The Tijuana Bibles: America's Forgotten Comic Strips #7

Volume 7 of Fantagraphics' ongoing effort to preserve these underground artifacts arrives with a cover by Pat Moriarity that sets a wonderfully mischievous tone — a wide-eyed, white-bearded old man in striped trousers crouches under a dramatic spotlight, magnifying glass in hand, as if caught in the act of investigating something delightfully illicit. Moriarity's bold linework and that bright yellow background give the image a punchy, vintage-cartoon energy perfectly suited to "America's Forgotten Comic Strips." At $12.95, this 2006 collection continues Fantagraphics' dedicated work of bringing these long-lost, adults-only comic curiosities back into the light.