Barnaby Volume Five

Available from Fantagraphics when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

The final volume collecting “the last great comic strip,” by the creator of Harold and the Purple Crayon. The long-lost comic strip masterpiece by legendary children’s book author Crockett Johnson, is finally collected and designed by graphic novelist and Barnaby superfan Daniel Clowes (Monica). Volume Five collects the final two-plus years of the strip, including the rarely-if-ever seen conclusion of the strip, as five-year-old Barnaby Baxter says goodbye to his Fairy Godfather, Mr. O’Malley. U