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Book Review: My Gun Is the Jury! and Other Stories, Illustrated by Jack Davis and Wallace Wood

By Gordon S. Miller | May 5, 2026

Arguably the greatest humor magazine of the 20th Century, EC Comics' MAD was such a success it led to many ...

Book Review: The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers: Times of No Money: The Early Years (Volume 1) by Gilbert Shelton

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 27, 2026

Created by Gilbert Shelton, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers was a popular underground comix that presented the wacky, drug-fueled (or ...

Book Review: The Atlas Creator Collection No. 3: Bill Everett Vol. 1: “One Head Too Many!” and Other Weird Horror Stories

By Steve Geise | Apr 25, 2026

Bill Everett created Marvel superheroes before Marvel even existed, most notably Namor, the Sub-Mariner in 1939. When superhero characters fell ...

Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: “A Little Something Special” and Other Tales of Fiendish Foes: Disney Greatest Comics Collection Vol. 1

By Steve Geise | Apr 23, 2026

The latest Disney comics collection from Fantagraphics kicks off a new giant-size series of reprints from fan-favorite U.S. and European ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Balloonatics” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Apr 12, 2026

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Balloonatics” is Volume 25 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. This book collects comic-book ...

Book Review: Fungae by Wojtek Wawszczyk and Tomasz Lew Lesniak

By Greg Hammond | Mar 27, 2026

Fungae is a graphic novel published by F. U. Press, a unit of Fantagraphics Books that showcases the talents of ...

Book Review: All the Living by Roman Muradov

By Steve Geise | Mar 9, 2026

Roman Muradov’s second graphic novel for Fantagraphics starts off with a bang, as a young woman plummets to hell after ...

Book Review: Disney Epic Mickey: The Comics Collection

By Greg Hammond | Feb 27, 2026

Disney has produced two high-calibre video games starring Mickey Mouse and Oswald the Lucky Rabbit: Disney Epic Mickey and Disney ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: Tales of Andold Wild Duck: Disney Masters Vol. 26

By Kent Conrad | Feb 27, 2026

What makes Donald Duck an interesting foil in any adventure is his combination of absolute confidence, a hair-trigger temper, and ...

Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 3: Savage Tales of the 1980s

By Steve Geise | Feb 27, 2026

Fantagraphics continues their series of archival Marvel reprints with the largest entry to date, a whopping 544-page monstrosity that reprints ...

Book Review: The Pass by Katriona Chapman

By Steve Geise | Jan 26, 2026

Katriona Chapman’s third graphic novel takes a stunning leap in artistry over her prior works, announcing the arrival of a ...

Comic Book Review: Uncle Scrooge: Issue #04: The McDuck Journals: The Klondike Years by Kari Korhonen

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 23, 2026

As explained in editor David Gerstein' note to readers, “Finnish writer/artist Kari Korhonen began The McDuck Journals—a new series of ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 8: SNAFU: The Funniest Magazine in the World!

By Greg Hammond | Jan 21, 2026

Fantagraphics continues its phenomenal series in collaboration with Marvel Comics by publishing its eighth entry in the Atlas Comics series, ...

Book Review: Ducktales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 06

By Kent Conrad | Jan 15, 2026

This is the latest of the Fantagraphics hardcover collections of reprinted Disney comics based on the block of cartoons that ...

Book Review: The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat by R. Crumb

By Gordon S. Miller | Jan 13, 2026

According to the book's copyright page, “The Life and Death of Fritz the Cat collects R. Crumb's major Fritz the ...

Book Review: Petra Chérie by Attilio Micheluzzi

By Steve Geise | Jan 10, 2026

Collected in English for the first time, Fantagraphics’ second Micheluzzi book compiles the complete serialized adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, ...

