This landmark collection features ten of Clowes' most influential stories, along with interviews in which he talks about the creative process and twelve thought-provoking essays by contemporary scholars and critics. A wide ranging introduction to the work of one of the most important living cartoonists, the book features Ghost World and several other stories - some reprinted for the first time - about girls and boys coming of age, troubled superheroes, and the place of artists and critics in popular culture.

(W) Cody Weiss, Bobbi J. G. Weiss (A) John Blair Moore & Various Here's where the fun begins: A new series featuring awesome 1980s and 1990s comics based on the classic Disney Afternoon TV cartoons! From the pages of Disney Adventures and its Gen-X sister magazines come much-requested feature-length thrillers such as 'Just Us Justice Ducks' and 'The Legend of the Chaos God' plus more!

(W/A/CA) Nuria Tamarit Princess Mononoke meets Jack London in this gritty, ecofeminist adventure. Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life. In this strange, lawless land, Joana encounters friends (the kind Native women Tala and Opa), foes (the cruel gold hunter Matwei and his men), and an unexpected traveling companion who may just be her good luck charm - and amidst the icy reaches of the wilderness, a fearsome fantastical beast lurks in the shadows. The English debut of Spanish cartoonist and illustrator N?ria Tamarit, Daughters of Snow and Cinders conjures the awesome natural beauty of the frozen north in vibrant color. A rugged adventure story with two strong young women at its heart, this graphic novel offers a poignant message about the urgent need for humanity to overcome our greed and base impulses to be good stewards of the world in which we live and depend on. N?ria Tamarit is an illustrator and comic artist based in Valencia. Her graphic world is marked by fantastical elements, voluptuous plan

The audacious exploits of ten great adventurous female stars from the Golden Age of comic strips. In the 1920s they were socialites and flappers. In the 1960s they were homemakers and heartthrobs. But from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, female stars of the newspaper comic strips were detectives, spies, soldiers of fortune, even superheroes. Accomplishing everything the male comics stars of the time achieved, except they did it in high-heels and flowing skirts. Follow the daring exploits of these smart, tough, independent, AND sexy Dauntless Dames. Both a product of their era and ahead of their time, the women in these stories gave their audience just what they needed. Through the Sunday Comics readers could escape from the woes of the Depression, travel to exotic foreign lands, feel the glamor and gangsters of the entertainment world, and support the Allied efforts in World War II. Presented in an extra-large format, here are the colorful, pulse-pounding tales of nine incredible women, both known and unknown to comics fans. And most are reprinted here for the first time in three-

(W) Ralph Nader (A/CA) Mr.Fish A report that 'Rats have invaded the toilet bowls' of the halls of Congress sparks a national news frenzy. A citizen uprising follows that threatens to sweep Congress clean of corruption - but the corporate titans have ways of fighting back! Authored by Ralph Nader and illustrated by famed political cartoonist Mr. Fish, When the Rats Vetoed Congress is not just a fable for our troubled times but also a 'how to' guide to effect political change. You may just laugh yourself serious.

(W) Natalie Norris This debut graphic memoir is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the author's teenage experiences with sexual assault and the resulting PTSD. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale; rather, it is a vivid depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing Norris's journey from a wild-child to becoming a resilient adult who has harnessed her voice. Norris's spirited and free-flowing page designs and full color cartooning bring her frank voice and personality to life, making Dear Mini one of the most compelling graphic novels of 2023.

(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) Shintaro Kago In the first volume of Dementia 21, Yukie Sakai got plenty of experience dealing with oddball patients. But now, in volume two, Kago throws Yukie into ever more surreal adventures, facing off against maniacal diapers, zombie hospital attendants, malfunctioning machines that causes out-of-body experiences and a Santa with dementia! Dementia 21 Vol. 2 presents Kago in peak form, with a series of outlandish, eerie, darkly comedic tales that strain the bounds of the imagination.

(W/A/CA) S.Clay Wilson This is the second of a three-volume series reprinting pioneering underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson's best comics and chronicling his life in a series of prose chapters. Demons and Angels features his two solo comics, 2 and 22, strips from Cocaine Comix, Knockabout, Weird Smut, and all his stories from Zap Comix #6-11. Strips from obscure mags are also included, as well as many never published privately commissioned watercolors and paintings.

(W/A/CA) Ambrose Bierce Ambrose Bierce, a contemporary of Mark Twain's, is known for his irreverent wit, sharp sarcasm, and sardonic view of human nature. His perennial classic of American satire, The Devil's Dictionary, offers biting observations that lampoon people, politics, American society, and its most cherished institutions. Acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist Keith Bendis has chosen a sampling of Bierce's most wickedly funny definitions to bring to life through illustration. Bierce's acerbic wit has met its perfect match with Bendis' humorous, tongue-in-cheek watercolor drawings.

