Fantagraphics September 2025 Solicitations

HAL FOSTERS PRINCE VALIANT SKETCHBOOKS HC VOL 01 AN ILLUSTRATED MEMOIR (MR)

Creators: (W) Hal Foster, Brian M Kane (A/CA) Hal Foster
Price: $50.00 | ISBN: 9798875001192 | Product Code: 0725FB552

In-Store Date: 9/10/2025

In the works for several years, Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks: An Illustrated Memoir presents never-before-published Prince Valiant art by the strip’s legendary creator, Hal Foster, collected in a series of six annotated portfolio volumes. Part sketchbooks, part biography, part tutorial, part memoir—Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbooks is an unprecedented look into Foster’s personal life and creative process during his final nine years on the strip. It’s also a fascinating look behind the curtains as Foster coached and interacted with his chosen successor: John Cullen Murphy. Produced with the full permission and participation of the Foster and Murphy families, this series is a testament to author and Prince Valiant historian Brian M. Kane’s research prowess and determination to bring Hal Foster’s creative process to light. This uniquely intimate view of Foster’s creative process is a long-awaited dream come true for Prince Valiant fans.Over the course of these volumes, Kane annotates with painstaking clarity and thoroughness 366 penciled layout pages, 40 character sketches, and 577 text pages of Foster’s descriptions and instructions for each panel. Also featured are an additional 143 pieces of art, mostly by Foster, 100 photographs detailing his life and career, and 123 personal letters and notes, all adding immeasurably to this exploration of Foster’s life and art, as well as his collaboration with Murphy.

EPHEMERATA HC SHAPING THE EXQUISITE NATURE OF GRIEF (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Carol Tyler
Price: $39.99 | ISBN: 9798875001437 | Product Code: 0725FB553

In-Store Date: 9/10/2025

During collisions between life and death, estrangement and loss, Carol Tyler turned to her pen to face facts and extract meaning from the oddly sacred experience. Exploring realms metaphorical, half-imagined, and all-too-real, she explored previously uncharted emotional territory for herself and others, in a work that is both painfully intimate and philosophically rich.An artistic advancement nearly forty years into Tyler’s comics-making career, The Ephemerata features Tyler’s most breathtaking picture making ever — fine, dense brush lines complemented with occasional color washes or highlights — and formally stunning cartooning. Combining art and text in multiple ways — in the traditional comics panel grid, as words-and-illustration, as organically flowing images surrounded by floating text — she depicts the inner monologue of a fallible human being grappling with questions of profound relevance. Tyler’s memoirist skills also rise to the fore, excavating and colliding scenes from her history, delineating with sensitive intuition ways in which the inevitability of grief is built into our lives and our loves. To struggle in the face of loss is a universal experience. To turn it into this compassionate, deep and beautiful book takes a true artist.

ATLAS COMICS LIBRARY HC NO 07 GIRL COMICS (MR)

Creators: (W) John Buscema, Bill Everett, Russ Heath (A) John Buscema, Bill Everett, Russ Heath (CA) Various
Price: $49.99 | ISBN: 9798875001079 | Product Code: 0725FB554

In-Store Date: 9/10/2025

This new volume in Fantagraphics’ and Marvel’s collaborative Atlas Library presents Girl Comics #1-12, a long unseen subversion of romance comics beautifully designed for a new generation of readers!In 1950, Timely/Atlas/Marvel took a typical romance title called Girl Comics and turned it into a sister companion to its successful men’s-adventure comics: an empowering girls’-adventure comic! Mystery, adventure and suspense was promised and delivered! At the hands of a stellar artistic line-up, including John Buscema, Mike Sekowsky, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Russ Heath, and Bernard Krigstein, Girl Comics evolved from heart-stricken love stories to hair-raising girl-power thrill rides like “The Death Plunge!,” “The House of Shadows!,” “I was a Murderer’s Daughter!,” “They Called me a Spy!,” “The Dead Hands at the Controls,” and “The Dark Hallway.”This volume also features the story behind the stories, with editor Dr. Michael J. Vassallo’s essays on Marvel publisher Martin Goodman’s enthusiastic relationship with romance comics and magazines at a time when the artform was cementing itself into American youth culture! Cover Artists: Al Hartley, Russ Heath, Pete Tumlinson, Bill LaCava, George Klein, Mike Esposito

