INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
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FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
THE COMICS JOURNAL TP #311
(W/A) Various
This issue features an in-depth, personal conversation between Kate Beaton and Sarah Glidden about depicting history, humor, and social issues in comics form; a profile of Gilbert Shelton; an interview with musician and cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis and much more.
Featured in this issue: An in-depth, personal conversation between Kate Beaton (Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Hark! A Vagrant) and Sarah Glidden (Rolling Blackouts), from the Pizza Island comics collective, about depicting history, humor, and social issues in comics form; a profile of Gilbert Shelton (Zap, Fabulous Furry Freak Bros.), which includes a never-before-published-in-English 'Shelton Hagiography' by French cartoonist Pic; and an interview with musician and cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis (12 Crass Songs, Fuff). Plus: 'An Imaginary Publication Cover Gallery' by Marc Bell (Hot Potatoe); a new manga column that puts classic and contemporary manga (Kamen Rider and Hunter X Hunter) in concert; a publishing roundtable on how to grow the adult audience for comics; a deep dive into an underdiscussed Charlton cartoonist, Enrique Nieto; a case for fine artist Dorothy Iannone's work as comics, and much more. (STL365898) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 8x11, 220pgs, FC SRP: $22.99
NIGHT DRIVE HC
(W/A/CA) Richard Sala
This extremely rare, long out-of-print comic book of macabre and mysterious short stories launched the career of one of the medium's most distinctive stylists. Originally self-published in 1984 and never reprinted, this expanded hardcover represents the original Night Drive with rare art and other bonus material.
When Richard Sala passed away in 2020, he left behind a uniquely eldritch body of graphic novels and illustrations, fueled by macabre whimsy and a love of dark mysteries and vintage monsters. Like David Lynch, Sala was a painter who turned to a storytelling medium that allowed him to create inventive narratives inspired by such disparate influences as French crime fiction, the grim humor of Charles Addams, the surreal poetry of Jorge Luis Borges, and his own penchant for all things gleefully ghoulish and sinister.
Originally self-published in an edition of 500 copies in 1984, Night Drive collects several short stories inspired directly by pulp magazines, film noir, and Andre Breton - sinister and creepy pieces heavy on the atmosphere and signaling the creative emergence of a singular talent finding his footing with the surety of an artist equipped with the innate mastery of his craft and vision. Night Drive directly led to Sala contributing to Art Spiegelman and Francoise Mouly's Raw and the adaptation of Night Drive's 'Invisible Hands' for MTV's Liquid Television, sparking an almost 40-year career as one of comics' finest creators and idiosyncratic creators.
Edited by longtime Sala friend Dana Marie Andra (Web of Horror) and designed by Sala's friend and fellow cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Monica, Ghost World), who also contributes the Afterword, this graphic novella is rounded out with rare artwork, interviews with Sala about the book, and an essay by Andra. (STL365864) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 8x11, 64pgs, B&W SRP: $19.99
ARSENE SCHRAUWEN TP
(W/A/CA) Olivier Schrauwen
Utopia comes with a price in this new 10th anniversary paperback edition of the acclaimed comedic graphic novel inspired by the author's mid-century colonialist grandfather.
In 1947, the author's grandfather, Arsène Schrauwen, traveled across the ocean to a mysterious, dangerous jungle colony at the behest of his cousin. Together they would build something deemed impossible: a modern utopia in the wilderness - but not before Arsène falls in love with his cousin's wife, Marieke. Whether delirious from love or a fever-inducing jungle virus, Arsène's loosening grip on reality is mirrored by the graphic novel reader's uncertainty of what is imagined or real by Arsène. This first full-length graphic novel from the critically acclaimed Olivier Schrauwen is an engrossing, sometimes funny, slightly surreal and often beautiful narrative.
Originally released in 2014, Arsène Schrauwen heralded the then largely-unknown-to-English readers Olivier Schrauwen as a major voice in international comics - a reputation that has only gained momentum over the ensuing decade with releases like 2024's Sunday. (STL365896) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 7x10, 256pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
SUNDAY TP (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Olivier Schrauwen
Internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Olivier Schrauwen returns with a masterfully funny and profound day in the life narrative.
