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Fantagraphics Books Coming in July 2008
By The Editor
Apr 10, 2008 - 4:39:05 AM
JULY 2008 NEW FROM FANTAGRAPHICS
DEITCH’S PICTORAMA
By Kim, Seth & Simon Deitch; Introduction by Gene Deitch
$18.99 Softcover
240 pages, B&W, 6” x 8”
ISBN 978-1-56097-952-4
Kim Deitch, creator of the acclaimed Fantagraphics collection Shadowland and the Pantheon graphic novels Alias the Cat and Boulevard of Broken Dreams (and the cover feature interview in this month's THE COMICS JOURNAL #292), has recruited his siblings to produce a unique, all-new "picto-fiction" pocket book. Alternating between heavily illustrated near-comics stories and outright prose pieces, DEITCH’S PICTORAMA is a testament to the Deitch family's amazing yarn-spinning abilities!
The book leads off with Kim's lengthy picto-story "The Sunshine Girl," a typically Deitchean tall tale involving bottle cap collectors, drug dealers, family secrets, and the innocents who wind up in the middle of the hullaballoo. Then it's time for Seth's prose short story "Children of Aruf," about a man and his very unusual dog; "Unlikely Hours," a paranoid picto-story about a conspiracy of sentient rats written by Seth and illustrated by Kim; the prose novella "The Golem," once again written by Seth and decorated with a series of superb pencil illustrations by Simon; and finally Kim's autobiographical "The Cop on the Beat, the Man in the Moon and Me." This entire "Deitch treat" is wrapped up with an introduction by legendary Academy Award-winning animator, cartoonist and illustrator and proud papa Gene (Tom Terrific, Terr'ble Thompson, Tom and Jerry) Deitch.
PREMIERING AT COMICON 2008 WHERE KIM DEITCH IS A SPECIAL GUEST!
HUMBUG
by HARVEY KURTZMAN with JACK DAVIS, WILL, AL JAFFEE and ARNOLD ROTH
$50.00 Two hardcover volumes in a nice slipcase
400 pages, Two-Color, 8” x 10”
ISBN 978-1-56097-933-3
Harvey Kurtzman changed the face of American humor when he created the legendary MAD comic. As editor and chief writer from its inception in 1952, through its transformation into a slick magazine, and until he left MAD in 1956, he influenced an entire generation of cartoonists, comedians, and filmmakers. In 1962, he co-created the long-running Little Annie Fanny with his long-time artistic partner Will Elder for Playboy, which he continued to produce until his virtual retirement in 1988.
Between MAD and Annie Fanny, Kurtzman’s biographical summaries will note that he created and edited three other magazines, Trump, HUMBUG, and Help!, but, whereas his MAD and Annie Fanny are readily available in reprint form, his major satirical work in the interim period is virtually unknown. HUMBUG, which had poor distribution, may be the least known, but to those who treasure the rare original copies, it equals or even exceeds MAD in displaying Kurtzman’s creative genius. HUMBUG was unique in that it was actually published by the artists who created it: Kurtzman and his cohorts from MAD Will Elder, Jack Davis, and Al Jaffee, were joined by universally acclaimed cartoonist Arnold Roth. With no publisher above them to rein them in, this little band of creators produced some of the most trenchant and engaging satire of American culture ever to appear on American newsstands. At last, the entire run of 11 issues of HUMBUG is being reprinted in a deluxe format, much of it reproduced from the original art, allowing even owners of the original cheaply-printed issues to experience the full impact for the first time.
LOVE AND ROCKETS: NEW STORIES #1
By The Brothers Hernandez
$14.99 Softcover
112 pages, B&W, 6.625” x 9”
ISBN 978-1-56097-951-7
LOVE AND ROCKETS: NEW STORIES #1 reboots the beloved ongoing "Love and Rockets" comic into a fat, all-new annual graphic novel length package.
