Wednesday, June 6th • New York City, NY: Are you attending BookExpo America? Hey, so are we! Visit us at Booth #3422. Noah Van Sciver will be signing copies of The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln from 1-3 PM, and you can catch him at 11 AM on the Uptown Stage as part of the panel "Meet 2012 Graphic Novel Authors!" Thursday, June 7th • New York City, NY: You've got another chance to meet Noah Van Sciver at Booth #3422 at the BookExpo America. He'll be signing copies of The Hypo: The Melancholic Young Lincoln from 10 AM-12 PM….
Tim Kreider Lecture at the Dallas Museum of Art!
Twilight descends upon Texas on Friday, July 20th as cartoonist and essayist Tim Kreider makes a special appearance at the Dallas Museum of Art! He'll be giving a lecture on political cartooning, particularly German artist George Grosz, as part of the "Late Nights at the Museum" series, and in celebration of the summer exhibition Flower of the Prairie: George Grosz in Dallas. The event runs from 6:00 PM to midnight, with the talk scheduled to begin at 9:00 PM. The Dallas Museum of Art is located at 1717 North Harwood Street, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood.
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 5/29-6/4
Wednesday, May 30th • Hanover, NH: Join our very own Jen Vaughn at the The Howe Library for a lecture and discussion on Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier! (more info) Thursday, May 31st • Brooklyn, NY: It's your last chance to see the exhibit Drew Friedman: My Way, his very first New York gallery show of comic strip and illustration art at the Scott Eder Gallery! (more info) • Seattle, WA: Join Jeffrey Brown at the SIFF Cinema Uptown for a screening of his new film Save the Date! See if you can spot artwork by Paul Hornschemeier and…
Mother, Come Home Discussion at the Howe Library Tomorrow!
Get your summer vacation off to a melancholy start with Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier! The Howe Library in Hanover, NH and The Center for Cartoon Studies will be co-sponsoring a discussion series and lecture focusing on the graphic novel this summer, and they'll be kicking it off with this very title! Join them this Wednesday, May 30th, at 6:15 PM in the Howe Library cafe [ 13 South Street ]. The discussion will be co-led by Heather Backman from Howe Library and our very own Jen Vaughn, also from The Center for Cartoon Studies!
Tony Millionaire (and His Dad!) at the Gloucester Writers Center Benefit!
Like Father, like Son? Find out for yourself this Saturday, June 2nd as Howard Richardson presents his son, Scott Richardson, a.k.a. Tony Millionaire, in a presentation of amusing drawings and comics! It's a benefit for the Gloucester Writers Center in Gloucester, MA, where Tony grew up. The GWC was founded to celebrate, preserve and promote the future of Gloucester's rich literary legacy, which certainly includes our Tony! Join them starting at 7:30 PM at The Harbor Room [ 8 Norwood Ct, Gloucester ]. Tony’s art will be for sale to support the GWC as well.
Listen, Los Angeles! Pat Thomas at Skylight Books!
After several years under Seattle's soggy skies, author Pat Thomas is making the move to Los Angeles, and what better way to celebrate than with a book signing for Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975! Welcome Pat to town on Wednesday, June 13th at Skylight Books for a signing and presentation, beginning at 7:30 PM. Skylight Books is located at 1818 N. Vermont Avenue, just 3 1/2 blocks north of the Sunset/Vermont Metro station, next to the Los Feliz 3 cinema.
Down with OPP*: Darth Vader and Son
* Other People's Publications** Yeah, You Know Me. "Down With OPP" is our erratically-scheduled column where we spotlight books by other publishers that we carry at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. And I'm excited to announce we just got in a batch of Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown, out now from our friends at Chronicle Books! This is a charming little book that depicts what it might've been like if Darth Vader had raised Luke Skywalker as a kid: bedtime stories about Darth Maul, trips to the zoo to see the banthas, afternoon baseball games with the lightsaber. You…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 5/21-5/28
Monday, May 21st • Seattle, WA: Our friends at the Elysian Brewing Company will be launching the latest edition in our 12 Beers of the Apocalypse series, a collaboration featuring the artwork of the great Charles Burns from his weirdly apocalyptic Black Hole series! (more info) Friday, May 25th • DeKalb, IL: It's your last chance to check out the exhibition “Graphic Novel Realism: Backstage at the Comics” at the Northern Illinois Unversity Art Museum, curated by our own Paul Karasik, and featuring work by Joyce Farmer, Jaime Hernandez, Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash, as well as Jason Lutes,…
Listen, UK! More Sights & Sounds of Black Power From England!
Author Pat Thomas at Café OTO, London // photo credit: Dave Weller Our author Pat Thomas is back home in Seattle after a whirlwind book tour through England for Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, but you can still hear the sounds of his presentations and interviews online, thanks to the internets! UK publication The Wire recorded his presentation at Café OTO, and you can listen to it here! Part one is Pat's incredible lecture, and part two is of Pat in discussion with author Paul Gilroy, filmmaker John Akomfrah, and publisher Margaret Busby. And if…
Listen, UK! Pat Thomas Brings the Sights and Sounds of Black Power to England!
Editor Pat Thomas at the infamous Rough Trade record store, London // photo credit: Dave Weller London Calling! Pat Thomas, editor of our acclaimed title Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975, spent the first weeks of May bringing those sights and sounds to the UK! You can read an excellent report of his presentation at Cafe OTO at whisperinandhollerin.com. And you can click here to hear an interview Pat did on BBC London! The show is three hours long, but Pat's segment is in the last half-hour, so you can click to fast-forward. Note: this link…
