Here at Fantagraphics, we're gearing up for one of our biggest SPX'es ever, taking place on September 15th & 16th in Bethesda, MD! We'll be rolling out our list of debuts and our signing schedule soon, but while you wait, why not memorize this schedule of panels at the 2012 Small Press Expo? Saturday, September 15th • 12:00 pm // Crockett Johnson’s Barnaby and the American Clear Line School [Brookside Conference Room] In a canny mix of fantasy and satire, amplified by the clean minimalism of Crockett Johnson’s line, Barnaby (1942-1952) expanded our sense of what comics can do. Though…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 8/20-8/27
Friday, August 24th • London, England: Join editor Jacques Boyreau for the launch of Sexytime: The Post-Porn Rise of the Pornoisseur, along with an art exhibit of movie posters from the golden age of American porn! (more info) • Los Angeles, CA: Ron Regé Jr. will be giving a lecture at Synchronicity Space! (more info)
“Game Over” Not Yet Over at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery!
Sadly, I was out of town when the show first opened, so yesterday was my first look at our latest exhibit Game Over: Failed Alternative Video Games, and holy heck — it's a winner! Inspired by video game journalist Bob Mackey's piece for 1Up.com, our very own Jen Vaughn conceptualized the “box art” of some of our most famous graphic novels reimagined as failed videogame adaptations. For example… How about Prison Pit for the Xbox 360? As Jen puts it, "even gorier than Mortal Kombat!" The box detail that cracked me up? "No quests here." Ain't that the truth! Speaking…
Drawing Fire: Bill Mauldin and the WWII GI in Wheaton, IL!
The First Division Museum at Cantigny is right on target with their fantastic new exhibit saluting Bill Mauldin and his famous characters Willie & Joe! Titled Drawing Fire: Bill Mauldin and the WWII GI, this exhibit tells the GI story using Mauldin’s cartoons and the some of the museum’s extensive but rarely seen World War II collection. Visitors will see more than forty of Mauldin’s cartoons and a variety of artifacts including personal objects carried by soldiers, equipment, decorations, and letters written home during the war. In addition, an interactive allows visitors to hear German weapons and artillery that GIs…
Peter Bagge at the Word on the Street Festival in Vancouver!
I've been waiting for a chance to use this pic… // photo credit: Joshin Yamada, Stumptown 2012 Word on the street is Peter Bagge is heading to Vancouver for the Word on the Street National Book & Magazine Festival! Join Pete on Sunday, September 30th at Western Canada's largest celebration of words and reading. He'll be signing at the "Authors Tent" at 1:30 PM, and at "The Word Under The Street" on 3:30 PM. This literary celebration is FREE and open to the public, so grab the kids, and c'mon down! The Word on the Street Festival is held in…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 8/13-8/20
Yeah, yeah, this week is almost over, but I wanted to let you know… Anders at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery // more photos from that event Friday, August 17th • Chicago, IL: Remember that art show I was telling y'all about from Anders Nilsen? He returns to the Elmhurst Art Museum this week for a slideshow presentation and artist talk this Friday! (more info)
Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental Signing in Dallas!
It's no coincidence that those Friedman Brothers are funny, funny fellas! (Their Dad happens to be the legendary Oscar-nominated Bruce Jay Friedman!) Find out for yourself how fantastic Josh Alan Friedman is on Friday, September 8th, as he signs copies of the newly-reissued Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead Is Purely Coincidental, a collection that had been out-of-print for twenty years! Not only that, but Josh will be performing a solo, acoustic Blues concert on this occasion! Damn, those Friedmans have some talented genetics. The festivities will be held at The Mason Bar (i.e. Hi-Lo Cabaret), located at 2701…
The Hypo Book Release Party with Noah Van Sciver!
My best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read. — Abraham Lincoln Be the kind of friend Abe Lincoln would want to have! Join Noah Van Sciver for the release party for The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln! He'll be signing on Tuesday, August 28th at Kilgore Books in Denver, starting at 6:30 PM. Be one of the first to get your hands on the debut graphic novel from this excellent 2012 Ignatz-nominated artist! Kilgore Books is located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Denver, CO at 624 E. 13th Ave (between Washington and Pearl),…
Down with OPP*: Hark! A Vagrant 2013 Calendars
* Other People's Publications** Yeah, You Know Me. Hark! It's Kate Beaton calendars! And, you can get them now, only at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, fresh from their debut at the Drawn & Quarterly booth at San Diego Comic-Con! Before you scoff and say, "No one uses calendars anymore," I want to point out that at my day job, my officemate and I each have paper calendars at our desks, (his, a boring Office Max one; mine, an excellent Apak Little Otsu one) and we work in the same room!!! Everyone needs a calendar! There are two different designs…
Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez Signing in Washington DC!
The Love & Rockets 30th Anniversary tour is heading to the East Coast, and before their appearance at the 2012 Small Press Expo, you can catch the Brothers Hernandez in Washington DC! Join Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez at the Politics & Prose Bookstore on Friday, September 14th for a signing and celebration of 30 years of incredible storytelling, starting at 7:00 PM. This all-ages event is FREE and open to the public! Politics & Prose Bookstore is located at 5015 Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, DC.