(W/A/CA) Andre Franquin Master French cartoonist Andr? Franquin presents a collection of standalone strips highlighting the torments of human existence. Die Laughing takes aim at everyone and everything in this scathing critique of modern life, but is particularly ruthless toward animal abusers, the military industrial complex, and death penalty enthusiasts. Die Laughing is filled with visual gags and gag-inducing visuals that are sure to haunt you.

(A/CA) Winsor McCay This recently discovered comic strip by cartooning pioneer Winsor McCay opens a surprising new window into McCay's life and work and showcases his exquisitely beautiful delineations (reproduced from the original art). Merkl explores the influences McCay brought to the strip- from Gertie the Dinosaur to the animation in 1933's King Kong - and the growth of New York City from the Holland Tunnel to the Empire State Building-and traces our love of dinosaurs and monster movies down through the decades.

(W) David Kirke, Nicholas McCarthy (A) Benjamin Marra Marin County, 1978. In this graphic novel, Clara and Wendy are two teens getting high one night alone at home. Before the night ends, they've disappeared - until five months later, when Clara is found, disheveled, in Death Valley National Park. From Clara's mysterious reappearance in Death Valley, Disciples cuts to the present day, where stories of 'The California Cult' and its enigmatic - and never-caught - leader, Billy Joe, are as much a part of the popular culture as the Manson Family. Clara, the lone survivor of the cult, has adopted a new identity to protect her and her daughter, Wren. And she mostly does, until one night when the past and present horrifically collide. Disciples is a seamless collaboration between cartoonist Ben Marra and filmmakers David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy. Birke and McCarthy's script celebrates and reinvents a cult film ethos. It combines the best of 1970s era eerie-thriller-terror movies in a fresh and revelatory way, similar to how Marra has continued/reinvented the work of Abe

A hilariously scathing send-up of current graphic novel pomposity, Disillusioned Illusions is an exploration of what happens when ambition collides with indolence. When a pair of silhouettes abandon the optical illusion business to make a graphic novel, they desperately hope the book will rocket them to fame and fortune. They'll do just about anything to finish their project except put forth any kind of effort whatsoever. All their attempts at evading the hard labors of proper storytelling backfire when the characters become entangled in a labyrinthine narrative of deception and betrayal.

(W) Romano Scarpa & Various Another two-volume slipcase of Disney comics adventures from around the world! Mickey confronts a mad musician? and Uncle Scrooge takes to the skies against the evil Baron Von Strudel! Get ready for Disney Masters Vol. 17: Mickey Mouse: The Man from Altacraz by Romano Scarpa and Vol. 18: Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky by William Van Horn and John Lustig. First, in 'The Man from Altacraz,' Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle-but another master criminal is using both Bloogle and Mickey to get his hands on a priceless treasure! In 'Risky Bees-ness,' the Beagle Boys hit Uncle Scrooge with a sting; and in 'The African Queen,' Goofy falls in love with Zenobia, ruler of a lost jungle kingdom? and Mickey's troubles are just getting started!Next: in 'Pie in the Sky,' when Scrooge enters the infamous Flitterwobble Airplane Show as a stunt pilot, he ends up defending his priceless antique Sopwith Two-Seater plane from the bombastic Baron Von Strudel! In 'The Amazon Queen,' Scrooge sells a cursed necklace to a fellow treasure collector. And in

(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) Andrew Casty Castellan & Various Two new slipcased sets featuring the latest volumes from our popular Disney Masters series! Collector's Box Set #9 includes adventurous, outrageous Disney comics classics featuring Mickey tries to reform musical ex-convict J. Cobalt Bloogle (Volume 17, Mickey Mouse: The Man from Altacraz) and Scrooge enters the infamous Flitterwobble Airplane Show as a stunt pilot, he ends up defending his priceless antique Sopwith Two-Seater plane from the bombastic Baron Von Strudel (Volume 18, Uncle Scrooge: Pie in the Sky)! Collector's Box Set #10 showcases international Disney comics epics: Mickey faces monster robots and a dimension of danger (Volume 19, Mickey Mouse: Trapped in the Shadow Dimension) and Cousin Fethry leads Donald on a trail of trouble from hill country to the briny deep (Volume 20, Donald Duck: 20,000 Leaks Under the Sea)! Fantagraphics' Disney Masters series unearths a treasure trove of previously unavailable comics epics in the grand Walt Disney tradition: expanding the lore of Mickey, Donald, and Scrooge, anthologizing the work of fan-f

(W) Massimo De Vita (A) Giorgio Cavazzano Featuring: Vol. 11: Mickey Mouse: The Ice Sword Saga Book 2 by Massimo De Vita. (MAR201856) Vol. 12: Donald Duck: The Forgetful Hero by Giorgio Cavazzano. (MAR201856)

(W) Paul Murry & Various Collector's Box Set #7 includes Disney comics classics featuring Mickey and Goofy (Volume 13, Mickey Mouse: The Sunken City) and Donald and Cousin Fethry (Volume 14, Donald Duck: Follow the Fearless Leader)!

