We sold a bunch of Noland's small press (self-published?) works over the years at the shop, and here we have a fully fledged collection of some of these tales (and portraits) featuring tormented lives of the down and out (and dirty) and more, from Fantagraphics Underground.  120 pages worth, plus a bonus interview!

NOTE:  A hanful of the pages are misformatted, resulting in poor – but still fully legible – reproduction .  We're offering this on special to help ease the pain.

And, here's the FU hype-up:

The first collection of short graphic stories by the veteran cartoonist, this volume features the best of the author’s short works.

A dark corner of a rail car, on the underside of a motel mattress, find the spot where the depraved and the absurd bump lyrical uglies. In this collection of short stories, portraits, and graphic biography and commentary, Fred Noland embarks on a tour through the unreal, hilarious, and often very real dimensions of the seedier side of human nature.

In the lead story “Midnight Creep,” a supernatural southern gothic steeped in blues folklore, the devil is hot on a killer’s heels. Angel dust is in the air in the cyclical and comedic “Dusted.” Other attractions include an ode to the iconoclastic expressionist George Grosz, cholos playing putt putt, and more.

Written with authenticity and dark humor, Noland’s comics ooze with a manic energy and an irreverence that are deceptively disturbing, revelatory, and unexpectedly funny. Includes a career spanning interview with the author by editor Gary Groth.