Wilfred Santiago captures the grit of Clemente's rise from his impoverished Puerto Rican childhood, to the majesty of his performance on the field, to his fundamental decency as a human being in a drawing style that combines realistic attention to detail and expressive cartooning.

The best-selling, award-winning comic book series that tells the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust in hip and hilarious fashion has been collected into a single volume!

The Adventures of Hergé is a biographical comic about the world-renowned comics artist Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Meticulously researched, with references to many of the Tintin albums and complete with a bibliography and mini-bios for each of the main "characters," the biography is appropriately drawn in Hergé’s iconic clear line style as an homage to the Tintin adventures that have commanded the attention of readers across the world and of many generations.

Bill Schelly authors this volume on the 1950s era of Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley, with a year-by-year account of the most significant publications, notable creators, and impactful trends. Schelly examines the rise of the EC "New Trend" titles (Tales of the Crypt, Weird Science), Harvey Kurtzman's Mad, and Carl Bark's work on Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JUNE 18, 2013

Featuring the smash hit, best-selling comic book biography of Barack Obama (Presidential Material: Barack Obama) that became a media sensation...

Featuring the smash hit, best-selling comic book biography of Barack Obama (Presidential Material: Barack Obama) that became a media sensation, and has to date gone into five printings.

Conventional wisdom states that cartooning and graphic novels exist in a golden age of creativity, popularity, and critical acceptance. But why? Today, the signal is stronger than ever, but so is the noise. New York Times, Vanity Fair, and Bookforum critic Ben Schwartz assembles the greatest lineup of comics critics the world has yet seen to testify on behalf of this increasingly vital medium.

The Best of Alter Ego Volume 2 presents more fantastic features from the fabled mag begun in 1961 by Jerry Bails and Roy Thomas, covering undiscovered gems from all 11 original issues published between 1961 and 1978.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: DECEMBER 24, 2013

For the first time ever, the inspiring, infuriating, and utterly insane story of comics, graphic novels, and manga is presented in comic book form!

Curing the Postmodern Blues explores Grant Morrison and Chris Weston's The Filth as a response to the postmodern condition. The volume also explores The Filth's relationship to The Invisibles, to The Matrix, and to the work of Alan Moore. Includes interviews with Grant Morrison, Chris Weston, and inker Gary Erskine, plus preliminary art from Weston.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: AUGUST 6, 2013

Presenting Charles Darwin's life in a smart and entertaining graphic novel, Darwin: A Graphic Biography attempts to not only educate the reader about Darwin but also the scientific world of the 1800s. The graphic medium is ideal for recreating a very specific time frame, succeeding in placing the reader right next to a young Darwin on a "beetling" expedition.

This engaging memoir from Hank Ketcham has Dennis the Menace tell his own colorful story

The Devil is in the Details examines both Daredevil and his alter ego, Matt Murdock, from a variety of critical perspectives. The authors explore Daredevil's troubled history with love; his relationships with Foggy Nelson, Spider-Man, and the Punisher; and offers new takes on his classic runs.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: AUGUST 6, 2013

In this substantial graphic novel biography, Feynman presents the larger-than-life exploits of Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and world-class raconteur Richard Feynman.

The Ramones were the archetypal American punk band and this is their story, from their beginnings in Queens in 1974, through the burgeoning punk scene at CBGB's, the excitement of their first album, their brush with the unhinged genius of Phil Spector and the endless touring that saw them perform 2,263 concerts over a 22 year period.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JUNE 25, 2013

Using Lincoln's words as a keystone the book shows us the events through the eyes of those who lived these dramatic events, drawing from first hand accounts from everyone from soldiers to slaves, as well as through dramatizations with key figures during pivotal events.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JUNE 25, 2013

Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics-sensation Kate Beaton. No era nor tome is left unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western World's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction.

For more than three decades, best-selling author Andrew Vachss has battled the lowest bullies: child abusers. In his law practice, he's represented children and youth exclusively. As art director for King Features for two decades, Frank Caruso has developed a style that speaks to all ages, for all ages. The two are now joining forces to attack school bullying.

Raise a glass to the story of four of the greatest actors-and boozers-of all time: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole, and Oliver Reed. This inventive graphic work seamlessly weaves their four biographies into one fast-paced adventure of drunken binges, orgies, parties, and fun. The story begins at a London pub one sorry Christmas and is told through the eyes of Martin, a wannabe hellraiser sitting at the end of the bar alone, drinking himself into oblivion.

Based on the real-life occurrence of The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an island of floating trash in a remote area of the Northern Pacific Ocean more than twice the size of Texas, I'm Not A Plastic Bag tells a moving story about loneliness, beauty, and humankind's connection to our planet.

Characterized by bold, sensual brushstrokes and striking images of powerful, butt-kicking women, Ellen Forney's imagination runs wild with stories that spring from her own inspiration, while other are collaborations with such luminaries as comedian Margaret Cho, novelist Kristin Gore, writer and editor Dan Savage, and Camille Paglia.

After creating what many consider the first underground comic, God Nose, in 1964 and co-founding Rip-Off Press in 1969, Jack Jackson began writing and drawing short historical comics about Texas history. Fantagraphics is proud to bring his graphic histories back into print, beginning with this first volume, reprinting two of his long-form histories.

For its second issue, Comic Book Creator pays tribute to the late, great Joe Kubert in a 160-page double-size book extravaganza! This Summer Special is entirely devoted to the legendary comics creator who passed away in 2012.

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: JULY 23, 2013

Ho Che Anderson has spent over 10 years researching, writing, and drawing King, a monumental graphic biography that liberates Martin Luther King Jr. from the saintly, one-dimensional, hagiographic image so prevalent in pop culture. Here is King -father, husband, politician, deal broker, idealist, pragmatist, inspiration to millions- brought to vivid, flesh-and-blood life.

Scott McCloud, acclaimed illustrator and renowned author of Understanding Comics, focuses his critical analysis on the art form itself, exploring the creation of comics, from the broadest principles to the most minute of artistic details.