"These snapshot glimpses of Marchenoir’s world illuminate a vibrant superheroic ecosystem that’s bursting at the seams with fancy artistic vision. One villain has either “existed throughout known history or retroactively placed himself there,” and another appears human, but is “in reality a cursed set of false teeth” that animates dead bodies. The book’s art is just as surreal and humorous, with sight gags galore. The Marchenoir Library is intelligent and irresistible." — Foreword

A. Degen was born in Brooklyn, New York. He began making comics with Mashcomix collective while living in Tokyo, Japan. He now lives in the United States and has published work in Japan, Europe, and America. Degen's comics draw on influences from art, literature, classic comics, pulp, mystical religion and philosophy, as well as video games. He has been published in various alternative comics anthologies such as Snakebomb, Sonatina, Futureshock, Chromazoid, Happiness, Felony and others. Degen’s first two graphic novels, Mighty Star: and The Castle of the Cancatervater and Soft X-ray/Mindhunters were published by Koyama Press.