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Fantagraphics Books Solicitations For January 2003

Posted: Wednesday, September 18
By: J Hues

THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES
by Jules Feiffer

Fantagraphics is proud to publish Jules Feiffer's long out-of-print and seminal essay of comics criticism, THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES, in a compact and affordable size. In 1965, Feiffer wrote what is arguably the first critical history of the comic book superheroes of the late 1930s and early 1940s, including Plastic Man, Batman, Superman, The Spirit and others. In the book, Feiffer writes about the unique the place of comics in the space between high and low art and the power that this space offers both the creator and reader. THE GREAT COMIC BOOK HEROES is widely acknowledged to be the first book to analyze the juvenile medium of superhero comics in a critical manner, but without denying the iconic hold such works have over readers of all ages. Out of print for over 30 years, Feiffer discusses the role that the patriotic superhero played during World War II in shaping the public spirit of civilians and soldiers, as well as the escapist power these stories held over the zeitgeist of America.

B&W 80 page softcover
$8.95, $14.35 Canada
ISBN 1-56097-501-6


LOVE AND ROCKETS VOL. 9: "Flies on the Ceiling"
by Los Bros Hernandez

Included in this collection from two of the most brilliant cartoonists America are some of the finest achievements from Los. Bros! Jaime's classic stories "Izzy-in-Mexico" and "Spring 1982" demonstrate his narrative and graphic mastery and his tongue-in-cheek soap opera "Ninety-Three Million Miles from the Sun" is a classic Maggie and Hopey story. Gilbert's contribution is some of his best - "Frida" is an extraordinary comics biography of the Mexican surrealist Frida Kahlo, and "A Folk Tale" is a funny and very modern re-telling of…well, a classic folk tale. The reprinting of this volume marks the first time in a long while that ALL VOLUMES of the Love & Rocket series have all been in print at the same time! Make certain you have the entire set!

(3RD PRINTING)
120 page graphic novel
$16.95, $23.95 in Canada
ISBN: 1-56097-071-5
MATURE READERS


NIGHTMARE ALLEY
by Spain Rodriguez & William Lindsay Gresham

An adaptation of the long out-of-print 1930s cult novel of the same name by William Lindsay Gresham, illustrated by legendary underground cartoonist Spain Rodriguez. The story is a study of the lowest depths of showbiz and its sleazy inhabitants and environs, the dark, shadowy world of a second rate carnival filled with cheap hustlers, scheming grifters, and Machiavellian femme fatales. Gresham was born in Baltimore in 1909, but grew up in New York. Nightmare Alley was highly influenced by the freaks and sideshows he routinely observed at Coney Island as a child. The dark side of carnival life is the world of Nightmare Alley, deeply rooted in early film noir and the hard-boiled books of Dashiell Hammett and James M. Cain. Rodriguez's illustrations compliment Gresham's dark, brooding, cynical and complex world perfectly - the rich imagery of Gresham's prose is perfectly realized by Rodriguez's brush. The book depicts the rise of Stan Carlisle from a carnival mentalist to a successful "spiritualist," preying on the rich and gullible matrons of society, to his eventual fall and total disintegration.

136 page softcover
$14.95, $23.95 Canada
ISBN 1-56097-511-3


PALESTINE
by Joe Sacco, with an Introduction by Edward Said

Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s (where he conducted over 100 interviews with Palestinians and Jews), PALESTINE was the first major comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, whose name has since become synonymous with this graphic form of New Journalism. Like SAFE AREA GORAZDE, PALESTINE has been favorably compared to Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning MAUS, for its ability to brilliantly navigate such socially and politically-sensitive subject matter within the confines of the comic book medium. Sacco has often been called the first comic book journalist, and he is certainly the best. This edition of PALESTINE also features an introduction from renowned author, critic, and historian EDWARD SAID (Peace and Its Discontents and The Question of Palestine), one of the world's most respected authorities on the Middle Eastern conflict.

