The Splitsville series concludes as Fuzz and Pluck struggle to survive after their worlds have been turned upside down! A mad race and a tug of war culminates in a fatal convergence that changes everything!"

TAGS: mad race, splitsville, tug of war, stearn, fantagraphics, fuzz

by Jordan Crane With Uptight #3 Jordan Crane continues to map uncharted territory of graphic melancholia with his masterpiece-work-in-progress Keeping Two. Jordan also continues to build upon his ghost story obsession with a moody tale following a...

TAGS: jordan crane, ghost story, fantagraphics, melancholia, uncharted territory, work in progress

Where is Delphine? Where can she be, this lovely object of our nameless traveler's affection - or, perhaps, obsession? Since stepping off the train into Delphine's hometown - surrounded on all sides by a deep black forest - the traveler has found ...

TAGS: fairy tale romance, evil spells, absolute madness, poor prince, startling discovery, richard sala

Another surreal masterpiece from Sergio Ponchione! A long time ago, a devious late-night pact altered the destiny of small community, its inhabitants forever cursed to live as mere clay in the hands of the capricious Mister O'Blique and the Wicked...

TAGS: human mosaic, blique, taxmen, fantagraphics, barons, hackensack

With nary a strip-mall in sight, the castle folk enjoy an evening of bowling and clothes shopping, and Jain learns some interesting details concerning lovable Doctor Fell's puzzling condition."

TAGS: linda medley, castle waiting, clothes shopping, fantagraphics, strip mall, jain

edited by Gary Groth The now-annual Comics Journal Special Edition focuses this time on the phenomenal manga (Japanese comics) invasion. Our cover feature is manga superstar Hideshi Hino whose 30-year career and inimitable style have put him at th...

TAGS: osamu tezuka, milt gross, hideshi hino, gary groth, underground cartoonist, bob levin

by Los Bros Hernandez In the second installment of 'Day by Day with Hopey' 'Wednesday is Bitter Ends Day' Hopey prepares for her new career and must decide what to do for lunch: eat at home or go out? Meanwhile Julio's nephew Julio Tomas discovers...

TAGS: bitter ends, hopey, movie actress, fantagraphics, b movie, motivational speaker

by Los Bros Hernandez Look out for chapers Thursday and Friday of 'Day by Day with Hopey' as the clock ticks away toward her new life and career. On the Beto side of the ledger Mark Herrera returns to his abusive family for a visit and in the late...

TAGS: chapers, hopey, abusive family, fantagraphics, rockets, non fiction

by Michael Kupperman The first issue of a new ongoing series by cartoonist Michael Kupperman whose cartooning regularly graces the pages of The Believer and The New Yorker. This dense comic magazine includes 'Uncle Billy's Drunken Bitter Guide to ...

TAGS: michael kupperman, sex holes, pablo picasso, fantagraphics, comic magazine, blimps

by Johnny Ryan Johhny Ryan is a one-man MAD magazine with the comedy chops of an entire gang of idiots. In this ish Johnny gives us the stupidest crappiest dumbest lamest smelliest sickest pukiest suckiest pile of steaming genius you ever did see....

TAGS: johnny ryan, angry youth, fantagraphics, mad magazine, ish, genius

by the Hernandez Brothers Hopey goes on a picnic to a rock 'n' roll show and the bathroom in 'Saturday is Shatter Day' the latest installment of 'Day by Day with Hopey.' And on the Beto side of the book 'On a Gut Level' features the return on Palo...

TAGS: hernandez brothers, hererra, hopey, mysterious castle, gut level, fantagraphics

by Ivan Brunetti Brunetti taps into his academic side with biographies of Piet Mondrian Soren Kierkegaard Erik Satie James Thurber Francoise Hardy Louise Brooks and J.K. Huysmans. And if that weren't enough there are tributes to Charles Schulz and...

TAGS: ivan brunetti, soren kierkegaard, piet mondrian, j k huysmans, james thurber, erik satie

by Kevin Huizenga Kevin Huizenga introduces his everyman Glenn Ganges (previously seen in the acclaimed Drawn & Quarterly Showcase and Or Else) to the Ignatz family with this suite of all-new stories. Ganges tries to decide what to do when con...

TAGS: kevin huizenga, quarterly showcase, wife wendy, fantagraphics, line style, duotone

by Gabriella Giandell A high-rise apartment building in an unnamed European city. Its inhabitants come and go meet each other talk dream regret hope... in short live. A ghostly shape-shifting anthropomorphic white rabbit roams from apartment to ap...

TAGS: rise apartment, white rabbit, apartment building, halftones, fantagraphics, unique vision

Tales Designed To Thrizzle #1 was the smash debut of 2005! From Wizard's 'Secret Stash' pick of the month to Steven Grant of Comic Book Resources the critics agree! Well for those of you who just can't get enough the second issue is here! Featurin...

TAGS: comic book resources, silver knight, steven grant, space patrol, private eye, silhouette

by Johnny Ryan Special double-sized tenth issue celebrating the fifth anniversary of AYC! After being named Rolling Stone's 'HOT Comic of 2005' in September Ryan this time pukes up 48 pages of non-stop toilet gag cartoons. Fans of Ivan Brunetti's ...

TAGS: ivan brunetti, gag cartoons, butt head, angry youth, johnny ryan, fifth anniversary

by the Hernandez Brothers Ronald's Ray is limp and sore and goes to a party with 40 guys and 3 girls. In 'Day by Day with Hopey' Sunday is 'Put Down That Gun Day' where the next day is school and she hasn't a thing to wear. On the Beto side of the...

TAGS: hernandez brothers, viet nam, gun day, hopey, s ray, fantagraphics

by David B. In this continuing spin-off of his award-wining 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. In the second installme...

TAGS: babel 2, fantasy life, papuan, fantagraphics, parallels, rituals

by Matt Broersma An elderly lady-killer living out his last years in shabby gentility. A mysterious young man wandering aimlessly through an urban wilderness. A chance encounter between two petty lives each with its own secrets. Insomnia #2 contin...

TAGS: urban wilderness, chance encounter, fantagraphics, gentility, lady killer, elderly lady

by Peter Bagge A certain event from Buddy's past comes back to haunt him and forces him to take drastic action to keep things from spiraling out of control! Also in this issue killer features on Alice Cooper and Football Wives! And in the ongoing ...

TAGS: peter bagge, boy comics, pop diva, killer features, bat boy, drastic action

by Johny Ryan This new issue of Angry Youth Comix begins with our protagonist Loady McGee diving head-first into the world of dating only days after his unwitting long-term girlfriend has left for an internship in New York. We follow his awkward a...

TAGS: term girlfriend, angry youth, fantagraphics, cliffhanger, blonde hair, protagonist

by Igort Close to a century ago two aspiring cartoonists - Celestine and Pilade - vowed to use this new medium to create amazing works of fantasy and magic and talk a retired local newspaper publisher into reviving his paper just for them. But jus...

TAGS: winsor mccay, george herriman, aspiring cartoonists, ambitious series, pilade, newspaper publisher

The award-winning series returns! The first issue of volume II is a giant oversized issue that includes the last two long out-of-print self-published issues of Castle Waiting (#15 and 16) which began a new storyline. Before deciding on her living ...

TAGS: linda medley, castle waiting, living quarters, fantagraphics, housewarming gift, flashbacks

by Leila Marzocchi A fascinating ecological fable done in woodcuts Niger follows the life of a strange new being named 'Pupa' born in the depth of a lake. Wandering about the surface among other creatures she takes refuge in a glass and falls asle...

TAGS: fantagraphics, marzocchi, fatwa, leila, fable, niger