Recent Fantagraphics Releases and Upcoming Arrivals as of January 2009.

RECENT FANTAGRAPHICS RELEASES

Beasts! Book 1 (Softcover Edition)

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By various artists; edited and designed by Jacob Covey

200-page full-color 8" x 8" softcover • $24.99 USD

A classic mythological menagerie, comprised of creatures that were thought at one time to actually exist, depicted by about a hundred acclaimed artists and cartoonists. Now in softcover after 2 sold-out hardcover editions.

Monologues for Calculating the Density of Black Holes

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By Anders Nilsen

400-page monochrome/full-color 5" x 8" softcover • $22.99 USD

A creatively experimental laboratory, comprising a collection of free flowing stream-of-consciousness gags, strips, and drawings that slowly coalesce into an unexpectedly compelling and complex narrative.

The Comics Journal #295

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200-page 7.5" x 9.5" b&w/color squarebound softcover magazine • $11.99 USD

Brian K. Vaughan on Y: The Last Man, Lost, Ex Machina and more; Paul Karasik interviews Gipi; John Kerschbaum talks brutality. Should superheroes come out of the closet? Reviews of Zot!, Kirby: King of Comics & more!

UPCOMING ARRIVALS COMING SOON

Explainers: The Complete Village Voice Strips (1956-1966) [2nd Printing]

By Jules Feiffer

568-page 9.25" x 5.25" black & white hardcover • $35.00 USD

The first of four volumes collecting Feiffer's entire run of weekly strips from the Village Voice. This edition contains about 500 strips originally published from 1956 - 1966 in a gigantic landscape hardcover format.

Unlovable

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By Esther Pearl Watson

416-page 5.75" x 5.75" two-color hardcover • $22.99 USD

From the pages of Bust magazine, the sometimes ordinary, sometimes humiliating, often poignant and frequently hilarious exploits of '80s teen underdog Tammy Pierce: big hair, boogers, boys and other high school pitfalls.

Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace Vol. 5: 1959-1960

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By Hank Ketcham

672-page 5.5" x 6.25" black & white hardcover • $24.99 USD

The fifth volume of Ketcham's phenomenal panel covers the end of the Postwar Era, 1959-1960. His legendary pen and ink work is in full flower, as are the various situations and themes that he would return to again and again.

Humbug

By Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Will Elder & Arnold Roth

400-page 8" x 10" duotone 2-volume hardcover set in slipcase • $60.00 USD

At last, the entire 11-issue run of Humbug, reprinted in a deluxe format, much of it reproduced from the original art. Some of the most trenchant and engaging satire of American culture ever to appear on newsstands.