(W) Emille Harel (A) Heidi Jacquemoud
Open this book to embark on an extraordinary tour of Manhattan, from the paradise of Central Park to the dazzle of Coney Island, and every place in between. This accordion-style book unfolds into a stunning 30-foot-long panoramic travelogue! Featuring iconic NYC landmarks, familiar pop culture characters, and whimsical touches of the surreal, Through the Very heart of It captures the mythical, larger-than-life spirit of the City That Never Sleeps.
(W/A) Mikael Ross
There's a real village in Germany called Neuerkerode that is operated by people with mental disabilities - the local restaurant, the local bar, the local supermarket. The author spent two years living 3 or 4 days a week there, researching and getting to know its townsfolk, and the result is an empathetic depiction. This graphic novel is told entirely from a developmentally impaired boy's perspective. Noel had always lived with his mother in Berlin, until one day tragedy strikes and he finds himself alone for the first time. A man with a beard tells him he can't stay in the apartment anymore and takes him to a place with so many strangers - Who can he trust? Who does he like? Who loves him? Mikael Ross was born in 1984 in Munich.
(W/A/CA) Leslie Stein
In Leslie Stein's first original graphic novel, our protagonist Larrybear meets her new nemesis, visits her anthropomorphic guitar, and ponders her future when a hurricane arrives and the bar she manages is packed. Stein is a cartoonist whose work is characterized by a unique visual style inc fantastic elements and grounded by a cast of characters who capture the truth of young, struggling, middle class lives.
(W) M.S. Harkness
Time Under Tension is a smart, funny, no bullshit work of autobiography, a story of searching for dignity in a world that rarely affords it and taking agency of adulthood in the face of so many easy excuses not to. M.S. Harkness is graduating from art school in Minneapolis and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with an aspiring MMA fighter who mostly hangs out with her to get high and already has a girlfriend and career prospects with a fight promoter. An art career feels untenable - as one professor tells her, 'Don't expect to get by on this fucked-up broke girl shit.' She decides to get a personal trainer's certificate - it seems like a feasible and sensible career option - but continues to dabble as a sex worker and weed dealer because the money is too irresistible. With idle hands due to no classes or full-time work, M.S. has ample time to aimlessly fuck around - or, to get her shit together. 'I want to be better; I want to be stable and solid. I don't want to keep ai
(W/A/CA) Marcelo D Salete
In the mid-19th century, millions of Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil. Among them was the real-life Teodora who, separated from her husband and her son, worked in the home of a priest in S?o Paulo. Wishing to reconstruct the family ties lost during the journey from Africa to Brazil and to achieve emancipation for herself and her family, she gave Claro, a Black man who could read and write, money to help her write letters: some addressed to her husband and her son, whereabouts unknown, in the hopes that the letters would find them and that they could achieve this quest together; and some addressed to enslavers, intended to either help locate her family or to persuade them to let her buy her freedom. Inspired by this correspondence, Tiodora?s Letters is a rigorously researched historical work, a compelling narrative based on her letters, and masterfully drawn by D?Salete, who graphically recreates her struggle. In the 1860s, Ben?, a fictional Black young man who likes Tiodora because she was kind to him, takes it upon himself to seek Ti?s family a
(W/A/CA) Ulli Lust
A long, dense, sensitive, and minutely observed autobiographical masterpiece recalling the summer of 1984, when the artist, a rebellious, punked-out 17-year-old, hitchhiked her way across Italy. 2011 Angoulême prize winner.