Sunday follows, over the course of one day, the stream of consciousness of a fictionalized version of the author's cousin, Thibault. On the day of his girlfriend's return from an extended trip, Thibault wakes up, does nothing, gets James Brown stuck in his head, drinks and smokes, grows paranoid about his relationship, struggles to compose text messages,
and watches The DaVinci Code, all the while avoiding anyone and everyone, descending deeper into his own thoughts and fears. Meanwhile, a former crush and another cousin of Thibault's plan a surprise birthday for him, sending the external and internal on a collision course.
Schrauwen's brilliant comic timing and formal mastery transcends the quotidian nature of the plot. Through use of color, flashback and the dissonance between text and image, the ways in which Schrauwen layers a depiction of human consciousness as lines on paper are infused heavily with slapstick and white-knuckle tension and make for an exhilarating read and breathtaking use of the comics medium. (STL323456) (AUG241724) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 8x10, 474pgs, FC SRP: $39.99
GO FIGURE FIGURATIVE SOCIAL SURREALIST PAINTINGS HC
(W/A/CA) Guy Cowell
An intricate monograph for a major retrospective of fine artist and cartoonist Guy Colwell's figurative paintings, each teeming with life, sparkling with color, rich in observational and sharp social commentary.
Go Figure collects 44 'social surrealist' figurative paintings, spanning 1987-2023. All are in eye-popping color: many depict a crowd in observational tableaux, each figure a character by virtue of dress, body language, and interactions with each other, animals, and their setting. Other paintings reflect Colwell's wide travels, and still others are surreal - such as 'Junior and the Legs' (2023), which shows a young man strumming a guitar on stage, accompanied by disembodied women's limbs. Each image has a narrative and a moral purpose-often, one figure bravely moves forward, despite a hostile crowd. In Guy Colwell's world, no individual could ever be an island, just another part of a rich ecosystem.
Thematically, then, it is fitting that this book was made possible by a group of his collectors, who are sponsoring the show/Guy Colwell retrospective 'Imaginary Reality,' from which this book is created, in an independent space. Go Figure is in an 11' X 11' format, to best feature the high-quality reproductions of these numerous critically praised works. (STL365893) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 11x11, 96pgs, FC SRP: $29.99
DELIGHTS A STORY OF HIERONYMUS BOSCH HC (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Guy Colwell
In this imaginatively conceived historical graphic novel, Guy Colwell explores the story behind Hieronymus Bosch and his most famous work.
In Guy Colwell's first full graphic novel in over 30 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter's most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch's life, and the commissioning of his enormous triptych, 'The Garden of Earthly Delights,' are scant. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch's time and setting and constructs a tale of a man and artist torn equally among piety, creativity, and commerce. In Colwell's version of Jheronimus van Aken (Bosch's real name), he is an artist paid well by local dukes to paint a vision of the world before the fall, but will the religious leaders of his village see it as celebrating God's creation, or fatally corrupted by sensuality? And what of the increasing numbers of young models needed to depict pre-apple innocence?
This imaginatively conceived graphic biography is Colwell's crowning achievement in a cartooning career, begun in the underground comix movement of the 1970s, and marked by risk-taking and political engagement. His drawing, rendering, and storytelling has never been as self-assured as in Delights.
GUY COLWELL is a painter and comics artist best known for his bestselling underground comix series Inner City Romance (collected into a volume published by Fantagraphics in 2015). He worked extensively as an illustrator, cartoonist and color artist for underground newspapers and publishers from the 1970s into the 1990s, between sabbaticals for environmental research travel and social action. His other books include Street Scenes (2015), In Fox's Forest (2016), and Doll (2019). (STL304139) (MAR241593) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 8x11, 168pgs, B&W SRP: $29.99
EVERGREEN REVIEW DISPATCHES FROM LITERARY UNDERGROUND
(W/A) Various
The magazine of the Beat Generation returns in this awe-inspiring compilation of the art, essays and photography of the avant-garde Evergreen Review.
From the late 1950s to the mid-70s, work by contributors like Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Amiri Baraka, Eldridge Cleaver, Tim Leary, Dennis Hopper, Jean Genet, Jerry Rubin, Bernadette Devlin, and Germaine Greer regularly appeared in the countercultural magazine Evergreen Review. Their subversive work and radical politics defined outsider literature for an entire generation. Edited by Barney Rosset of Grove Press, Evergreen Review was a quarterly llustrated/photography driven reflection of that genre.
