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Info: Your browser does not accept cookies. If you want to put products into your cart and purchase them you need to enable cookies. BrowseComics History & Culture Fantagraphics Books's commitment to the comics as an art form extends beyond publishing the world's greatest cartoonists — we also publish some of the finest books of comics scholarship available. These works of history, criticism, and analysis cover a range of topics from the forgotten to the famous, from the nice to the notorious, from the Golden Age to the Underground to the cutting edge. Written by the pre-eminent experts in the field (John Benson, R.C. Harvey, Bob Levin, Fredrik Strömberg, and more), these books all belong in any serious comics lover's library. And of course, for the best source of comics journalism for over 30 years, don't forget The Comics Journal. 
The Comics Journal Library Vol. 6: The Writers
A collection of in-depth Journal interviews with writers who led the ascendancy of writer-driven mainstream comic books: Chris Claremont, Steve Gerber, Len Wein, Steve Englehart, Gerry Conway, Marv Wolfman, Denny O'Neil, and Alan Moore.
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$9.98 You Save: 50.00% ![The Comics Journal Library Vol. 8: The EC Artists [Pre-Order]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=38f53df8e72156f98d13ba265424dbf5.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Comics Journal Library Vol. 8: The EC Artists [Pre-Order]")
The Comics Journal Library Vol. 8: The EC Artists [Pre-Order]
Ed. by Gary Groth & Mike Dean A definitive, profusely illustrated oral history of EC Comics: career-spanning conversations with Will Elder, John Severin, Harvey Kurtzman and Al Feldstein, plus William Gaines, Frank Frazetta, Joe Kubert & Al Jaffee.
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$28.99 ![The Crumb Compendium [Release TBD]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=2afd9519ff1203480838c70b811ad4e7.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Crumb Compendium [Release TBD]")
The Crumb Compendium [Release TBD]
Carl Richter A comprehensive, impeccably researched and heavily illustrated guide to everything Crumb has published during his 45-year career in cartooning. An essential text for all Crumb collectors and scholars.
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$29.99 ![The Daniel Clowes Reader: A Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories, with Essays, Interviews, and Annotations [Pre-Order]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=481eca9b64ddd7fbe517a861d877737f.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Daniel Clowes Reader: A Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories, with Essays, Interviews, and Annotations [Pre-Order]")
The Daniel Clowes Reader: A Critical Edition of Ghost World and Other Stories, with Essays, Interviews, and Annotations [Pre-Order]
Ken Parille, ed. This landmark collection features ten of Clowes's most influential graphic narratives, along with interviews about his career and creative process, and twelve thought-provoking essays by contemporary scholars and critics.
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$35.00 ![The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Hardcover Ed.]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=78967ca88fe4c19dbc88c98dfb7956b9.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Hardcover Ed.]")
The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Hardcover Ed.]
Brian M. Kane et al. The ultimate book for Valiant fans, long out of print, and now completely updated with over 30 years of material, new interviews & articles, rare archival material, and a special color section of strips from every era.
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$39.99 ![The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Softcover Ed.]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=f80a40965c8c01177726ac8dfd6f185a.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Softcover Ed.]")
The Definitive Prince Valiant Companion [Softcover Ed.]
Brian M. Kane et al. The ultimate book for Valiant fans, long out of print, and now completely updated with over 30 years of material, new interviews & articles, rare archival material, and a special color section of strips from every era.
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The Enigma of Al Capp
Alexander Theroux Compassionately, but with a keen eye, Theroux traces Capp's transformation from a brilliantly funny social advocate creator into a much darker, haunted man who adopted the conservative politics he once criticized.
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The Great Comic Book Heroes
Jules Feiffer Feiffer's seminal essay on the superhero comics of his youth was a turning point for the public's understanding of the genre; now, we are pleased to present this 80-page softcover, which reprints the essay in its entirety.
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The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here + Observed While Falling - Gift Set
Malcolm McNeill A stunning oversized coffee table book collecting the visionary images from the legendary unpublished Ah Pook graphic novel created in collaboration with William S. Burroughs in the 1970s.
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$55.98 You Save: 20.00% ![The Love and Rockets Companion: 30 Years (and Counting) [Pre-Order]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=dc08cb4791b846cacbc8299f34ba131b.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Love and Rockets Companion: 30 Years (and Counting) [Pre-Order]")
The Love and Rockets Companion: 30 Years (and Counting) [Pre-Order]
Marc Sobel & Kristy Valenti An indispensable guide to the Hernandez brothers' award-winning, world-renowned series. Interviews, family trees, timelines, unpublished art, letter-column highlights, bibliography and more.
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$29.99 ![The Love and Rockets Reader: From Hoppers to Palomar [Pre-Order]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=59a03df5b5fcb94e7c89f0069813cbab.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Love and Rockets Reader: From Hoppers to Palomar [Pre-Order]")
The Love and Rockets Reader: From Hoppers to Palomar [Pre-Order]
Marc Sobel A meticulously researched study containing in-depth analysis of and commentary on L&R Vol. I, delving into the comics' themes, symbols and influences, as well as the Hernandez Brothers' artistic development.
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The Merchant of Dennis the Menace
Hank Ketcham In this engaging memoir, the Dennis the Menace creator charmingly tells his own colorful story, with copious illustrations of his artistic development, a behind-the-scenes section, and his hand-picked favorite strips.
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$19.95 
The Pirates and the Mouse
Bob Levin This hilarious but scrupulously researched volume relates the suicidal but vastly entertaining attempt by the "Air Pirates" underground cartoonists' collective to bring down Disney via deliberate copyright violation.
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$24.00 
The Sandman Papers
This book contains 12 wide-ranging essays of criticism, exploration, and appreciation, addressing Gaiman's stories both on their own and in relation with their milieu. For any Gaiman fan interested in intelligent literary responses to his work.
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$18.95 ![The Secret History of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire [Summer 2013]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=97268d28058bc7b3646e1af3a062486a.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Secret History of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire [Summer 2013]")
The Secret History of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire [Summer 2013]
Blake Bell & Michael J. Vassallo Exposing the seamy underside of Martin Goodman's publishing empire. The never-before-told history of Goodman's pulps and scandal sheets and the Marvel artists who worked for them, with loads of unseen art.
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$39.99 ![The Strange Case of Edward Gorey [Expanded Hardcover Edition]](http://www.fantagraphics.com/components/com_virtuemart/show_image_in_imgtag.php?filename=5982ffbcb14f8ce721a1ec74ecafe862.jpg&newxsize=145&newysize=&fileout= "The Strange Case of Edward Gorey [Expanded Hardcover Edition]")
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey [Expanded Hardcover Edition]
Alexander Theroux Expanded to twice the length of the original edition and completely redesigned, this intimate, revealing look into the life and art of an American original is an essential book for all Gorey fans and scholars.
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