With TOO SOON? Friedman finally (none 'too soon,' in fact) gets his due with this fat, beautiful collection that showcases his wide-ranging skills as a portraitist and caricaturist. TOO SOON? is evenly split between political celebrities and show-business ones, ranging from Friedman's instantly iconic 'Barack Obama as George Washington' New Yorker cover to brutal depictions of Britney Spears and her tabloid-filling ilk. Subjects (or targets, depending on how you look at it) for Friedman's pen on the political side include Bill and Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John McCain, and George W. Bush (with an iconic 'W. as Strangelove' image) and his gang. Entertainers include Tiny Tim, Barney Fife, Bob Dylan, Woody Allen, Oprah Winfrey, Barbra Streisand, Jerry Lewis, the Three Stooges, Ellen DeGeneres, and Conan O'Brien. And falling somewhere in the gray area between entertainers and political players (you make the call!) Rush Limbaugh (who blasted Friedman's George W. Bush image as being of 'low artistic quality'), Sarah Palin, and Michael Moore. The book will also include a running commenta
(W) Charles Biro
From their inception in 1935, comic books - starring Superman, Batman, Captain Marvel - had been primarily written for and aimed at adolescents. There were always the occasional outlier artists who pushed back against the commercial constraints of comic books and envisioned the next evolutionary artistic leap in the artform: Charles Biro was one of those artists. In 1949, the ambitious Biro - who had previously co-created the realistically brutal comic Crime Does Not Pay- edited and wrote an oversized comic aimed at adults, called Tops. Like several other radical adult comics projects that would follow, it proved to be a commercial failure and lasted only two Life magazine-sized issues. The original comics have since become a legendary holy grail among comics fans and historians, fetching as much as $6,000 on the collector's market: written about but rarely seen and never reprinted. Until now. Fantagraphics' Tops collects both issues of these oversized experimental comics in their entirety. Some of the best craftsmen working in comics at that time drew these pulpy,
(W/A/CA) Laura Perez
Blurring the lines between the real and the spiritual, Spanish cartoonist Laura P?rez leads the reader through a dreamy journey from the Arizona desert to the land of the dead. Two young women road trip through the Arizona desert in search of a spiritual awakening. Crowds gather to see the village wise woman commune with the dead. Strange bright lights flash across the night sky, provoking all manner of interpretations. A mosaic of experiences, Totem offers tantalizing glimpses of characters on their own journeys connected by some ethereal thread. The narrative slips through time and space, delicately drifting from reality to different states of consciousness. Like a vivid dream, this story is rendered through eerie settings and potent symbols, a spiritual puzzle inviting the reader to piece together.
(W/A/CA) Miriam Libicki
In her first collection of graphic essays, Miriam Libicki investigates what it means globally and culturally to be Jewish, dating from her time in the Israeli military to her tenure as an art professor. Toward a Hot Jew is a new high watermark in autobiographical comics and shows Miriam Libicki as a powerful witness to history in the tradition of Martjane Satrapi and Joe Sacco.
(W/A/CA) Tim Lane
Tim Lane rummages through 20th century Americana, mixing attitudes and cultural touchstones of the past from jazz clubs, pool halls, ballparks and graveyards to casinos, coffeehouses, back alleys and bus stops, capturing the seedy charm of American culture. Toybox Americana is a uniquely designed collection of images and prose and, like the culture it explores, is at once meditative and brimming with life.
Dressed in an embarrassing pink bunny costume, the young hero of this story while attending a Halloween party stumbles upon a hidden doorway which leads him to a secret society of damaged, forgotten, and angry toys - including the terrifying Am?lie: a towering sentient assemblage of broken toy parts out for revenge! Imagine Toy Story by David Lynch and Charles Burns and you'll have a good idea of what this story is like. And yes, it is for kids! Written and illustrated by St?phane Blanquet (Dungeon: Monstres).
Inspired by the unexpected hit, NEWAVE! The Underground Mini-Comix of the 1980s, The Treasury of Mini Comics charts the evolution of mini comics over four decades. This first volume will collect some of the best work by some of the most creative DIY creators in the world. From bodily-function humor to 'EMO' style poetry, mini comics creators have been uninhibited in their efforts to strive for something fresh, raw, and vital.
(W) Matt Furie & Various
This psychedelic, heavy metal monster mix-and match art book from a trio of graphic masters is the perfect gift for the weirdo in your life. Once you flip through this mix-and-match menagerie of busts - depicting monsters, aliens, creatures, organisms and more - you won't be able to stop. By flipping through the wirebound pages, cut into thirds, readers can create hundreds of iterations of 90 mythical beasts depicted by legendary artists Matt Furie, Skinner, and Will Sweeney. This interactive board book is a perfect gift book for anyone who appreciates monster movies, psychedelia, lowbrow art, underground comix, and unique and fun books with high production values. Artists Furie, Skinner, and Sweeney have pooled their imaginations to create a visual feast that demands returning to time and again.
