Heidi MacDonald takes a look at Fantagraphics’ upcoming schedule and notices a number of big graphic novels from some such folks as John Pham, Lille Carre, John Kerschbaum and Esther Pearl Watson, all of whom are new to the Fanta stable:
Esther Pearl Watson’s Unlovable is a giant 416 page compilation of her comic strips retelling a teenager’s diary from the 1980s that Watson found in a gas-station bathroom. The story has already been serialized in Bust magazine for several years, gaining a following and much buzz. Along with reprints of those strips, Watson is creating 100 new pages for this collection, which deals with the fictional 1985 sophomore year of Tammy Pierce who must traverse a perilous teenaged landscape dotted with music, boys, tampons and breakdancing.
Also on the slate: A hardcover edition of Paul Hornschmeier’s Mother Come Home.
