In honor of Frank s 20th anniversary Fantagraphics is re-releasing the massive, long out of printFrank Book omnibus, which collected all the Frank material up to the mid-aughts, including several jaw-droppingly beautiful full-color stories, literally dozens of lushly-delineated black-and-white stories, and a treasure trove of covers and illustrations. The Frank Book also features an introduction by one of Frank s biggest fans (himself a Frank, or almost): Francis Ford Coppola. "

Weathercraft is acclaimed cartoonist and painter Jim Woodring s first full-length graphic novel (and first of a graphic novel trilogy, all to be re-released by Fantagraphics). Weathercraft stars Manhog, who, after 32 pages of almost incomprehensible suffering, embarks upon a transformative journey and attains enlightenment. He wants to go to celestial realms but instead altruistically returns to the Unifactor to undo a wrong he has inadvertently brought about: The transformation of the evil politician Whim into a mind-destroying plant-demon who distorts and enslaves Frank...