Below are some comic and comic books scheduled for September 2025 release (or there). We recommend that you order images and links from various publishers and outlets through your local comic shop or independent bookstore.
E for Edward to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edward Gorey’s mischievous heart
E celebrates Edward Golly as an author, illustrator, humorist, playwright, printmaker, printmaker and stage designer, showing off the vast set of material he created during his death in 1953 and 2000. Mystery, ballet, saltorial elegance, stylized decorations, and many repetitive motifs and potential symbolism underlying these subjects. Additionally, Hischak looks at dozens of rarely viewed notebook pages that Gorey holds for his lifetime.
Shown by hundreds of original artworks and archival materials, E is because Edward is a must-have item for all fans and is the most comprehensive and detailed exploration of Golly’s art for over a decade.
Hirschfeld’s Sondheim by David Leopold. Art by Al Hirschfeld
This first volume of a series of gorgeous, oversized 11 x 14 inch Hirschfeld poster books, Hirschfeld’s Sondheim is an introduction by Bernadette Peters and Bembrandley’s preface, which allows you to easily remove 25 pages of Sondheim and his musicals, plays, films and more. Behind the scenes are supplementary images from the Hirschfeld archives that expose the texts of David Leopold, the archivist of Hirschfeld and now creative director of the Al Hirschfeld Foundation on how the show and drawings reflect the development of both artists.
All of Sondheim’s most famous works are included. West Side Story, Folly, Folly, Forum, Sweeney Todd, hilariously lined up, and Sunday in the park with George on Sunday, 25 ready art prints. There are also unpublished works that include triple portraits of Sondheim, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern.
Halfoster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbook: Illustrated Memoir: Volume 1 by Brian Cain. Art by Halfoster (review)
In his work over the past several years, Halfoster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbook: An illustrated memoir, presented by Strip legendary creator Halfoster, Prince Valiant art that has never been published before, was collected in a series of six annotated portfolio volumes. Part Sketchbook, Some Biography, Some Tutorials, Some Memoirs – Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Sketchbook is an unprecedented view of Foster’s personal life and creative process over the last nine years on the Strip. It also interacted with and interacted with Foster’s chosen successor, John Cullen Murphy, which has the charming look behind the curtains. Created with full permission and participation from foster parents and Murphy’s family, the series is a testament to the research capabilities of author and Prince Valiant historian Brian M. Kane, and the determination to uncover the creative process of Hal Foster. This unique, intimate view of Foster’s creative process is what makes the long-awaited dream come true for Prince Valiant fans.
Poster for People: WPA Art by Ennis Carter, Christopher Denoun (reissue)
Posters from those who arrived in time for the 90th anniversary of the Federal Art Project feature almost 500 of the finest posters produced by the Progressive Works Administration (WPA) in the 1930s and 1940s. The WPA has hired hundreds of out-of-work artists to raise awareness about public issues and civic life. Today their posters are celebrated as iconic pieces of graphic design. They also provide a timeless message about the benefits of hard work, good parenting, a clean home and personal hygiene. The People’s Posters are a project created by Social Impact Studios and launched in 2002 to maintain the legacy of these images. Some of the posters have been catalogued by the Library of Congress, but over 25% are “new” and have never been published in book form. Posters of people with hundreds of beautifully reproduced images are essential readings for artists, designers, Americana collectors and anyone interested in American history.
Rip Haywire: Difficult to handle by Dan Thompson
In this action-packed volume, RIP assumes a new role. Baby Fireball from a caregiver! As he navigates the confusion of parent-child relationships, Rip finds a way to fuse adventure with diaper obligations. From bold escapes to unexpected challenges, will our hero choose the comfort of being a home dad, or will his thirst for adventure lead him to wild and eccentric situations?
RIP Haywire: Dan Thompson’s Ghost Drifter
Join Rip Haywire for his 11th riot adventure on Dan Thompson’s beloved syndicated comic strip! In this hilarious volume, watch him dive into the life of a stranger as a wandering castaway during his wild quest to find his family. It’s packed with laughter, action and unforgettable moments. Don’t miss the fun!
If there’s suspense, danger, or hilarious, you can make sure Rip Haywire is in business!
A major problem with blood clotting path! Dan Thompson
Celebrate the 12th year of Rip Haywire’s hilarious adventure with this exciting volume. Joining Rip, he plunges into an increasingly strange and bold escape, raising his hair with every last hair growth. It’s full of laughs, actions, and unforgettable moments. This is a collection of comics you won’t want to miss!