Jaime launches the new format with a story that's unusual even for him... A full-on, pulse-pounding super-hero yarn! Maggie's longtime friend Penny Century has finally realized her longtime dream of acquiring super-powers, but at a terrible personal cost. Now she rampages through the galaxy, half mad with grief, and a motley group of super-heroes assembles to try to stop her -- led by Maggie's girlfriend Angel and her mysterious neighbor Alarma, and involving a number of characters longtime Love and Rockets fans will delight in recognizing.
The epic-length 50-page story (only the first half of the saga!) combines Jaime's razor sharp characterization and superlative art with wildly inventive, Kirby-style slam-bang super-hero action.
Then Gilbert Hernandez explodes with a similarly generous helping of his fantastically creative one-shot short stories: "Tamanny" (rookie cop vs. demonic drug users); "Papa" (a turn-of-the-century story involving a traveling businessman); "The New Adventures of Duke and Sammy" (super-powered Martin and Lewis impostors in outer space); "The Tender Room" (Into the Wild as re-imagined by Beto); "Chiro el Indio" (written by third brother Mario Hernandez); and "Never Say Never" (a kangaroo gets lucky in Las Vegas).
One hundred pages of Jaime, Gilbert and Mario Hernandez at the peak of their powers: This is one of the major graphic-novel events of the season.
PREMIERING AT COMICON 2008! VISIT GILBERT & JAIME AT THE FANTAGRAPHICS BOOTH!
MOME FALL 2008 (Vol. 12)
by various;
edited by Gary Groth & Eric Reynolds
$14.99 Softcover
120 pages, Color, 7” x 9”
ISBN 978-1-56097-930-2
Volume 12 of MOME welcomes back French great Killoffer and also features returning regulars Jonathan Bennett, Sophie Crumb, Andrice Arp, Paul Hornschemeier, Kurt Wolfgang, Tom Kaczynski, Dash Shaw, Joe Kimball, Robert Goodin and Ray Fenwick. Also, the return of fan favorite Al Columbia as well as Sara Edward-Corbett’s MOME debut! plus several other surprises from some of the best new talent in comics. MOME is an accessible, reasonably priced quarterly publication running approximately 120 pages per volume, mostly in color, and spotlighting the most exciting new storytellers in comics along with special surprises. MOME has earned earning a reputation as one of the premier literary anthologies on the shelves, and the only one composed almost entirely of comics.
CASTLE WAITING VOL. II #12
by Linda Medley
$3.95 Comic Book
24-pages, B&W, 6.75” x 10.25”
ISBN 978-1-56097-989-0
This is the long-awaited special all-bowling issue, as Henry, Dayne, Chess, Tolly, Peace and Simon wage an all-out ninepin war... and it turns out one of them has heretofore unsuspected bowling skills! Like all good sports competitions it's a high-stakes battle to the very last frame. Meanwhile, back in the kitchen, Dinah and Jain pull out more and more dresses from the bottomless trunk and use a not-terribly-resistant Rackham to model them. All this, plus conjectures about what the heck's going on with the mysterious, elusive, and somewhat sinister Dr. Fell.
TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #4
by Michael Kupperman
$4.50 Comic Book
32-pages, Two-Color, 6.75” x 9.5”
ISBN 978-1-56097-990-6
The eagerly anticiwaited fourth volume of Thrizzle does something no comic magazine has ever done before... it helps your family organize its entire day! Every page is dedicated to a half-hour of an average 16-hour cycle, allowing it to compliment and entertain along the way. with Pagus, Twain and Einstein, The Scaredy Kids, and Jungle Princess!
