This brief but inclusive biography of Franz Kafka and summary of manyof his works, all illustrated by Crumb, helps us understand the essenceof Kafka and provide insight beyond the cliche "Kafkaesque.
This beautiful, affordable volume collects the first half of Gilbert'smodern-day classic, featuring the acclaimed magical-realist tales ofPalomar, the Central American hamlet, and its memorable inhab
The first in a series of volumes collecting the Love and Rocketsstories of spunky Maggie, her brash best friend and sometimes loverHopey, and their friends. These are the earliest, punkiest, mostheav
The sixth volume of the acclaimed quarterly comics anthology.This acclaimed, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of
Collecting a year of America's last great comicstrip.Zippy the Pinhead is a pop culture icon. The surrealist-leaning character is one of the most recognizable figures on the newspaper pages, seen by
The fifth volume of the acclaimed quarterly comics anthology.This acclaimed, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of
1920s Paris: Birthplace of the graphic novel?!F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce walk into a Parisian bar... no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but the premise of J
Snoopy atop his doghouse, Lucy's five-cent psychiatric booth, the GreatPumpkin, Miss Othmar, and Sally all debut. All this, and "Happiness isa warm puppy." Nearly 200 rare or unseen strips! Introduct
A stunning and sensuous storybook about love.Darling Cheri is the sensually illustrated story of a young career woman who awakens one morning to not only the light of an early dawn but also to the re
MOME: (MOME) N. 1. (archaic) blockhead; fool. 2. the cutting-edge of literary comics for the 21st century.This accessible, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology will run approximately 136 pages per
The preeminent anthology of painting and the illustration arts.BLAB! is an annual coffee-table showcase of fine art, illustration, and comix, and a gold-standard in the work of the professional visua
Peanuts definitively enters its golden age. Linus becomes moreeloquent, and more neurotic; Charlie Brown cascades further down thehill to loserdom; but the rising star is master mimic and blanket thi
Over half of the strips in this volume have never been printed since they ran in newspapers decades ago! Even the most dedicated Peanuts fan is sure to find many new treasures. Introduction by Matt G
These legendary stories from Hate #1-15 are a defining icon ofSeattle's early 1990s culture, as well as Generation X in general.Bagge's riotous tales of the early 1990s subculture are more hilariousn
The second volume in the most eagerly-anticipated publishing project in the history of the American comic strip: the complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz's 50-year American classic, Peanuts.
The first volume in the bestselling archival series collecting the mostbeloved comic strip ever. Many of these formative strips have neverbeen collected or reprinted anywhere else. Introduction by Ga
A first-time collection of the best romance comics of the 1950s. Four genres dominated American comic books in the 1940s and '50s: superheroes, funny animals, horror, and... romance. This revisionist
A surreal, hardboiled fantasia in an original graphic novel from Europe. One of the brightest lights of modern Italian comics, Francesca Ghermandi combines a gorgeous full-color palette of ultra-styl
An incomparable, ongoing masterpiece. R. Crumb is undoubtedly the foremost cartoonist of the latter 20th Century, and his sketchbooksin which he has written and drawn continually from the early '60s
The creator of Ghost World eviscerates American culture. Before the Ghost World graphic novel and film propelled Daniel Clowes to international superstardom as the preeminent cartoonist of his genera
The second book from one of Europe's most acclaimed young artists. Entirely told in pantomime, this suite of short tales veers from the funny to the terrifying to the surreal to the touching. Like Ch
The bestselling author of Ghost World collects his acclaimed short stories from Eightball and Esquire in softcover for the first time. The dramatic short stories included in this first softcover edit
The popular Love & Rockets character returns. Within a few years of its debut in 1981, Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez's Love & Rockets would virtually define alternative comics in the '80s. Now, 20 years
The winner of the 2001 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album. Sacco spent five months in Bosnia in 1996, immersing himself in thehuman side of life during wartime, researching stories that are rare
In late 1991 and early 1992, Joe Sacco spent two months with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, traveling and taking notes. Upon returning to the United States in mid-1992, he started writing a
From its high culture influence on Pop Art to its low culture appeal to children of all ages, the comic strip has had a lasting hold on the imaginations of generations. Noted writer Donald Phelps prov
CBG calls Ghost World "...Moving, insightful, and compelling!" and The Seattle Weekly declares Ghost World"Crisp, clear, and far removed from what most people expect from comicbooks." Daniel Clowes i
The creator of Li'l Abner goes under the microscope in this handsome monograph.The National Book Award-nominated author of Darconville's Cat and Three Wogs delivers this slender-yet-rich monograph on
This hilarious classic is a brutal, scathing peek into the insular, pathetic world of the comics industry. If you think Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons is pathetic (and hilarious), wait 'til you meet
This fifth volume collects the epic-length "Blood Wings," in whichUsagi battles a fearsome clan of ninja bats, while "Lone Goat and Kid"offers a cunning and affectionate parody of the famous "Lone Wol
With over fifty graphic novels in print, the samurai rabbit is morepopular than ever! This is the seminal Usagi book collecting all theclassic original Usagi stories from Albedo, Critters, Doomsday S
In this volume of the classic comic strip, created by Charles Schulz himself, Snoopy’s family suddenly expands, adding wandering brother Spike, beloved sister Belle, and even a nephew!Snoopy breaks hi
The 1970s continues with some of the greatest Peanuts newspaper strip storylines ever!We are offering a gift box edition of Vols. 11-12. Rerun is born and takes his first ride on his mom's bike, Sally
In the Wilderness is an intimate look into the rich inner life of an odd-man-out comics creator. In a series of wryly funny autobiographical vignettes, Casanova Frankenstein endures schoolyard bullies
Fantagraphics Underground is proud to present a 50-year career retrospective of cartoonist Mort Gerberg, whose social-justice-minded—and bitingly funny—cartoons have appeared in magazines such as The
Cannon is by the legendary Wallace Wood (Mad, EC Comics, Daredevil)!Cannon appeared every week for two and a halfyears inOverseasWeekly, a newspaper distributed exclusively toU.S. Military bases aroun
