the fantagraphics winter 2011 catalog presents comic strips, comic books,graphic novels, and more!

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THE FANTAGRAPHICS WINTER 2011 CATALOG PRESENTS
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COMIC STRIPS, COMIC BOOKS,GRAPHIC NOVELS, AND MORE!
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toys in the Basement
By Blanquet
With appearances in such anthologies as Zero Zero,
BLAB! and Kramers Ergot, Stéphane Blanquet has
been delighting and terrifying American readers
with his superslick, ultradetailed creepiness. So it
makes perfect sense that his first graphic novel to
be published in the U.S. would be… a children’s
book? Our hero, attending a Halloween party in an
embarrassing pink bunny costume (he wanted to be a
pirate) stumbles across a secret society of damaged,
forgotten, and pissed-off toys in the basement of his
friend’s house—including the terrifying Amelia, not
an adorable gamine played by Audrey Tautou but
a towering sentient assemblage of broken toy parts
out for revenge! Imagine Toy Story as reimagined 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!
32-page full-color 8.25” x 11” hardcover $14.99 (TOYSIN)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/toysinthebasement
the littlest Pirate King
By David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan
For decades they have roamed the seas, this shipload of
undead pirates. They are desperate to die, but every time
they try to dash their ship to splinters and end their miserable
existence, a malevolent God scoops them out of danger.
And so they have no choice but to continue to sail the seas,
looting and killing. Until one day, having exterminated yet
another ship of the living, they come across a pink little
baby. Adopting him as their mascot and dubbing him their
“Littlest King,” they continue their journeys. But eventually
the King begins to grow up... Adapted by David B., the
creator of Epileptic, from a short story by Pierre Mac Orlan,
The Littlest King is David B.’s first full-color graphic novel to
be released in English, and his vivid palette combines with
his stunningly elegant graphics to create a magical yarn
that can be enjoyed by young and old alike. 48-page full-color 8.25” x 11” hardcover $16.99 (LITTPK)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/littlestpirateking
alsO BY DaVID B.: BABEL #1-2, $7.95 each (BABEL,
BABEL2) In this continuing spin-off of his award-winning
masterpiece Epileptic, David B. focuses once again on his
relationship with his ailing brother, but delves deeper into
their fantasy life and obsession with history. See also page
34-35 for David B.’s appearances in MOME, and page 36-
37 for other releases in the Ignatz series.
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Hate annual
By Peter Bagge
Bagge continues to chronicle the exploits of Buddy Bradley, now married, with kid, bald and eyepatched, in this
ongoing comic book. Also includes such gems as Bagge’s entire “Batboy” serial done for the late, lamented
Weekly World News, stories featuring his new character “Lovey,” and autobiographical, reportorial, and satirical
comics from one of the funniest cartoonists alive. Eight issues to date (sorry, #2-5 are sold out); the new issue
#8 shines a spotlight on Lisa, who gets way more than she bargained for when she makes her first foray into
show business — plus biographies of obscure scientists, and Japanese gumball machine mini comics. 40-page
b&w/color comics Hate annual #1, 6, 7, 8: $4.95 each (HATA1, 6-8)
the Bradleys everybody
By Peter Bagge Is stupid
Meet the Bradleys, America’s
except For Me
most dysfunctional family: Pops,
Mom, Buddy, Babs and Butch
Bradley. This volume collects all By Peter Bagge
of Bagge’s early, explosively funny pre-Hate tales
of the dysfunctional Bradley family from Neat Stuff, Peter Bagge doubles as an opinionated cuss, and
including “You’re Not the Boss of Me!,” “Merry his Libertarian leanings have been chronicled for
F*cking Christmas!,” and “Rock ‘n’ Roll Refugee.” The the past decade in comics published in the party or-
best-selling humor cartoonist of his generation, Bagge gan Reason. Bagge, a longtime resident of liberal
has been hailed as one of comics’ great satirists, and Seattle, is hardly dogmatic: Many of the pieces un-
the Bradleys remain his most enduring creation. dermine traditional Libertarian party lines in favor
Created in the 1980s while Bagge was also editing of a personal, rational and informed approach to
R. Crumb’s Weirdo magazine, this family for the ages controversial issues that will force partisan Demo-
has its roots firmly planted in All In the Family’s Bunker crats and Republicans alike to rethink them. Bagge’s
family and MAD magazine, with a healthy punk rock well-researched comic strip “essays” crackle with the
anger occasionally exploding — think of an R-rated same colorful energy and wit that propelled him into
Simpsons and you’re close. 160-page b&w 8” x 10” the collective Gen X consciousness with his amaz-
softcover $16.95 (BRADL) ing comic book series Hate. As always, his work re-
mains seriously funny. 120-page full-color 7.75” x
10” softcover $16.99 (EVESTU)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/every-
bodyisstupid
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Buddy Does seattle
By Peter Bagge
These legendary stories, from the classic first fifteen
issues of Bagge’s Hate comic, are a defining icon of
Seattle’s early 1990s culture (the Seattle Weekly has
written, “20 years from now, when people wonder
what it was like to be young in 1990s Seattle, the only
record we’ll have is Hate.”), as well as Generation X
in general. This is the first time these hilarious stories,
starring the hapless Buddy Bradley and his cast of
loser cohorts (including the neurotic Lisa and the
ineffable Stinky), have ever been available under
one cover, and never have they been available at
such a low price. Bagge’s riotous tales of the early
1990s subculture are more hilarious now than ever.
