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About Dogs
Hereville
The Night Bookmobile
978-0-8109-8361-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
Barry Deutsch
978-0-8109-9617-5 • US$19.95/CAN$23.95
How Mirka Got Her Sword
George Booth | Introduction: Bill Cosby
Audrey Niffenegger
978-0-8109-8422-6 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95 • hardcover 978-1-4197-0619-6 • US$9.95/CAN$10.95 • trade paperback • e
Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-5868-5 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Horror! The Horror!
Angry Little Girls in Love
Jim Trombetta | Introduction: R. L. Stine
R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Illustrations: R. Crumb | Introduction: Terry Zwigoff
Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!
978-0-8109-3086-5 • US$21.95/CAN$24.95 • e includes bonus 21-song cd
978-0-8109-5595-0 • US$29.95/CAN$35.95 includes bonus dvd
Lela Lee
978-0-8109-7275-9 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
Secret Identity
The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster
Jerry Robinson
Archie Marries . . .
Craig Yoe | Introduction: Stan Lee
978-0-8109-9634-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Ambassador of Comics
Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, and Bob Smith Introduction: Danica McKellar
N. C. Christopher Couch Introduction: Pete Hamill | Foreword: Dennis O'Neil
978-0-8109-9620-5 • US$24.95/CAN$29.95 includes bonus comic book
Shazam!
978-0-8109-7764-8 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear | DC Comics
Johnny Cash
Art in Time
978-0-8109-9596-3 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
I See a Darkness
Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940–1980
Reinhard Kleist
The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis
978-0-8109-8463-9 • US$17.95/CAN$23.50
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-8824-8 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99
Matt Groening | Edited by Bill Morrison
Kirby
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman
978-0-8109-8837-8 • US$24.95/CAN$27.95 includes bonus comic book
King of Comics
The Mad Genius of Comics
Build Your
Mark Evanier | Introduction: Neil Gaiman 978-0-8109-9447-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle Introduction: Harry Shearer
978-0-8109-7296-4 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Still Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-4915-7 • US$14.95/CAN$17.95 • e
Krazy Kat
The Art of Jaime Hernandez
The Comic Art of George Herriman
Todd Hignite | Introduction: Alison Bechdel
978-0-8109-9185-9 • US$22.50/CAN$25.50
Patrick McDonnell, Karen O’Connell, and Georgia Riley de Havenon
The Secrets of Life and Death
978-0-8109-9570-3 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 • e
Tall Tales
Al Jaffee | Introduction: Stephen Colbert 978-0-8109-7272-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
The Art of Osamu Tezuka God of Manga
978-0-8109-9571-0 • US$12.95/CAN$14.50
978-0-8109-8249-9 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 includes bonus dvd documentary
Edited: Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly Introduction: Jon Scieszka 978-0-8109-5730-5 • US$40.00/CAN$49.95 • e
Love Is . . . Kim Casali
Art Out of Time
Underground Classics
978-0-8109-4940-9 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969
The Transformation of Comics into Comix
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-5838-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00
Library
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
Adam Koford | Introduction: John Hodgman
Helen McCarthy | Foreword: Katsuhiro Otomo
Love Is . . . a Wild Ride
978-0-8109-0598-6 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
Y’r daddy planted that apple tree th’ day we met.
Kim Casali
Death by Laughter
978-0-8109-5791-6 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Harry Bliss Introduction: Christopher Guest
Wacky Packages
The Topps Company, Inc. Introduction: Art Spiegelman | Afterword: Jay Lynch
Love Is . . . All Around
978-0-8109-7084-7 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
2012
James Danky and Denis Kitchen
978-0-8109-9531-4 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Kim Casali
978-0-8109-7839-3 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95
Dread & Superficiality Woody Allen as Comic Strip
Wacky Packages
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Written and illustrated: Stuart Hample Introduction: R. Buckminster Fuller 978-0-8109-5742-8 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50
978-0-8109-9522-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Erotic Comics
Manga Kamishibai
A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Undergound Comix
978-0-8109-8838-5 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Eric P. Nash | Introduction: Frederik L. Schodt 978-0-8109-5303-1 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50 • e
978-0-8109-9515-4 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Brian Fies
978-0-8109-9636-6 • US$24.95/CAN$27.50 • e
Meanwhile
Winsor McCay
Jason Shiga
Erotic Comics 2
Mom’s Cancer Brian Fies
978-0-8109-7277-3 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Wordless Books
978-0-8109-7107-3 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
The Golden Age of DC Comics
The Original Graphic Novels David A. Beronä | Introduction: Peter Kuper 978-0-8109-9469-0 • US$37.50/CAN$42.50 • e
Nat Turner
365 Days
Kyle Baker
Les Daniels, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear
978-0-8109-7227-8 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
978-0-8109-4969-0 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
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John Canemaker | Foreword: Maurice Sendak 978-0-8109-5941-5 • US$45.00/CAN$63.00
Tim Pilcher with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Foreword: Alan Moore
Graphic Novels
His Life and Art
978-0-8109-8423-3 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95 app available on itunes
A Graphic History from the Liberated ’70s to the Internet
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The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
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Garbage Pail Kids The Topps Company Introduction: Art Spiegelman Afterword: John Pound 978-1-4197-0270-9 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 206 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
An inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. This first-ever compilation of Series 1 through Series 5 from 1985 and 1986 celebrates this pop-culture phenomenon, and includes images of all 206 rare and hard-to-find stickers, plus four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.
