Fantagraphics introduces Barnaby, with it's playful mix of fantasy, wit and elegantly spare images, to a new generation of children and parents. Created by Crockett Johnson (Harold and the Purple Crayon) in the 1940's, this five-volume series, with art direction by graphic novelist Daniel Clowes (Ghost World), will collect the entirety of the original newspaper strips.

Fantagraphics' proud relationship with the multiple award-winning artist continues with another collection of full-color graphic novellas in the tradition of Low Moon. The title story is a prequel to the graphic novel The Last Musketeer, in which the ageless swashbuckler tells the tale of playing himself in a film of The Three Musketeers. Also included are 'The Smiling Horse,' 'The Brain That Wouldn't Virginia Woolf,' the Bukowski pastiche 'A Cat From Heaven,' 'Tom Waits on the Moon' and 'So Long Mary Ann,' a prisonescape love-triangle story. Dry, mordant and all very Jason!

(W/A/CA) E. C. Segar Well, blow me down! This new four-volume series collects the complete run of the original Popeye Sunday newspaper page adventures in an accessible and affordable paperback format! Part slapstick, tongue-twisting comedy, part escapist, Depression-era fantasy, part tenderhearted yet tumultuous romance, Elsie Crisler Segar's newspaper comic strip captivated readers of the Roaring Twenties and beyond. And Popeye, the sailor man, was the unlikely start of the show. Fantagraphics is thrilled to bring Segar's whimsical world back into print, reviving the origins of the beloved spinach-eating American icon for a whole new readership. The E.C. Segar Popeye Sundays series collects the complete Popeye Sunday stories in four gorgeous full-color volumes, each packaged in a deluxe slipcase. Volume one highlights Popeye's riotous romance with his sweet patootie - Olive Oyl. As he courts Olive in comically clumsy fashion, she proves that her sharp wit runs rings around his muddled brain! Next, he becomes a prizefighter and must contend with a series of fearsome opponents, from

(W) Joe Orlando, Al Feldstein Joe Orlando partnered with Wallace Wood on a variety of science fiction stories for EC Comics. The Planetoid And Other Stories collects his first two dozen. All of them, scripted by editor/writer Al Feldstein, serve up classic O. Henry- style shock endings. This volume also includes a complete reproduction of EC's own 32-page 'illustrated, factual flying saucer report,' with art by Orlando, Wallace Wood, George Evans, and Reed Crandall. Plus, a foreword by former DC publisher Paul Levitz, an introduction by Thommy Burns and featured essays and commentary by EC experts.

The stunning work of pioneering twentieth century comics artist Bernard Krigstein spanned many genres including western, true crime, horror and historical fiction, all rendered with a technical virtuosity and emotional depth new to the nascent comics medium. Messages In A Bottle presents 41 Krigstein stories created for a variety of publishers, including the legendary EC (for which he did his most extraordinary work, including the all-time great 'Master Race'). Extensive notation and original art reproductions round out this compelling volume.

(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai Created in 1984, Stan Sakai's USAGI YOJIMBO (2008 Eisner Nominee for Best Continuing Series) has vaulted to the forefront of iconic modern comics characters and is a perennial, favorite. Stuffed with engaging supporting characters, villains, and even a romantic interest or two, USAGI YOJIMBO chronicles the action-packed wanderings of a masterless samurai in feudal Japan. For the first ten years of his career, the battling bunny was published by Fantagraphics. In honor of his 25th anniversary, Fantagraphics is releasing a deluxe slipcase set collecting the first seven USAGI YOJIMBO books! With over 1000 pages of story and brimming with extra's (full color cover gallery! behind the scenes art! career-spanning interview! and more!), this is the complete! definitive! early USAGI YOJIMBO!