For the first time ever since their original print date, full color reproductions of all front covers of all 100 issues of the Evergreen Review from 1957 to 1973, plus hundreds of pages from many of the issues are reprinted exactly as they looked then - with all illustrations, photography, even the ads for other books, albums, letters to the editor, subscription offers, etc. - left intact!
Historian Pat Thomas interviewed original 1960s era Evergreen staffers to get the inside scoop on the day-to-day operation of the magazine, and those conversations join new essays looking back on this golden era by John Oakes, Loren Glass, Kasia Boddy, Dale Peck, Ethan Persoff, Ken Jordan and Stanley Gontarski. Will this new Evergreen Review change the world as it did in the 1960s? Of course it will! (STL365892) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 9x12, 320pgs, FC SRP: $34.99
FANTAGRAPHICS UNDERGROUND BUZ SAWYER HC VOL 05
(W/A/CA) Roy Crane
Yes, it's Buz Sawyer, who, when he isn't pushing experimental aircraft to the limit, is daring to - is that a flying saucer?
Ripped from the headlines of the day, these eleven stories propel ace troubleshooter Buz Sawyer from Africa to South America to the Arctic Circle, from the heart of a hurricane to a plague of ravenous locusts. Meanwhile, back home, a femme fatale seduces Buz's C.O. to steal military secrets. Then, it's every parent's worst nightmare - Buz and Christy's new baby is kidnapped right in the hospital!
Roy Crane, dean of the golden age of adventure comic strips, peppers these rollicking tales with rapid-fire action, suspense, intrigue, humor, unforgettable characters, and brilliant art. Now, at last, you can enjoy these stories, unseen since the 1950s. Look inside - and brace yourself for a wild ride! (STL365894) (C: 0-1-2)
HC, 9x9, 340pgs, B&W SRP: $39.99
FANTACO ENTERPRISES INC.
DEEP RED VOL 4 #2 SC (MR)
A special trade paperback edition of the only full color issue of Deep Red magazine. This 128 page book is absolutely loaded with reviews and gore drenched images. The entire original crew of Deep Red (sans Chas of course), returned for this huge issue!! It has gone through two printings already and this edition will be the third.
Award winner, 'Putrid' Matt Carr contributes a lesson in horror drawing and the entire team supplies dozens of reviews, interviews, opinions, and articles. Prepare to spend many hours reading this jam-packed book. (STL364436) (C: 0-1-1)
MATURE THEMES
Reference Book, SC, 8x11, 128pgs, FC SRP: $29.95
EERIE PUBLICATIONS COMP CVRS SC WHOLE BLOODY MESS 3RD PTG (MR)
(W) Mike Howlett (A) Various (CA) Chic Stone
The Third Edition of this very popular book by Mike Howlett. A complete collection, in chronological order, of every cover from every comic publication by Eerie Publications. All covers are reproduced in mind-bending full color. Titles include Terror Tales, Weird, Witches Tales, Horror Tales, and many more. This book was a labor of love spanning many years in preparation and production. Both editions were designed by Jason Willis. (STL364438) (C: 0-1-0)
MATURE THEMES
Art Book, SC, 8x11, 240pgs, PC SRP: $45.00
EERIE PUBLICATIONS COMP CVRS HC WHOLE BLOODY MESS 3RD PTG (MR)
(W) Mike Howlett (A) Various (CA) Bill Alexander
Third Edition of this very popular book by Mike Howlett.
