(W) Charles M Schulz, Tom Tomorrow, Jake Tapper (A/CA) Charles M Schulz A new box set collects the latest two volumes (Vols. 21 and 22) of the paperback series. The Complete Peanuts is the publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus material such as celebrity introductions, interviews, and a brief biography of Schulz himself.

THE FIRST PAPERBACK VOLUME OF THE BESTSELLING SERIES! The bestselling, award-winning, critically acclaimed series that sparked a renaissance for fans of classic comic strips upon its debut in 2004 is now coming in softcover! This first volume, covering the first two and a quarter years of the strip, features hundreds of strips rarely reprinted before this series. Three major cast members - Schroeder, Lucy, and Linus - initially show up as infants and only ""grow"" into their final ""mature"" selves as the months go by. Even Snoopy debuts as a puppy! The Complete Peanuts offers a unique chance to see a master of the art form refine his skills and solidify his universe, day by day. This volume is rounded out with Garrison Keillor's introduction, a biographical essay by David Michaelis (Schulz and Peanuts) and an in-depth interview with Schulz conducted in 1987 by Gary Groth and Rick Marschall.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz This third volume takes us into the mid-1950s as the characters we are all familiar with solidify. Linus learns to talk, Snoopy begins to explore his eccentricities, Lucy's crush on Schroeder takes shape, and Charlie Brown becomes even more Charlie Brown-ish! This volume includes an introduction by Matt Groening (The Simpsons) as well as the popular Complete Peanuts index, a hit with librarians and collectors alike.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz In this fourth paperback volume, the 1950s close and Peanuts enters its golden age. Linus becomes downright eloquent and begins to fend off Lucy's bullying, although his neurosis becomes more pronounced, including a harrowing two-weeks of blanketlessness. Charlie Brown cascades further down the hill to loserdom, with lost kites and humiliating baseball losses. But the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. Also available for the holidays is a gift box containing this volume and Vol. 3 1955-1956.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz Fantagraphics award winning Peanuts series now reprinted in budget-friendly softcover! As the first decade of Peanuts closes, Snoopy begins to take up residence atop his doghouse, and his repertoire of impressions increases exponentially. Lucy offers her first five-cent psychiatric counsel. For the very first time, Linus spends all night in the pumpkin patch on his lonely vigil for the Great Pumpkin. Even more importantly, Charlie Brown's sister Sally makes her appearance. All this, and one of the most famous Peanuts strips ever: "Happiness is a warm puppy.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz Though the long-running hardcover Complete Peanuts series concluded in 2016 with Vol. 26, the paperback editions continue! This volume is rich in never-before-reprinted strips. More than one fifth of the book had never seen the light of day since their original appearance until reappearing in The Complete Peanuts. These 'lost' strips include Linus making a near-successful run for class president and Snoopy getting involved with a group of politically fanatical birds. Also in this volume: Lucy creates an educational slideshow of Charlie Brown's faults and Snoopy's doghouse begins its conceptual expansion. Introduction by Bill Melendez.

(W) Charles M. Schulz, Hal Hartley (A) Charles M. Schulz We are now in the mid-1960s, one of Schulz's peak periods of creativity. This volume marks two milestones for Snoopy: the first 'dogfight' with the Red Baron, and the launch of his writing career. Two new characters make their bows. Roy, who won't make a lasting and a strange kid he has met. Her name? Peppermint Patty.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz As the 1970s wind down, the last two recurring Peanuts characters have fallen into place: Snoopy's brother Spike and the youngest Van Pelt sibling, Rerun. Also featured are a profusion of distinctive one- (or two-) shot characters to create one of the most eclectic casts in Peanut's history along with the regular gang that fans have come to expect.

(W/A) Charles M. Schulz As it enters its 4th decade, Peanuts remains as fresh and lively as ever, with classic storylines like Charlie Brown's hospital stay and surprises like a romance between Peppermint Patty and? Pig Pen?! Introduction by Al Roker. Featuring impeccable production values, this series presents the entire run in chronological order, dailies and Sundays, two years per volume, with supplementary materials.