DEATH IN TRIESTE HC (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Jason
Price: $24.99 | ISBN: 9798875001253 | Product Code: 0725FB555

In-Store Date: 9/17/2025

The cartoonist known as Jason returns with a collection of three short graphic stories, connected by an absurdist thread, showcasing his idiosyncratic cultural obsessions, clear line style, and deadpan humor.The title story, “Death in Trieste,” sets the scene in 1920s Berlin, a bustling cultural hotspot in the shadow of the coming Nazism. Here, a host of unlikely characters — time-travelling David Bowie, Rasputin, Nosferatu, Marlene Dietrich, and more — are all connected by a group of Dadaists who perform the art of rationality through madness. In “The Magritte Affair,” a wisecracking pair of detectives must crack a case involving art forgeries, masked men, and mysterious disappearances — all linked to the surrealist world of the famous Belgian painter. Finally, in “Sweet Dreams,” Jason reimagines the New Wave artists of the 1980s as X-Men-esque superheroes. While this supergroup easily dispatches such supernatural threats as living mummies, animated suits of armor, and rampaging golems, they soon face their biggest challenge yet, as a giant meteorite hurtles toward the Earth.

DISNEY MASTERS COLLECTORS BOX SET HC #12

Creators: (W) Romano Scarpa, John Lustig (A/CA) Daniel Branca
Price: $69.99 | ISBN: 9798875000621 | Product Code: 0725FB556

In-Store Date: 9/17/2025

Dive into thrilling Disney adventures and enjoy fan-favorite comics talents with a new Disney Masters slipcase set featuring Vol. 23: Mickey Mouse: The Riddle of Brigaboom by Romano Scarpa and Vol. 24: Uncle Scrooge: World Wide Witch by Daniel Branca!First: in “The Riddle of Brigaboom,” Mickey’s friends and enemies are hypnotized by Dr. Wrayspray’s “Spraysan,” a bewitching body spray that makes everyone feel stronger and smarter! But Mickey smells a rat—and the trail leads to Pegleg Pete and Brigaboom, a mysterious island that only appears once every five years! Also in this volume: Donald Duck battles an army of evil toys in “Remotely Impossible” and his own unhinged cousin in “The Unsinkable Kildare Coot!”Next: in “World Wide Witch,” the year is 2000 and that saucy sorceress, Magica De Spell, is turning early social media to her advantage—arranging a full-scale sorceresses’ convention at Scrooge McDuck’s money bin! Then Scrooge travels through time to beat Flintheart Glomgold in “The Quest for the Curious Constable”… and Huey, Dewey, and Louie face dangerous duck-eating plants in “The Green Attack”!Fantagraphics’ Disney Masters series unearths a treasure trove of previously unavailable comics epics in the grand Walt Disney tradition: expanding the lore of Mickey, Donald, and Scrooge, anthologizing the work of fan-favorite North American talents, and bringing you the best of the acclaimed international artists who have popularized Disney around the world.

MORT WALKERS BEETLE BAILEY HC 75 YEARS OF SMILES (MR)

Creators: (W) Brian Walker (A/CA) Mort Walker
Price: $65.00 | ISBN: 9798875001338 | Product Code: 0725FB557

In-Store Date: 9/17/2025

“Old cartoonists never die. They just erase away…” This was one of Mort Walker’s favorite sayings, and until his final days, he lived by his motto, engaging millions of readers through his beloved comics. Walker had the longest tenure of any cartoonist on his original creation in the history of comics. He produced Beetle Bailey for 67 years, 3 months and 12 days – that’s 24,576 strips. He penciled his last week of daily strips on December 16, 2017. Mort Walker’s Beetle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles is a coffee table retrospective commemorating Mort Walker’s long and dedicated commitment to cartooning, spotlighting the anniversary of his most popular and beloved creation. In addition to the 75 Sunday pages reproduced from color syndicate proofs, 135 daily and Sunday strips scanned from original artwork, and close to 200 additional images, this beautifully designed volume, impeccably researched and written by his son Brian, also includes rare photographs, historic debut character appearances, syndicate promotional materials, posters, merchandise, personal drawings and memorabilia from the family archives, as well as biographical sketches and anecdotes.Dubbed “The Dean of American Cartooning,” Walker was one of the most prolific cartoonists in the comics business, with the creation of nine different syndicated strips during his lifetime, including Beetle Bailey, one of the most widely syndicated strips in the world. Beetle Bailey remains a popular feature in newspapers today and is currently produced by his sons Greg, Brian and Neal.