(W/A/CA) Bill Ward Vintage glamour girl artist extraordinaire Bill Ward gets the full Fantagraphics Studio Edition treatment featuring Ward's most polished, fully realized pinups from the 1950s and 1960s. Bill Ward's glamour girls were the staples of countless men's and humor magazines, where they shared the pages with cult models like Bettie Page, Tina Louise, and Julie Newmar, and cartoons by fellow 'good girl' artists such as Archie's Dan Decarlo and Playboy's Jack Cole. What set Ward apart - and above - his talented contemporaries in terms of sheer image-making was his use of the conte crayon. When drawn on simple newsprint stock, this potent combination created Ward's trademark gossamer sheen on his women's thigh-high stockings. This Fantagraphics Studio edition showcases the best of Ward's Humorama work and includes a healthy number of what became known as his 'telephone girls.' Tame by today's standards, Ward's telephone girls were always caught in candid moments when they just happened to be talking on the phone dressed in gossamer lingerie in innocently provocative poses. M

(W/A/CA) Michel Fiffe Emily Zegas and her brother, Boston, are recently orphaned young adults who confront their new relationship dynamic in the face of a family tragedy that never gets talked about. At its core, Zegas is a collection of interactions that map out Emily and Boston's most primal concerns: survival, sex, and mortality. This is the first graphic novel for Fantagraphics by the popular creator and self-publisher of the ongoing comic book series Copra.

(W/A/CA) Andrea Pazienza Andrea Pazienza was part of a group of Italian cartoonists who pioneered an approach to comics comparable to Moebius in France and Robert Crumb in the U.S. Zanardi portrays teenagers coping with family problems, school, sex, and drugs - all universal tales in many Western countries. Pazienza has never been translated and published in English until now. Fantagraphics is proud to introduce American readers to this blazingly honest cartoonist of international stature.

(W/A/CA) Jim Woodring First published in 2010, Woodring's first full-length graphic novel stars Manhog, a pathetic, brutish everyman. After enduring almost incomprehensible suffering, Manhog embarks upon a transformative journey and finally attains enlightenment. Fantagraphics is proud to present a newly designed edition of this timeless classic featuring as new cover painted for this edition by the author.

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks The third volume of Fantagraphics' reprinting of Carl Barks' classic Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge work focuses on the early 1950s, universally considered Barks' peak period. Featured are one of Barks' masterpieces ('A Christmas for Shacktown') plus 'The Golden Helmet,' 'The Gilded Man,' and ten of his smart and funny 10-pagers - all supplemented with extensive notes and essays by the foremost Duck experts in the world.

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks Fantagraphics presents a double dose of further Donald Duck adventures! This season's Carl Barks Library gift box collects our earlier volumes, A Christmas for Shacktown and Trick or Treat in a sturdy slipcase at a special price that even Uncle Scrooge would approve!

Greedy low-lifes chasing the hard luck charm and $200,000! Meet drug dealer Dewey Booth, he can't be punished enough! And what about Rock 'n' Roll loser Wes, he needs money to start his own club. And then there's Über-stacked Nala, she enjoys humiliating men dumb enough to fall for her. And let's not forget Vincenze, he gets his kicks from being a jerk! In the end: deadly fires ignite! Heads literally roll! And eyes are shot out! The Troublemakers is Gilbert Hernandez's second, original graphic novel for Fantagraphics, following 2007's Chance In Hell. This hard boiled, pulp graphic novel will delight longtime Hernandez fans as well as provide a perfect introduction to newcomers to Hernandez's work.

The second volume of Fantagraphics' historic series collecting Spain Rodriguez's most important comics, Warrior Women, features the striking women he created with pen and ink, from young Rita Velveeta to senior skateboarder Granny McGurk. His most memorable characters are ferocious femmes fatale - gorgeous and deadly women who can slash and slaughter as fast as any man. You'll find them all in this volume: the Leather Nun, Nasty Elaine, Mara Mistress of the Void, Sangrella, and his ultimate independent woman, Big Bitch! In a revealing essay, the women who knew Spain best describe their relationships with the author. From Janet, his first serious girlfriend, to Susan, the woman he married, and Nora, the daughter they raised together, it's clear that he inspired strong emotions from the ladies he loved and who loved him. This collection of stories about women warriors appeared in Zap Comix, Young Lust, Mean Bitch Thrills, Weirdo, Thrasher Comics, and many others, part of Spain's prolific contributions to the comic medium over a six-decade career.

(W/A/CA) Spain Rodriguez Street Fighting Men is the first volume in another landmark series from Fantagraphics. The 170 pages of Trashman stories form the backbone of this volume, along with his first-hand accounts of riding with the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club and his 1969 series about cop corruption, Manning. This first volume is rounded with an informative inside account of Spain's life and loves in the emerging counterculture of New York's Lower East Side.

