Underground comic books issue 1

1st printing.

Story and art by Bong Redila.

A haunting, nostalgic collection of short comics that is at once an homage to childhood and a simple wish that tomorrow everything will be fine.

Welcome to Meläg, an eerily fantastic town located somewhere between dreamland and the real world of Bong Redila's childhood hometown in the Philippines and where love, joy, and heartbreak hold hands. Travel on a train with singing, blob-like beings, spy a shack that floats above the treetops because of a "borrowed" magical broomstick, romp with futuristic creatures on a playdate, roam a carnival with two goofy boys, dance the father-daughter dance at a wedding with a robot, and cry with two lost souls who come together as friends in the rain.

Originally published in the Philippines, where it is an award-winning bestseller, Meläg: Town of Fables marks the English language debut of Filipino American illustrator and author B. Redila. Drawn in a spidery, cross-hatched pen-and-ink style reminiscent of Edward Gorey, this charming collection will transport readers of all ages.

Softcover, 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Art by Robert Mailer Anderson and Jon Sack. Set in Liberal, Kansas, a teenager moves in with her gay, film geek Godfather and his partner who run the Starlite movie theater, a safe haven for their eccentricities and artistic yearnings. My Fairy Godfather tells a story about how music and film connect us to who we've loved, who we've been, and who we are becoming-and that lying beneath the façade of teenage cynicism is the profound desire to be understood and loved. Softcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 140pages, B&W. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Originally published in 1948, The Mysterious Underground Men tells the story of Mimio the talking rabbit as he struggles to prove his humanity while helping his friends save earth from an invasion of angry humanoid termites. Inspired by Bernhard Kellermann's Der Tunnel (1913), Buster Crabbe's Flash Gordon, and various American comics including Milt Gross' He Done Her Wrong (1930), The Mysterious Underground Men also provides a rare glimpse into the diverse Western sources of young Tezuka's imagination. Printed in the manga's original color and size, this is the first English translation of the book. Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Justin Gradin. Justin Gradin's stunning debut graphic novel Mystic Debris and its cast of quixotics exist in a comics continuum with Gary Panter's Jimbo, Mark Beyer's Amy and Jordan, and Marc Bell's Shrimpy and Paul. Whizbang is a metalhead whose band, Fascinator, has left him for stardom. His wife, Planchette, has left with their newborn baby. He leaves himself for a shimmy up the astral projector stripper pole, to hang with cosmic dust bunnies in a quest for enlightenment, or at least in a quest to avoid a job at the door factory. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 156 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Jon Buller and Laura Buller. Cover by Jon Buller. NUDISM COMES TO CONNECTICUT is a fascinating graphic memoir of optimism, debt, nakedness and real estate scheming in the early 1930s. Frank Mallett, inspired by cooperative colonies he had visited in Europe, returned home envisioning utopian communities of bohemian emigrés and artistic intellectuals proliferating in sylvan harmony. With the crash of 1929 his already floundering enterprises seemed doomed - until he discovered a growing interest in healthy, wholesome nudism. Closely based on actual people and events, NUDISM COMES TO CONNECTICUT exposes the conflict between the ecstasy of the "exquisite naked plunge" and voyeurism, competitiveness, and greed by way of many period writings and letters. Although Frank's love of nature never falters, he learns that there is more to nudism than meets the eye. Nudism is veteran children's book authors Jon Buller and Susan Schade's first published graphic novel, lovingly rendered in delicate, indeed, enticing, pen lines. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 180 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $30.00.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Stu Taylor, Lucy James. Art by Simon Fraser, Simone Ragazzoni, & N. Steven Harris. Cover by Yanick Paquette, Nathan Fairbairn. Following on from the all-star Octobriana With Love 50th Anniversary Edition, Octobriana and the Underground are back! Get ready for two exciting tales + a special two-page recap of previous events for new readers. Gamespot and Giant Bomb's Lucy James makes their comic book writing debut in DOXXING MATCH, throwing the Underground into a madcap VR metaverse, featuring eye-popping art from Simone Ragazzoni (Power Rangers Universe). Stu Taylor and N. Steven Harris take a trip back to the 1970s in GOD HATES A COWARD. A simple heist mission hits a snag, when the Underground collide with the combined machinations of Baba Yaga, Sister Disturbia and the best that the Soviet Red Army has to offer… Mother Russia! 28 pages, full color. Rated M Cover price $3.99.

