Night Drive

This extremely rare, long out-of-print comic book of macabre and mysterious short stories launched the career of one of the medium's most distinctive stylists. Originally self-published in 1984 and never reprinted, this expanded hardcover represents the originalNight Drivewith rare art and other bonus material.

Publisher Marketing: A sublimely nutty mashup of detective noir and Victorian Gothic, Pinter plays, Universal monster and the hero pulps, all blasted straight from his id to ours.--Tom DeHaven Review Quotes : Night Drive is a treasure you won't believe! Richard Sala's stylized, personal vision makes for thrilling, masterful work. Poetry in pen and ink, each page is visual pleasure packed with intrigue. So glad to see this work back in print for all to discover and enjoy.--Carol Tyler Review Quotes : Richard Sala was wonderfully unique. It was all there in everything he did, his love of old monster movies, the pulps, mystery and horror in general -- the good stuff and the terrible -- wore it all like a badge of honor and did wonderful things with it. I miss him.--Mike Mignola Review Quotes : A creepy gem of pulp noir.-- "Cinema Sentries" Review Quotes : Do you like whimsical horror with a touch of the macabre? Well, Fantagraphics has you covered with Night Drive .-- "CNEWS" Review Quotes : In Night Drive , Richard Sala reveled in a world with little hope for a tidy resolution, and despite the cartoonist's harsh self-criticism, it stands as a work entirely undiminished by the corpus that followed it. In 2025, as in 1984, it is vivid proof that Richard Sala did not need to think that he was anyone else: he always was himself. For that, we should be thankful.-- "Solrad" Publisher Marketing : When Richard Sala passed away in 2020, he left behind a uniquely eldritch body of graphic novels and illustrations, fueled by macabre whimsy and a love of dark mysteries and vintage monsters. Like David Lynch, Sala was a painter who turned to a storytelling medium that allowed him to create inventive narratives inspired by such disparate influences as French crime fiction, the grim humor of Charles Addams, the surreal poetry of Jorge Luis Borges, and his own penchant for all things gleefully ghoulish and sinister.

Format: Hardcover | Pages: 64 | Publication Date: 2025-05-20