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Ship Carrying Fantagraphics Books Struck by Missile in Strait of Hormuz

Published: March 16, 2026 1 minute 6 comments

Michael Catron, co-founder of Fantagraphic Books, has announced that two of their full print runs of The Atlas Comics Library No. 9: Adventures Into Weird Worlds Vol. 1 and Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken were aboard a cargo ship that was struck in or near the Strait of Hormuz. The books were printed in India and were bound for New York.

The Atlas Comics Library No. 9: Adventures Into Weird Worlds Vol. 1 by Russ Heath, Bernard Krigstein, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Carmine Infantino, et al.
The Atlas Comics Library No. 9: Adventures Into Weird Worlds Vol. 1 by Russ Heath, Bernard Krigstein, Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Carmine Infantino, et al
Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken by Roberta Gregory and Helen Chazan
Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken by Roberta Gregory and Helen Chazan

From the Michael’s Facebook post:

The report we have is that the ship has limped to a safe port, where we await further news. Our thoughts are with the crew, and we hope and pray for their safety.

Both books had been scheduled to go on sale in early June, but that timeframe now seems unlikely. If the books themselves were not damaged and the crippled ship’s cargo can be offloaded to another vessel and that vessel can then safely exit the danger zone, it could add a month or more to the delivery time.

Fantagraphic can only speculate that the cargo ship, after leaving India entered in or near the to pick up additional cargo bound for the U.S.

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Comments 6

  1. I have to say, there are excellent book printers in the US. Yes, they would probably end up being more expensive, and maybe I’m in a minority, but I don’t need the fancy, expensive publishing. I’ll take an old paperback over the shiny new hardback any day. I just want to read the comics.

    1. Same here, but we’re in an age where they don’t care what we want. Short-term profits for the bottom-line to enhance share-holder value is the only ethical consideration that corporations have or need. At least, that’s what corporate lawyers keep saying. Welcome to MegaCorpAmerica where where the only god worshipped is Mammon. “May I interest you in the classic Golden Calf, now with a refreshing lemon scent?”

      2. Fantagraphics is hardly MegaCorp America
        I don’t know their actual ownership structure, but specialty publishing with relatively small runs of high-quality graphic books is a business with a thin margin, and Fantagraphics doesn’t have cheap high-sales-volume scruff to help pay the overhead

        How expensive could a book like “Bitchy!” get and still sell more than six copies?

  2. I suppose additional cargo would be the only explanation, since the Straits of Hormuz are well outside of any straight path a cargo vessel would take from India to New York. There’s not many ports that would require one to traverse the Straits: Basra, Kuwait, Doha, Bahrain, and certain UAE ports.

    1. My thoughts exactly Eric. It’s a weird direction to be coming from or going to with regards to India…

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