Limited 1 for 5 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Stu Taylor, Lucy James. Art by Simon Fraser, Simone Ragazzoni, & N. Steven Harris. Cover by Flop Comics. Following on from the all-star Octobriana With Love 50th Anniversary Edition, Octobriana and the Underground are back! Get ready for two exciting tales + a special two-page recap of previous events for new readers. Gamespot and Giant Bomb's Lucy James makes their comic book writing debut in DOXXING MATCH, throwing the Underground into a madcap VR metaverse, featuring eye-popping art from Simone Ragazzoni (Power Rangers Universe). Stu Taylor and N. Steven Harris take a trip back to the 1970s in GOD HATES A COWARD. A simple heist mission hits a snag, when the Underground collide with the combined machinations of Baba Yaga, Sister Disturbia and the best that the Soviet Red Army has to offer… Mother Russia! 28 pages, full color. Rated M

Limited 1 for 10 Retailer Incentive Variant Cover. Written by Stu Taylor, Lucy James. Art by Simon Fraser, Simone Ragazzoni, & N. Steven Harris. Cover by Michael Cho. Following on from the all-star Octobriana With Love 50th Anniversary Edition, Octobriana and the Underground are back! Get ready for two exciting tales + a special two-page recap of previous events for new readers. Gamespot and Giant Bomb's Lucy James makes their comic book writing debut in DOXXING MATCH, throwing the Underground into a madcap VR metaverse, featuring eye-popping art from Simone Ragazzoni (Power Rangers Universe). Stu Taylor and N. Steven Harris take a trip back to the 1970s in GOD HATES A COWARD. A simple heist mission hits a snag, when the Underground collide with the combined machinations of Baba Yaga, Sister Disturbia and the best that the Soviet Red Army has to offer… Mother Russia! 28 pages, full color. Rated M

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

1st printing. Story and art by Justin Gradin. Ponce Melee is a lonely clock-puncher working for Twin Labs in the cloning dept. When he uses a strand of hair to clone a companion; its successful, but she immediately leaves him for greener pastures. So, he clones another potential companion. And that one leaves. And again. And again. Soon, multiple clones begin causing confusion and havoc around town. Meanwhile, one of the errant clones makes a pact with the devil that goes awry and strands Satan in town, forcing him to get a job. Justin Gradins sophomore graphic novel (after 2023s Mystic Debris) combines keen verbal and visual wit with a host of memorable characters — Mandrake the Soda Jerk, private investigator Butterfly Latté, pop superstar Attilla the Hunny, and many more—to create an anarchic, absurdist comedy about lonely souls and the lonely soulless. Pure comics, Gradins work has echoes of Gary Panter, Gary Leib, Marc Bell, and Mark Beyer (and even some other cartoonists who may or may not be named Gary or Mark) while remaining a singular, sui generis voice in contemporary comics. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 180 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.99.

1st printing.

Art and cover by Elizabeth Haidle.

Portland-based artist Elizabeth Haidle muses, "Drawing from live models is hard. Why do we do hard things?" And as she paints the human form in dazzling watercolors, uncovering the nuances of gesture, evoking the personalities behind the poses, embellishing her figures with whimsical details - in short, striving to capture the enormity of humanity - she may have just found her answer.

Softcover, 8-in.x 8-in., 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.

Showcase of material being worked on by Tim Vigil and David Quinn post Faust: Love of the Damned in 2013. Softcover, 8" x 10-1/2", 60 pages, PC/PB&W, Adults Only.

1st printing. The Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris (Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris) presents a premiere retrospective exhibition on one of the greatest illustrators of the past fifty years: Robert Crumb. One of the pioneers of Underground comics, he represents a mythical figure in American counter-culture. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $49.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Stories by Eddie Sullivan. Art and cover by Charles Schmidt. Pacific Comics Club reprints the well-regarded strip from the 1930s, when radio-linked patrol cars were still a new idea. Collects the Radio Patrol daily strips from Jan. 15 to June 22, 1940. Sergeant Pat, his partner Sam, and policewoman Molly Day battle crime in downtown Boston. The cops' young friend Pinky discovers a criminal gang working in the catacombs under the city. While Sgt. Pat falls for an enigmatic beauty, Pinky gets the kids of the city working against the gang.  Softcover, 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.50.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

