(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!

(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 Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of imaginative exuberance, rollicking high adventure, and all-around cartooning brilliance. Over 170 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Plus insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks THE VERY FIRST SCROOGE STORY... PLUS WEST INDIAN, AUSTRALIAN AND VOLCANIAN ADVENTURES! Scrooge McDuck is now such a fixture in the Disney universe that few remember Carl Barks had been writing and drawing Donald Duck stories for half a decade before he cooked up the miserly multiplujillionaire - for what he thought would be a one-time Christmas yarn involving Donald, the nephews, Scrooge in a bearskin, and (inevitably) a couple of real bears. 'Christmas on Bear Mountain' is one of Barks's funniest holiday stories and a true landmark in comics history, and offers a fascinating look at a roughedged, genuinely nasty character whom Barks would soon soften... Scrooge aside, there's plenty of fun to be had in this volume. In 'Volcano Valley' Donald and the Nephews end up stuck in Volcania, a south-of-the-border country inhabited by sombrero-wearing, siesta-addicted Volcanians. Other long-form adventures include the self-explanatory 'Adventure Down Under,' as well as one of Barks's most atmospheric thrillers, the West Indies-based 'Ghost of the Grotto,' which includes a

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks At last, Fantagraphics presents Carl Barks?s very first Donald Duck stories! This is where it all started, as Carl Barks took control of Donald Duck?s comic book adventures and began a series of clever, creative, complex, and comedic stories that would continue under his cartooning brilliance for more than 20 years ? and guarantee his place in comics history.Volume 1 in The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library is, naturally, filled with firsts: Barks?s first comic book story (starring Pluto), the first Donald Duck story created for an American comic book (and also the first to see Donald and his nephews go on a treasure hunt), Barks?s first Donald 10-pager, Barks?s first truly solo Donald Duck story, and Barks?s first solo longer-form Donald Duck adventure (?The Mummy?s Ring?). With more than 200 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored, and the insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts, this long-awaited collection of stories makes clear what generations of Disney fans have always known: Carl Barks's work as The

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks A ghost in armor, a high noon showdown, and the treasure of a lifetime!In ?Ghost in the Grotto,? Donald Duck and his nephews try to harvest kelp at Skull-Eye Reef but are soon menaced by a ducknapping ghost in armor, a centuries-old curse, and a giant octopus who ? well, what do you think giant octopuses do? (Plus: two bonus stories, by Barks!) Next, when Blacksnake McSquirt?s high-tech gang moves into town in ?Sheriff of Bullet Valley,? Donald Duck, who learned everything he knows about fighting bad guys from the movies, boldly dons a badge and swaggers into the fray. Can Donald solve the mystery? Can you? (The first clue is on the back cover!) Then Donald Duck and his nephews hoist sail on their most momentous quest ever in ?The Golden Helmet?! In a rip-roaring race full of twists, turns, and tumultuous upsets, they bound over treacherous seas, slog across treacherous terrain ? and get waylaid by treacherous opponents! The prize: a fabulous Viking artifact that will make its finder king of North America! (Plus: three more Barks bonus stories!)Our Adventures Min

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks This season's Carl Barks Library gift box collects our earlier volumes, The Ghost Sheriff of Last Gasp and The Secret of Hondorica in a slipcase at a price that even Uncle Scrooge couldn't resist!

One of Donald Duck's most famous adventures leads off our new line of affordable kid-sized Donald Duck books: budget-minded books packed with fun, laughs, and adventure in every 96-page edition. Each story is complete with all the original story and art. Includes the title story plus bonus stories, all written and drawn by Disney legend Carl Barks!

'The Golden Helmet' takes Donald and his nephews on a rip-roaring adventure as they bound across perilous seas and treacherous terrain to recover a fabulous Viking artifact that will give its owner full legal title to all of North America! Plus: Three more bonus tales. This is the third in our affordable, kid-friendly just-right half-height Donald Duck books packed with fun, laughs, and incredible adventure. Each story is complete with all the original artwork.

