 Their first book being "Mug Shots" in 1980, a book of cartoons by John Caldwell.Later on, FantaCo published more trade books on the subjects of horror films; splatter films; exploitation films; an early guide to horror, science fiction, and fantasy films on videocassette; and even a straight-ahead horror novel, "Ninth and Hell Street".John McCarty authored three books published by FantaCo, and Chas Balun wrote four.