All mail- 340-page b&w 6” x 9” softcover $16.95 (BUDSEA)
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Buddy Does Jersey
By Peter Bagge
For the first time, the second half of the Buddy Bradley saga from the pages of Hate is collected in a single,
handsome, affordable volume. This sequel to Buddy Does Seattle describes the arc of Buddy’s East Coast
experience after he slinks home to his native New Jersey with his tail between his legs. Watch Buddy contend
with running a small business with a less-than-reliable partner; reintegrating with his dysfunctional family; his
girlfriend Lisa’s brief conversion to lesbianism and subsequent breakup with Buddy; and the shocking final fate
of the exuberant Stinky. Originally released in color, these stories are here presented in the pristine black and
white of earlier Buddy stories, in order to better show off the crisp beauty of inker Jim Blanchard’s linework.
With a long introduction by Bagge and a hilarious cartoon foreword by Johnny Ryan. (These are the stories that
precece and set up the Hate Annual continuity.) 352-page b&w 6” x 9” softcover $16.95 (BUDJER)
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Bent
By Dave cooper
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Dave Cooper’s work has found a devoted and passionate following with visitors to his solo gallery shows
in Los Angeles and New York in recent years. Cooper continues to obsess and fixate over his bizarre
procession of milky figures as they crawl and wriggle into hidden meadows, jungles and cities. Everything
in this world seems to be undulating and overripe — the multi-colored Jell-O vegetation, the billowing
clouds, and the twitching, agitated women, whether thin like sinewy rubber, or fat and bursting with doughy
flesh. This monograph collects Cooper’s finest, most revealing paintings, ink drawings, pencil sketches, and
photographs from the past five years, many of which enjoy homes in the collections of influential collectors
and some of Hollywood’s elite. Among this esteemed crowd is the great auteur, Oscar-nominated Guillermo
del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth and the Hellboy movies), who provides an enthusiastic, thoughtful introduction for
this splendid new collection. 80-page full-color 10.25” x 9” hardcover $22.99 (BENT)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/bent
alsO BY DaVe cOOPeR: WEASEL #7: UNDERBELLY, 48pp. h/c, $22.95 (UNDERB) Another
collection tributes to pillowy female forms, featuring over 50 of Cooper’s luminescent oil paintings
and lush drawings. | WEASEL #6: OVERBITE, 44pp. h/c, $16.95 (WEAS6) “Paintings and Draw-
ings of Mostly Pillowy Girls”: this coffee-table artbook, Cooper’s first, showcases his sometimes
disturbingly cute canvases of young women. | RIPPLE: A PREDILECTION FOR TINA, 120pp.
s/c, $14.95 (RIPPLE) A floundering painter hires a homely model to pose for a series of “erotic”
paintings. Over time, their relationship evolves into a confused sexual entanglement. Introduction
by David Cronenberg. | SUCKLE: THE STATUS OF BASIL, 136pp. s/c, $14.95 (SUCKL) Suckle
is a bizarre travelogue through a nightmarish cartoon landscape. Born from a strange vulvic eruption
in the desert, Basil sets off on a tangled, twisted quest through the wilds of sex, disease, religious
belief and urban living. But mostly sex. Cooper’s first graphic novel remains one of his very best.