Graphic Novels The Carter Family Don’t Forget This Song
Frank M. Young and David Lasky 978-0-8109-8836-1 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 177 full-color illustrations • 192 pages 6 ½ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e includes original audio cd AVAILABLE OCTOBER
Economix
How Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work), in Words and Pictures
Mars Attacks
“ Frank Young and David Lasky have spun a work of visual music that will replay in your head and heart well after you've finished reading it.” —Art Spiegelman
The Topps Company Introduction: Len Brown Afterword: Zina Saunders
An original graphic novel about the Carter Family—the first superstar group of country music—who made hundreds of recordings and sold millions of records. Its dynamic narrative is pure Americana.
978-1-4197-0409-3 • US$19.95/ CAN$21.95 200 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition trading cards AVAILABLE OCTOBER
The Art of Daniel Clowes
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER
Gonzo
A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Will Bingley & Anthony Hope-Smith Foreword: Alan Rinzler 978-1-4197-0242-6 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 180 pages • 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback
My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 978-1-4197-0216-7 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 180 two-color illustrations 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • hardcover with jacket 978-1-4197-0217-4 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e teacher's guide available online
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Brian Fies 978-1-4197-0441-3 • US$14.95 / CAN$16.95 200 color illustrations • 208 pages 6 5 /8 x 10 3 /16" • paperback with f laps • e AVAILABLE AUGUST
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Modern Cartoonist
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura Introduction: George Meyer
transforms “the dismal science” of economics into a fun, fact-filled story, making it the essential guide to understanding the economy.
978-1-4197-0208-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 300 color illustrations • 224 pages 9 ¼ x 12" • hardcover with jacket • e
Out of Line
The great American writer, the great American iconoclast, the great American hedonist—however you choose to view him, Hunter S. Thompson remains the high-water mark for all social commentators worldwide and a truly fearless champion of individual liberties. This is his story, the story of a troubled kid from Louisville who went on to become an international literary icon.
The Art of Jules Feiffer Martha Fay Introduction: Leonard S. Marcus 978-1-4197-0066-8 • US$40.00/ CAN$45.00 300 illustrations • 224 pages 11 ¼ x 10 ½" • hardcover with jacket • e AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2013
Explorer
The Mystery Boxes
You only think you know this story. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf offers an insightful portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche.
Edited by Kazu Kibuishi 978-1-4197-0009-5 • US$10.95 / CAN$11.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • paperback 978-1-4197-0010-1 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • hardcover
Hereville
“ A hopelessly optimistic moon-age daydream.” —Village Voice Now in paperback, this award-winning graphic novel tells the story of a boy’s relationship with his father, spanning the period from the 1939 World’s Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975.
How Mirka Met a Meteorite Barry Deutsch 978-1-4197-0398-0 • US$16.95 / CAN$18.95 full-color illustrations throughout 128 pages • 6 x 9" • hardcover • e Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award!
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER
Richard L. Graham | Foreword: Sid Jacobson
Jason Shiga
978-1-4197-0078-7 • US$29.95 / CAN$32.95 300 color illustrations • 304 pages 7 ¾ x 10 ¾" • flexibound paperback with flaps includes code for exclusive digital content
978-0-8109-9747-9 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 two-color illustrations throughout • 144 pages 6 ¼ x 8" • hardcover • e
Earnest, informational, and kitschy, this outstanding collection of government-commissioned comics covers every aspect of American life and is the ultimate comics vox populi.
PS Magazine
The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Will Eisner | Preface: Ann Eisner Overview: Eddie Campbell Intro: General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA (Retired)
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The missing link between Eisner’s comic books and his more mature graphic novels.
The first monograph on the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling cartoonist Dan Clowes, author of Mister Wonderful and Ghost World, compiled with his complete cooperation. It includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations, as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art, and also features essays by noted contributors such as Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, and Kristine McKenna.
“ Jules Feiffer is not only an Academy Award– winning filmmaker, but a Pulitzer Prize winner, a playwright, a teacher, a children's book author and illustrator, and a screenwriter. He is also one of the greatest cartoonists working today.” —Robert Osborne, host, Turner Classic Movies The long-awaited monograph, providing a revealing glimpse into the beloved artist’s creative process and his role as America’s foremost Renaissance man.
Kids “ One of the most thought-provoking comics released in a long time.” —Slate magazine
A Love Story (or Not)
Comics for the People, 1940s–2000s
978-0-8109-9748-6 • US$21.95/ CAN$24.95 270 color illustrations • 272 pages 5 5/8 x 7 7/8" • hardcover with rounded corners •
The Art of Comics
“ An amazing lesson in true-world economics! Delightfully presented, powerful, insightful, and important information! What a fun way to fathom a deep and often dark subject!” —John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked
Michael Goodwin | Illustrations: Dan E. Burr Foreword: David Bach With clear, witty writing and quirky, accessible Introduction: Joel Bakan art, this important and timely graphic novel 978-0-8109-8839-2 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 280 black-and-white illustrations • 304 pages 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mars Attacks, this comprehensive book is the first-ever compilation of the infamous science-fiction trading card series produced by Topps in 1962. Edgy, subversive, and darkly comedic, this over-the-top series depicting a Martian invasion of Earth continues to win new generations of fans. Includes 4 exclusive limited-edition trading cards.
Empire State
Government Issue
Funny, fantastic, spooky, and suspenseful, each of these seven unique and beautifully illustrated short graphic works revolves around a central theme: a mysterious box and the marvels—or mayhem—inside. Artists include middle school favorites Kazu Kibuishi (Flight, Amulet), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), and Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy).
The Someday Funnies Michel Choquette | Foreword: Jeet Heer Introduction: Robert Greenfield
praise for hereville: how mirka got her sword
“ Utterly ingenious.”
