Trout Volume 1: Bits & Bobs

When a mysterious and evil puppet show passes by, Trout finds himself as the only one able to save the town from the puppeteer's nefarious grasp!

Living above a Turnip Factory, Trout is not like other kids. After many bizarre adventures, Trout has seen more than most adults in his short lifetime. Trout must grapple with the ferocious appetite of a monstrous repressed memory come to life, hell-bent on eating the town. And if that wasn't enough, when a mysterious and evil puppet show passes through, Trout is the only one able to save the town's children from the puppeteer's insidious grasp!

This Hardcover volume collects Trout #1-2 previously published by Oni Press in 2001, as well as Trout's first appearance in Dark Horse Presents #119-123 from 1997 along with a wonderfully weird assortment of never before seen material!Troy Nixey, born in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, has illustrated a number of works for notable creators, like Mike Mignola's Batman: The Doom that Came to Gotham and Batman: The Gasworks, Neil Gaiman's Only the End of the World Again (adapted by P. Craig Russell), and Matt Wagner's Grendel: Black, White & Red. Troy co-created the comic mini series Jenny Finn with Mike Mignola, and he created the Bacon comic as well as the critically acclaimed comic, Trout. Nixey also contributed to Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #7, and Detective Comics #796. He worked with Andrew Cosby on the Dark Horse book Mary Scary in 2007. He served as director for Guillermo Del Toro's 2011 remake of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.