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Dungeon Quest
By Joe Daly
One day Millennium Boy decided to grab his hobo stick,
his bandana, and his Swiss Army knife, bid his mom
goodbye, and head off on a quest for adventure. Joined
by his best friend Steve (weapon: baseball bat; clothing:
wife beater, cargo pants and sandals), they soon
find themselves in a violent altercation with two other
adventure seekers. It ends badly for their antagonists
(“Whoa, check it out, dude! You actually knocked this
dude’s brain right out of his cranium!”) and Millennium
Boy and Steve become the proud owners of fancy
weapons upgrades (a crowbar and a steel chain). So
on they trek, and the next inductee to their group is the
muscle-bound Lash Penis. And then things start getting
weird! Readers of last year’s The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book will recognize Joe Daly’s delightfully
unique stoner/philosopher dialogue and distinctive character designs, but the hilarious over-the-top Role
Playing Game action (complete with periodic updates for each character’s status in ten criteria, including
“dexterity,” “intelligence,” and “money”) propel this new story into a heretofore unachieved action-comedy
realm. 136-page b&w 6” x 8.25” paperback $12.99 (DUNQUE)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/dungeonquest1
the Red Monkey Double Happiness Book
By Joe Daly
Set in Cape Town, South Africa, The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book is stuffed
to the gills with mystery, suspense, action, adventure, conspiracy theories, cool cars,
and excellent weed as Dave and his freeloading pal Paul, well-meaning stoners in
the tradition of Cheech & Chong and Harold & Kumar, thwart criminal malfeasance
even as they ponder the larger questions, such as, “What steps can I personally take
to help protect the Earth and the species that inhabit it?” (though most people’s
answers to these questions don’t involve sword fights and hovercrafts). Joe Daly
brings a refreshingly original — and hilarious — voice to the comics medium, a
dry, deadpan wit anchored in everyday reality combined with unnervingly deranged
plots, rendered with a hyper-detailed, half-realistic and half-cartoony Tintin-style
crispness. 112-page full-color 7.75” x 10.25” hardcover $22.99 (REDMON)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/redmonkey
alsO BY JOe DalY: SCRUBLANDS, 128pp.
S/c, $16.95 (SCRUB) Offbeat, hallucinatory, often
hilarious strips ranging from representational Jim
Jarmusch-like scenarios to wild visual excursions,
albeit linear ones — a unique mix of deadpan absur-
dity and surreal imagery. Eisner Award nominee for
Best Graphic Album!
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the search for smilin’ ed
By Kim Deitch
Originally created in 1997 and 1998
for the underground anthology Zero
Zero, The Search for Smilin’ Ed has
Deitch once again burrowing into
the nooks and crannies of vintage
American popular culture. Launched
on his latest investigation by a remark
from his brother about a shared
childhood favorite (“Y’know, I heard
that when Smilin’ Ed died... his body
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and his malevolent sidekick, Froggy
the Gremlin. Meanwhile, Deitch’s muse and nemesis Waldo the Cat abandons Deitch to hang out with
some demon buddies, and soon both Waldo and Deitch are closing in on the mysteries of Smilin’ Ed and
Froggy. Ranging across the entire 20th century, replete with flashbacks, stories within stories, and guest
appearances from other Deitch regulars, The Search for Smilin’ Ed is a narrative whirligig that shows Deitch at
his wildest and woolliest. For those whose heads have started to spin at the complexity of Deitch’s mythology,
there’s an essay on the subject, and a full-color double fold-out guide to “The Kim Deitch Universe.” Plus
a brand new story starring Waldo in his 21st century post-Alias the Cat state of domestic bliss, stumbling
across an army of (French-) talking beavers. 144-page b&w 6.75” x 9”.75 paperback $16.99 (SMILIN)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/smilined
Deitch’s Pictorama
Kim Deitch, creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Shadowland, Alias the Cat and
Boulevard of Broken Dreams, has recruited his siblings to produce a unique, all-
new “picto-fiction” pocket book. Alternating between heavily illustrated near-comics
stories and outright prose pieces, Deitch’s Pictorama is a testament to the Deitch
family’s amazing yarn-spinning abilities! Featuring five tall tales involving bottle cap
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by author! is wrapped up with an introduction by legendary Academy Award-winning animator,
cartoonist and illustrator and proud papa Gene (Tom Terrific, Terr’ble Thompson [see page 102], Tom and
Jerry) Deitch. 240-page b&w softcover 6” x 8” $18.99 (PICRAM)
MORe KIM DeItcH BOOKs: THE STUFF OF DREAmS #2, 3, 40-to-48-
pp. comics, BARGAIN PRICE 99 cents each (STUFD2, STUFD3) In this fan-
tastic mini-series (since released by Pantheon as the graphic novel Alias the Cat
but sans the great covers — and certainly not at our great price, see below),
Kim and his wife Pam’s pursuit of vintage Hallloween cats for their collection
leads to a series of fascinating mysteries and filmic tall tales! Waldo the Cat
and his new paramour turn up, the sexual subculture of “furies” is given a turn
in the spotlight, and it all winds in the shock corridors of Bellevue hospital!
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lucky in love Book 1:
a Poor Man’s History
By George chieffet and stephen Destefano
“I was fifteen in 1942, and I was five foot three, which is the tallest I ever was.
