The Amazing, Enlightening and Absolutely True Adventures of Katherine Whaley

Kim Deitch’s whimsical, one-issue gem for Fantagraphics (2013–present) follows the titular Katherine Whaley, a young woman who may or may not be a time-traveling psychic—or simply a master of tall tales. Deitch’s signature scratchy, densely detailed art and playful, digressive storytelling weave a charmingly bizarre yarn that blurs autobiography, folklore, and pure invention. Though a single issue, it stands as a compact, characteristically Deitchian exploration of history’s odd corners and the power of a good story.