(W/A/CA) Ann Telnaes
The election of Donald Trump has inspired Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes to create Trump's A B C, a children's board book for adults that chronicles Donald Trump's first six months in office. Each page is a miniature critique and expose of Donald Trump, illustrating his public policies, his personal defects, his ethical dysfunction, and the consequences of his Presidency on the lives of Americans.
(W) Fletcher Hanks, Paul Karasik (A/CA) Fletcher Hanks
Fletcher Hanks was arguably the first great comic book auteur: He wrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories ? an unprecedented solo act in the 1940s comic book industry. Between 1939 and 1941 he created nearly 50 comics stories, all unified by a uniquely artistic vision ? primitive, bizarre, and singularly idiosyncratic. Whether it?s the superhero Stardust doling out ice cold slabs of poetic justice, or the jungle protectress Fantomah tearing evildoers from limb to ragged limb, contemporary readers will be stunned by the pop surrealism and unfiltered violent mayhem of Hanks? work. This new paperback edition brings back into print all of Hanks? previously published material and is the most complete collection of his work.
(W/A/CA) Paco Roca
Eisner-award winner Paco Roca (Wrinkles) reconstructs World War II through the memories of Miguel Ruiz, a member of 'La Nueve,' a company of men that went from fighting against the Franco regime in the Spanish Civil War to battles across Europe and Africa, spurred on by their patriotism and hate for brutal dictatorships. Ruiz's stories are filled with horror and humor but Twists of Fate is much more than a forgotten hero's personal story. It's a timely look into what we remember and why we forget, a reminder that everyone has a tale to tell, and an ode to a generation that stood up to, and beat back, violent fascism.
(W/A/CA) Conor Stechschulte
In this graphic novel, which has been adapted into a feature film starring Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Glen and Cyndi become unwitting test subjects in a mind-control experiment after a strange sexual encounter. They search for answers as their own memories become tools for manipulation. Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out his tires. He knocks on the door of the only house he sees and is greeted by an uncomfortably friendly middle-aged man, Arthur, and his attractive younger wife, Cyndi. The strange couple pours him a drink, and then more drinks, followed by odd confessions and an unexpected offer that Glen can't refuse. Where Ultrasound zigs and zags from there is into a dizzying plot involving mind control, government secrets, gaslighting, and political intrigue that is always one step ahead of the reader. Stechschulte's brilliant use of color and mastery of comics storytelling yields a breathtaking puzzlebox of a sci fi thriller - the moment you finish, you will want to go back and reread
(W/A) Carl Barks & Various (CA) TBD
This stand-alone collection of Scrooge McDuck's amazing comics adventures sees Scrooge and Donald return to the site of their first meeting! This special single volume edition collects Daniel Branca's 'Return to Bear Mountain,' in which Scrooge engages in a gambit with nasty gnomes; Don Rosa's 'The Richest Duck in the World,' which features Donald's first visit to the fabled Money Bin; and there's a crash course with Launchpad McQuack in 'New Year's Daze.' An unforgettable batch of birthday stories and winter adventures is here!
(W/A/CA) Giovan Carpi
In the tradition of Mickey's Christmas Carol and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers, master Disney comics writer/artists tackle wild retellings of great literature! It's Victor Hugo? duckified! When French gendarme Javert thinks that poor Jean McJean (Scrooge McDuck) stole two candlesticks, he swears to run him down-even years later, when McJean has become town mayor and guardian of Daisette (Daisy Duck). Are the candlesticks the key to a fabulous treasure lost in Paris? And do the fr?res Beagle and Peg Leg Th?nardier want it? (Silly question!) Then, in our version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace, Count Donald Dukzukov of ancient Russia loves Ducktasha Roastov (Daisy)-but Prince Scrooge McDukzukov wants to force him into an arranged marriage? or punish him in the McDukzukov Metalworks, where cannon balls are so pricey that you have to return them after the battle!