(W) Shabazz Palaces (A) Joshua Ray Stephens Simultaneous with the release of the new album by Shabazz Palaces, Fantagraphics in conjunction with Sub Pop are making available a full-color, hand-numbered, 32-page book illustrated by Joshua Ray Stephens who worked directly with Shabazz Palaces to interpret the album track-by-track, creating a cohesive whole that synchronizes music and image. This limited edition art piece further expands the ambitious universe of Quazarz and Shabazz Palaces. A download code for the full album will also be included.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster Hal Foster's Prince Valiant continues as one of the greatest adventure comics ever conceived and Fantagraphics' reprinting is the loveliest treatment of the strip in the history of publishing. In Volume 16, Prince Valiant tracks down a missing heir only to become a mentor to the reluctant leader. There is in-fighting amongst family members and knights in the Hall of Champions, young Arn goes berserk under the incantation of the feral forest people, Aleta plots against the greedy governors of the Misty Isles and the royal children discover romance.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster This volume opens with Val being sent to thwart an attack by King Cidwick and closes with his returning to Thule to find a guerilla war being waged against King Aguar. This volume also includes an introduction by comics writer Roger Stern, who looks back at the artists inspired by Hal Foster. Hal Foster's Prince Valiant is the most magisterial strip ever conceived, and Fantagraphics Books' series is the loveliest production of this masterpiece ever published.

(W/A/CA) Hal Foster In the eleventh volume of Fantagraphics award-winning series, Prince Valiant leaves Cornwall and returns to Aleta, after which the two are summoned to Camelot. Val then begins searching for Gawain, thus commencing another adventure. Presented in full, glorious, restored color and including Foster's rare advertising art from the 1920s, this is the finest reproduction of this enthralling, romantic adventure serial ever published.

Walt Kelly's spirited and engaging Our Gang harkens back to the days before television, when kids spent most of their time playing outdoors, limited only by each other's imagination and ingenuity. Kelly created dozens of Our Gang stories by the end of its 59-issue run in 1949, the year he quit comics to create the immortal syndicated newspaper strip, Pogo. In Our Gang Volume 3, Kelly hits his stride in supplying eight adventures of the mainstay off-beat personas as well as other whimsical characters, from mad scientists to eccentric animals. Fantagraphics Books has lovingly restored the work from the original comic books, giving Kelly's art a new four-color splendor! With a cover by Jeff Smith!

THE FIRST-EVER RETROSPECTIVE OF THE DEAN OF AMERICAN SPORTS CARTOONING In Fantagraphics' ceaseless effort to rediscover every world-class cartoonist in the history of the medium, we turn your attention to a neglected part of the art form-sports cartooning-and to its greatest practitioner -- Willard Mullin. The years 1930-1970 were the Golden Age of both American sports and American comic strips, when giants strode their respective fields -- Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Hank Aaron in one, George (Krazy Kat) Herriman, Milton (Steve Canyon) Caniff, Walt (Pogo) Kelly in the other -- and Mullin was there, straddling both fields, recording every major player and event in the mid-20th-century history of baseball. Mullin was to baseball players what Bill Mauldin was to soldiers: advocate and critic, investing them with personality, humanity, dignity, and poignancy; Mauldin had Willie & Joe and Mullin had the Brooklyn Bum, his affectionate 1939 character representing the bedraggled figure of the Brooklyn Dodgers. Willard Mullin's Golden Age of Baseball: Drawings 1934-1972 collects for the first

(W) B. K. Taylor For years, cartoonist B.K. Taylor regaled the readers of National Lampoon with the goofiness of 'Timberland Tales' and 'The Appletons.' Now Fantagraphics brings you a complete collection of Taylor's creations, showcasing all of 'The Appletons,' 'Timberland Tales,' plus more, including a foreword by Tim Allen and afterword by R.L. Stine.

(W/A/CA) Maurice Tillieux Ten Thousand Years in Hell marks a sharp departure from the moody, urban detective style of Fantagraphics's previous Gil Jordan graphic novel by Tillieux, Murder By High Tide. Instead, the title story is a rollicking prison-escape yarn set in South America. The second story, 'Boom and Bust,' features one of Tillieux's patented spectacular car crashes. Tillieux's masterful graphics remind the reader why he was considered one of the top Franco-Belgian cartoonists of his time and, indeed, of any time.