—Kirkus, starred review
“ Without a doubt, the best graphic novel of 2010 for kids. Bar none.” —School Library Journal, starred review
Bold storytelling and sly pokes at popular culture blend seamlessly in Jason Shiga’s quirky comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship.
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls Lela Lee 978-0-8109-9593-2 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 color illustrations throughout 168 pages • 7 ⅛ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e The fourth book in the successful Angry Little Girls series, this clever collection of new comics proves that there’s an angry little girl inside of everyone.
Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns The Lost Art of William Steig
978-0-8109-9618-2 • US$55.00 / CAN$62.00 200 color illustrations • 216 pages 11 ½ x 15 ½" • hardcover with jacket
Jeanne Steig | Introduction: Roz Chast Afterword: Jules Feiffer
The legendary anthology of comic strips from the early 1970s, which includes 129 previously unpublished strips by 169 writers and artists such as Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Tom Wolfe, and Art Spiegelman.
978-0-8109-9577-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 450 color illustrations • 352 pages 7 ½ x 10 ¼" • hardcover • e
Yiddishkeit
The Comics
Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
The Complete Collection
Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle Introduction: Neal Gabler
Brian Walker
978-0-8109-9749-3 • US$29.95/ CAN$32.95 180 color illustrations • 240 pages 6 5/8 x 10 3/16" • hardcover with jacket • e With original stories by notable writers and artists such as Barry Deutsch and Peter Kuper, Yiddishkeit traces the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New York.
Page by Paige The eagerly anticipated sequel to the awardwinning graphic novel about a wisecracking, sword-wielding Orthodox Jewish heroine who fights monsters.
“ Funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read.” —Wired.com
Laura Lee Gulledge 978-0-8109-9721-9 • US$18.95 / CAN$22.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 144 pages • 6 ½ x 9" • hardcover with jacket • e Paige Turner has just moved to New York with her family, and she’s having trouble adjusting to the big city. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity: artist.
More than 450 never-before-published cartoons by William Steig, the beloved New Yorker cartoonist and award-winning children’s book author.
978-0-8109-9595-6 • US$40.00 / CAN$48.00 1,322 illustrations • 672 pages 9 ¼ x 12 ½" • hardcover with jacket Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, The Comics is a graphically stunning, definitive survey of American newspaper comics.
Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman A Celebration
Craig Yoe | Appreciation: Bill Watterson 978-0-8109-9594-9 • US$29.95 / CAN$35.95 200 color illustrations • 176 pages 9 x 12 ¼" • hardcover • e This tribute to one of the most influential and innovative comic strips of all time—and its celebrated creator—features rare art, memorabilia, and seminal essays by Gilbert Seldes and e. e. cummings.
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Garbage Pail Kids The Topps Company Introduction: Art Spiegelman Afterword: John Pound 978-1-4197-0270-9 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 206 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
An inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. This first-ever compilation of Series 1 through Series 5 from 1985 and 1986 celebrates this pop-culture phenomenon, and includes images of all 206 rare and hard-to-find stickers, plus four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.
Graphic Novels The Carter Family Don’t Forget This Song
Frank M. Young and David Lasky 978-0-8109-8836-1 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 177 full-color illustrations • 192 pages 6 ½ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e includes original audio cd AVAILABLE OCTOBER
Economix
How Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work), in Words and Pictures
Mars Attacks
“ Frank Young and David Lasky have spun a work of visual music that will replay in your head and heart well after you've finished reading it.” —Art Spiegelman
The Topps Company Introduction: Len Brown Afterword: Zina Saunders
An original graphic novel about the Carter Family—the first superstar group of country music—who made hundreds of recordings and sold millions of records. Its dynamic narrative is pure Americana.
978-1-4197-0409-3 • US$19.95/ CAN$21.95 200 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition trading cards AVAILABLE OCTOBER
The Art of Daniel Clowes
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER
Gonzo
A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Will Bingley & Anthony Hope-Smith Foreword: Alan Rinzler 978-1-4197-0242-6 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 180 pages • 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback
My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 978-1-4197-0216-7 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 180 two-color illustrations 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • hardcover with jacket 978-1-4197-0217-4 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e teacher's guide available online
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Brian Fies 978-1-4197-0441-3 • US$14.95 / CAN$16.95 200 color illustrations • 208 pages 6 5 /8 x 10 3 /16" • paperback with f laps • e AVAILABLE AUGUST
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Modern Cartoonist
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura Introduction: George Meyer
transforms “the dismal science” of economics into a fun, fact-filled story, making it the essential guide to understanding the economy.
978-1-4197-0208-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 300 color illustrations • 224 pages 9 ¼ x 12" • hardcover with jacket • e
Out of Line
The great American writer, the great American iconoclast, the great American hedonist—however you choose to view him, Hunter S. Thompson remains the high-water mark for all social commentators worldwide and a truly fearless champion of individual liberties. This is his story, the story of a troubled kid from Louisville who went on to become an international literary icon.
The Art of Jules Feiffer Martha Fay Introduction: Leonard S. Marcus 978-1-4197-0066-8 • US$40.00/ CAN$45.00 300 illustrations • 224 pages 11 ¼ x 10 ½" • hardcover with jacket • e AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2013
Explorer
The Mystery Boxes
You only think you know this story. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf offers an insightful portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche.
Edited by Kazu Kibuishi 978-1-4197-0009-5 • US$10.95 / CAN$11.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • paperback 978-1-4197-0010-1 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • hardcover
Hereville
“ A hopelessly optimistic moon-age daydream.” —Village Voice Now in paperback, this award-winning graphic novel tells the story of a boy’s relationship with his father, spanning the period from the 1939 World’s Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975.