(W) Paul Murry & Various New slipcased sets featuring the latest volumes from our popular Disney Masters series! This season we offer two sets of Disney Masters slipcased gift boxes! Collector's Box Set #7 includes adventurous, outrageous Disney comics classics featuring Mickey and Goofy in ripping high-seas yarns (Volume 13, Mickey Mouse: The Sunken City) and Donald and Cousin Fethry in the complete run of their wild 1960s comedies (Volume 14, Donald Duck: Follow the Fearless Leader)! Collector's Box Set #8 showcases international Disney comics epics: Donald and Uncle Scrooge face a spacealien invasion (Volume 16, Donald Duck: Jumping' Jupiter) and we feature Mickey Mouse's inky archenemy, the Phantom Blot, by collecting his full 1960s miniseries (Volume 15, Mickey Mouse: New Adventures of the Phantom Blot)! Fantagraphics' Disney Masters series unearths a treasure trove of previously unavailable comics epics in the grand Walt Disney tradition: expanding the lore of Mickey, Donald, and Scrooge, anthologizing the work of fan-favorite North American talents, and bringing you the best

(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/A) Romano Scarpa, Giovan Carpi (CA) Giovan Carpi, Romano Scarpa We proudly offer our past year's volumes of this landmark series in two strikingly designed slipcased sets. Box Set #3 features Mickey Mouse: The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery and Uncle Scrooge: King Of The Golden River while Box Set #4 features Mickey Mouse: The Pirates Of Tabasco Bay and Donald Duck Duck Avenger Strikes Again. Each box set features over 360 pages of madcap comics starring three of Disney's most iconic characters - Donald, Mickey, and Uncle Scrooge.

(W/A) Paul Murry & Various (CA) Romano Scarpa & Various We proudly offer our past year's volumes of this landmark series in two strikingly designed slipcased sets. Box Set #3 features Mickey Mouse: The Phantom Blot's Double Mystery and Uncle Scrooge: King Of The Golden River while Box Set #4 features Mickey Mouse: The Pirates Of Tabasco Bay and Donald Duck Duck Avenger Strikes Again. Each box set features over 360 pages of madcap comics starring three of Disney's most iconic characters - Donald, Mickey, and Uncle Scrooge.

(W) Romano Scarpa, Paul Murry (A) Paul Murry For Mouse lovers, get the all-Mickey Disney Masters Gift Box Set #1, featuring our first two Mickey Mouse volumes (Mickey Mouse: The Delta Dimension and Mickey Mouse: The Case of the Vanishing Bandit).

(W) Luciano Bottaro & Various (A/CA) Luciano Bottaro For Duck lovers, get the all-Donald Disney Masters Gift Box Set #2 featuring our first two Donald Duck volumes (Donald Duck: Uncle Scrooge's Money Rocket and Donald Duck: The Great Survival Test).

(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) 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) Paul Murry (A/CA) Carl Fallberg Classic Disney artist Paul Murry and writer Carl Fallberg created a series of Mickey and Goofy serials for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories that every Baby Boomer remembers. Join Mickey on the trail of cops-and-robbers capers - from shady doings at 'The Last Resort' to Black Pete's raucous wrangles with a Rajah in 'The Lost Legion!' Murry's first seven Mickey serials are all here - all newly recolored in the warm colors from the original Dell comic books!

(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/A) Carl Barks, Romano Scarpa (CA) Romano Scarpa, Carl Barks Donald's super secret identity is back-times two! Every diehard Disney Duck fan knows that Donald is secretly that infamous super-anti-hero, Duck Avenger! But when Uncle Scrooge, to promote his wax museum, sends a robot double of Duck Avenger flying past Donald's house, Donald's secret is threatened! Can our hero use his high-tech Avenger gadgets to allay suspicion -- or will hyper-lucky Gladstone Gander make things even worse? (Oh, yes, you know he will!) And, in 'Ellsworth's Ornery Orphan,' Mickey tells the distant desert tale of his mynah bird pal, Ellsworth -- and a showdown with dread pirate Mozambeak! Then, a money-scented perfume sends Brigitta MacBridge and Scrooge to the isle of Bananaland in 'The Other Golden Helmet'-Scarpa's one-and-only collaboration with Duck artist supreme Carl Barks! For the first time in English!

To dethrone the Shadow Prince of Argaar, a wizard summons Mickey and Goofy to plunge the Sword of Ice into a magic stone. They soon find themselves embroiled in a rumble of giants, dragons, and impossible danger! Then, in 'The Tournament of Argaar,' Mickey and Goofy return to brave deadly volcanoes, steampunk whirlamagigs, and rampaging dinosaurs! Hang onto your swords and shields!