A complete collection, in chronological order, of every cover from every comic publication by Eerie Publications. ALL COVERS ARE REPRODUCED IN MIND-BENDING FULL COLOR. Titles include Terror Tales, Weird, Witches Tales, Horror Tales, and many more. This book was a labor of love spanning many years in preparation and production. Both editions were designed by Jason Willis (STL364439) (C: 0-1-0)
MATURE THEMES
Art Book, HC, 8x11, 240pgs, PC SRP: $59.95
1FIRST COMICS
BADGER MAD MONKEY SHOCK N ROLL #5 (OF 5)
(W) Mike Baron (A) Val Mayerik (CA) John McCrea
The saga of the Aerosol Islands comes to its explosive conclusion! Surrounded by foes, both without and within, the Badger must find a way to defeat a military invasion, a murderous fish-man, a witch, and other forces too zany and dangerous to mention! (STL364198) (C: 0-0-1)
28pgs, FC (5 of 5) SRP: $6.99
FIRST SECOND BOOKS
BOOKS OF CLASH GN VOL 05 LEGENDARY LEGENDARIOUS ACHIEVERY
(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Alison Acton, Kendall Goode
All CJ wants to do after his first successful raid is join the rest of the goblins at a karaoke party. But according to his father, there's work to be done—a fearsome lava monster is hibernating under their village! While his friends are singing their favorite tunes, it's up to father and son to save them all! CJ wants to believe his dad, but he won't be sure until he goes underground to look for the monster himself. Continuing the epic graphic novel series set in the world of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, Gene Luen Yang pens an offbeat and action-packed tale that turns the fantasy-adventure genre on its head! (STL364456) (C: 0-1-0)
SC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $17.99
BOOKS OF CLASH HC VOL 05 LEGENDARY LEGENDARIOUS ACHIEVERY
(W) Gene Luen Yang (A) Alison Acton, Kendall Goode
Penned by superstar graphic novelist Gene Luen Yang, the fifth volume of this hilarious genre-bending series brings the Clash of Clans sensation to life!
All CJ wants to do after his first successful raid is join the rest of the goblins at a karaoke party. But according to his father, there's work to be done—a fearsome lava monster is hibernating under their village! While his friends are singing their favorite tunes, it's up to father and son to save them all! CJ wants to believe his dad, but he won't be sure until he goes underground to look for the monster himself.
Continuing the epic graphic novel series set in the world of Clash of Clans and Clash Royale, Gene Luen Yang pens an offbeat and action-packed tale that turns the fantasy-adventure genre on its head! (STL364457) (C: 0-1-0)
HC, 6x9, 144pgs, FC SRP: $26.99
CREATURE CLINIC GN
(W/A) Gavin Aung Than
Nurse, bring that healing potion—STAT! Welcome to Creature Clinic, the world's finest—and only—hospital for mythical beings. Here, everyone from trolls and unicorns to tooth fairies and giants can expect the very best treatment. Well, with one exception. Humans are absolutely, 100 percent not welcome. Doctor-in-training Kara Orc has worked hard and followed the rules her entire life to get where she is now. But when a human in need shows up at the hospital, her obedience is put to the test. Sure, most humans are dangerous, destructive beasts, but Kara took an oath to help all creatures. Even humans deserve care and compassion. How long can she keep such a big secret from her boss... who also happens to be her mother? And will her decision to do what's right cause a rift between Kara and her mom that no medicine can cure? (STL364448) (C: 1-1-0)
SC, 6x9, 224pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
CREATURE CLINIC HC GN
(W/A) Gavin Aung Than
Nurse, bring that healing potion—STAT! Welcome to Creature Clinic, the world's finest—and only—hospital for mythical beings. Here, everyone from trolls and unicorns to tooth fairies and giants can expect the very best treatment. Well, with one exception. Humans are absolutely, 100 percent not welcome. Doctor-in-training Kara Orc has worked hard and followed the rules her entire life to get where she is now. But when a human in need shows up at the hospital, her obedience is put to the test. Sure, most humans are dangerous, destructive beasts, but Kara took an oath to help all creatures. Even humans deserve care and compassion. How long can she keep such a big secret from her boss... who also happens to be her mother? And will her decision to do what's right cause a rift between Kara and her mom that no medicine can cure? (STL364449) (C: 1-1-0)
HC, 6x9, 224pgs, FC SRP: $22.99
GOOD BOY GN
(W/A) Andy Hirsch
Charlie's life is a series of obstacles, and one of them is an uncontrollable urge to barf when his anxiety overwhelms him. Ralph is an unpredictable rescue dog with a lot of energy but very few manners. The two make an unlikely pair but are the best of friends. When Ralph causes a scene by following his boy to school, it's suggested the two join dog agility training group. Ralph is a natural—zipping in, around, and over obstacles at lightning speed. Agility training is a fun way for the pair to bond, but when Charlie even considers joining the other handlers at the big contest, his stomach begins to turn. Can the duo take a leap and cross the finish line? (STL364450) (C: 1-1-0)