(3RD PRINTING)
288 pages 7" x 10 3/4" softcover graphic novel
$24.95; $37.45 in Canada
ISBN: 1-56097-432-X
MATURE READERS


POGOSTICK #1
by Al Columbia and EthanPersoff

Al Columbia, creator of the highly regarded series BIOLOGIC SHOW, teams up with TOP NOTCH creator Ethan Persoff to collaborate on what is a gem of a tale about a man with the inescapable malaise that comes from doing the same thing day in and day out. Persoff's flat drawing style captures perfectly the empty world of Audrey, a mostly incompetent member of a design firm who doesn't want the meager responsibilities he has. But we never quite know if Audrey is drifting through it all or if he's a brilliant manipulator thanks to Columbia's always sublime writing. POGOSTICK is sure to be a series to be talked about for years to come.

32-page 8-1/2" x 6" comic
$4.95; $7.95 Canada
MATURE READERS


STORYLINES #1
by Various Artists, edited by James Sturm

Edited by James Sturm, author of the acclaimed graphic novel The Golem's Mighty Swing, this brand new series is an anthology of emerging cartoonists. Produced in conjunction with the National Association of Comic Art Educators (NACAE), STORYLINES will most certainly be THE place to find today's finest young cartoonists and tomorrow's master graphic novelists. The premiere issue includes Xeric Award winner Robyn (Theatre of the Meek) Chapman, Savannah College of Art and Design graduate Philip Craven, Chris Wright, Ben Phillips, and Stereoscomic contributor Lance.

B&W 48-page comic
$4.95; $7.95 in Canada
MATURE READERS


WEASEL #2
by Dave Cooper

Ronald's Back in print!! Better than visions of sugarplums dancing in your head, the second issue of Dave Cooper's quintessential alternative masterwork delivers a surreal cornucopia of oddly designed tales to all you (adult) kiddies. In the second chapter of RIPPLE, a tormented Martin invites Tina back for another modeling session. During the session, Martin reveals a perverse dream to the blindfolded Tina. The two consummate their unbalanced relationship in a clumsy, messy outburst, rendering Martin more vulnerable than ever. Another inexplicable installment of TELEVISION PROGRAM X-32b (co-written by Pip & Norton collaborator Gavin McInnes) features disturbing dream imagery packaged in an accessible, cartoon illustration style.

(2ND PRINTING)
32 page comic (12pgs duotone), cardstock cover
$4.95; $6.95 in Canada
MATURE READERS


WEASEL #6
by Dave Cooper

The sixth issue of Dave Cooper's brilliant series marks an adventurous departure from a successful formula. Subtitled "Overbite, Paintings & Drawings of Mostly Pillowy Girls" this luxurious full-colour coffee table/art book doubles as a catalogue for a series of high profile gallery Shows that Dave will be hosting across North America in 2002/2003. 36 pages in a gorgeous, wrap-around hardcover make #6 one of the most irresistible Weasel yet! Yeah, we said HARDcover. Dave Cooper is certainly no friend to convention. This may be the first hardcover issue of an ongoing series in comics history! Also featured is a hilariously insightful introduction penned by well known comedian David Cross, of "Mr. Show's" Bob & David!

FC 36-page 10" x 10" hardcover
$12.95; $20.75 in Canada
MATURE READERS


WEASEL #6 Special Signed and Limited Edition
by Dave Cooper

With an exhibition postcard drawn, designed, numbered, and signed by the author.

FC 36-page 10" x 10" hardcover
$19.95; $31.95 in Canada
MATURE READERS


FANTAGRAPHICS REOFFERS

WEASEL #1
by Dave Cooper

The first issue of the highly acclaimed Harvey-Award winning series from artist Dave Cooper features a 23-page installment of the 5-part serial "Ripple," a tortured psychodrama about a painter who becomes obsessed with his model, rendered in an uncharacteristically realistic style. Also featured is Pat McEown's "comix-noir, subterranean, urban crime-filled, donut-sweet" story that surprised everyone with its intricate construction. And rounding out the first issue is the first of a series of short stories co-written by PIP & NORTON collaborator Gavin McInnes entitled "Television Program X-32b."

