revealing how Fritz, her mother Maria, and Fritz's movie rival, Mila, are all connected, via mysterious facial re-construction! Love and Rockets is not enough to contain the unbridled imagination of Gilbert Hernandez... Delve into the darkest corners of psychodrama.... illustrated!
RED ROOM #4
The breakout smash hit of 2021 wraps up its debut four-issue monthly "season" with a trio of tales inspired by the great EC Comics such as Tales from the Crypt and focusing on Donna Butcher, the original Queen of the Red Rooms! "Cyclical Territory," "Pure Evil," and "Snuff Said" explore Butcher's origins in the VHS/Betamax era of torture porn before twisting into a contemporary revenge fantasy gone wrong. Another stand alone masterpiece from creator of X-Men: Grand Design and Hip Hop Family Tree! As seen on Cartoonist Kayfabe (YouTube)!
SEEDS & STEMS GN MEGG & MOGG
(W) Simon Hanselmann (A) Simon Hanselmann (CA) Simon Hanselmann
In early 2016, Simon Hanselmann began producing xeroxed zines and selling them online, with hand-painted covers, custom stamps and hologram security stickers. Seeds and Stems collects all of these self-published stories along with a generous smattering of rarities from various anthologies and magazines. Megg and Mogg and friends explore lucid dreaming, banking scams, cinema, mixed drinks, alien invasion and budget vasectomies in this collection of rare and often experimental adventures, housed in a transparent orange acetate jacket over full-painted covers, resembling that of a prescription bottle!
WAKING UP SLEEPYHEAD HC
(W) Levin Kipnis (A) Noam Weiner
As all kids know, waking up in the morning is hard! So here are three children's stories that speak to the plight of the night owl. In the first story, Jake is snoozing so soundly that the whole neighborhood must wake him up. In the second, "Sleepyhead" wakes up late and her whole family races to get her ready for school. In the third, three lazy brothers strive to be the laziest one of all. Levin Kipnis' amusing rhymes are perfectly paired with Noam Weiner's hilariously expressive illustrations.