(W/A/CA) Marco Rota It’s Donald Duck’s fierce ancestor—played by Donald himself—versus evil medievals in a much-requested miniseries! When Viking raids capture half of Scotland, it’s up to Commander Andold “Wild Duck” Temerary, his super-strong knightly pal Little Bo, and his brainy fiancée Lady Aydis to keep the peace. But with cursed runestones, lurking longboats, and barbarians at the gates, our heroes better grab their swords and shields! Along with four awesome Andold epics—some new to North America!—this Viking-size collection includes modern-day Donald and Uncle Scrooge thrills and spills, including manic McDuck treasure hunts and “Commuter Crisis”… the tale of Duckburg’s most ridiculous rush hour!

(W) Alberto Savini (A/CA) Vitale Mangiatordi Donald Duck doesn’t want much in life: just a great plate of pancakes — and to be a better treasure hunter than Uncle Scrooge! And for everyone in town to follow his perfect example, and for his whole family to be superheroes! Wait a minute, this is getting wacky… but the mystical E-Genie, an all-powerful being housed in a smartphone, is here to grant Donald’s wackiest wishes before you can say “App-acadabra”!It’s Donald Duck’s 90th anniversary, and a corps of European Disney comics masters is bringing his magic makeover to life in an all-new feature-length graphic novel! Can Scrooge McDuck, Daisy, Huey, Dewey and Louie, and Cousin Fethry save Duckburg from Donald… and our birthday boy from himself?

(W) Carl Barks Donald becomes a maharajah, a giant sea serpent attacks, and Donald invents an atom bomb! Through a series of trade-ups, the nephews turn Donald's old pencil stub into - a steamship ticket to India! Off they go, and Donald is soon declared to be 'Maharajah Donald' - but there's a catch! Then, Donald accidentally buys a houseboat at an auction that leads to an encounter with a giant sea serpent! Next, 'Santa's Stormy Visit,' a Christmas story with none of the trimmings - no man in a red suit, no snow (but a tropical hurricane!), no presents under the tree (no tree!) But still a charming holiday tale. And don't miss 'Donald Duck's Atom Bomb!' As we circle back to Carl Barks's earlier stories, the Good Duck Artist delivers another superb collection of surprise, delight, comedy, adventure, and all-around cartooning brilliance. 193 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks Carl Barks?s first foray into his signature series of adventures in ?lost civilizations'' takes the Ducks deep into the Everglades, where they find themselves bedeviled by the enigmatic Gneezles, who have escaped detection from outsiders since the days of Ponce de Le?n ? and want to keep it that way. Then, the fun comes fast and furious as Donald invents a radar detector to track the nephews, the boys open their own detective agency, an ice-skating race, a water-skiing race, the nephews fall into the Grand Canyon (!), and Donald decides to build the largest kite in the world! Plus: Barks?s only Mickey Mouse mystery, ?Mickey Mouse and Riddle of the Red Hat.?As we circle back to Carl Barks?s earlier stories, the Good Duck Artist delivers another superb collection of surprise, delight, comedy, adventure, and all-around cartooning brilliance. 215 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored. Insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts ? including internationally famed cartoonist Freddy Milton (Donald Duck, Woody Woodpecke

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks This volume collects the entirety of Carl Barks' astounding 1948 output, including two longform stories plus 10 of Barks' dynamic 'Walt Disney's Comics and Stories' 10-pagers. Once again all the stories have been shot from crisp originals, then re-colored to match the colorful yet soft hues of the originals. The book is rounded off with essays about Barks, the Ducks, and these specific stories by Barks experts from all over the world.

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks This fall also brings, as always, a new slipcased gift set for the holidays of two of our previous volumes: 'The Pixilated Parrot' and 'Terror of the Beagle Boys' (Vols. 9 and 10 for those keeping track at home).

(W/A/CA) Carl Barks Carl Barks delivers another superb collection of outrageous hijinks, preposterous situations, and all-around cartooning brilliance. Over 160 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored, with insightful story notes by a panel of Barks experts.

(W) Carl Barks In this collection of internationally acclaimed Donald Duck comics, Donald and the nephews are stranded in the Arctic and face peril in the jungle! In this collection of classic comic book stories, Huey, Dewey, and Louie earn a trip to the North Pole in a submarine - and Donald stows away! Fortunately, when they find themselves stranded, Gyro Gearloose invents a flying sled! Then, when Donald announces that he's taking the nephews to South America, he pledges to protect them from all the dangers in 'the wildest part of the jungle' - including a sheer mountain cliff, a raging river, and a swarm of crocodiles. But who is saving whom? This book has 170 pages of story and art, each meticulously restored and newly colored, as well as insightful story notes by an international panel of Barks experts.

