• Cover of 'Beasts' book showing a stylized illustration of a beast or monster, predominantly in green tones, with a title text 'BEASTS!' in the foreground.
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Beasts! Book One Graphic Novel Hardcover (Fantagraphics Books)

Beasts! Book One Graphic Novel Hardcover (Fantagraphics Books)

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Experience a spectacular, production-packed blockbuster look into legendary independent illustration history! Beasts! Book One Graphic Novel Hardcover delivers a massive, comprehensive visual showcase capturing a classic mythological menagerie, meticulously curated by renowned designer Jacob Covey.
Fantagraphics' award-winning archival line offers heavy-duty, premium, and beautifully produced volumes that collect raw artistic triumphs. This essential book takes you deep undercover on a high-stakes monster design and alternative pop-art hunt. Read along as a cavalcade of international art stars traces a path through ancient legends and forgotten folklore, clashing brutally through complex ink work, vivid paints, and avant-garde layout configurations to secure a flawless historic archive before the book hits your private collection.
Key Production Highlights:
  • The Mythological Menagerie: Follow a breathtaking collection of creatures that were thought at one time to actually exist, brought to life across breathtaking, full-color, two-page layout spreads.
  • The Avant-Garde Star Lineup: Watch a stunning collective of nearly a hundred of the world's most acclaimed cartoonists and fine artists deploy on a brutal, investigative tactical mission—including Tony Millionaire, Souther Salazar, Jeff Soto, Dave Cooper, Tim Biskup, Seonna Hong, Jeremy Fish, James Jean, and Jay Ryan.
  • The Multidisciplinary Visual Fusion: Witness the lethal creative combinations spanning diverse artistic worlds, blending classic underground comics, skate graphics, rock poster art, children's book layouts, commercial design, and high fine art.
This incredible, heavy-duty book is an absolute crown-jewel library centerpiece addition for modern independent comic completionists, alternative art historians, and sequential art instructors looking to study master-level character drafting, diverse rendering techniques, and boundary-pushing anthology design curated by Fantagraphics' own Art Director.
Product Specifications
  • Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
  • Lead Editor & Designer: Jacob Covey
  • Featured Artists: Tony Millionaire, Jeff Soto, James Jean, Stan Sakai, Richard Sala, Tom Gauld, Tyler Stout, Marvelous Various
  • Format: Heavyweight Deluxe Hardcover Anthology
  • Configuration: [First Edition] (Book One Archival Printing)
  • Availability: Highly Sought-After / Out of Print (OOP)
  • Visual Content: Packed from cover to cover with high-fidelity, two-page fine art master spreads
  • Language: English
  • Series Heritage: A landmark collaborative effort celebrating alternative pop culture, underground comics, and modern character design.
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