Two new classics hit comic book shelves today! Look for Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Vol. 8: The Tomorrow Wars (also available as a gift set with Vol.7) and Hal Foster’s Prince Valiant Vol. 12: 1959-1960 When a magic cloak sends Mickey to the future, he expects to see wild high-tech innovations — but he didn’t count on high-tech warlord Pegleg Pete, whose robot Mekka Men hold the World of Tomorrow in an iron grip. It’s up to Mickey, Minnie, and fembot femme-fatale Mimi to end this electronic enemy’s reign of terror! Floyd Gottfredson, artist of Mickey Mouse from 1930-1975, created…
The Eternaut: Video Preview
Some books are so handsomely designed that they really need to be observed in video to fully comprehend. Eternaut is one such book and this shiny new English edition will be a welcome addition to your bookshelf. The Eternaut Fantagraphics is proud to publish, for the first time in English, a graphic novel so powerful its main character’s image (much like Che Guevara’s) has become a potent symbol of the endless struggle against oppression; “Juan Salvo” appears on walls and in subways throughout Latin America to this day. This seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial…
New Comic Book Day!
Humpday is here! And that means shiny new comics are hitting stores right now. You can find the following just-released titles at a local comic book shop or online at Fantagraphics.com Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge Gift Box Set: “Only A Poor Old Man” and The Seven Cities of Gold” by Carl Barks Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3 by Charles M. Schulz The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld
New Comic Book Day: Dinomania, Ducks, and more!
Dinomania stomps into comic book shops today and it is truly a beast, weighing in at nearly 6 lbs! Winsor McCay fans will delight in the unearthed, never-before-published strip Dino. Author Ulrich Merkl also explores McCay’s influences from movie monsters like King Kong to Gertie the Dinosaur. This book has something for everyone fond of these fantastic creatures. Check out a great preview at Forbidden Planet and pick it up at your local shop or order it from Fantagraphics. Today’s shipment also includes a new volume of adventures from the Dona Rosa Library, “The Last of the Clan McDuck”…
Look ahead: Winter & Summer catalog previews
Curious about upcoming Fantagraphics releases? Check out our 2016 Winter & Summer catalogs, which include details about highly anticipated titles like Dan Clowes’ Patience, Boys Club by Matt Furie and comics anthology Kramer’s Ergot #9. Winter 2016 Summer 2016
Veteran’s Day
This Veteran’s Day we’re celebrating with special events and a sale. Fantagraphics fans in Florida enjoyed a reading from Carol Tyler at the Gainesville Civic Media Center today. Her book Soldier’s Heart is currently on sale for 20% off. These pre-orders also come with a limited edition bookplate, sketched and signed by the author and her veteran father. The Washington Post picked Cartoons for Victory as a top cartoon to read this holiday: “Warren Bernard’s thoughtfully curated collection of World War II cartoons features legendary G.I. artists like Bill Mauldin , fellow giants like Eisner and Kurtzman, and such comic icons as…
FU Press: Street Scenes by Guy Colwell
Guy Colwell, the seminal underground cartoonist who created Inner City Romance, has been constructing social realist pen and ink drawings for nearly half a century. Street Scenes collects his most moving drawings focusing on both the vile decay and inspirational vibrancy of city life in a series of 36 stand-alone plates. Each portfolio is signed and numbered. Check out this video preview: And individual prints from the portfolio:
National Cat Day
In honor of National Cat Day we’ve put together a list of Fantagraphics’ favorite felines. In no particular order, here are some of our top comics featuring cats: 1. Lost Cat by Jason Jason is a master of simplicity and subverting expectations. Lost Cat is a playful take on the classic detective story and a moving exploration of the unexpected ways people form connections. 2. Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce While protagonist Oaf is indeed quite wuvable, his kitten companions are just as frequently endearing and adorable. Ed Luce gives troubled cats like Santino and Pavel genuine…
Kurt Cobain, creepy dolls, locks of hair and Dame Darcy
File Under: News headlines you were not expecting to read this morning. Memorabilia site Julien’s posted this auction listing: “A lock of Kurt Cobain’s hair given to doll maker and comic artist Dame Darcy by Courtney Love. In a comic book style letter of authenticity, Darcy explains that in the 1990s she sold her handmade dolls in the back of her comic book Meat Cake. Love became a client and commissioned a doll for her daughter Frances using Cobain’s hair. This lock was the hair that remained once the doll was made. Accompanied by both a black and white and…
Enjoy 20% Off All Peanuts Books
SALE: 20% Off All Peanuts Books The Peanuts Movie hits theaters this weekend and we’re celebrating with a sale on all of our Peanuts books! There’s something for everyone on your holiday shopping list.