(W) Fr?d?ric Br?maud (A/CA) Federico Bertolucci Donald Duck is driven senseless by Duckburg?s hustle and bustle?and the cure might be a peaceful camping trip in the forest primeval. But can our mad mallard find rest and relaxation at last? Not if his greatest forest foes?Chip ?n Dale and Humphrey Bear?have their way!Fr?deric Br?maud and Federico Bertolucci, the team behind the world-renowned Love graphic novels, present a comics tribute to Donald?s Golden Age animation career. It?s a feature-length epic in Br?maud?s and Bertolucci?s acclaimed pantomime style.

(W/A) Lewis Trondheim, Nicolas Keramidas (CA) Lewis Trondheim Acclaimed French cartoonists Lewis Trondheim and Nicolas K?ramidas present a mind-bending Duckburg graphic novel! When Donald grouses that money will never buy Uncle Scrooge happiness, Scrooge snaps - and sets Donald on a treasure hunt for happiness itself. A terrible task for an unlucky Duck? or is it? With help from Professor Ludwig Von Drake, deep in the cranky kingdom of Brutopia - the impossible may be possible! Presented as a 'lost' 1960s Disney story - complete with retro-style color - Donald's Happiest Adventures bristles with wit in the Carl Barks tradition? and bustles with the whole Disney comics cast, including friends and rivals Gladstone Gander, Mickey Mouse, and Pegleg Pete!

(W/A/CA) Jeremy Baum Contrasting a futuristic natural environment and a Metropolis-style urban backdrop, D?rfler is about space, time and the characters who inhabit the two landscapes. Strange creatures wander the Northern Mountains trying to distinguish between real and false memories while the city's citizens are subjected to experiments that turn them into political tools, leading one woman to seek revenge against the totalitarian state. A sure to be talked about debut graphic novel.

(W/A/CA) Murray Olderman Sports cartoonist/journalist Murray Olderman began his career in 1947 when many metropolitan newspapers had their own full-time cartoonists to decorate their sports sections. Olderman met most of the greatest sports personalities of the 20th century, from Jesse Owens and Babe Ruth to Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant. The Draw of Sport compiles over 150 of Olderman's favorite personalities from the sporting world. Each full-page illustration is accompanied by Olderman's own personal reminiscences of those illustrious stars.

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) Ali Fitzgerald Ali Fitzgerald began teaching comics-making to refugees at a Berlin emergency shelter. In her eight years in Germany, Fitzgerald experienced her student's and her own creative highs, along with the deep depression of the disillusioned. In the refugee center, worlds collide and Fizgerald's story entwines the complex themes of political and personal displacement. Her drawings are compassionate and unflinchingly intimate making for a stunning graphic memoir about what you find when you attempt to help lost people.

(W) Merrill Markoe (A/CA) Drew Friedman Featuring over 100 of Drew Friedman's portraits of artists, cartoonists, comedians, musicians, actors, politicians, the famous and the infamous, rendered by the man Boing Boing calls 'The greatest living portrait artist.' No one is spared the loving Friedman treatment, including Drew Friedman himself!

(W/A/CA) Tony Millionaire Drinky Crow Drinks Again collects over 200 Maakies strips from the past half-decade featuring the high-seas adventures of the booze-soaked Drinky Crow and his pickled pal Uncle Gabby. Tony Millionaire blends broad humor with illustrations that hearken back to the glory days of the American comic strip, suggesting a collaboration between Popeye creator E.C. Segar and seafaring novelist Patrick O'Brian (Master and Commander). Millionaire has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and is also the creator of the popular Sock Monkey and Billy Hazelnuts books.

A decades-spanning collection from the 'founding mother' of modern sho-jo manga. Fantagraphics Books' first volume of manga is a collection of short stories by one of Japan's most influential and critically lauded comics innovators.