(W/A/CA) Charles Rodrigues Culled from the pages of National Lampoon, this is Fantagraphics second collection of the work of Charles Rodrigues, one of the most audacious, taboo-busting cartoonists who ever lived. There is no example of human suffering, tragedy, or absurdity that is off limits. The cartoons are hilarious and yet without a drop of rancor, even the chapter titled 'Good Ways to Kill a Rock Performer.' This is a welcome re-examination of one of the great, under-appreciated and quintessentially American cartoonists.

(W) Josh Mills & Various Fantagraphics presents a career retrospective of Ernie Kovacs featuring never-before-seen material from Kovacs's archive. Best known for his television show in the 1950s, Kovacs was also an illustrator, novelist, essayist, newspaper columnist, and poet. The book offers a unique glimpse into the mind of a pioneering humorist who inspired countless comedians, musicians, humorists, and writers in the latter half of the 20th century and beyond.

(W/A/CA) Charles Forsman To coincide with the forthcoming Netflix television adaptation of Chuck Forsman's best-selling 2013 graphic novel, Fantagraphics is proud to publish this new hardcover edition. TEotFW portrays James and Alyssa living a typical teen experience that takes a more nihilistic turn as James's character exhibits a rapidly forming sociopathy. Forsman's story highlights the existential search of many teenagers through a road trip drama that owes as much to Badlands as Charles Schulz, creating a wholly unique narrative tension between form and content.

A UNIQUE MIX OF COMICS, POP CULTURE AND AMERICANA The season's first book from Fantagraphics' new imprint Marschall Books is Drawing Power, a lively collection of mass market print advertising from the 1890s to the recent past, starring both cartoonists and cartoon characters. While critics debate whether comics is high art or low art, the fact is that the comic strip was born as a commercial medium and was nurtured by competition, commerce, and advertising. Drawing Power will be the first book-length examination (and celebration) of the nexus of art and cartoons. It will focus on the commercial roots of newspaper strips; the cross-promotions of artists, their characters, and retail products; and of the superb artwork that cartoonists invested in their lucrative freelance work in advertising. Drawing Power is cultural history, chronicling a time in popular culture when cartoonists were celebrities and their strips and characters competed with the movies for the attention of a mass audience. The book will examine cartoonists as public personalities, and their advertising efforts fr

(W/A/CA) Floyd Gottfredson This latest volume in Fantagraphics' acclaimed Mickey Mouse series features the time travelling Eega Beeva from the 25th century! Also featured is the evil Rhyming Man, a poetic master spy with an arsenal of chemical weapons. Restored from the original proof sheets, Rise of the Rhyming Man also includes behind-the-scenes art, vintage publicity material, and fascinating commentary by Disney historians! It's high time to rediscover the wild, unforgettable personality behind the icon: Floyd Gottfredson's Mickey Mouse.

(W) Floyd Gottfredson (A) Merrill De Maris Fantagraphics is celebrating 90 years of Mickey Mouse's adventures by assembling the best stories from its 14-volume Floyd Gottfredson Mickey Mouse series, but this time in full color! See Mickey race to a Wild West gold mine with Pegleg Pete, battle the Rhyming Man for an atom-smashing machine, and stop a hypnotist from hexing half of Mouseton. In this spectacular popular edition there are several extrawild, extra-beloved adventure stories in beautiful modern color.

(W) Romano Scarpa, Guido Martina (A/CA) Romano Scarpa In 1955, Italian Disney artist-writer Romano Scarpa picked up the Mickey mantle from the legendary Floyd Gottfredson. Now Fantagraphics is anthologizing Scarpa's best. Beyond 'The Blot's Double Mystery,' this volume features Mickey on a wild sea adventure in 'The Eternal Flame of Kalhoa'-and Scrooge McDuck facing down his old flame, Brigitta MacBridge, in 'The Last Balaboo'!

(W) Daan Jippes & Various When Disney Legend Carl Barks stopped creating new Disney Duck tales in the early 1970s, Daan Jippes and Freddy Milton picked up right where Barks left off. Now, by popular demand, Fantagraphics collects Jippes and Milton's classic teamups - and 'The Great Survival Test' is just the start of the mayhem! From Donald's war with lucky Gladstone in 'The Briefcase Case' to Daisy's race against time in 'Coat of Harms,' an amazing collection of Duck Family adventures is here!

