Bedford Street Tp (MR) — PREORDER

PREORDER: Releases Wednesday, November 4, 2026. Your copy ships release week.

Preorder price $15.99 (20% off the $19.99 cover price).

Fantagraphics

An alcoholic beneficiary is tasked with looking after his teenage son for a weekend. A nurse is faced with a violent altercation after her late-night shift. A single mother struggles with the sudden onset of crippling back pain while trying to keep her drug-addicted former partner at bay. A homeless man tries to readjust to life on the outside after a period of incarceration. A young father succumbs to boredom and lust. These are some of the lives of the inhabitants of Bedford Street, an all-too-familiar place where those at the less fortunate end of the ever-widening spectrum of inequality reside. People leading modest lives in challenging circumstances where disenfranchisement is high and a sense of community is low. All packed together and teeming with a chaotic energy, some submitting to their worst impulses, others trying their best despite it all. Bedford Street forms a mosaic image of lives lived in the maelstrom of a cost-of-living crisis, increasing rates of unemployment, and an age of individualism where isolation and alienation is rife. Murray’s skillful storytelling and combination of pathos and dark humour explores how we navigate life and care for one another in a disconnected society.

Creative team: (W/A/CA) Ross Murray

How preorders work: every preorder is 20% off cover price. You are charged at checkout and your order ships the week of release in a rigid mailer. Cancel any time before release for a full refund. Order by September 28, 2026 (final order cutoff) and your copy is guaranteed.