(W) Charles M. Schulz The world's greatest comic strip enters the '80s! In volume 16 of The Complete Peanuts (softcover edition), Snoopy's long-lost brother 'Marbles' joins the cast of characters - and is baffled by Snoopy's un-doglike behavior. Charlie Brown lives up to his hard-luck reputation: on the day of the biggest game of the season, he loses the baseball field! In other stories, Peppermint Patty witnesses the 'butterfly miracle,' Linus and Sally spar over whether he is indeed her 'Sweet Babboo,' the Van Pelts foray into an ill-fated farming venture, and two of the most eccentric characters from later Peanuts years - the hyper-aggressive Molly Volley and the whiny 'Crybaby' Boobie - return for a rematch. Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse) introduces this volume. The Complete Peanuts: 50 Years of Art. 26 Books. The publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing: the complete reprinting of Charles M. Schulz's classic, Peanuts. This is the only place Peanuts has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, every sin

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz As Peanuts hits the mid-'80s, Peppermint Patty and Snoopy's brother Spike take starring roles. This volume of The Complete Peanuts is particularly romance-heavy as the Charlie Brown/Peppermint Patty/Marcie triangle heats up; love blossoms between two of the 'Beagle Scout' birds; and Linus still refuses to be Sally's 'Sweet Babboo'! Meanwhile, Peppermint Patty goes to the 'sleep disorders center' to find out why she's always nodding off in class; Charlie Brown becomes, in his worst baseball-related humiliation to date, the mascot of Peppermint Patty's 'Pelicans'; Linus finally gives up his security blanket once and for all; and Snoopy's brother Spike pops up in hilarious, deadpan vignettes set in far-flung Needles, California. The Complete Peanuts is the reprint project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz This volume of The Complete Peanuts reaches the middle of the go-go 1980s. In this volume: Peppermint Patty wins her school's essay contest, but snatches defeat from the jaws of victory with a disastrous acceptance speech; Lucy talks Charlie Brown into posing for their school's 'Swimsuit issue'; Snoopy accidentally destroys his doghouse with a cannon; Sally gives Santa Claus a heart attack (literally!); and Snoopy's brother Spike pops up in various deadpan vignettes set in the desert. With its impeccable production values The Complete Peanuts launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and is the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety.

(W/A/CA) Charles M. Schulz In this latest volume of Peanuts, romance is in the air: Charlie Brown's flirtatious winking in class sends him to the school nurse, Linus's attempts to woo 'Lydia' of the many names are met with mockery - and Peppermint Patty and Marcie's fierce quarrel over which one of them 'Charles' likes the best. Other storylines include Snoopy's stay in the hospital for a hockey-related knee injury - until everyone realizes that dogs don't have knees, Patty's campaign to be her school's 'May Queen,' Sally's rocky career as a playwright, and Snoopy's 'kiss-and-tell' book. Plus, fan-favorites Lucy, Rerun, Spike... and Snoopy's feathered Beagle Scouts! The Complete Peanuts is the publishing project that launched a renaissance in comic strip publishing and the only place Charles M. Schulz's classic has ever been collected in its entirety. Featuring impeccable production values, each volume of this series features two successive years of newspaper strips (dailies and Sundays), plus bonus material such as celebrity introductions, interviews, and a brief biography of Schu

Introduction by Billie Jean King. Celebrate life with THE COMPLETE PEANUTS! Fantagraphics is proud to present the release of the 12th volume of the most recognized comic strip of all time! Charles M. Schulz's American masterpiece has defined the way we read, create and consider comic strips. Nothing short of genius, Schulz's ability to articulate the human experience through pathos and humor is authentic to the point where the line between art and existence is nearly unrecognizable. We are all Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Linus, Lucy and Woodstock!

Launching into the 1960s, Schulz adds another new cast member. Two, in fact: The obnoxious Frieda, of 'naturally curly hair' fame, and her inert, seemingly boneless cat Faron. The rapidly maturing Sally, who was after all just born in the previous volume, is ready to start kindergarten and not at all happy about it. Linus' life is particularly turbulent in this volume, as he is forced to wear glasses, sees the unexpected return of his favorite teacher, Miss Othmar, and coaxes Sally into the cult of the Great Pumpkin (with regrettable results). Snoopy, meanwhile, becomes a compulsive water sprinkler head stander, unhappily befriends a snowman or two, and endures a family crisis involving a little family of birds. Plus baseball blowouts (including a rare team victory), Beethoven birthdays, and plenty of dubious psychiatric help for a nickel. This book collects 730 daily and Sunday comic strips, the vast majority of which are not currently available in any in-print Peanuts collection, and many of which have never been reprinted since their initial appearance in papers over 50 years ago.