WALT DISNEYS GOOFY HC VOL 27 SUPER GOOF AND THE STRANGE CASE OF DR SYCLOCKS DISNEY MASTERS

Creators: (W) Bob Ogle, Vic Lockman (A/CA) Paul Murry
Price: $39.99 | ISBN: 9798875001147 | Product Code: 0725FB558

In-Store Date: 9/17/2025

The year: 1965! When Goofy gulps a peanut from his “super goober” garden, there’s a super puff of smoke—and our hapless hero gets the powers of super X-ray vision, super speed, and super strength!With his ear-splitting cry of “Tuh-duh!” Super Goof battles bad guys across the globe—including sinister Dr. Syclocks, the Tower of Pisa-stealing Super Thief, a freeze-dried Dr. Tempo, and the Beagle Boys, all out to kidnap and resell an entire zoo (super-scoop: it’s harder than it looks!).Silver Age fan-favorite artist Paul Murry brings us his full run of adventures from Super Goof plus select later issues, some never reprinted. Follow Mickey Mouse on his pal’s heroic trail—and never, ever, underestimate the power of a Goof!

PETRA CHERIE HC (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Attilio Micheluzzi
Price: $34.99 | ISBN: 9798875001048 | Product Code: 0725FB559

In-Store Date: 9/24/2025

Set during World War I and originally published in serial format from 1977–1982, Petra Chérie follows the adventures of Petra De Karlowitz, “Chérie” to creator Attilio Micheluzzi, who addresses her throughout the book. Born to a Polish businessman and the most beautiful woman in Paris, raised in Canton, China, and now based in neutral Holland, she is a spy who answers only to herself. Evoking but cleverly eschewing stereotypes of the femme fatale, Petra is equally at home in the cockpit of an airplane and behind the wheel of a motorcar. More than that, she is an endlessly fascinating enigma and one of the most iconic characters in Italian comics.In short, thrilling tales across sky, sea, and land, zipping from Northern Europe to Mitteleuropa, from the Balkans to the Bosphorus to the nascent Soviet Union, Micheluzzi grapples with an era when Europe’s borders were in flux and battle lines were often blurred. Petra steps in where national allegiances come into conflict with our common humanity.Attilio Micheluzzi, an architect by training who grew up between Istria, Libya, and Naples, brings his international experiences and his keen sense of perspective to his work. In the tradition of the Corto Maltese adventures and stylish look of Guido Crepax’s Valentina, Petra Chérie is the touchstone book in Fantagraphics’ comprehensive Micheluzzi library, prepared in collaboration with the author’s daughter Agnese Micheluzzi.

WALT DISNEYS DONALD DUCK HC THIS LOOKS LIKE A JOB FOR DUCK AVENGER

Creators: (W) Nicolas Pothier (A/CA) Luc Batem Collin
Price: $19.99 | ISBN: 9798875001475 | Product Code: 0725FB561

In-Store Date: 10/1/2025

Who wants the world’s richest duck for their landlord? Not Donald Duck! If Donald can’t get a job and make rent, Uncle Scrooge McDuck will repossess his house; and if Scrooge repossesses Donald’s house, he’ll discover the secret HQ of Donald’s secret identity—Duckburg’s super-anti-hero, Duck Avenger—before Donald and inventor Gyro Gearloose have time to dismantle it!Too bad for Donald, jobs don’t come easy this week… and while he’s flopping as a mailman, a mover, and a museum guard, Duckburg is invaded by Duck Avenger’s foes, including the Beagle Boys and a zombie army! Wild action, wicked wit and wordplay join forces in a new Disney graphic novel by Luc “Batem” Collin (Marsupilami) and Nicolas Pothier. Is Donald ready? Is Scrooge? Is Duckburg? You know they’re not!