Comicana Lexicon by Mortwalker, based on Brian Walker (New Edition)
In the manga, what does it mean to cause the sweat to fall from the head of a character? Those are “plewds”. What about when you see a character wagging his tongue out of his mouth? Ah, that’s “extreme.” What about the lines that come out of freshly baked pie? It’s “Waffarom.” This kind of playful comic nomenclature is flooded with Comicana’s Lexicon, a respected 1980 manga handbook written by Mortwalker, creator of the legendary Daily Comic Strip Beetle Bailey.
Both a noble how-to book send-up and a sincere and hilarious love letter to the art of drawing manga, Lexicon is a joyous cheat sheet for the main comic visuals referenced and cherished by a generation of manga artists.
Mortwalkers Beatle Bailey: 75 Years of Smiles Written and Edited by Brian Walker
Beetle Bailey: Smile of 75 is a retrospective of the coffee table, which spotlights the anniversary of his most popular and beloved creation, commemorating Mortwalker’s long-devoted commitment to cartoons. In addition to 75 Sunday pages reproduced from the colour syndicate proof, 135 daily strips scanned from the original artwork, nearly 200 additional images, this beautifully designed volume perfectly studied and written by his son Brian, it also includes the appearance of rare debut characters, the appearance of historic debut characters, syndicated promotions, posters, sales, full drawings, memoravia paintings from among family drawings, and comprehensive drawings. Anecdote.
Angelica Del Campo and Linear’s Ghost of Wreckers Cove (Illustrator Interview)
The two young girls and their father move next to an abandoned lighthouse. There, the girl meets a strange new friend and works together to solve the mystery of Wrecker’s Cove.
Eisner Award-winning cartoonist Linaye and author Angelica Del Campo recreates the world of a 19th century lighthouse keeper with a delightful supernatural tale of ghosts and shipwrecks, inspired by the real-life story of a heroic young woman who groomed the isolated main lighthouse many years ago. Two young sisters Christina and Martha and their father move to a summer home in a small coastal town near the old non-labor lighthouse. As the two sisters explore the beach and the old lighthouse, they encounter a rare, redheaded girl who turns out to be a ghostly local legend with a mysterious and heartbreaking story.
Never Died: A Death Embraced by a Vibrant Carl and Tommy Devody
Death does not follow a highly unrelated, unvibrant curl, as he reluctantly travels through the afterlife. Most of Carl’s time is spent in the Afterlife Industries office, where he works at the Intake Bureau for people who have recently passed away. He joined by a dead colleague. He is equally reluctant to be there, but is ready to complain about his job over coffee.
Lifeless Carl shares many of the same complaints as normal, non-dead white-collar workers, who have been granted half a day but have to do double the work for some time. Luckily, Carl is with his colleagues to reduce his workplace anxiety. He alleviates his workplace anxiety, including his best work friend and confidant Newby, his often-constructed trainees, and his ironic pet cat, furball.
Comic book apocalypse! : The Death of Precode Comics and Why It Happened, David J. Hogan from 1940 to 1955, 1955.
From 1940 to 1955, American society and culture undergo a dramatic change in October 1954, including the introduction of comic codes.
The code aims to mitigate the content of the comic in response to public opinion, including topics such as juvenile delinquency, wartime sentiment, teenage gender, drugs, violent crime and more.
Compliance was technically voluntary, but most publishers followed strict rules. Those who were not faced with abandonment when wholesalers and distributors refused to treat non-competitive comics quickly returned them not open to self-destructed publishers.
Comic book apocalypse! We investigate this downfall through 500 examples of precode cover art, highlighting why some people considered the code they needed.
The Best Hafeez: Anecdotes and 60 Manga by Kaamran Hafeez
In this amazing and hilarious collection of cartoons and anecdotes, Kaamran Hafeez reveals the man behind the material. His experiences with New Yorkers, his relationships with editors, his creative processes, his childhood, personal life, and worldview. Whimsical, didactic, absurd, poetic, heresy, and often entertaining, Hafeez’s best include drawings featured in The New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Harvard Business Review, and The American Bystander. This cartoon treasure trove of cartoons with it is a must-have for all cartoon lovers.
Natalie Babbit’s Tuck Everlasting: K. Graphic novel adapted and drawn by Woodman-Maynard (Adapter/Illustrator interview)
In this timeless story of immortality, friendship and growth, the young Winnie Foster learns the hidden spring in a nearby tree and meets the Tuck family. Now, Winnie has to decide what to do with her new knowledge. And Tuck has to decide what to do with her. But it’s not just curious girls who are interested in their amazing stories. Suspicious strangers are also looking for tucks, and he doesn’t stop anything until he finds them and reveals their secrets.
From Newbery Honoree and Eb White Award recipient Natalie Babbitt, Tuck Everlasting is a contemporary masterpiece that has been a staple in home bookshelf, classrooms and libraries for half a century. Draw intimately from the original text and now K. Focused in visual life with Woodman Maynard’s gorgeous watercolor artwork.