In this volume of the bestselling Complete Peanuts series, Charles Schulz introduces one (in fact, three) of the quirkiest characters to the Peanuts universe, the numerically-monikered 95472 siblings. They didn't stay around very long but offered some choice bits of satirical nonsense while they did. As it happens, this volume is particularly rich in never-before-reprinted strips: over 150 (more than one fifth of the book!) have never seen the light of day since their original appearance over 40 years ago, so this will be a trove of undiscovered treasures even for avid Peanuts collectors. Introduced by Bill Melendez, animator of all the Peanuts TV specials starting all the way back with A Charlie Brown Christmas!

(W/A/CA) Noah Van Sciver Fante Bukowski, a 'writer's writer' that no writer's ever read, must overcome no actual talent to gain the respect and adoration of critics and, more importantly, his father. The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski assembles all three volumes of Noah Van Sciver's Award-nominated series. This omnibus collection also includes an introduction by novelist Ryan Boudinot (Blueprints of the Afterlife), a facsimile reproduction of Bukowski's notorious self-published zine, 6 Poems, a works cited section, and many other surprises!

(W) Noah Van Sciver Living in a beat-up motel, consorting with the downtrodden and mid-level literati, Fante Bukowski must overcome great obstacles: a love interest turned rival, ghostwriting a teen celebrity's memoirs, no actual talent ? to gain the respect and adoration from critics and, more importantly, his father. Van Sciver has created a scathing, hilarious, and empathetic character study of a self-styled author determined to prove that he's just one more poem (or drink) away from success. Originally published in hardcover in 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic, The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski quickly sold out and is nominated for a 2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album. This expanded paperback edition includes eight new pages, including a 2020 Slate interview with Fante himself and a cover gallery of Fante's previous books. Also: a foreword by novelist Ryan Boudinot (Blueprints of the Afterlife); a facsimile reproduction of Bukowski's literary debut, 6 Poems (thought lost to time in the wake of a motel fire that destroyed the entire original print run); a 'Works Cit

Hot on the heels of last year's VIP: The Mad World of Virgil Partch comes this brand new collection of intoxicated insanity! Collecting the top shelf of Partch's drink-themed artwork including well-known favorites, this new book is sure to delight even the most rigid teetotaler. So batten down the hooch and prepare to cast off on the stormy seas of booze with your faithful captain, Virgil Partch!

(W/A/CA) Dash Shaw Dash Shaw's ode to that defining element of fandom, the "costume play", artfully celebrates both the culture's theatricality and uniquely D.I.Y. beauty via a series of interconnected short stories surrounding two young women. Cosplayers depicts their stories in an affectionately funny way and features plenty of easter eggs for the cognoscenti as well as being the perfect entry point for those befuddled by the phenomenon. To be released around the same time as Shaw's feature film directorial debut, My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea.

Cosplayers is an ode to that defining element of fandom, the 'costume play' of so many anime and comic conventions. Celebrating both the culture's theatricality and D.I.Y. beauty, as well as its often awkward conflation of fantasy and reality, Cosplayers explores these delicate balancing acts via a series of interconnected short stories. Cosplayers will be released around the same time as Shaw's feature film, My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea goes into wide release in 2017. This expanded edition also includes the 2016 single issue comic book, A Cosplayers Christmas, as well as the original short story that inspired the film.

A MEMOIR OF CHILDHOOD, FAMILY, MENTAL ILLNESS AND CATS Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Slow Wave, delivers this tragicomic graphic memoir, his first long-form work. Presented as a series of comic novellas that together comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often hilarious memoir about childhood, family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use, the entire book is told through cleverly inviting conceits like cat histories and card games. The graphic novel is told in five parts: In 'Thirteen Cats' (featured in The Best American Comics), Reklaw discovers coping mechanisms that mimic his family pets; 'Toys I Love' relates the author's pre-pubescent brushes with deviant sexual activity, and the way innocence converges with real sexual trauma; 'The Fred Robinson Story' tells the story of Reklaw's period stalking perfect strangers; 'The Stacked Deck,' in which hereditary influences towards criminal behavior, drug use and depression are explored via card games the author played with his family; and 'Lessoned,' a family history of

(W/A/CA) Rikke Villadsen In this wild west frontier town, nothing is quite what it seems. Painted ladies soar through the sky, townsfolk flicker and fade, and gender seems as fluid as oozing ink. At the heart of this surreal tale, a restless woman longs to break free from her confinement and ride off into the sunset. Both an homage to the classic Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone and a fiercely feminist send-up of gruff masculinity, Cowboy is a Western unlike any other.