(W/A/CA) Massimo De Vita In this second and final collection of Massimo De Vita's epic saga, Goofy and Mickey return to Argaar to battle an old enemy in 'The Prince of Mists Strikes Back,' and then save the world from a sleeping sickness in 'The Sleeping Beauty in the Stars!' De Vita then turns his attention to Donald Duck and reveals the secrets of the 'Belchfire Runabout', a car that Donald thought he knew inside and out!

(W) Paul Murry (A) Carl Fallberg Seven recolored comics tales starring Mickey, Goofy, and the Gang! Mickey and Goofy are lost at sea, and they get caught in a pitched battle between buccaneer Pete and sneaky submarine commander Captain Grapple. At stake: the ancient gold of Port Rancid, a pirate stronghold that sank beneath the waves - and is now guarded by a pack of very jealous sea monsters! Then, Mickey and Goofy have their hands full with a host of mystery puzzlers - from canoe-going ghosts in 'Legend of Loon Lake' to hi-tech arsonists in 'The Phantom Fires' to a piratical parrot in 'The Castaways of Whale Bay!'

(W) Dick Kinney, Al Hubbard With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Duck tales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Donald's nerdy cousin Fethry Duck is a mallard on a mission, determined to include Donald in all his sudden passions: from a super exercise regimen to building an indoor farm, to stage magic that turns startlingly real! With this volume of the Disney Masters series, we begin collecting the Ducktales of Dick Kinney and Al Hubbard - for the first time in North America! Kinney and Hubbard were a Disney dream team in the '60s, hatching Donald Duck co-stars like Fethry, master spy Mata Harrier, and terrible tomcat Tabby. From Fethry's very first story through the doggy doings of Scamp to Uncle Scrooge in 'The Case of the Purloined Pearls,' Kinney and Hubbard keep the laughs rolling and the hijinks hopping.

(W) Paul Murry & Various Disney's infamous inky bad guy was the first Mouseverse villain to get his own comic book; by popular demand, the whole Silver Age series is collected in one volume! The Phantom Blot - a power-crazed supervillain in a ghostly black cloak - is on the loose, and Mickey, Donald, and Uncle Scrooge must assemble to stop him! From terrifying time travel to usurping 'The Crown of Tasbah,' the Blot will stop at nothing to turn the world upside down! Classic Disney artist Paul Murry teamed with writers Del Connell and Bob Ogle to create seven comic book issues starring The Blot. In the process, they introduced Goofy's new secret identity: Super Goof! Will the Blot move too fast for all our heroes? With allies like Mad Madam Mim, the Beagle Boys, and 'The Mysterious Mr. X?' He just might!

(W) William Van Horn, John Lustig (A) Bill Riling Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck battle old foes and ancient curses in wild comics adventures by fan-favorite artist William Van Horn! By popular demand, this volume begins a comprehensive collection of his Uncle Scrooge and Donald adventures! This inaugural volume includes 'Pie in the Sky,' 'The Amazon Queen' and 'Another Vine Mess.'

(W) Stefano Zanchi, Andrew Casty Castellan Mickey Mouse is up against menacing shadows, monster robots, and a dimension of danger in epic comics adventures by modern-day Disney fan favorite Andrea 'Casty' Castellan! All of Mouseton is swooning over the odd 'Mr. Benevolence,' a masked philanthropist who can't stop doing good -or can he? Mickey thinks he's behind the vanishing of the atomic genius Dr. Einmug - and the arrest of Einmug's otherworldly helper, Atomo Bleep-Bleep! But things get strange when the villainous Pegleg Pete turns up where Mickey least expects him: a 'Shadow Dimension' in which fiction becomes fact! Walking in the footsteps of Disney giants Floyd Gottfredson and Romano Scarpa, Italian writer/artist Andrea 'Casty' Castellan is among today's most inspired and beloved Mickey Mouse comics creators. After many reader requests, Fantagraphics Books is thrilled to present the first Disney Masters volume by the beloved Disney cartoonist Casty! And 'Trapped in the Shadow Dimension'' is just the start! Also: in this volume, Scrooge McDuck squares off with 'The Terrible,

(W) Giorgio Cavazzano The Beagle Boys give Scrooge a super sea battle in this wild new collection of adventure comics! Scrooge McDuck and rival billionaire John D. Rockerduck find an old model ship covered with clues to a sunken treasure galleon and the pirate gold seems so close! But are both tycoons being tricked? Also in this exciting volume: Donald Duck seeks a crocodile-infested fountain of youth in 'There's No Fool Like an Old Fool'; Goofy battles supervillains in 'Here Today, Gone Apollo'? and Scrooge discovers a parallel dimension in 'Brother From Another Earth'!

(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'!