(W) Carl Barks, Daan Jippes (A) Daan Jippes, Carl Barks
The secret of Ali Baba's hidden treasure, the return of Magica de Spell - and a rare story never before seen in the U.S.! 'You can't depend on anything in Persia being what it seems!' warns Uncle Scrooge. But when he, Donald, and the nephews are approached by a wayward archaeologist bearing fragile clay tablets that point the way to Ali Baba's lost cave, the hunt is on for the most fabulous treasure of the ancient world! And Scrooge will soon discover how true his words really are! Then, Scrooge shields his Money Bin in an indestructible glass that defies the efforts of Magica de Spell and the Beagle Boys to crack it. What could possibly go wrong? Plus: the oddball inventions of the ever-eccentric Gyro Gearloose! Additionally, we're proud to present a rare story started by Carl Barks and completed by internationally acclaimed Duck artist Daan Jippes, never before published in the U.S. - 'The Pied Piper of Duckburg.' Carl Barks delivers another wildly imaginative collection of outrageous adventures, laugh-out-loud comedy, and al
(W/A/CA) Carl Barks
In honor of the 75th anniversary of the Scrooge McDuck character: a Money Bin-size collection of the greatest Scrooge epics by his creator, Disney Legend Carl Barks! He's tougher than the toughest and smarter than the smartest? he's Uncle Scrooge McDuck, Duckburg's most adventurous tycoon! November 2022 marks 75 years since Disney Legend Carl Barks scribed Scrooge's debut. Now Fantagraphics celebrates with a king-size collectors' edition: more than 300 pages of Barks's finest McDuck tales! From Scrooge's deep-down discovery of 'The Secret of Atlantis'' to his weather war with Magica De Spell in 'For Old Dime's Sake,' from the Beagle Boys' 'Giant Robot Robbers'' to a 'North of the Yukon' showdown with Soapy Slick - Scrooge, Donald Duck, and Huey, Dewey, and Louie dive into one legendary quest after the next! As icing on the anniversary cake, these Barks epics are supported by covers, posters, and paintings from Don Rosa, Daan Jippes, and other beloved modern Disney comics talents.
(W/A/CA) Carl Barks
This season’s Carl Barks Library slipcased gift box set collects two of our earlier volumes in this popular series: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: “The Golden Nugget Boat” (the introduction of Magica De Spell, Scrooge’s sorceress nemesis! Plus adventures in the frozen North and on a rogue planet headed straight for Earth) and Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: “Cave of Ali Baba” (the secret of Ali Baba’s hidden treasure, the return of Magica De Spell, and the ever-eccentric Gyro Gearloose). Over 400 pages in two volumes snugged into a sturdy slipcase at a special price that even Uncle Scrooge couldn’t resist!
(W/A/CA) Carl Barks
This volume of the world-famous Duck comics introduces Magica De Spell, Scrooge's sorceress nemesis! Plus adventures in the frozen North and on a rogue planet headed straight for Earth. Uncle Scrooge laughed when the mysterious woman offered him one dollar for one of his dimes. But she might just have the last laugh because the dime he accidentally sold her was his lucky Number One Dime - the first dime he ever earned! - and now she's about to melt it down for one of her strange spells! Then Uncle Scrooge gets wind of a big gold-prospecting contest in Alaska, and he ropes Donald and the boys into helping him prove he's just as good a prospector now as he was back when he was making his fortune. But the infuriatingly lucky Gladstone Gander decides he's going to enter the contest, too - and Gladstone never loses! And when a mysterious new planet suddenly appears in the sky on a collision course with Earth, Scrooge, Donald, and the boys are whisked there - only to discover it's filled with gold and inhabited by the ancient Norse gods! But to prevent the imminent col
(W) Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Romano Scarpa (A) Carl Barks, Don Rosa, Romano Scarpa (CA) Carl Barks
?Curse me kilts!? As soon as Scrooge McDuck became the world?s richest miser, a rascally rogues? gallery assembled to rob him. Now Fantagraphics launches the new Disney Greatest Comics Collection with a wild anthology of these beloved bad guys at their best... and worst! Flintheart Glomgold, ?The Second-Richest Duck,? is here in Carl Barks? 1956 classic! Sorceress Magica De Spell is out to get ?The Midas Touch,? then turns Duckburg sideways in Don Rosa?s ?A Matter of Some Gravity!? The Beagle Boys pull Scrooge?s simoleons skyward in Barks? ?The Money Well,? then turn his assets liquid in Rosa?s ?Cash Flow!? Playboy billionaire John D. Rockerduck debuts in Barks? ?Boat Buster,? then outspends Scrooge again in Flemming Andersen?s ?Crash Course?! Plus never-before-collected tales starring Dutch tycoon Velma Vanderduck, space-monkey Tachyon Farflung... and more! See these classic adventures outfitted with new commentary by Disney historians Jim Fanning and David Gerstein, plenty of extras...