SC, 6x9, 208pgs, FC SRP: $14.99
GOOD BOY HC GN
(W/A) Andy Hirsch
Charlie's life is a series of obstacles, and one of them is an uncontrollable urge to barf when his anxiety overwhelms him. Ralph is an unpredictable rescue dog with a lot of energy but very few manners. The two make an unlikely pair but are the best of friends. When Ralph causes a scene by following his boy to school, it's suggested the two join dog agility training group. Ralph is a natural—zipping in, around, and over obstacles at lightning speed. Agility training is a fun way for the pair to bond, but when Charlie even considers joining the other handlers at the big contest, his stomach begins to turn. Can the duo take a leap and cross the finish line? (STL364451) (C: 1-1-0)
HC, 6x9, 208pgs, FC SRP: $22.99
FLESK PUBLICATIONS
ART OF ARTHUR ADAMS SC (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Arthur Adams
The Art of Arthur Adams is the most comprehensive retrospective ever compiled on this celebrated comic artist. His detailed style is showcased by highlighting his singular voice, which has garnered the praise of his peers and fans worldwide. Arthur has helped to introduce some the greatest pop-culture characters in comics to a wider audience through his imaginative renditions. This hand-picked selection of his art spans forty years and highlights a variety of comic-book covers and interior pages from each phase of his career. The pieces showcased here are from major and independent publishers as well as creator-owned projects. In addition, this book includes a historical essay revealing the artist's journey. (STL281707)
Art Book, SC, 9x12, 180pgs, B&W SRP: $39.95
ART OF RACHEL & TERRY DODSON SC (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Rachel & Terry Dodson
The Art of Rachel and Terry Dodson features many highlights from this exceptional team's 25-year career and shows how their art was created, including almost forty of their favorite comic-book covers. The pair also share insights into how eight personal pieces were executed, and they break down the making of a two-page Red One sequential comic story. The Dodsons reveal the stages of their creative process, including Terry's pencils, Rachel's inks and Terry's colors for each piece. Supporting commentary offers further insight, and two dozen covers are supplemented by Terry's initial sketches. This is a unique way to see the steps that went into pieces the pair completed over the years for major publishers, as well as creator-owned and personal projects. (STL319933)
Art Book, SC, 9x12, 180pgs, PC SRP: $39.95
ART OF RACHEL & TERRY DODSON HC (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Rachel & Terry Dodson
The Art of Rachel and Terry Dodson features many highlights from this exceptional team's 25-year career and shows how their art was created, including almost forty of their favorite comic-book covers. The pair also share insights into how eight personal pieces were executed, and they break down the making of a two-page Red One sequential comic story.
The Dodsons reveal the stages of their creative process-including Terry's pencils, Rachel's inks and Terry's colors for each piece. Supporting commentary offers further insight, and two dozen covers are supplemented by Terry's initial sketches. The Dodsons also offer details about the tools they use and other tips for the aspiring artist. This is a unique way to see the steps that went into pieces the pair completed over the years for major publishers, as well as creator-owned and personal projects. (STL319934)
Art Book, HC, 9x12, 180pgs, PC SRP: $59.95
MARK SCHULTZ XENOZOIC (2021) NEW PTG TP (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Mark Schultz
Welcome to the Xenozoic Age, a post-apocalyptic landscape where dinosaurs roam freely… and humanity is the endangered species! Forced into hiding by a global ecological cataclysm, humans emerge from their underground warrens half a millennium later to discover that the Earth has been totally transformed. All of the familiar flora and fauna are gone, replaced by a radically altered natural order populated by rampaging dinosaurs and strange new creatures. It takes guts, grim determination, ingenuity and a whole lot of old-fashioned luck just to survive, much less thrive, in this alien wilderness! This 352-page Xenozoic book is a collection of all the classic Xenozoic Tales comic stories and features a new cover. (STL183236)
SC, 7.5x10, 352pgs, B&W SRP: $34.95
FLOATING WORLD COMICS
MAGICK LANTERN ONESHOT
(W) Jinx (A/CA) Shaky Kane
Like a shotgun blast to the 3rd Eye! Tech Billionaire Elon Gates thought he could play God. Only God wasn't playing along! Join underground breakout talent Jinx and Pop Art shaman Shaky Kane as they charge up the Cybertruck and head out into The Chaos Dimension to bring you this all new book-length tale, cryptically entitled 'I am the Fly!' (STL364440)
7x10, 24pgs, FC SRP: $4.99