I had jet black hair and a smile as big as day.” Readers and moviegoers have
read and seen many growing-up-in-the-bigcity- then-being-drafted-into-World-
War-II tales, both real and fictional, but none with the visual pizzazz and feisty
humor of Lucky in Love. Co-created by George L. Chieffet (script) and veteran
cartoonist and animator Stephen DeStefano (plot and art), Lucky in Love is
almost the flipside to dramatic works on the same theme such as Alan’s War and
You’ll Never Know. Elegantly drawn in a supremely confident, lively, cartoony
black-and-white style that recalls Milt Gross as well as classic Disney animation
and comics, Lucky in Love is a unique coming-of-age story that follows its lovable
eponymous hero Lucky Testatuda from his rascally teen years in Hoboken, New
All mail- Jersey’s Little Italy to his induction into the air force and subsequent wartime
oarudtoegr rcaopphieesd experiences. 120-page one-color 7” x 10” hardcover $19.99 (LUCKY1)
by author! More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/luckyinlove1
Meat cake
By Dame Darcy
Dame Darcy is one of the most beguiling presences on the comics scene —
musician, actress, cable TV star, fortune teller, dollmaker, and last but not least,
cartoonist to the core — and has been bewitching readers for over 15 years with
her neo-Victorian horror/humor/romance comic Meat Cake. Alternating between
one-off (often cruelly tragic) fairy tales and ongoing romps starring her eclectic cast
of characters, including Effluvia the Mermaid, the roguish roué Wax Wolf, Igpay the
Pig-Latin pig, Stregapez (a women who speaks by dispensing Pez-like tablets through
a bloody hole in her throat), the mischievous Siamese twins Hindrance and Perfidia,
Scampi the Selfish Shellfish, the stalwart Friend the Girl, and the blonde bombshell
Richard Dirt, all delineated in her inimitable luxurious scrawl, Meat Cake is like a
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best of Darcy’s work (including “Hungry Is the Heart,” the legendary collaboration
with Watchmen’s Alan Moore) from the first 11 issues of the beloved comic. 240-page b&w 7” x 10.25”
paperback $22.99 (MEATCS) More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/meatcakesc
cOMIcs FROM DaMe DaRcY: mEATCAKE #3, 24-pp. comic, $2.50
(MEAT03) mEATCAKE #13, 14, 16-17, 32-pp. comics, $3.95 each (MEAT13,
14, 16, 17) None of these (except #3) collected in the book! Issue #14 offers histo-
ries of rock star witches Clara Bow and Cleopatra, tips on how to “exercise” one’s
demons, and a magical-doll story. Issue #16 profiles Rudolph Valentino, the se-
cret language of flowers, love spells, and spells for mermaid hair, plus...sex magic!
In #17 God is revealed to the Faeiry Sisters — so of course they get into a fight
over it. Also, Trixxie Roxx stars in “The Horrors of Fame,” what Darcy describes
as “a punk-rock version of those cheesy 1940s romance novels where the girls are going through hyperdrama all the time.”
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special exits
By Joyce Farmer
Joyce Farmer, best known for co-creating the Tits ’n Clits comics anthology in the
1970s (a feminist response to the rampant misogyny in underground comix) spent
11 years crafting her first full-length comic: Special Exits, a stunning graphic memoir
in the vein of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home or Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, and
Frank Stack’s Our Cancer Year, about caring for her dying father and stepmother,
Lars and Rachel. Special Exits gracefully deals with the hard reality of caring for
aging loved ones: those who are or who have been in similar situations might find
comfort in it, and those who haven’t will find much to admire in the bravery and
good humor of parents and daughter. Dense, detailed, and drawn with exquisite
All mail- sensitivity, Special Exits proceeds at a leisurely pace that not only helps to convey
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bickering, the gallows humor,
the occasional querulousness,
and the love and acceptance
beneath it all. “It had a
power-ful effect on me,” says
R. Crumb; “towards the end I
actually found myself moved
to tears.” 208-page b&w 8” x
10” hardcover $26.99 (SPECEX)
More info & previews: www.
fantagraphics.com/specialexits
Mascots
By Ray Fenwick
In Mascots, a collection of impressionistic stories combine to create a wildly
absurd — yet vaguely familiar — parallel world. Like Fenwick’s previous work, the
acclaimed Hall of Best Knowledge (one of Booklist’s “Top Ten Graphic Novels of
2008” — see below), Mascots is driven by lettering and language, part art and
part comics, this time taking the form of bright, full-color paintings on found book
covers. These paintings can be experienced individually, each on their own terms,
but together they reveal a surreal world that captures the mood of our times with
manic energy. 128-page full-color 5” x 7.5” hardcover $22.99 (MASCOT)
More info & previews: www.fantagraphics.com/mascots
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by author! KNOWLEDGE, $19.95 (HALLBK) This 168-
page softcover collection of “typographical comics”
dispensing dubious pearls of wisdom is part graphic
novel, part art object, part satire, and part puzzle. See
also page 34-35 for Fenwick’s appearances in MOME.