Fantagraphics' second release in this series focuses on Carl Barks's other protagonist and perhaps greatest creation: Scrooge McDuck. Featured are four full-length stories plus over two dozen shorter stories and one-page gags. Newly recolored to combine the warm, friendly, slightly muted feeling of the original comic books with state-of-the-art crispness. Barks' comics are joined by fascinating essays about the creation of the stories and expert analysis of their content.
(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) Carl Barks
This season's Carl Barks Library slipcased gift box set collects two of our earlier volumes in this popular series: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: 'The Twenty-four Carat Moon' (Outer space gold and on the trail of an ancient Incan treasure!) and Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: 'Island in the Sky' (Outrageous hijinks on another planet and on the high seas back on Earth!). 424 pages in two volumes snugged into a sturdy slipcase at a special price that even Uncle Scrooge couldn't resist!
(W/A/CA) Daniel Branca
The year: 2000! The internet is still young?and that saucy sorceress, Magica De Spell, is turning early social media to her advantage: getting online and arranging a full-scale sorceresses? convention at Scrooge McDuck?s money bin? with herself disguised as chief ?good witch?! Then Scrooge and his raging rival, Flintheart Glomgold, travel through time in ?The Quest for the Curious Constable?? Donald films crazy cat food commercials in ?Feline Fellini?? and Huey, Dewey, and Louie face dangerous duck-eating plants in ?The Green Attack?!
(W) Monte Schulz (A) Monte Schulz (CA) Hieronymus Bosch
Once there was a republic of boundless wonder and achievement whose bright horizon had gone dark, soiled by a populace it imagined as undisciplined, unhealthy, feebleminded, and whose very existence stained and subverted a great society. A solution appeared in the furious logic of Biological Dominion that named the ineffectual and weak, the criminally deformed and unwell, as the root cause of this decline. Now, imagine laws conceived in the high halls of government to rid this society of millions deemed infected by a curious disease supposedly responsible for that poverty of health and morality. Next, imagine those millions considered to be unfit and unworthy for daily life loaded onto freight trains and ushered away to perish in distant woods and fields. Imagine more thousands chased into the vast underground of labyrinthine caves and dark catacombs beneath vibrant city streets and lovely city parks to wither away and die. Undercity collects the voices of brave survivors, of those who?ve refused to submit to the indignities of
(W) Steve Brodner (A) Tomi Ungerer
Originally published in 1964, children's book illustrator Tomi Ungerer's Underground Sketchbook lets loose a blast of social commentary, dadaesque observations, and existential angst, raging against avarice, unfettered consumerism, alienation, the mechanization of human experience, and the acquiescence to the worst instincts that fuel a modern economy - as timely now as it was then. This is as powerful a dose of visual ingenuity, moral outrage, and bemused disgust at the human comedy that you are ever likely to experience.