How Mirka Met a Meteorite Barry Deutsch 978-1-4197-0398-0 • US$16.95 / CAN$18.95 full-color illustrations throughout 128 pages • 6 x 9" • hardcover • e Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award!
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER
Richard L. Graham | Foreword: Sid Jacobson
Jason Shiga
978-1-4197-0078-7 • US$29.95 / CAN$32.95 300 color illustrations • 304 pages 7 ¾ x 10 ¾" • flexibound paperback with flaps includes code for exclusive digital content
978-0-8109-9747-9 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 two-color illustrations throughout • 144 pages 6 ¼ x 8" • hardcover • e
Earnest, informational, and kitschy, this outstanding collection of government-commissioned comics covers every aspect of American life and is the ultimate comics vox populi.
PS Magazine
The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Will Eisner | Preface: Ann Eisner Overview: Eddie Campbell Intro: General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA (Retired)
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The missing link between Eisner’s comic books and his more mature graphic novels.
The first monograph on the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling cartoonist Dan Clowes, author of Mister Wonderful and Ghost World, compiled with his complete cooperation. It includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations, as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art, and also features essays by noted contributors such as Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, and Kristine McKenna.
“ Jules Feiffer is not only an Academy Award– winning filmmaker, but a Pulitzer Prize winner, a playwright, a teacher, a children's book author and illustrator, and a screenwriter. He is also one of the greatest cartoonists working today.” —Robert Osborne, host, Turner Classic Movies The long-awaited monograph, providing a revealing glimpse into the beloved artist’s creative process and his role as America’s foremost Renaissance man.
Kids “ One of the most thought-provoking comics released in a long time.” —Slate magazine
A Love Story (or Not)
Comics for the People, 1940s–2000s
978-0-8109-9748-6 • US$21.95/ CAN$24.95 270 color illustrations • 272 pages 5 5/8 x 7 7/8" • hardcover with rounded corners •
The Art of Comics
“ An amazing lesson in true-world economics! Delightfully presented, powerful, insightful, and important information! What a fun way to fathom a deep and often dark subject!” —John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked
Michael Goodwin | Illustrations: Dan E. Burr Foreword: David Bach With clear, witty writing and quirky, accessible Introduction: Joel Bakan art, this important and timely graphic novel 978-0-8109-8839-2 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 280 black-and-white illustrations • 304 pages 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mars Attacks, this comprehensive book is the first-ever compilation of the infamous science-fiction trading card series produced by Topps in 1962. Edgy, subversive, and darkly comedic, this over-the-top series depicting a Martian invasion of Earth continues to win new generations of fans. Includes 4 exclusive limited-edition trading cards.
Empire State
Government Issue
Funny, fantastic, spooky, and suspenseful, each of these seven unique and beautifully illustrated short graphic works revolves around a central theme: a mysterious box and the marvels—or mayhem—inside. Artists include middle school favorites Kazu Kibuishi (Flight, Amulet), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), and Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy).
The Someday Funnies Michel Choquette | Foreword: Jeet Heer Introduction: Robert Greenfield
praise for hereville: how mirka got her sword
“ Utterly ingenious.”
—Kirkus, starred review
“ Without a doubt, the best graphic novel of 2010 for kids. Bar none.” —School Library Journal, starred review
Bold storytelling and sly pokes at popular culture blend seamlessly in Jason Shiga’s quirky comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship.
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls Lela Lee 978-0-8109-9593-2 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 color illustrations throughout 168 pages • 7 ⅛ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e The fourth book in the successful Angry Little Girls series, this clever collection of new comics proves that there’s an angry little girl inside of everyone.
Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns The Lost Art of William Steig
978-0-8109-9618-2 • US$55.00 / CAN$62.00 200 color illustrations • 216 pages 11 ½ x 15 ½" • hardcover with jacket
Jeanne Steig | Introduction: Roz Chast Afterword: Jules Feiffer
The legendary anthology of comic strips from the early 1970s, which includes 129 previously unpublished strips by 169 writers and artists such as Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Tom Wolfe, and Art Spiegelman.
978-0-8109-9577-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 450 color illustrations • 352 pages 7 ½ x 10 ¼" • hardcover • e
Yiddishkeit
The Comics
Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
The Complete Collection
Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle Introduction: Neal Gabler
Brian Walker
978-0-8109-9749-3 • US$29.95/ CAN$32.95 180 color illustrations • 240 pages 6 5/8 x 10 3/16" • hardcover with jacket • e With original stories by notable writers and artists such as Barry Deutsch and Peter Kuper, Yiddishkeit traces the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New York.
Page by Paige The eagerly anticipated sequel to the awardwinning graphic novel about a wisecracking, sword-wielding Orthodox Jewish heroine who fights monsters.
“ Funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read.” —Wired.com
Laura Lee Gulledge 978-0-8109-9721-9 • US$18.95 / CAN$22.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 144 pages • 6 ½ x 9" • hardcover with jacket • e Paige Turner has just moved to New York with her family, and she’s having trouble adjusting to the big city. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity: artist.
More than 450 never-before-published cartoons by William Steig, the beloved New Yorker cartoonist and award-winning children’s book author.
978-0-8109-9595-6 • US$40.00 / CAN$48.00 1,322 illustrations • 672 pages 9 ¼ x 12 ½" • hardcover with jacket Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, The Comics is a graphically stunning, definitive survey of American newspaper comics.
Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman A Celebration
Craig Yoe | Appreciation: Bill Watterson 978-0-8109-9594-9 • US$29.95 / CAN$35.95 200 color illustrations • 176 pages 9 x 12 ¼" • hardcover • e This tribute to one of the most influential and innovative comic strips of all time—and its celebrated creator—features rare art, memorabilia, and seminal essays by Gilbert Seldes and e. e. cummings.
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Garbage Pail Kids The Topps Company Introduction: Art Spiegelman Afterword: John Pound 978-1-4197-0270-9 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 206 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
An inspired collaboration between avantgarde cartoonists and humorists including Art Spiegelman, Mark Newgarden, John Pound, Tom Bunk, and Jay Lynch. This first-ever compilation of Series 1 through Series 5 from 1985 and 1986 celebrates this pop-culture phenomenon, and includes images of all 206 rare and hard-to-find stickers, plus four limited-edition, previously unreleased bonus stickers.
Graphic Novels The Carter Family Don’t Forget This Song
Frank M. Young and David Lasky 978-0-8109-8836-1 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 177 full-color illustrations • 192 pages 6 ½ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e includes original audio cd AVAILABLE OCTOBER
Economix
How Our Economy Works (and Doesn’t Work), in Words and Pictures
Mars Attacks
“ Frank Young and David Lasky have spun a work of visual music that will replay in your head and heart well after you've finished reading it.” —Art Spiegelman
The Topps Company Introduction: Len Brown Afterword: Zina Saunders
An original graphic novel about the Carter Family—the first superstar group of country music—who made hundreds of recordings and sold millions of records. Its dynamic narrative is pure Americana.
978-1-4197-0409-3 • US$19.95/ CAN$21.95 200 illustrations • 224 pages 5 ½ x 7 1/8" • hardcover with wax jacket • e includes 4 limited-edition trading cards AVAILABLE OCTOBER
The Art of Daniel Clowes
AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER
Gonzo
A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Will Bingley & Anthony Hope-Smith Foreword: Alan Rinzler 978-1-4197-0242-6 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 180 pages • 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback
My Friend Dahmer Derf Backderf 978-1-4197-0216-7 • US$24.95 / CAN$27.95 180 two-color illustrations 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • hardcover with jacket 978-1-4197-0217-4 • US$17.95 / CAN$19.95 224 pages • 6 x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e teacher's guide available online
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? Brian Fies 978-1-4197-0441-3 • US$14.95 / CAN$16.95 200 color illustrations • 208 pages 6 5 /8 x 10 3 /16" • paperback with f laps • e AVAILABLE AUGUST
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Modern Cartoonist
Edited by Alvin Buenaventura Introduction: George Meyer
transforms “the dismal science” of economics into a fun, fact-filled story, making it the essential guide to understanding the economy.
978-1-4197-0208-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 300 color illustrations • 224 pages 9 ¼ x 12" • hardcover with jacket • e
Out of Line
The great American writer, the great American iconoclast, the great American hedonist—however you choose to view him, Hunter S. Thompson remains the high-water mark for all social commentators worldwide and a truly fearless champion of individual liberties. This is his story, the story of a troubled kid from Louisville who went on to become an international literary icon.
The Art of Jules Feiffer Martha Fay Introduction: Leonard S. Marcus 978-1-4197-0066-8 • US$40.00/ CAN$45.00 300 illustrations • 224 pages 11 ¼ x 10 ½" • hardcover with jacket • e AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2013
Explorer
The Mystery Boxes
You only think you know this story. In My Friend Dahmer, a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Derf Backderf offers an insightful portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche.
Edited by Kazu Kibuishi 978-1-4197-0009-5 • US$10.95 / CAN$11.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • paperback 978-1-4197-0010-1 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 full-color illustrations • 128 pages 6 x 9" • hardcover
Hereville
“ A hopelessly optimistic moon-age daydream.” —Village Voice Now in paperback, this award-winning graphic novel tells the story of a boy’s relationship with his father, spanning the period from the 1939 World’s Fair to the last Apollo space mission in 1975.
How Mirka Met a Meteorite Barry Deutsch 978-1-4197-0398-0 • US$16.95 / CAN$18.95 full-color illustrations throughout 128 pages • 6 x 9" • hardcover • e Winner of the Eugene M. Emme Astronautical Literature Award!
AVAILABLE NOVEMBER
Richard L. Graham | Foreword: Sid Jacobson
Jason Shiga
978-1-4197-0078-7 • US$29.95 / CAN$32.95 300 color illustrations • 304 pages 7 ¾ x 10 ¾" • flexibound paperback with flaps includes code for exclusive digital content
978-0-8109-9747-9 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 two-color illustrations throughout • 144 pages 6 ¼ x 8" • hardcover • e
Earnest, informational, and kitschy, this outstanding collection of government-commissioned comics covers every aspect of American life and is the ultimate comics vox populi.
PS Magazine
The Best of The Preventive Maintenance Monthly Will Eisner | Preface: Ann Eisner Overview: Eddie Campbell Intro: General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA (Retired)
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The missing link between Eisner’s comic books and his more mature graphic novels.
The first monograph on the award-winning, New York Times–bestselling cartoonist Dan Clowes, author of Mister Wonderful and Ghost World, compiled with his complete cooperation. It includes all of Clowes’s best-known illustrations, as well as rare and previously unpublished work, all reproduced from the original art, and also features essays by noted contributors such as Chip Kidd, Chris Ware, and Kristine McKenna.
“ Jules Feiffer is not only an Academy Award– winning filmmaker, but a Pulitzer Prize winner, a playwright, a teacher, a children's book author and illustrator, and a screenwriter. He is also one of the greatest cartoonists working today.” —Robert Osborne, host, Turner Classic Movies The long-awaited monograph, providing a revealing glimpse into the beloved artist’s creative process and his role as America’s foremost Renaissance man.