JIM WOODRING 2026 ART CALENDAR TP (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Jim Woodring
Price: $25.00 | ISBN: 9798875000744 | Product Code: 0725FB549

In-Store Date: 9/3/2025

Jim Woodring has been one of America’s most visually distinctive artists, translating his subconscious into compellingly surreal imagery. He has proven himself a master of many forms and media: Painting, drawing, ink wash, writing, sculpting, toy design, comics, mail art, animation, stereoscopic printing, autojournals… even gallery work drawn freehand with a bespoke five-foot-long dip pen.Woodring’s dream-like visions and masterful skill translate to medium after medium, and in this oversized 12-month calendar, he brings his otherworldly images from his hand and brain to your kitchen and office wall. Each is rich and strange enough to reward a month’s repeated viewing, and perhaps revealing enough of your own subconscious that each page turn on the first of the month will be a weight lifted, making room for new discoveries both visual and interpretive.Printed using high quality inks on matte stock, this beautiful calendar is an eye-popping delight. Each image was hand selected by Woodring himself, a number of them chosen from commissioned private art collections. Additional illustrations appear on each calendar page and Woodring has also curated weird, amusing, important, artistic, and occult dates from history to highlight throughout. It’s likely to be a twisted year for everyone: this can only help guide your path through it.

PEANUTS EVERY SUNDAY 1952-1955 TP

Creators: (W/A/CA) Charles M Schulz
Price: $34.99 | ISBN: 9798875001406 | Product Code: 0725FB550

In-Store Date: 9/3/2025

Charles M. Schulz’s beloved comic strip Peanuts has largely been collected and reprinted in black and white. But many who read the comic strip during its original newspaper run remain fond of its brightly colored Sunday pages, which made for a surprisingly different and fulfilling reading experience. Our Peanuts Every Sunday series collects all of the Peanuts Sunday strips, scrupulously restored and re-colored to look better than they ever have. These gorgeous, oversized softcover editions allow fans and new readers to immerse themselves in Schulz’s timeless masterpiece.The debut volume in this series, Peanuts Every Sunday: 1952-1955, compiles the first four years of the strip. This collection offers a fascinating peek at Schulz’s creative process, as iconic characters such as Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Schroeder, Linus, and Lucy quickly evolve from their initial renderings to the elegant stylizations we’ve all come to know and love.Peanuts — beloved characters, iconic gags, drawing that finds beauty in its economic ink line. Fantagraphics is thrilled to publish Schulz’s glorious creation, bringing our team’s design expertise and impeccable production values to bear on the most popular comic strip of all time.

PSYCHODRAMA ILLUSTRATED TP #9

Creators: (W/A/CA) Gilbert Hernandez
Price: $4.99 | UPC: 61520081627800911 | Product Code: 0725FB551

In-Store Date: 9/3/2025

Gilbert Hernandez returns to Fritz’s world in an issue that should be retitled Psychosexual Illustrated. What’s up with Fritz’s exhibitionist tendencies in her film career, and the way she deals with her imitators — including her daughter, Baby Fritz? Psychodrama Illustrated investigates! Contains nudity! And then more nudity! An adults-only Love and Rockets spinoff comic!

SEARCH AND DESTROY TP VOL 03 (MR)

Creators: (W/A/CA) Atsushi Kaneko
Price: $14.99 | ISBN: 9781683969662 | Product Code: 0725FB560

In-Store Date: 10/1/2025

The broken and discarded creatures of the city have had enough of the caste system that keeps them servile, and they rise up to strike… Doro the little thief must confront their past and make impossible decisions about their future… And Hyaku? Hyaku’s quest to retrieve the stolen pieces of her body is nearly at an end, and her path of righteous and bloody vengeance leads directly to the great betrayer, her father. Robots, humans, creatures, monsters: no one will survive unscathed.Final conflicts rage in this spectacular conclusion to Atsushi Kaneko’s epic cyberpunk masterpiece! Featuring stunning and visceral artwork and a story that is startlingly relevant to today’s audiences, deeply intertwined with the work of Osamu Tezuka’s classic samurai manga masterpiece, Dororo.