(W/A) Miranda Tacchia
As seen on her popular Instagram account (@mrmtacchia), Southern Californian cartoonist and animator Miranda Tacchia's first book collects more than two hundred hilarious one-liners (and even funnier drawings) tackling modern friendship, romance, urban living, and self-image. Have you ever schemed with a friend? Stared at your phone screen well after you should have gone to sleep? Braced for heartbreak? Been told to smile more? Then Unimpressed will undoubtedly speak to you. In a book that bridges comics and memes, Tacchia uses her biting sense of humor and background in animation to create brilliant character portraits of women with only markers, Post-it notes, and tape. A master of expression, figure, and subtle (and other times not-so-subtle) comedy, Tacchia's protagonists are usually 'unimpressed women' - who all share the fact that 'they don't give a shit about you,' as Tacchia puts it. What makes Unimpressed so impressive and entertaining is how Tacchia taps into instantly relatable feelings and situations while simultaneously creating art that exudes con
A SOON-TO-BE TEEN CLASSIC Loosely based on a teenager's diary from the 1980s found in a gas-station bathroom, Unlovable is the remarkable story of Tammy Pierce, as filtered through the pen of Los Angeles artist Esther Pearl Watson. This remarkably touching and funny graphic novel tells the first-person account of Tammy's sophomore year in 1985, from the first day of school to winter break. Though building a devoted following over the last several years in the pages of Bust magazine, where Unlovable continues to be serialized, this is the first-ever collection of Unlovable and Watson has created over 100 new pages for the book, which details the sometimes ordinary, sometimes humiliating, often poignant and frequently hilarious exploits of underdog Tammy Pierce. Her hopes, dreams, agonies and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson's lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the eighties essentials - too much mascara, leg warmers with heels and huge hair - as well as timeless teen concerns like acne, dandruff, and the opposite sex (or same sex, in some cases).Unlovable
THE SEQUEL TO 2009'S CRITICAL SMASH. Loosely based on a teenager's diary from the 1980s found in a gas-station bathroom, Unlovable is the remarkable story of Tammy Pierce, as filtered through the pen of Los Angeles artist Esther Pearl Watson. This second and concluding volume picks up where the first volume left off (winter break) and finishes Tammy's tragicomic sophomore year of high school in 1985. Tammy has built a devoted following over the last several years in the pages of Bust magazine, where Unlovable continues to be serialized on the magazine's back page, and this beautifully produced, dayglo-orange and sparkly pink hardcover presents over 400 pages of her sometimes ordinary, sometimes humiliating, often poignant and always hilarious exploits. Her hopes, dreams, agonies and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson's lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the '80s essentials - too much mascara, leg warmers with heels and huge hair, etc. - as well as timeless teen concerns like acne, dandruff, and the opposite sex (or same sex, in some cases). Unlovable is
(W/A/CA) Otto Binder
The Unwanted is Otto Binder's response to the 1950s McCarthy era of paranoia and intolerance, couched in metaphorical science fiction terms. A civilization of 'Mastermen' rules the galactic empire and must evaluate citizens of the various planets for inclusion into an imperial congress. Membership means access to technology, prosperity and protection. We learn the priorities and values of these visitors and why, in evaluating this planet, the Mastermen find a world shockingly different from their own. Written in the 1950s and never before published, this edition pays homage to Binder's comics career by enlisting the collaborative talents of Angelo Torres?-?who, with Al, Williamson and Roy Krenkel, illustrated Binder's EC story 'Lost in Space' in 1955?-?and Austrian sculptor, speed painter, and digital artist Stefan Koidl, to illustrate it. The result is a stunning tribute to Binder's lifelong commitment to comics and prose.
(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai The novel-length title story relates the heretofore untold story of the mercenary swordsrhino Gennosuke. This volume also introduces a new romantic interest for Usagi, tells the final fate of the Blind Swordspig, and more!
(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai
This volume features Usagi's origins as a wandering rabbit warrior in feudal Japan, and introduces many members of the cast of characters. Brimming with drama and humor, this is some of Stan Sakai's finest work.
(W/A/CA) Stan Sakai
Perhaps the best samurai rabbit story ever told. With "The Tower" (introducing Spot the Wonder Lizard), "Return of the Blind Swordspig," the hilarious Groo tribute "The Tea Cup," and a crossover with the Ninja Turtles!
Usagi Yojimbo Book 3 collects full-length Usagi stories from issues #7 through #12 of the original Fantagraphics series, including "The Tower" (which introduces Usagi's traveling companion Spot the Wonder Lizard), "Return of the Blind Swordspig," "A Mother's Love," "Blade of the Gods," "The Shogun's Gift," and the hilarious Groo tribute "The Tea Cup," co-starring the amoral mercenary rhino Gen. ("Gen does what Gen does best!") Plus, the little-seen Usagi team-up with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, "Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew," written and drawn by Sakai. A must-have for adventure lovers of all ages! Black-and-white comic throughout (STL215041) (C: 0-1-2)