Kids “ One of the most thought-provoking comics released in a long time.” —Slate magazine
A Love Story (or Not)
Comics for the People, 1940s–2000s
978-0-8109-9748-6 • US$21.95/ CAN$24.95 270 color illustrations • 272 pages 5 5/8 x 7 7/8" • hardcover with rounded corners •
The Art of Comics
“ An amazing lesson in true-world economics! Delightfully presented, powerful, insightful, and important information! What a fun way to fathom a deep and often dark subject!” —John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked
Michael Goodwin | Illustrations: Dan E. Burr Foreword: David Bach With clear, witty writing and quirky, accessible Introduction: Joel Bakan art, this important and timely graphic novel 978-0-8109-8839-2 • US$19.95 / CAN$21.95 280 black-and-white illustrations • 304 pages 6 ½ x 9 ¼" • paperback with f laps • e
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Mars Attacks, this comprehensive book is the first-ever compilation of the infamous science-fiction trading card series produced by Topps in 1962. Edgy, subversive, and darkly comedic, this over-the-top series depicting a Martian invasion of Earth continues to win new generations of fans. Includes 4 exclusive limited-edition trading cards.
Empire State
Government Issue
Funny, fantastic, spooky, and suspenseful, each of these seven unique and beautifully illustrated short graphic works revolves around a central theme: a mysterious box and the marvels—or mayhem—inside. Artists include middle school favorites Kazu Kibuishi (Flight, Amulet), Raina Telgemeier (Smile), and Dave Roman (Astronaut Academy).
The Someday Funnies Michel Choquette | Foreword: Jeet Heer Introduction: Robert Greenfield
praise for hereville: how mirka got her sword
“ Utterly ingenious.”
—Kirkus, starred review
“ Without a doubt, the best graphic novel of 2010 for kids. Bar none.” —School Library Journal, starred review
Bold storytelling and sly pokes at popular culture blend seamlessly in Jason Shiga’s quirky comedy about the vagaries of love and friendship.
Fairy Tales for Angry Little Girls Lela Lee 978-0-8109-9593-2 • US$17.95 / CAN$21.95 color illustrations throughout 168 pages • 7 ⅛ x 9 ½" • hardcover • e The fourth book in the successful Angry Little Girls series, this clever collection of new comics proves that there’s an angry little girl inside of everyone.
Cats, Dogs, Men, Women, Ninnies & Clowns The Lost Art of William Steig
978-0-8109-9618-2 • US$55.00 / CAN$62.00 200 color illustrations • 216 pages 11 ½ x 15 ½" • hardcover with jacket
Jeanne Steig | Introduction: Roz Chast Afterword: Jules Feiffer
The legendary anthology of comic strips from the early 1970s, which includes 129 previously unpublished strips by 169 writers and artists such as Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Kirby, Tom Wolfe, and Art Spiegelman.
978-0-8109-9577-2 • US$40.00 / CAN$45.00 450 color illustrations • 352 pages 7 ½ x 10 ¼" • hardcover • e
Yiddishkeit
The Comics
Jewish Vernacular and the New Land
The Complete Collection
Harvey Pekar and Paul Buhle Introduction: Neal Gabler
Brian Walker
978-0-8109-9749-3 • US$29.95/ CAN$32.95 180 color illustrations • 240 pages 6 5/8 x 10 3/16" • hardcover with jacket • e With original stories by notable writers and artists such as Barry Deutsch and Peter Kuper, Yiddishkeit traces the influence of Yiddish from medieval Europe to the tenements of New York.
Page by Paige The eagerly anticipated sequel to the awardwinning graphic novel about a wisecracking, sword-wielding Orthodox Jewish heroine who fights monsters.
“ Funny, sweet, geeky and affecting, and definitely worth a read.” —Wired.com
Laura Lee Gulledge 978-0-8109-9721-9 • US$18.95 / CAN$22.95 black-and-white illustrations throughout 144 pages • 6 ½ x 9" • hardcover with jacket • e Paige Turner has just moved to New York with her family, and she’s having trouble adjusting to the big city. In the pages of her sketchbook, she tries to make sense of her new life, including trying out her secret identity: artist.
More than 450 never-before-published cartoons by William Steig, the beloved New Yorker cartoonist and award-winning children’s book author.
978-0-8109-9595-6 • US$40.00 / CAN$48.00 1,322 illustrations • 672 pages 9 ¼ x 12 ½" • hardcover with jacket Organized by decade, with biographical profiles and analysis of the different genres, The Comics is a graphically stunning, definitive survey of American newspaper comics.
Krazy Kat & the Art of George Herriman A Celebration
Craig Yoe | Appreciation: Bill Watterson 978-0-8109-9594-9 • US$29.95 / CAN$35.95 200 color illustrations • 176 pages 9 x 12 ¼" • hardcover • e This tribute to one of the most influential and innovative comic strips of all time—and its celebrated creator—features rare art, memorabilia, and seminal essays by Gilbert Seldes and e. e. cummings.
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ABRAMS COMICARTS BACKLIST
Harvey Award Winner
About Dogs
Hereville
The Night Bookmobile
978-0-8109-8361-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
Barry Deutsch
978-0-8109-9617-5 • US$19.95/CAN$23.95
How Mirka Got Her Sword
George Booth | Introduction: Bill Cosby
Audrey Niffenegger
978-0-8109-8422-6 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95 • hardcover 978-1-4197-0619-6 • US$9.95/CAN$10.95 • trade paperback • e
Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-5868-5 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Horror! The Horror!
