When Ninkugel, a conniving, peasant farmworker, inadvertently causes an insect plague that destroys his town's crops, he leaves his village in a self-imposed exile to avert death. From there, he lies and cheats his way across the countryside in a quest for fortune and high-living. When he convinces the elders of another village that he is a champion demon slayer who has arrived to free them from the tyranny of Balthicus the demon's reign of terror, he is feted as a hero savior. But much like the tale of the scorpion and the frog, will Ninkugel's devious nature get the better of him? And what does any of this have to do with What We Mean By Yesterday Vol. 1? Although Vol. 2 reads as a distinct and satisfying graphic novel on its own, there are still mysteries to be revealed! What We Mean By Yesterday began as a daily comic strip, one page per day, posted on Marra's Instagram (@benjamin_marra). Originally begun as an experiment in drawing faster and looser, it quickly became one of the more popular pandemic era webcomics, followed by over 20,000 readers daily, and has morphed into the most ambitious project of Marra's career.
Peter Bagge is not only one of the primary architects of the alternative comics scene that exploded in the 1980s and 1990s (alongside peers including Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, and Daniel Clowes), but also someone who helped fashion the aesthetics and attitudes of an entire youth movement. His comic book series, Hate, chronicled the exploits of twentysomething Buddy Bradley and his gang of lovable losers through the rise and fall of the grunge era (and eventually beyond). Bagge's style became a part of the Gen X zeitgeist and Hate became the best-selling alternative comic of its era, with Bagge's illustrations gracing countless album and magazine covers as well. The Complete Hate Volume 3 collects all the Buddy Bradley stories from Hate Annual (nine issues, 2001-2011), as well as a host of other odds and ends from the original Hate series, Details magazine, I Like Comics, and much more. Now in his 30s and married, with a child, onetime slacker hero Buddy Bradley shaves his head, dons an eye-patch, quits his "real" job and buys the local dump -- because what better place to raise a toddler? Part screwball comedy, part soap opera, part loose autobiography, Hate is an enduring chronicle of the 1990s as well as riotously relatable to anyone bumbling through their twenties.
Riad is a teenager growing up in the French region of Brittany, where he lives with his mother and brother and attends high school in Rennes. But his adolescence is anything but typical. Born to a Syrian father and a French mother, Riad spent much of his early childhood in Libya, rural Syria, and France--moving through contrasting worlds, political ideologies, and daily absurdities. Years earlier, his father--charismatic, authoritarian, and obsessed with dictators and with building a utopian Arab society--abducted Riad's second younger brother, Fadi, and returned to Syria, leaving behind a fractured family. At 14, Riad navigates puberty, isolation, and the pressures of French society, while haunted by the absence of his father and brother, and the sadness of his mother. He turns to books, heavy metal, and drawing as refuge. The tone is darkly comic and sharply observant, capturing both the universal pains of adolescence and the surreal contradictions of the 1990s. Blending personal story and social commentary, this standalone volume offers a biting, poignant portrait of a young man coming of age in a world that feels both familiar and foreign. The End of the Arab of the Future is the first book in a two-volume series that concludes the critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel begun in Arab of the Future.
Our second volume in a new series collecting Ernie Bushmillers timeless and beloved Nancy! Whos lit now, Sluggo? The American Heritage Dictionary of the English LanguageNancyNancyNancyNancyNancy For All Seasons Autorid: Ernie Bushmiller
Love and Desire in the Promised Land collects a dozen interviews with real-life citizens of Israel and Gaza navigating messy boundaries in their homes and bedrooms against a background of geopolitical violence. Collecting interviews conducted before the October 7 attack unleashed a new wave of bloody conflict, the book introduces fascinating individuals and couples who speak frankly about the transgressions that define their experiences with intimacy. The portrayals represent a diverse population, including an interfaith celebrity power couple, an Orthodox gynecologist, a young gay Muslim, a Palestinian American feminist, a Ukrainian-Israeli artist, and a Palestinian lesbian in a relationship with an Israeli soldier.Through these candid conversations, recorded by Parent-Rachdi and illustrated with a warm touch by Deloupy, the authors humanize the people living in Israel and Gaza. As conflict wages around them, these ordinary citizens struggle with their all-too-human urges and desires that drive them to cross borders and boundaries in the name of love and sex.
Set in the atmospheric Korean capital in the 1920s, this dynamic manhwa period piece follows two teenagers from different social strata thrown together and their unlikely connection leads to comedic, emotional, and eye-opening experiences of discovery. Raging Clouds, Lovers of the Empire Autorid: Yudori
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 416, Publishers: Fantagraphics Books, Author: Daan Jippes, ISBN-13: 9798875001499, Date of issue: 2025
A beautiful and gentle look at the circle of life, using Christine Pym's gorgeous animals characters to explore the emotions and facts around death, with questions such as Is it ok to talk about dying? What happens when someone dies? Can I shout and cry and hide away? and How can I stop feeling sad?
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 112, Publishers: Fantagraphics Books, Author: Brian M Kane, ISBN-13: 9798875001192, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 232, Publishers: Fantagraphics Books, Author: Zachary James Pinson, ISBN-13: 9798875001116, Date of issue: 2025
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 220, Publishers: Fantagraphics Books, Author: Daan Jippes, ISBN-13: 9798875001505, Date of issue: 2025
Here are brilliant, invaluable words we can all use about striving, not coping - inspiring insights on making it, pushing the boundaries, going the extra mile, succeeding against the (apparent) odds. Sources ranging from Michelangelo to Muhammed Ali, Rumi to Rachel Maddow give their best, most hard-won advice for hanging in there, going the extra mile, and never letting them get you down.It's news we all need, and the perfect gift for people graduating, starting new jobs, or just looking for a reminder that challenges and hard work pay off.