1st printing. Story and art by Anna Haifisch. Dogs in colorful sweatshirts, the glowing signs of a Vietnamese fast-food restaurant, solitary palm trees above the pavement: READY AMERICA takes us on a ride through a both strangely familiar and quite alien Los Angeles. Packaging inscriptions, neon signs, and billboards fuse into an appealing typographic montage while familiar American icons peek out between stores and offices, clinics, and morgues. With her unmistakable wit, Anna Haifisch highlights the idiosyncrasies of a country in which catastrophes seem just as ordinary as the sight of a coyote in the Hollywood Hills. Softcover, 7-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. "1963-1975!" By Patrick Rosenkranz. Now available in a newly-designed and affordable softcover edition! This is a provocative chronicle of the guerilla art movement that changed comics and popular culture forever. This comprehensive book follows the movements of about 50 artists from 1963 to 1975, the heyday of the underground comix movement. Through interviews with the participants and other materials, Rebel Visions is the most intimate look ever at the people and events that forged the phenomenon known as underground comix. Softcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 250 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. "1963-1975!" By Patrick Rosenkranz. A provocative chronicle of the guerilla art movement that changed comics forever. This comprehensive book follows the movements of 50 artists from 1967 to 1972, the heyday of the underground comix movement. Through interviews with the participants and other materials, Rebel Visions is the most intimate look ever at the people and events that forged the phenomenon known as underground comix, from New York to San Francisco, from the corn belt to deep in the heart of Texas, beginning that day in 1968 when R. Crumb debuted Zap #1 from a baby carriage on Haight Ashbury Street. Rosenkranz has spent over 30 years researching this book and acquiring the cooperation of every significant underground cartoonist who worked throughout this period, including Crumb, Gilbert (Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) Shelton, Bill (Zippy) Griffith, Art (Maus) Spiegelman, Jack Jackson, S. Clay Wilson, Robert Williams, and many more. The book is illustrated with many never-before-seen drawings by all of the underground cartoonists and exclusive photographs. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 240 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Fine $4.20

Add to cart Fine $4.20

Encounter in the Vastness - Written and illustrated by Mark Nasso. 36 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Thijs Desmet. Ghost, a cantankerous character who drowns his cynicism in booze and cigarettes. Skeleton, a sensitive soul full of curiosity and wonder. This odd couple makes for a hilarious pairing as they are doomed to roam a desolate afterlife. Sarcastic and heartfelt in equal measure, this droll adventure sets out to explore the meaning of life in the land of the dead. In Smoking Kills, Flemish cartoonist Thijs Desmet renders a bewitching tale of spooks and truths in vivid colored pencils. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 168 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $30.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Safdar Ahmed.

Safdar Ahmed visited Sydney's Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in 2011. He brought pencils and sketchwith him and began drawing with the detainees. Weaving journalism, history, and autobiography, Still Alive is an intensely personal indictment of Australia's refugee detention policies and procedures, which are not unlike those in many Western nations. It is also a searching reflection on the redemppower of art. (And death metal.)

Hardcover, 7-in.x 9-in., 240 pages, B&W.

Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. Story and Art by Mike McCarthy. In 1995 Something Weird Video released filmmaker John Michael McCarthy's Elvis-obsessed auto-bio bump and grind cinematic oddity TEENAGE TUPELO, co-produced by exploitation king David F. Friedman. Memphis instrumental combo Impala provided the scintillating score set to the swaying rhythms of starlet D'Lana Tunnell, produced by legendary Sun records-era Roland Janes and released on Sympathy for the Record Industry. Now Fantagraphics Books unleashes this mammoth coffee table volume: a nudie cutie time capsule of art, essays, and reviews, along with photos of the beautiful starlets who appeared in the movie. Hardcover, 12-in. x 12-in., 366 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $75.00.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. By Brian Flynn, Josh Bernard and Jeff Day. Dispelling a few common myths along the way, Tokyo Underground leads readers on a highly entertaining tour of the neighborhoods in Tokyo known for toys and toy culture. Meet the characters that inhabit this world, from the designers to the eclectic toy shop owners, and find out where to eat and how to round out your toy purchases with the coolest in books, magazines, designer t-shirts, sneakers, music, and more. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Cover by Corey Keller. Sex! Drugs! Rock & Roll! Religion! Politics! Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1969! The Silver Age of underground comix is here! Over two dozen of the finest comix artists from around the world featuring new and out-of-print classics with an exclusive History of Underground Comix. Softcover, 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

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Written by JEFF PARKER. Art and Cover by STEVE LIEBER. As WHITEOUT readies to hit theaters worldwide, artist STEVE LIEBER returns to the adventure genre with a new thriller, pairing with acclaimed writer JEFF PARKER (AGENTS OF ATLAS, EXILES)! Park Ranger and avid caver Wesley Fischer is on a one-woman mission to stop Stillwater Cave from being turned into a tourist trap, but public opinion is not on her side. When locals begin blasting in the cave, Wes and a fellow ranger investigate - and a confrontation spirals into a deadly chase deep under the Kentucky mountains! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $3.50.