(W) Bobbi JG Weiss, John Lustig (A) Cosme Quartieri, Rub?n Torreiro (CA) Drew Struzan Quackaroonies! In the one-and-only comics adaptation of DuckTales: The Movie, Uncle Scrooge?s quest for Collie Baba?s treasure gives Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby a genie of their own? but wicked wizard Merlock wants the magic and power for himself, and he?ll stop at nothing to get it! Then Baloo, Becky, and the TaleSpin crew seek their own lost treasure beyond ?The Gates of Shambhala??not knowing Don Karnage and the Air Pirates have joined the expedition in disguise! And in ?Watts the Problem,? supercharged scoundrel Megavolt becomes a human battery? sucking the power out of St. Canard! Can Darkwing and Launchpad pull the plug? All this and Gummi Bears, Chip ?n Dale Rescue Rangers, and Goof Troop too!

(W/A/CA) Georgia Webber Part memoir, part medical cautionary tale, Dumb tells the story of how the author copes with the everyday challenges that come with voicelessness. Webber adroitly uses the comics medium to convey the hurdles she faced as well as the fear and dread that accompanied her journey to regain her life. She learns to lean on the support of her close friends, finds self-expression in creating comics, and comes to understand and appreciate how deeply her voice and identity are intertwined.

Expanded to more than twice the length of the previous volumes, Dungeon Quest Book Three continues the adventures of Millennium Boy, Steve, Lash and Nerdgirl as they traverse mysterious underground realms. This latest installment of the stoner D&D epic brings a whole new level of bizarre comedy, rousing adventure and ass-kicking action - all staged in front of fantastic backdrops replete with strange vegetation, ancient ruins and steam-punk imagery.

(W/A/CA) Cathy Malkasian Cathy Malkasian's Eartha is an expansive tale of pastoral life, city corruption, greed, and addictions, and reverberates with questions plaguing us today, such as the alienating effects of hyper-connectivity and the self-destructive obsession with novelty. Malkasian's rigorous draftsmanship, stunning landscapes and sophisticated storytelling are all on display in Eartha, making this the author's lushest and most impressive graphic novel yet.

(W) Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman (A/CA) Wallace Wood Our acclaimed EC Comics Artists Library collects the best comics of the 1950s from the greatest mass market comic book publisher in history.Featured in this latest set are:The Woman Who Loved Life And Other Stories, illustrated by Johnny CraigAtom Bomb And Other Stories, illustrated by Wallace WoodMan and Superman And Other Stories, illustrated by Harvey KurtzmanTerror Train And Other Stories, illustrated by Al FeldsteinCollectively, that?s more than 120 stories and more than 1,000 pages, plus rarities, bonus features, and insightful commentary from EC scholars. A superb gift for the person in your life who?s into great comic art, illustration, or gripping storytelling!

(W) Al Feldstein & Various (A/CA) Reed Crandall Twenty-two crime, horror, and science fiction stories by master comics artist Reed Crandall. Plus: eight crime and horror stories by fellow EC artist George Roussos. Reed Crandall was an undisputed Master of fine line detail and expertly nuanced pen-and-ink texture. He was a perfect fit for EC Comics, and he brilliantly illuminated sharp scripts featuring schemes, tricks, betrayal, and retribution in the company's crime, horror, and science fiction titles. This volume features 22 Crandall favorites from the pages of Tales From the Crypt, Vault of Horror, Haunt of Fear, Crime SuspenStories, Shock SuspenStories, Weird Science-Fantasy, Extra, and Impact, including: 'Dog Food,' one of EC's best revenge stories, featuring a sadistic prison camp warden who abuses his dogs to keep them mean - to terrorize his prisoners. And no, it's not the twist ending you might expect - which is why it was voted by fans as one of the top three EC horror stories. 'The Shadow Knows' in which a man who murders his wife is pursued by her shadow everywhere he t

(W) Will Elder & Various John Severin takes control. When John Severin became editor of Two-Fisted Tales, he expanded the scope of its stories beyond its traditional war stories to head off to far-flung times and places, searching for adventure. This volume collects all those stories - the EC stories that Severin had the most control over. Severin wrote and drew the title story, about an old-fashioned Southern "gentleman" who sees grievance at every turn and regularly challenges those who are less skilled than he is to pistol duels. Is it murder when a man is defending his honor? The other tales range from action and intrigue in the Old West to exploring for a lost city in the jungles of Peru, to facing danger in the Khyber Pass, to a Cold War chiller about the "ultimate weapon," to EC's only Vietnam story, "Dien Bien Phu!" Plus - the complete run of Severin's stories of globe-trotting two-fisted news photographer Steve Rampart, from the pages of Extra!. Severin was a master of detail, emotion, and reaction thanks to his precise, detailed line; it brought such realism to the pag

(W) Al Feldstein, William M Gaines (A/CA) Graham Ingles Even in this era of explicit horror films, "Ghastly" Graham Ingels still delivers a shock to readers with his grisly depictions of the fates of evil doers. Like every book in the Fantagraphics EC line, Grave Business And Other Stories superbly showcases these classic comic book masterpieces and enhances the reader's experience with commentary and historical and biographical detail from EC experts.