(REOFFER)
B&W w/Color 48-page, squarebound with endpapers
$4.95; $6.95 in Canada
MATURE READERS


WEASEL #4
by Dave Cooper

In the on-going serial, RIPPLEM, Martin tries to mend his & Tina's sickly relationship. But eventually his jealousy sets Tina off in rage. It all leads to a surreal night of antagonism & debauchery. Another wonderfully disjointed "television program x-32b" dream story. This time it stars Eddy Table, a goat & a 12-foot Amazon with immense breasts! As an added treat, there will be an all-new work by comix genius & HELLBOY creator, Mike Mignola! Mignola contributes a gorgeous & mystifying 5-page nonsense story & a back cover, both colored by Dave. Four pages of "encyclopedia nonsensica" & several beautiful design elements fill out this extra-long 40 PAGE issue.

(REOFFER)
B&W 40-page comic, cardstock cover
$4.95; $7.45 in Canada
MATURE READERS


WEASEL #5
by Dave Cooper

The much-awaited fifth issue of Dave Cooper's critically acclaimed underground comic book features the last installment of the extremely naughty & misanthropic serial, "Ripple." Martin & Tina's relationship is resolved in a suitably upsetting climax. And of course there will be all the other wacky stuff to which discerning Weasel readers have become accustomed: Television Program x-32b, Encyclopedia Nonsensica, & a handful of other oddities.

(REOFFER)
B&W 40-page comic with cardstock cover
$4.95; $7.95 in Canada
MATURE READERS


CAN OF WORMS
by Catherine Doherty

A powerful work of autobiography told in comics form as Catherine Margaret Flaherty searches for the truth about her own life. While looking through her parents' dresser drawer, she discovers her own adoption papers. Now, as an adult, she finally begins the search for her birth mother. Drawn with simple lines and two-color inking process, Doherty mixes careful juxtapositions of her past and present, visual echoes of earlier times in her own life and imaginings she has as her mother as a young woman.

(REOFFER)
Two-color 88-page graphic novel
$12.95; $19.45 in Canada
ISBN: 1-56097-363-3


CHEECH WIZARD VOLUME 1
by Vaughn Bode

One of the most popular characters to break out of the underground, the big-hatted Wizard was a profane, hard-living, ball-kickin' gooroo whose dalliances with wine, women and song were legendary. This superb volume presents 60 classic Cheech pages, many of them in full color shot from the original negatives.

(REOFFER)
FC/B&W 64-page graphic album
$12.95; $19.45 in Canada
ISBN: 1-56097-042-1
Mature Readers


THE COMPLEAT SALLY FORTH
by Wally Wood

Innocent, trusting, and stacked like a brick outhouse, Sally Forth blundered her way through encounters with space aliens, pirate queens, amorous giant gorillas, monsters, and superheroes. There are those who consider this series to be Wood's greatest work. It's vintage comics classic, finally restored to its full glory.

(REOFFER)
160-page graphic novel 10" x 13" softcover
$19.95, $27.95 in Canada
ISBN 1-56097-287-4


THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRITZ THE CAT
by Robert Crumb

Fritz was a lovable, freewheeling chiseler who has since become an internationally known cultural icon, and stands today as R. Crumb's most acid commentary on '60s America. Tragicomedy, farce, and satire all rolled into one, this book chronicles Fritz's adventures from his early days as an idealistic college student to his ultimate fate as a burned-out superstar. Collected in a single volume, these essential Fritz stories are a funny, insightful, authentic record of a tumultuous period in American life, crafted with humor and compassion.

(REOFFER)
96-page graphic novel
$9.95, $13.95 in Canada
ISBN 1-56097-117-7
MATURE READERS