1st printing. By James Danky and Denis Kitchen. The impact of American underground comix is profound: They galvanized artists both domestically and abroad, forever changed the economics of comic book publishing, and influenced generations of cartoonists, including their predecessors. While the works of Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman are well-known via the New Yorker, Maus, and retrospective collections, the art of their contemporaries such as Gilbert Shelton, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Kim Deitch, S. Clay Wilson, and many other seminal cartoonists who came of age in the 1960s is considerably less known. Underground Classics provides the first serious survey of underground comix as art, turning the spotlight on these influential and largely underappreciated artists. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. By Malcolm White. Photograhs by Clay Geerdes. Foreword by Will Eisner. Featuring 50 candid portraits, this volume covers from the late 1960s to the early 1980s and places the spotlight on such underground legends as Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson, and more. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10 1/2-in., 120 pages, Text (with B&W Photos).

NOTE: May or may NOT include cardstock sleeve.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.10

Add to cart Very Fine $7.10

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Fight Club!" Story and art by J R De Bard. Karim Yun, a biracial taekwondo fighter, pits his skills against New York's most brutal underground martial artists. Seeking revenge against the violent gang who attacked him and ended his Olympic dreams, he's determined to battle every colorful combatant in his path. His only obstacle is the illness brought about by the violent attack, which could kill Karim if he becomes too reckless-serving as his conscience is his nurse, who is trying to push him into changing his lifestyle but is learning more about the danger and the allure of secret mixed martial arts contests. Created by black belt martial artist JR De Bard, this sports manga provides a detailed look into the world of underground fight clubs. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $13.99.

1st printing. Written by Arnaud Le Gouefflec. Art and cover by Nicolas Moog. Foreword by Michael Moorcock. A unique and exhaustive look at some of the most influential outsider music legends - from DANIEL JOHNSTON to PATTI SMITH - of the last 50 years A veritable illustrated bible of the underground music scene, this anthology of 50 biographies invites you to discover little-known maestros and creators of underheard masterpieces. This is a book for the simply curious, as well. Softcover, 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

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The fourth anthology from Underground Kingdom Comix featuring fantasy inspired works from Samuel Hickson, Josh Hicks, Jonny Brokenbow, Harry Deane Willmont, Matt Simmons, and Ethan Llewellyn. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4", 28 pages, full color.

1st printing.

Written by Barbara Smucker. Art byVincent McIndoe. Cover by Scott McKowen. Introduction by Lawrence Hill.

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, Text (with B&W. Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $10.99.

2nd and later printings.

Written by Barbara Smucker. Art byVincent McIndoe. Cover by Scott McKowen. Introduction by Lawrence Hill.

Taken away from her mother by a ruthless slave trader, all Julilly has left is the dream of freedom. Every day that she spends huddled in the slaver trader's wagon travelling south or working on the brutal new plantation, she thinks about the land where it is possible to be free, a land she and her friend Liza may reach someday. So when workers from the Underground Railroad offer to help the two girls escape, they are ready. But the slave catchers and their dogs will soon be after them...

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 196 pages, Text (with B&W. Chapter Illustrations).

Cover price $10.99.

1st printing.

Based on the Story by Otto Binder. Adapted by Robert L. Reiner. Art and cover by Angelo Torres and Stefan Koidl. Introduction and Foreword by Emil Ferris.

The Unwanted is Otto Binder's response to the 1950s McCarthy era of paranoia and intolerance, couched in metaphorical science fiction terms. A civilization of "Mastermen" rules the galactic empire and must evaluate citizens of the various planets for inclusion into an imperial congress. Membership means access to technology, prosperity and protection. We learn the priorities and values of these visitors and why, in evaluating this planet, the Mastermen find a world shockingly different from their own.

Written in the 1950s and never before published, this edition pays homage to Binder's comics career by enlisting the collaborative talents of Angelo Torres - who, with Al, Williamson and Roy Krenkel, illustrated Binder's EC story "Lost in Space" in 1955 - and Austrian sculptor, speed painter, and digital artist Stefan Koidl, to illustrate it. The result is a stunning tribute to Binder's lifelong commitment to comics and prose.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 72 pages, full color.

Cover price $25.00.