THE COMICS JOURNAL #292
by various;
edited by Gary Groth, Mike Dean and Kristy Valenti
$11.99 Squarebound Magazine
200 pages, B&W and Color, 7.5” x 9.5”
ISBN 978-1-56097-938-8
Gary Groth interviews father and son cartoonists Gene and Kim Deitch. Academy-award-winning Gene Deitch, whose wide-ranging career has spanned 60+ years, talks about doing illustrations for The Record Changer, directing cartoons such as Munro and Krazy Kat, and creating his comic strip Terr’ble Thompson. Underground comics pioneer Kim Deitch, touches on his father’s influence, reminisces about the New York-based scene and outlines the evolution of Waldo the Cat. Plus: The innovative Grant Morrison fills us in on his X-Men run, All Star Superman, the ambitious Seven Soldiers “maxiseries” how he became one of the architects of the current DC Comics universe. Our comics gallery presents an historical essay and highlights from the turn-of-the-19th-century work of Puck cartoonist F. M. Howarth.
PREMIERING AT COMICON 2008! WHERE YOU CAN MEET GARY GROTH!
MINESHAFT #22
by various;
edited by Gioia Palmieri
$6.95 Zine
48 pages, B&W, 5.5” x 8.5”
Coming up in MINESHAFT #22 "Muscle Beach Beauties" vintage photos of women daredevils at Muscle Beach, California by O.J. Heller with front cover lettering and design by Robert Armstrong! New drawings by R. Crumb! Comix jam centerfold by Kim Deitch and Jay Lynch! "The Other Women in Comics!" by Mary Fleener! "Pat and Corky" by J.R. Helton! Aaron Lange reviews "Stuff of Dreams!” Plus letters from around the globe and more!
JULY 2008 FANTAGRAPHICS REOFFERS
THE COMPLETE CRUMB COMICS VOL. 11
By R. Crumb
$19.99 Softcover
136 pages, B&W and Color, 8.5” x 11"
ISBN 978-1-56097-172-6
MR. NATURAL COMMITED TO A MENTAL INSTITUTION!!!
This freshly reprinted volume contains Crumb classics Dirty Laundry #2, the last of the Arcade strips, full-cover covers for books, comics and LPs, and Crumb’s complete serial from the pages fo the Villiage Voice. Re-live the 20th century with Crumb!
THE KAT WHO WALKED IN BEAUTY
By George Herriman; edited by Derya Ataker
$29.95 Hardcover
114 pages, B&W, 15” x 11"
ISBN 978-1-56097-854-1
Presenting a unique, stand-alone companion to our Krazy & Ignatz series. THE KAT WHO WALKED IN BEAUTY collects many rare and unique dailies from the 1910s and 1920s. Though many readers are aware of Herriman's dynamic Sunday pages, few know that during 1920, in what must have been an editorially unrestrictive period for Herriman, he drew some of the most graphic and brilliantly conceived daily strips ever created; they look like "mini-Sunday" strips. This nine-month stretch of dailies, never-before-reprinted, is among the treasures included in this collection. The collection includes many other Herriman gems, including the very first stand-alone Krazy & Ignatz strips from 1911, and the illustrations from Herriman"s Krazy Kat Jazz pantomime/ballet, performed to captivated New York audiences in 1922. This book fills in several gaps in the daily strip history, reproduced at close to their original size.
TCJ LIBRARY HARVEY KURTZMAN
by various;
edited by Greg Sadowski
$19.95 Softcover
124 pages, B&W and Color, 12” x 12”
ISBN: 978-1-56097-755-1
The seventh volume in this distinguished series focuses entirely on one of comics' most esteemed and influential creators: artist, writer and, editor Harvey Kurtzman, whose complete Comics Journal interviews are collected in this oversized, lavishly illustrated full-color edition. Every stage of Kurtzman's landmark career is represented, beginning with his entry into comics via superhero stories for Ace from 1943-46 (Mr. Risk, Lash Lightning), World War II-era Army cartoons, early humor work for Timely and Toby Press (Rusty, Pig Tales, Genius, and Hey Look!), his first collaborations with John Severin and Will Elder at Prize Comics Western, and, of course, his groundbreaking period at EC as editor of Two-Fisted Tales, Frontline Combat and Mad. Kurtzman's undeservedly lesser known post-Mad career at Trump, Humbug, and Help! is also given its due and examined in depth. What makes this volume particularly noteworthy is the obscurities unearthed from Kurtzman's solo freelance career — from Children's Digest, Pageant, U.S. Crime, Varsity and Why — most of which haven't been seen since their original publication. All of which illustrate the most informative and compelling interviews with Kurtzman ever published.