(W) Carlo Chendi Our second entry in the new Disney Masters series spotlights one of the all-time great Disney Duck artists, Luciano Bottaro! Building on the Carl Barks tradition, Bottaro spun wild, thrilling, and near-psychedelic Duckburg tales for decades! Now Fantagraphics brings Bottaro's best Disney works to the English-speaking world, starring with, Bottaro's great sci-fi bad guy Rebo in three feature-length Duck classics.

(W/A/CA) Romano Scarpa When Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventures in 1955, Romano Scarpa pick quickly proved himself a worthy successor, spinning out new Mickey action epics, most of which have never been available in English! Now Fantagraphics is translating and anthologizing Scarpa's best! This volume features the title story plus 'The Bleep-Bleep 15' and 'The Fabulous Kingdom of Shan-Grilla,' two tales making their North American debut!

(W) Daan Jippes & Various Fantagraphics offers the first four volumes of our Disney Masters series in two different box-set configurations-one series for collectors (two separate box sets) and one box set each for fans who prefer the solo adventures of Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse. Featuring Vol. 3: Mickey Mouse: The Case of the Vanishing Bandit and Vol. 4: Donald Duck: The Great Survival Test

(W) Luciano Bottaro, Romano Scarpa (A) Romano Scarpa Fantagraphics offers the first four volumes of our Disney Masters series in two different box-set configurations-one series for collectors (two separate box sets) and one box set each for fans who prefer the solo adventures of Donald Duck or Mickey Mouse. Featuring Vol. 1: Mickey Mouse: The Delta Dimension and Vol. 2: Donald Duck: Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket

(W/A/CA) Kago A two-volume custom slipcase set featuring the devilishly funny, absurdist adult manga stories by Shintaro Kago, one of the most transgressive and experimental of Japan's manga auteurs. Initially printed in a super limited edition run, Fantagraphics is bringing this title back into print for trade audiences. Presented in a beautifully designed deluxe slipcase, it contains the complete two-volume paperback set of this engrossing and bestselling manga series.

(W/A/CA) Wallace Wood Fantagraphics has assembled the most complete collection of Wallace Wood's erotic work, from his early gag cartoons to his sexy fairy tale parodies. But it doesn't stop there. Wood also takes aim at 'Lil an' Abner,' 'Perry and the Privates,' 'Prince Violate,' 'Stuporman Meets Blunder Woman,' 'Flasher Gordon,' 'Starzan,' and even his own 'Sally Forth.' Plus Wood's commentaries on sex in 'Thee Sexual Revolution' and 'Brave Nude World,' 'The Marquis de Sade Coloring Book,' 'Dragonella,' and all of his covers for Screw magazine.

The complete, two-volume fan-favorite Scrooge McDuck life story as it's never been told before - in chronological order - with "in-between" untold tales. In Vol. 1 of the internationally acclaimed comics collection The Complete Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck, Don Rosa tells the tale of how Uncle Scrooge earned his fortune. In Volume 2, he still has more secrets to tell from Scrooge's legendary life - including a rollicking Yukon adventure involving Glittering Goldie (that might just break your heart!). Fantagraphics proudly presents, in a handsome hardcover, the fan-favorite Scrooge McDuck life story as it's never been told before - in chronological order - with "in-between" untold tales.

(W/A/CA) Guido Crepax The third volume of Fantagraphics' Guido Crepax's comics collects the 'Baba Yaga' storyline (which recasts the witch of folklore as a lesbian villainess) along with adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Turn of the Screw, and a genre take on Edgar Allan Poe. The oversized format and exacting reproduction perfectly showcase Crepax's virtuosic composition, design, and draftsmanship, as well the boundless visual imagination.

(W) Wallace Wood & Various (A) Various Fed up with the restrictions of mainstream comics, cartoonist Wallace Wood created and published witzend. witzend became a cauldron of creativity for Wood and his cartoonist friends like Frank Frazetta, Al Williamson, Gray Morrow, and Reed Crandall, Steve Ditko, Art Spiegelman, Vaughn Bode, Jim Steranko, Jeffrey Catherine Jones, Howard Chaykin, Bernie Wrightson and dozens more. Fantagraphics published the collected witzend in 2014 in a deluxe two-volume box set, selling out immediately. Now we present The Best of witzend, a 280-page distillation of that publishing milestone in a single handsome volume.