Our Little Wild Time Paperback by Fred Noland

Product Details

• Publisher: Fantagraphics (2026-05-19)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 136 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781683965435
• Item Weight: 396.9 grams
• Dimensions: 24.13 x 19.3 x 1.27 cm

The first collection of short graphic stories by the veteran cartoonist, this volume features the best of the author’s short works.

A dark corner of a rail car, on the underside of a motel mattress, find the spot where the depraved and the absurd bump lyrical uglies. In this collection of short stories, portraits, and graphic biography and commentary, Fred Noland embarks on a tour through the unreal, hilarious, and often very real dimensions of the seedier side of human nature.

In the lead story “Midnight Creep,” a supernatural southern gothic steeped in blues folklore, the devil is hot on a killer’s heels. Angel dust is in the air in the cyclical and comedic “Dusted.” Other attractions include an ode to the iconoclastic expressionist George Grosz, cholos playing putt putt, and more.

Written with authenticity and dark humor, Noland’s comics ooze with a manic energy and an irreverence that are deceptively disturbing, revelatory, and unexpectedly funny. Includes a career spanning interview with the author by editor Gary Groth.

About the Author

Fred Noland is a cartoonist, animator, illustrator, and self-professed “dedicated though unremarkable cyclist.” He began his career during the '90s mini comic boom, and has produced a series of increasingly innovative and eccentric minis. His illustrations have been featured in SF Weekly, LA Weekly, Nickelodeon Jr., Xbox Magazine, and more. He lives in the Bay Area and teaches at the California College of Arts in San Francisco.