Fantagraphics Blog Eric Reynolds

Desert Island's first event! 

Virgin Comics = Classy!  

Courtesy Mat Brinkman:    

Me 'n' my bitches, by Josh Simmons.   

I haven't had a chance to listen to this yet, but Fanta Head Honcho Gary Groth was interviewed by the CBC this week about comics piracy. 

Al "Mad Fold-In" Jaffee will be on Craig Yoe's Arf book panel at the New York Comic Con Sunday Room IE03 at 3:00! FANTAGRAPHICS NEW YORK COMICON SIGNING SCHEDULE: FRIDAY: 3 – 5PM: DASH SHAW (The Bottomless Belly Button, Mome)  7PM: PAUL KARASIK & MARK NEWGARDEN at Desert Island Comics in Brooklyn  SATURDAY: 11AM – 1PM: CRAIG YOE (Arf!) 1 – 3PM: PAUL KARASIK (I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!) 1 – 3PM: MICHAEL KUPPERMAN (Tales Designed to Thrizzle) 3 – 5PM: MISS LASKO-GROSS (Escape from "Special") 3 – 5PM: DASH SHAW (The Bottomless Belly Button, Mome) SUNDAY: 11AM – 1PM:…

Whoops. only 10 minutes left to post my sketchbook pic of the day. Courtesy the horribly underrated Francesca Ghermandi.

Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Curator Larry Reid just taped an interview scheduled to air tomorrow (Thursday) at 2:00 PM on KUOW (94.9 FM) in Seattle, in anticipation of this event tomorrow night at the Frye Museum:    

Don't miss the inaugural event this Friday night at Brooklyn's DESERT ISLAND COMICS!    LISTING INFO: WHO: Paul Karasik & Mark NewgardenWHAT: Book signing, curiosities, and discussionWHERE: Desert IslandWHEN: Friday, April 18, 7PMWHY: Because we care Desert Island Comics540 Metropolitan Ave.Brooklyn, NY 11211

  Ray Fenwick's amazing first book, The Hall of Best Knowledge, hits stores any day now from Fantagraphics and the publicity is just starting to come in.  Today there's a great feature on Ray in The National Post of Canada.  Meanwhile, the May 1 issue of Booklist features a starred review of Hall of Best Knowledge. "This is a life-passage story that reveals itself as such so slyly that the joy and loving humilty it evokes at the end are breathtaking," writes Ray Olson. Couldn't agree more.