FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
BARNABY HC #4
(W) Crockett Johnson (A) Crockett Johnson
Volume Four collects the post-WWII years, continuing five-year-old Barnaby Baxter and his Fairy Godfather's misadventures. In its combination of sly wit, a child's feeling of wonder and a keen eye for the ridiculous, Barnaby expanded our sense of what comics can do. The magic of Barnaby resides in its mix of fantasy and satire, amplified by the elegance of Crockett Johnson's clean, spare art. Designed by Daniel Clowes, this volume features a foreword by cartoonist Trina Robbins, and essays by comics historian Jared Gardner and Johnson biographer Philip Nel.
PLEASE DONT STEP ON MY JNCO JEANS GN
(W) Noah Van Sciver (A) Noah Van Sciver
In this collection of one-page strips, Noah Van Sciver mines life's quotidian moments and his own subconscious posing questions like: When do you know you're too old to trick-or-treat? What is the best way to dispose of those teenage journals? Where do cherished cereal box prizes go when you grow up? JNCO Jeans holds observations, reflections, and breakthroughs from one of the most prolific and inspirational cartoonists of his generation.
PSYCHODRAMA ILLUSTRATED #3
(W) Gilbert Hernandez (A) Gilbert Hernandez (CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Beginning a two-issue stand alone arc: "Little Ones." Two hungry children, on the run for unspecified reasons, enter a small U.S. town near the Mexican border, where gossip over a rumored border wall construction fuels racial tensions and intensifies the kids' fears of getting caught.
SPAIN GN #3
MY LIFE & TIMES
(W) Spain Rodriguez (A) Spain Rodriguez
In My Life & Times, Spain Rodriguez draws on his formative years cruising with teen pals, visiting jazz clubs and his first encounters with women. Through paintings, sketchbook pages, and dozens of stories, My Life & Times explains how Spain went from a misguided youth to a community elder who bridged the gap between underground comix and the Latino Art Movement. This collection of comics from Zap, Blab!, Young Lust, Rip Off Comix, and The Comics Journal represents Spain's most personal work from his over six-decade career.