(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.

(W/A/CA) Rutu Modan Eddie Spaghetti gets into all kinds of delightful mischief in this early reader's instant classic. Eddie Spaghetti is just an average kid who finds himself caught up in silly, sweetly innocent adventures. In these charming stories Eddie, accompanied by his big goofy dog, goes fishing in his goldfish bowl, saws the legs off a too-high table, and takes a bath with his clothes on! The bright colors, lively drawings, and sing-songy rhymes will delight young readers as they follow along Eddie's lighthearted mischief. Eddie Spaghetti, originally created by Israeli artist Aryeh Navon and poet Lea Golberg in the 1930s, is one of the most beloved characters in the Hebrew language. As a tribute to these renowned creators, cartoonist Rutu Modan offers her own playful take on this classic character for a new, international generation of young readers. This is an exceptional book of high-quality comics designed specifically for children four and up.

(W/A) Kenny Wroten A blistering critique of digital media and a kaleidoscopic depiction of consumer culture, Eden II is both fanciful and satirical, a combination of deft cartooning and virtuosic storytelling. In the grungy, punk-inflected world Kenny Wroten creates, a cast of disaffected young characters struggle to find their purpose in life. Faced with a dying Earth and numbingly useless jobs, protagonists Ellis and Dr. Otis Heck invent an immersive virtual reality game, Eden II. But when Heck betrays Ellis and sells the game to a mysterious corporation, the lines between fantasy and reality begin to blur. As each chapter highlights a new character in the ensemble, the game's impact grows as the world becomes consumed by fantasy. Coming off the heels of their acclaimed queer comics Cannonball and Crimes, Eden II is Wroten's magnum opus, establishing them as a breakout graphic novelist. Philosophical, sarcastic, self-assured, Eden II is a vital work of the moment that positions Wroten alongside recent comics luminaries like Emily Carroll, Caroline Cash, Isabel Greenberg, Melanie G

(W) Dominique Grange (A/CA) Tardi In May 1968, France exploded. Leftist student groups occupied the streets of Paris, riot police clashed with protesters, and a general strike spread across France like wildfire, threatening to grind government and industry to a halt. And at the heart of it all ? Elise.Ten years earlier, Elise came to Paris to try her luck in show business. While she met with success as a pop singer, she soon found herself radicalized by the Algerian War and the poor treatment of Algerian immigrants in Paris. For the next 20 years, she would join the fight against labor exploitation, social injustice, and racism in France ? risking it all for progressive causes. The firsthand account of activist and singer Dominique Grange,Elise and the New Partisansis an authentic and exhilarating glimpse into the front lines of the spirited social movements of late-20th century France. Drawn with typical mastery by legendary French cartoonist Tardi, this graphic novel resonates powerfully at a time when the fight against injustice still rages.

(W/A/CA) Anne Simon Set in the same world as Anne Simon's The Song of Aglaia, Empress Cixtisis tells the story of another female ruler who kidnaps all of the men from Agalaia's kingdom and brings them to Tchitchinie to castrate them and make them her slaves. Will Queen Aglaia be able to bring the men back and restore peace to the region? Anne Simon showcases a deft touch in this allegorical fantasy that blends feminism, satire, and farce into a story brimming with subversive twists and comical turns.

(W/A/CA) Mia Wolff The Empty Lotis a visually stunning roller coaster ride through brain of Mia Wolff. It is a surreal and fascinating journey that begins with a dream that spills into the author?s local Brooklyn neighborhood and her favorite empty lot, which naturally serves as the portal to the demon on Canal St who we find just happening to be cavorting in a flood of blood. This monograph features Wolff's astonishingly beautiful and accomplished paintings and a fantastic narrative of strange ecstasies amidst war.With a conversation between the author and famed SF author, essayist, and memoirist Samuel R. Delany.