Bat Boy

Bat Boy burst onto the Fantagraphics scene in 2005, courtesy of the singular P. Bagge, nestled within the gloriously irreverent pages of Hate Annual — already a destination for sharp, offbeat Modern Age comics. With a slim but distinctive catalog presence, this character shares their wild corner of the comics world with the likes of Buddy Bradley and Lisa Leavenworth-Bradley, putting them in genuinely memorable underground company. The dedicated collection Bat Boy: The Complete Weekly World News Comic Strip signals that there's a whole weird, wonderful mythology worth digging into here. For fans of Bagge's sardonic wit and Fantagraphics' commitment to comics that color outside the lines, Bat Boy is a cult curiosity absolutely worth tracking down.