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  As we mentioned back in February, Fantagraphics has not one, but two, books nominated in the Graphic Novel/Comics category of the 34th annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes! Ulli Lust, Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (Fantagraphics) Anders Nilsen, The End (Fantagraphics) David B., Incidents in the Night: Vol. 1 (Uncivilized Books) Ben Katchor, Hand-Drying in America: And Other Stories (Pantheon) Joe Sacco, The Great War: July 1, 1916: The First Day of the Battle of the Somme (W. W. Norton & Co.) This Friday, April 11th, the winner will be awarded in a…

Portland is priviledged to host the next installment of the national Illustration Conference, ICON, and on Saturday, July 12th, they welcome special guest, visual journalist Janet Hamlin! "Author and illustrator Janet Hamlin has been where very few journalists or artists have dared to tread. Ms. Hamlin has had a front seat to history as the only courtroom artist to sketch the military tribunals in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Her drawings and accompanying text provide rare insight to the military court and are the only visuals the world is allowed to see." Experience her collection, Sketching Guantanamo: Court Sketches of the Military…

Los Angeles! Celebrate the release of The Blighted Eye: Original Comic Art from the Glenn Bray Collection with a special book release party on Friday, April 25th. Collector extraordinaire Glenn Bray will be joined by special guests, Todd Hignite and Robert Williams, who each supplied a foreword to this exceptional book! The Blighted Eye is a mind-boggling collection of original comic art, amassed over the last nearly 50 years — Charles Addams, Carl Barks, Charles Burns, Al Capp, Dan Clowes, Jack Cole, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, Kim Deitch, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Virgil Finlay, Drew Friedman, Chester Gould, Justin Green,…

She's a superhero to us, and that's why Joyce Farmer will present the lecture “No Superheroes: Creating Underground Comics” on Thursday, April 24, at Penn State. It's a topic Farmer knows a little thing or two about — as the co-creator of Tits & Clits Comix series in 1972, the work of her and her contemporaries countered the sexism they saw in male-produced underground comix of the time. Come hear her talk about this revolutionary time in comics history from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. Joyce will also discuss her amazing graphic memoir, Special Exits, that we published in 2010. None…

Friday, April 4th • Philadelphia, PA: It's the opening reception for Freak Scene, a group art show at Space 1026 featuring Johnny Ryan, our own Jason T. Miles, Mome-contributor Jim Rugg, and a whole host of fellow freaks. (more info) Saturday, April 5th • New York City, NY: Stop by Tables #A20-A23 at the 2014 MoCCA Arts Festival! Click here for all our signings, debuts, and programming. (more info) • Gainesville, FL: The great Carol Tyler will present a talk on "Graphic Emotion: Weighted Words and Moving Marks" at the 11th annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic…

For their 11th annual University of Florida Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, the Graduate Comics Organization will look at "Traumics: Comics Narratives of Trauma." And presenting one of their keynote speakers is noneother than our very own Carol Tyler, and on Saturday, April 5th, she will present a talk on "Graphic Emotion: Weighted Words and Moving Marks" at 7:00 PM, with a reception to follow at 8:30 PM with drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Surely, anyone who has read Tyler's series, You'll Never Know, her graphic memoir focusing on the artist's father and his experiences in World War II, knows…

We're so excited to have the legendary Dutch cartoonist, illustrator and designer Joost Swarte joining us in New York City in April! And in conjunction with his appearance at the 2014 MoCCA Fest, the Society of Illustrators presents Joost Swarte: Urban and Urbane, an exhibition of original artwork, sketches, prints and documentation that survey multiple facets of Swarte’s career — from RAW to The New Yorker to his architectural projects — with a special emphasis on his images of urban life, real and imagined. The exhibit will be on view through April 26th in the MoCCA Second Floor Gallery at…

The San Francisco library is currently hosting an exhibit based on Pretty in Ink: American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013, the ultimate collection of female comic herstory! Featuring photos, letters, original artwork, toys, comic books and other ephemera, this exhibition captures women cartoonists from the late 19th century to now! And on Thursday, March 27th, author Trina Robbins will discuss her work, and sign copies of the book in the main library, at 6:00 PM in the  Latino/Hispanic Community Meeting Room on the lower level. Come see and hear all the pretty at the main library of the San Francisco Public Library…

Join Fantagraphics for our hometown show, Emerald City Comicon, on Friday, March 28th through Sunday, March 30th! We'll be joined by a slew of special guests, including Stan Sakai, Ellen Forney, Michel Gagné, and Fantagraphics editors, Gary Groth, Eric Reynolds, Mike Catron, and Kristy Valenti! Friday, March 28th4:30-5:30 PM            Ellen Forney Saturday, March 29th1:00-2:00 PM           Gary Groth, Eric Reynolds, Mike Catron, Kristy Valenti [Our editorial dream team will also be appearing on the panel Fantagraphics Books: Forecasting the Future of Misfit Lit
, on Saturday, March 29th. The Stranger's Paul Constant will lead the fantastic four in…

Collector extraordinaire Glenn Bray will make a hometown appearance to sign his gorgeous new tome, The Blighted Eye: Original Comic Art from the Glenn Bray Collection! Join him on Sunday, April 6th at Arcana: Books on the Arts, and hear firsthand stories about his mind-boggling collection of original comic art, amassed over the last nearly 50 years — Charles Addams, Carl Barks, Charles Burns, Al Capp, Dan Clowes, Jack Cole, R. Crumb, Jack Davis, Kim Deitch, Will Elder, Al Feldstein, Virgil Finlay, Drew Friedman, Chester Gould, Justin Green, Rick Griffin, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, George Grosz, V.T. Hamlin, Jaime Hernandez,…