NYRB Classics discussion

In the tradition of NYRB Classics, NYR Comics presents new editions of out-of-print masterpieces and new translations of books that have never been published in English—from intimate memoirs to absurdist gags, graphic novels to dizzying experiments.


Agony by Mark Beyer, introduction by Colson Whitehead
Publication Date: March 22, 2016

Peplum by Blutch, translated from the French by Edward Gauvin
Publication Date: April 19, 2016

Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings by Glen Baxter, introduction by Marlin Canasteen
Publication Date: May 24, 2016

Soft City by Hariton Pushwagner, introduction by Chris Ware, afterword by Martin Herbert
Publication Date: October 4, 2016

What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean, preface by Clifton Fadiman
Publication Date: October 11, 2016

Pretending is Lying by Dominique Goblet, translated from the French by Sophie Yanow
Publication Date: February 7, 2017

Father and Son by E.O. Plauen, translated by Joel Rotenberg, biographical afterword by Elke Schulze
Publication Date: May 9, 2017

Voices in the Dark by Ulli Lust, based on the novel by Marcel Beyer, translated from the German by John Brownjohn, translated adapted by Nika Knight
Publication Date: October 17, 2017

The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux, introduction by Daniel Clowes, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith
Publication Date: November 28, 2017

Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbé, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith
Publication Date: April 3, 2018

The New World: Comics from Mauretania by Chris Reynolds, edited and designed by Seth, foreword by Ed Park
Publication Date: May 1, 2018

Slum Wolf by Tadao Tsuge, edited, translated from the Japanese, and with an afterword by Ryan Holmberg
Publication Date: August 28, 2018

Piero by Edmond Baudoin, translated from the French by Matt Madden
Publication Date: November 6, 2018

Letter to Survivors by Gébé, a new translation from the French by Edward Gauvin
Publication Date: February 19, 2019

MacDoodle St. by Mark Alan Stamaty, with an introduction by Jules Feiffer
Publication Date: April 2, 2019

Alay-Oop by William Gropper, introduction by James Sturm
Publication Date: June 11, 2019

The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle, translated from the French by Geoffrey Brock
Publication Date: September 3, 2019