Angry Little Girls in Love
Jim Trombetta | Introduction: R. L. Stine
R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Illustrations: R. Crumb | Introduction: Terry Zwigoff
Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!
978-0-8109-3086-5 • US$21.95/CAN$24.95 • e includes bonus 21-song cd
978-0-8109-5595-0 • US$29.95/CAN$35.95 includes bonus dvd
Lela Lee
978-0-8109-7275-9 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
Secret Identity
The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster
Jerry Robinson
Archie Marries . . .
Craig Yoe | Introduction: Stan Lee
978-0-8109-9634-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Ambassador of Comics
Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, and Bob Smith Introduction: Danica McKellar
N. C. Christopher Couch Introduction: Pete Hamill | Foreword: Dennis O'Neil
978-0-8109-9620-5 • US$24.95/CAN$29.95 includes bonus comic book
Shazam!
978-0-8109-7764-8 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear | DC Comics
Johnny Cash
Art in Time
978-0-8109-9596-3 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
I See a Darkness
Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940–1980
Reinhard Kleist
The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis
978-0-8109-8463-9 • US$17.95/CAN$23.50
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-8824-8 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99
Matt Groening | Edited by Bill Morrison
Kirby
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman
978-0-8109-8837-8 • US$24.95/CAN$27.95 includes bonus comic book
King of Comics
The Mad Genius of Comics
Build Your
Mark Evanier | Introduction: Neil Gaiman 978-0-8109-9447-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle Introduction: Harry Shearer
978-0-8109-7296-4 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Still Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-4915-7 • US$14.95/CAN$17.95 • e
Krazy Kat
The Art of Jaime Hernandez
The Comic Art of George Herriman
Todd Hignite | Introduction: Alison Bechdel
978-0-8109-9185-9 • US$22.50/CAN$25.50
Patrick McDonnell, Karen O’Connell, and Georgia Riley de Havenon
The Secrets of Life and Death
978-0-8109-9570-3 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 • e
Tall Tales
Al Jaffee | Introduction: Stephen Colbert 978-0-8109-7272-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
The Art of Osamu Tezuka God of Manga
978-0-8109-9571-0 • US$12.95/CAN$14.50
978-0-8109-8249-9 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 includes bonus dvd documentary
Edited: Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly Introduction: Jon Scieszka 978-0-8109-5730-5 • US$40.00/CAN$49.95 • e
Love Is . . . Kim Casali
Art Out of Time
Underground Classics
978-0-8109-4940-9 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969
The Transformation of Comics into Comix
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-5838-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00
Library
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
Adam Koford | Introduction: John Hodgman
Helen McCarthy | Foreword: Katsuhiro Otomo
Love Is . . . a Wild Ride
978-0-8109-0598-6 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
Y’r daddy planted that apple tree th’ day we met.
Kim Casali
Death by Laughter
978-0-8109-5791-6 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Harry Bliss Introduction: Christopher Guest
Wacky Packages
The Topps Company, Inc. Introduction: Art Spiegelman | Afterword: Jay Lynch
Love Is . . . All Around
978-0-8109-7084-7 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
2012
James Danky and Denis Kitchen
978-0-8109-9531-4 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Kim Casali
978-0-8109-7839-3 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95
Dread & Superficiality Woody Allen as Comic Strip
Wacky Packages
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Written and illustrated: Stuart Hample Introduction: R. Buckminster Fuller 978-0-8109-5742-8 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50
978-0-8109-9522-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Erotic Comics
Manga Kamishibai
A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Undergound Comix
978-0-8109-8838-5 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Eric P. Nash | Introduction: Frederik L. Schodt 978-0-8109-5303-1 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50 • e
978-0-8109-9515-4 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Brian Fies
978-0-8109-9636-6 • US$24.95/CAN$27.50 • e
Meanwhile
Winsor McCay
Jason Shiga
Erotic Comics 2
Mom’s Cancer Brian Fies
978-0-8109-7277-3 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Wordless Books
978-0-8109-7107-3 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
The Golden Age of DC Comics
The Original Graphic Novels David A. Beronä | Introduction: Peter Kuper 978-0-8109-9469-0 • US$37.50/CAN$42.50 • e
Nat Turner
365 Days
Kyle Baker
Les Daniels, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear
978-0-8109-7227-8 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
978-0-8109-4969-0 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
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John Canemaker | Foreword: Maurice Sendak 978-0-8109-5941-5 • US$45.00/CAN$63.00
Tim Pilcher with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Foreword: Alan Moore
Graphic Novels
His Life and Art
978-0-8109-8423-3 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95 app available on itunes
A Graphic History from the Liberated ’70s to the Internet
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The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
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ABRAMS COMICARTS BACKLIST
Harvey Award Winner
About Dogs
Hereville
The Night Bookmobile
978-0-8109-8361-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
Barry Deutsch
978-0-8109-9617-5 • US$19.95/CAN$23.95
How Mirka Got Her Sword
George Booth | Introduction: Bill Cosby
Audrey Niffenegger
978-0-8109-8422-6 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95 • hardcover 978-1-4197-0619-6 • US$9.95/CAN$10.95 • trade paperback • e
Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-5868-5 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Horror! The Horror!
Angry Little Girls in Love
Jim Trombetta | Introduction: R. L. Stine
R. Crumb’s Heroes of Blues, Jazz & Country
Illustrations: R. Crumb | Introduction: Terry Zwigoff
Comic Books the Government Didn’t Want You to Read!