Toon Treasury (reissue) of classic children’s comics edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouley
The gorgeous 350-page collection of great children’s comics, edited by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Moule, is now printed for a new generation of children (and classic comic fans of all ages).
This Treasury Department contains humorous stories, each complete, self-contained, from single pages to eight or twenty-two pages. Pogo, Donald Duck, Ancle Scrooge and Dennis The Menace are one of my favourite characters that appear on these pages.
The comics have been roughly culled from the golden age of comic books from the 1940s to the early 1960s, and are characterized by the best examples of works by such well-known artists and writers, including Carl Burks, John Stanley, Sheldon Mayer, Walt Kelly, Basil Walberton, and George Carlson.
Hello, it’s me by Asher Perlman too
Hello, it is also the second collection of New Yorker cartoonist and late show writer Asher Perlman. It comes just a year after his national bestseller debut. Well, this is me. It was, “Was this too fast to publish another book too fast?” and “No, seriously, will people buy this?”
Anxiety, OCD, human condition, death – these are just some of the light-hearted themes explored in this book. A well-balanced blend of single panel comics and longer story pieces, Hello, I have everything from the stress-drinking blood of a vampire again to Pinata, who pressures her son to die to be beaten by her children. There are also some violent comics.
One thing is for sure, hello, I’m also the best compilation of Usher’s comics since his last comics edit.
Big Nate: No harm! Lincoln Perth
It’s time for sixth grade Nate Wright to return to school, and this may be the best year ever! There are rumours that Mrs. Godfrey is currently teaching eighth graders. Chad is about to destroy Gina in the race of President of Class. And Nate finally managed to realize his dream of changing the school mascot. . . Sea cucumbers? Hey, why? He’s the kind of guy he can. So when you need a story for your weekly buggle, Nate is happy to make headlines by launching an epic food fight at Cafetrium! In this latest collection of big Nate comics that crush the guts, Nate is constantly stirring things up, but at the end of every day, the PS 38 is still standing. In other words, there’s no harm!
Bedtime Stories for Octopus by Brian Kesinger
The eccentric Victoria Prismal and her loyal Ottopath are here to appear in numerous full-page illustrations of panoramas traveling through some of the world’s most famous fairy tales, f stories and legends.
The art of the book is beautiful and seductive, featuring two favourite friends who film famous stories, each illustration with an eight-legged twist. This demon can give eight wishes, and Cinderella has several more glass slippers. For those who still cherish the classic elegance of ink-on paper, this book is a collectable art object. The interior is printed on excess heavy paper, with two layers of embossing and spot varnish attached to the hardcover bond. Exquisite volume for books, arts and pet lovers.
Movie Night: Complete 2023 Zits Collection by Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott
America’s most funny comic strip about teenage life is back in a brand new collection featuring 2023’s complete Zits Comic Strips.
Step into the chaotic and comical world of Jerry Scott and Jim Borgman’s beloved comic strip, and Jitz star Jeremy Duncan. The perfect portrayal for the comic pitch of teenage life is filled with nasty moments, parental confusion, and eternal struggles that fit between them. Jeremy’s world lives with his quirky friends and classmates, as well as his loving but bewildered parents. There’s no difference between Jeremy, who maintains a clean room, stays on the good side of her family, impresses her girlfriends, and chases her rock and roll dreams.
Arthur Ferrier’s Pinup Parade
From the Downtuve:
For almost 40 years, Arthur Ferrier defined the golden age of British pinup art through his stunning inkworks and elegant portrayal of fashion women. His distinctive style has adorned comic strips, comics and advertising campaigns, making him one of the most famous illustrators of his time.
Edited and researched by artist and author Rian Hughes, the set features hundreds of cartoons, along with rare original artwork, vintage magazine covers, news clippings and historical posters, as well as hundreds of cartoons. Introducing by famous author and illustrator Leanne and Ferrier’s own article on illustration techniques – a valuable resource for artists working today.
In the US, books are available separately from bud plants.
Arthur Ferrier’s Showgirl Siren 1940-1949
In the golden age of British cartoon pinup art, he was less prolific or popular than the Scottish Arthur Ferrier. As “cheesecake king” in Good Girl Art, his sensual wasp female female was the benchmark for pin-up illustrations. Showgirl Sirens include Lean Hughes’ “Ferrier’s Spotlight” along with Arthur Ferrier’s “Beginner’s Advice” and “My Method.” Korero Press, 2025. Due: September
Burlesque Bombs (1949-1954) and Cabaret Cuties (1954-1968) are expected in October and November.
Features Images by Andi Watson