(W) Monte Schulz Monte Schulz's omnibus prose novel Crossing Eden chronicles the Pendergast family, cast apart by circumstance into the early 20th century landscape of big business, tent shows, speakeasies, s?ances, bank robberies, lynchings, murder, romance, circuses, and skyscrapers. It's a grand tapestry of the American experience in an age of transition from rural to urban, with our nation perched on the precipice of the Great Depression. It is also the story of us, as we once were, as we hoped to be.

(W/A/CA) Eric Haven Cryptoid is a book about monsters - giant monsters, tiny monsters, robot monsters, cosmic monsters. These bizarre creatures are depicted in a series of interconnected stories, which take place within different planes of existence. These surrealist, selfreflexive, and superbly rendered comics surprise at every turn and showcase an inherent joy for the comics medium.

(W) Mathew Klickstein (A/CA) Rick Geary Rick Geary turns his pen from vintage true crime to whimsy in Daisy Goes to the Moon, an adaptation of a novella written by Mathew Klickstein inspired by the real-life Victorian author Daisy Ashford?s successfully published juvenilia, co-written with her parents. Geary?s version stars little Daisy herself and pastiches everything in his unique visual stylization from Alice in Wonderland and The Wizard of Oz to late-19th-century and early-20th-century comics: Daisy is lured to adventure by a ?rokitship? as she decides to go to the moon with a man named Mr. Z. They encounter many-eyed monsters, time travelers with TVs, her duplicate, a ?troobador,? and more delights and vexations. Geary places his expressive, clean-line black-and-white figures, each with distinct body language, in ornate frames to denote settings and narrative layers. There?s rollicking verbal and physical comedy as characters (sometimes literally) bounce off each other. Geary?s rare artistic gift of being able to depict ornate period detail without sacrificing storytelling clar

(W/A/CA) Daniel Clowes Patience is a psychedelic science-fiction love story that swings from violent destruction to deep personal tenderness. It is also the first all new graphic novel from master cartoonist Daniel Clowes (Ghost World, Eightball) in over a half-decade! This full-color story is the biggest book of his career and affords Clowes the opportunity to draw some of the most exuberantly breathtaking pages of his life, and to tell his most suspenseful, surprising and affecting story yet. This is the graphic novel of 2016.

(W) Vivian Chong, Georgia Webber (A) Georgia Webber In late 2004, a rare skin disease, Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, left Vivian Chong blind, forcing her to learn a new way of being in the world. She not only survived but thrived, discovering anew how to express herself creatively. Teaming up with cartoonist Georgia Webber to tell of her journey out of darkness and into the spotlight, she released her artistic vision in a variety of ways - including singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dance. To be released simultaneously with the debut of Chong's dance-theatre production 'Dancing with the Universe,' this graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.

(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) Doug Gray, Scott Saavedra (A/CA) Cosme Quartieri From Disney Adventures and its Gen-X sister magazines come tales of epic thrills and chills! Darkwing, Gosalyn, and the gang are back in more classic tales from Disney Adventures magazine and around the world! In ?Marinated Mystery,? St. Canard gets hexed by hypnotic haute cuisine? and Launchpad unleashes a recipe for disaster! Then Chip, Dale, and Gadget Hackwrench face Scottish scares in ?The Ghastly Goat of Quiver Moor?? and Darkwing meets wild heroic wannabes in ?Super-Union Blues?! Plus DuckTales, Goof Troop, Gummi Bears, and 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

(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) Guy Colwell In Guy Colwell?s first full graphic novel in over 30 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter?s most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch?s life, and the commissioning of his enormous triptych, ?The Garden of Earthly Delights,? are scant. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch?s time and setting and constructs a tale of a man and artist torn equally among piety, creativity, and commerce.In Colwell?s version of Jheronimus van Aken (Bosch?s real name), he is an artist paid well by local dukes to paint a vision of the world before the fall, but will the religious leaders of his village see it as celebrating God?s creation, or fatally corrupted by sensuality? And what of the increasing numbers of young models needed to depict pre-apple innocence?This imaginatively conceived graphic biography is Colwell?s crowning achievement in a cartooning career, begun in the underground comix movement of the 1970s, and marked by risk-taking and political engagement. His drawing, renderi

(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) 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.