WE ALL DIE ALONE
By Mark Newgarden
$28.95 Hardcover
224 pages, B&W and Color, 7.5” x 8.5"
ISBN 978-1-56097-661-5
Acclaimed cartoonist Mark Newgarden debuted in the first issue of RAW magazine in 1980 and his work subsequently found its way into a variety of high and low profile media. He co-created the '80s pop culture fad "Garbage Pail Kids," wrote, drew, and syndicated a weekly humor feature in the '90s, and created a "Web Premiere Toon" for The Cartoon Network called "B. Happy." Newgarden is currently developing an unconventional Christmas special for The Cartoon Network. Newgarden's comics are hilarious, alarming, and masterful uses of the medium, alternating between old-time gags and avant-garde storytelling, often on the same page without missing a comedic beat. His syndicated strip in such publications as L.A. Weekly and The New York Press encouraged a fervent following and exerted a fresh influence on the medium. Today they remain as vital and entertaining as when they first appeared. Those syndicated comics will make up the bulk of this book, the balance drawing on Newgarden's long form stories from various anthologies, including the much-lauded "Love's Savage Fury." In addition to compiling his comics, this book is a full picture of the artist, his influences, and his many other careers. An avid collector and historian of 20th century ephemera, Newgarden has achieved the rare distinction of both contributing to and furthering the mediums he collects: novelties, comics, and cartoons. Newgarden remains a great link to the past while moving ever further into the future. WE ALL DIE ALONE is an uproariously funny and fascinating book that will appeal to comics readers, pop culture buffs, and any appreciator of the graphic arts. Designed by Dan Nadel (The Ganzfeld, The Wilco Book) and Helene Silverman (Jimbo in Purgatory).
THE SANCTUARY 3 PACK
by Nate Neal
$7.95 Three Comic Books
96 pages, B&W
The first half of the Xeric award-winning series THE SANCTUARY collected for one low price!
A Paleolithic cave artist and a mysterious nomad girl become enmeshed in the violent power struggles and sensual intrigues between the alpha males and alpha females. Featuring its own Paleolithic language, these provocative first three issues read as stand alone stories, yet tie into the ongoing saga, galvanizing new and continuing readers alike.
If you missed them the first time around, here is your chance to experience this harrowing and darkly comic journey through the prehistoric birth of art.
TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #1
by Michael Kupperman
$4.50 Comic Book
32 pages, Two-Color, 6.75” x 9.5”
This dense comic magazine includes "Uncle Billy's Drunken, Bitter Guide to the Animal Kingdom," new Pablo Picasso adventures, information on sex blimps and sex holes, an opportunity to meet the hot boy band Boybank, cowboys debating whether comics are serious literature, "Cut-out 'n' Play: Soccer Joust!" and much, much more, including games, text pieces, fake ads and more, all presented with Kupperman's inimitable Dadaist sense of humor. Find out why "Triumph the Insult Comic Dog" creator Robert Smigel says, "Kupperman is hysterical, and a real original," while comedian Andy Richter says, "Kupperman writes a hysterically funny comic book!" This is Kupperman's first comic book since his popular Snake 'n' Bacon's Cartoon Cabaret from HarperCollins in 2000.
TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #2
by Michael Kupperman
$4.50 Comic Book
32 pages, Two-Color, 6.75” x 9.5”
The critics agree! Tales Designed to Thrizzle #1 is the smash debut of 2005! From Wizard's "Secret Stash" pick of the month to Steven Grant of Comic Book Resources (who says of the first issue, "One of the most entertaining comics I've read in years."), the critics agree! Heidi MacDonald of The Beat says "Folks, this is the funniest thing since Monty Python. I mean it." Tom Spurgeon of The Comics Reporter says, "Really funny... Buy five and leave them in the backseat of your car." Well, for those of you who just can't get enough, the second issue is here! Featuring scary snakes! Delicious bacon! Johnny Silhouette, private eye! The Silver Knight! Create your own adventure with the Space Patrol! Murder She Didn't Write! Are you tired of portraits where the eyes move? And much, much more!
TALES DESIGNED TO THRIZZLE #3
by Michael Kupperman
$4.50 Comic Book
32 pages, Two-Color, 6.75” x 9.5”
For those of you who just can't get enough, the third issue is upon us! Featuring devil girls and their Owls! Pagus! Snake'n'Bacon! The Mysterious Avenger! A history of porno coloring books! Romance photocomics! Dick Crazy's greatest foes! And etc.!
JULY 2008 NEW FROM EROS COMIX
SIRIANUS #1
By Pat Broderick
$4.95 Comic Book
24 pages, Color, 6.625” x 10.25”
ISBN 978-1-56097-991-3
This ALL-NEW head-spinning sci-fi S&M sex saga features FULL-COLOR WORK from Marvel and DC cartoonist Pat (Micronauts, Batman) Broderick! College cutie and motorcycle mama Trish (what a dish!) finds herself sucked through a wormhole into another dimension! She's been abducted by the sinister Baron, alien overlord of the Gamorrites of the planet Sirianus! To the Sirians, human endorphins, the brain chemical produced at the height of sexual climax, are a drug as powerful as heroin, and the Baron's stable of human sex slaves is the source. Watch as the wicked Baron subjects Trish to his twisted S&M experiments and discovers that she is the richest source of endorphins yet! Can the rogue Captain Stewart Stonewall Jackson, a Confederate soldier who was also pulled across time and space through the Baron's wormholes, prevent Trish's sale on the slave/drug market to Bodacious, Queen of the Sadomorites, and rescue her from the dreaded dungeon monster Monkeydick? WOW!
JULY 2008 EROS COMIX REOFFER
DIRTY STORIES VOL. 2
by various;
edited by Eric Reynolds
$15.95 Softcover
128 pages, B&W, 7” x 10”
ISBN 978-1-56097-400-0
We opened up our rolodex, called some of the hottest alternative cartoonists in the biz, and asked them to create a sex comic. The results are in, and they're funny, vicious, tender, horrifying, bizarre, cute... oh yeah, and they're hotter than a minx in heat! This second volume contains work by Dylan Horrocks, Renee French, Ivan Brunetti, Richard Sala, Dean Haspiel, Wilfred Santiago, Tony Millionaire (the Drinky Crow strips you won't see in your local alternative weekly!), Mack White, Mary Fleener, Bob Fingerman, Penny Van Horn, and much more — plus a frontsipiece by Dan Clowes, back cover by Dave Cooper, and a sexilicious front cover by Rick Altergott!
DIRTY STORIES VOL. 3
by various;
edited by Eric Reynolds
$16.95 Softcover
176 pages, B&W, 7” x 10”
ISBN 978-1-56097-486-4
The bestselling comics anthology is back with an all-new volume! A must-have for fans of erotica and alternative comics, Dirty Stories bridges the gap between the underground comics of the 1960s and today's best Eros Comix. Featuring a spectacular wraparound cover by Al Columbia that can only be described as "obscene," as well as title pages by Daniel Clowes! But that's not all... Also featured are all-new strips from such luminaries as Joe Sacco, Dylan Horrocks, Bob Fingerman, Rick Altergott, Carol Swain, Pat McEown, Steven Weissman, Pat Moriarity, Ben Catmull, Mack White, J.R. Williams, Ellen Forney, and many more. The dirtiest stories yet — don't miss out!
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