Book Review: Winnie the Pooh: The Hundred Acre Wood Comic Collection: Volume 1

By Steve Geise | Jan 1, 2026

A.A. Milne’s silly old bear has been a comic book star around the world since 1977, but the comics are ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Christmas in Duckburg” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Dec 23, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Christmas in Duckburg” is Volume 21 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. The book ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics

By Greg Hammond | Dec 9, 2025

Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics The collection contains Girl Comics ...

Book Review: Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum and Jon Buller

By Steve Geise | Dec 4, 2025

In 1895, intrepid adventurer Joshua Slocum attempted to sail solo around the world, determined to become the first person to ...

Book Review: Shadows of the Sea by Cathy Malkasian

By Steve Geise | Nov 27, 2025

A chance meeting of two grief-stricken social outcasts leads to a healing journey and hope for a new future. Cathy ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 20, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Lonely Lighthouse on Cape Quack” is Volume 29 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...

Book Review: The Past Is a Grotesque Animal by Tommi Parrish

By Steve Geise | Nov 13, 2025

After two lavishly painted graphic novels, Parrish takes a step back to present an archival collection of short stories rendered ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Goofy: “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks”

By Gordon S. Miller | Nov 6, 2025

Walt Disney’s Goofy “Super Goof and the Strange Case of Dr. Syclocks” collects stories from Super Goof #1-6 plus select ...

Book Review: Nocturnos by Laura Pérez

By Steve Geise | Nov 4, 2025

In Laura Pérez’s ethereal third U.S. graphic novel, characters and colors swirl through a nighttime setting with no clear dividing ...

Book Review: Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West by Bill Griffith

By Joe Garcia III | Oct 21, 2025

Photographic Memory: William Henry Jackson and the American West, A Graphic Biography by His Great-Grandson finds cartoonist Bill Griffith taking a ...

Book Review: Witchcraft by Sole Otero

By Steve Geise | Oct 9, 2025

Sole Otero’s second release from Fantagraphics is, in a word, astonishing. Her puzzle box of a tale centers on a ...

Book Review: Shiver As You Read!: Atlas Comics Library No. 6

By Kent Conrad | Oct 9, 2025

I do not know if the introduction of the censorious Comics Code really ruined American comics. It came in around ...

Book Review: The Spawn of Venus and Other Stories, Illustrated by Wallace Wood

By Steve Geise | Oct 2, 2025

If you’ve been following along with Fantagraphics’ ongoing releases in their EC Comics Artists Library series, this title might seem ...

Book Review: The Avengers in the Veracity Trap! by Chip Kidd and Michael Cho

By Gordon S. Miller | Sep 18, 2025

As seen on the cover of Chip Kidd and Michael Cho's The Avengers in the Veracity Trap goes back to ...

Book Review: Death in Trieste by Jason

By Steve Geise | Sep 15, 2025

Veteran Norwegian cartoonist Jason returns with an all-new collection of three short graphic stories rendered in his impeccably clear line ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 31, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold” is Volume 1 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. ...

Book Review: Buff Soul by Moa Romanova

By Steve Geise | Aug 25, 2025

When Swedish cartoonist Moa Romanova gets the chance to accompany her aspiring rock-star friends on their mini U.S. tour, their ...

Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 2: Howard Chaykin Vol. 1: Dominic Fortune, Monark Starstalker, and Phantom Eagle

By Kent Conrad | Aug 22, 2025

Howard Chaykin is a comic book artist who came to his powers when the industry was in flux. He started ...

Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” by Carl Barks

By Gordon S. Miller | Aug 21, 2025

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck “The Black Pearls of Tabu Yama” is Volume 19 in Fantagraphics’s The Complete Carl Barks Disney ...

Book Review: Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword: Book 2 by Milo Manara

By Greg Hammond | Aug 13, 2025

It is now the summer of 1606, and 14 years have passed since Caravaggio first arrived in Rome in the ...

Book Review: Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read!

By Greg Hammond | Jul 26, 2025

Seattle-based Fantagraphics Publishing has released another beautiful anthology with Atlas Comics Library No. 6: Shiver As You Read! The collection ...