978-0-8109-3086-5 • US$21.95/CAN$24.95 • e includes bonus 21-song cd
978-0-8109-5595-0 • US$29.95/CAN$35.95 includes bonus dvd
Lela Lee
978-0-8109-7275-9 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
Secret Identity
The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-creator Joe Shuster
Jerry Robinson
Archie Marries . . .
Craig Yoe | Introduction: Stan Lee
978-0-8109-9634-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Ambassador of Comics
Michael Uslan, Stan Goldberg, and Bob Smith Introduction: Danica McKellar
N. C. Christopher Couch Introduction: Pete Hamill | Foreword: Dennis O'Neil
978-0-8109-9620-5 • US$24.95/CAN$29.95 includes bonus comic book
Shazam!
978-0-8109-7764-8 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
The Golden Age of the World’s Mightiest Mortal Chip Kidd and Geoff Spear | DC Comics
Johnny Cash
Art in Time
978-0-8109-9596-3 • US$35.00/CAN$42.00
I See a Darkness
Unknown Comic Book Adventures, 1940–1980
Reinhard Kleist
The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis
978-0-8109-8463-9 • US$17.95/CAN$23.50
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-8824-8 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99
Matt Groening | Edited by Bill Morrison
Kirby
The Art of Harvey Kurtzman
978-0-8109-8837-8 • US$24.95/CAN$27.95 includes bonus comic book
King of Comics
The Mad Genius of Comics
Build Your
Mark Evanier | Introduction: Neil Gaiman 978-0-8109-9447-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Denis Kitchen and Paul Buhle Introduction: Harry Shearer
978-0-8109-7296-4 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00 • e
Still Angry Little Girls Lela Lee
978-0-8109-4915-7 • US$14.95/CAN$17.95 • e
Krazy Kat
The Art of Jaime Hernandez
The Comic Art of George Herriman
Todd Hignite | Introduction: Alison Bechdel
978-0-8109-9185-9 • US$22.50/CAN$25.50
Patrick McDonnell, Karen O’Connell, and Georgia Riley de Havenon
The Secrets of Life and Death
978-0-8109-9570-3 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 • e
Tall Tales
Al Jaffee | Introduction: Stephen Colbert 978-0-8109-7272-8 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95 • e
The Laugh-Out-Loud Cats Sell Out
The Art of Osamu Tezuka God of Manga
978-0-8109-9571-0 • US$12.95/CAN$14.50
978-0-8109-8249-9 • US$40.00/CAN$51.99 includes bonus dvd documentary
Edited: Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly Introduction: Jon Scieszka 978-0-8109-5730-5 • US$40.00/CAN$49.95 • e
Love Is . . . Kim Casali
Art Out of Time
Underground Classics
978-0-8109-4940-9 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Unknown Comics Visionaries, 1900–1969
The Transformation of Comics into Comix
Dan Nadel
978-0-8109-5838-8 • US$45.00/CAN$52.00
Library
The TOON Treasury of Classic Children’s Comics
Adam Koford | Introduction: John Hodgman
Helen McCarthy | Foreword: Katsuhiro Otomo
Love Is . . . a Wild Ride
978-0-8109-0598-6 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
Y’r daddy planted that apple tree th’ day we met.
Kim Casali
Death by Laughter
978-0-8109-5791-6 • US$15.95/CAN$17.95
Harry Bliss Introduction: Christopher Guest
Wacky Packages
The Topps Company, Inc. Introduction: Art Spiegelman | Afterword: Jay Lynch
Love Is . . . All Around
978-0-8109-7084-7 • US$16.95/CAN$18.95
2012
James Danky and Denis Kitchen
978-0-8109-9531-4 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Kim Casali
978-0-8109-7839-3 • US$15.95/CAN$18.95
Dread & Superficiality Woody Allen as Comic Strip
Wacky Packages
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Written and illustrated: Stuart Hample Introduction: R. Buckminster Fuller 978-0-8109-5742-8 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50
978-0-8109-9522-2 • US$27.50/CAN$31.50
Erotic Comics
Manga Kamishibai
A Graphic History from Tijuana Bibles to Undergound Comix
978-0-8109-8838-5 • US$19.95/NCR • e includes 4 limited-edition stickers
Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?
Eric P. Nash | Introduction: Frederik L. Schodt 978-0-8109-5303-1 • US$35.00/CAN$45.50 • e
978-0-8109-9515-4 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Brian Fies
978-0-8109-9636-6 • US$24.95/CAN$27.50 • e
Meanwhile
Winsor McCay
Jason Shiga
Erotic Comics 2
Mom’s Cancer Brian Fies
978-0-8109-7277-3 • US$31.95/CAN$36.95
Wordless Books
978-0-8109-7107-3 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
The Golden Age of DC Comics
The Original Graphic Novels David A. Beronä | Introduction: Peter Kuper 978-0-8109-9469-0 • US$37.50/CAN$42.50 • e
Nat Turner
365 Days
Kyle Baker
Les Daniels, Chip Kidd, and Geoff Spear
978-0-8109-7227-8 • US$14.95/CAN$16.95 • e
978-0-8109-4969-0 • US$32.50/CAN$37.50
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John Canemaker | Foreword: Maurice Sendak 978-0-8109-5941-5 • US$45.00/CAN$63.00
Tim Pilcher with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Foreword: Alan Moore
Graphic Novels
His Life and Art
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A Graphic History from the Liberated ’70s to the Internet
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The Topps Company, Inc. | Introduction: Jay Lynch
The Art of Japanese Paper Theater
Tim Pilcher with Gene Kannenberg, Jr. Foreword: Aline Kominsky-Crumb
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Jon J. Muth | Introduction: Adam Kempenaar
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The Art of Comics
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