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I can say, without a doubt, that was the Best TCAF Ever!  …Okay, fine, so Fantagraphics has only done the Toronto Comics Art Festival twice, but it truly was an amazing year! Thank you so much to Christopher, Peter, Miles, Andrew, Gina, and all the fantastic volunteers of TCAF! And, of course, one of my favorite things about TCAF? Canadian donuts. Oh yeah. Mike and I woke up bright and early to set-up our table. There was a momentary panic when I realized one of our display racks didn't arrive from Seattle, but the stellar staff at the Toronto Reference…

Pittsburgh residents are in for treat as artist Wilfred Santiago will be signing 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente this Saturday, May 21st at Phantom of the Attic. This signing is especially poignant, as Clemente found fame with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and locals are sure to recognize some landmarks in Santiago's excellent artwork. And with The Clemente Museum based in the Lawrenceville section of Pittsburgh, you could make an entire day of it, and celebrate this great man! Wilfred Santiago signing 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. Phantom of the Attic is located at 411 S. Craig Street, Second Floor….

Brooklyn! Head over to Littefield on Thursday, May 19th for The Spectactular Superfriends Show, featuring a performance from our superfriend, Michael Kupperman! He will be doing a live performance along with some "amazing friends," and thank goodness for that, 'cause you don't wanna do a live performance with lame friends. Only amazing ones. The rest of the line-up seems pretty awesome, too, and I'm talking particularly about the headliner Adam WarRock, who is apparently an attorney-turned-MC, and is considered "the Internet's foremost comic book nerdcore rapper." I hope he raps about Snake 'N' Bacon. I mean, that's a dope rhyme…

I scream, you scream, we'll all scream this Saturday, May 14th as Fantagraphics presents an entire day of musical mayhem! Join us from 6:00 to 9:00 pm at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as we unveil our latest exhibit "Charles Peterson: Taking Punk to the Masses." Peterson's photography is prominent in our Fantagraphics book of the same name, published in association with the acclaimed Nirvana exhibition at EMP. Local legend Peter Bagge will also be on hand to sign copies of  Hate Annual #9 and Yeah! — his collaboration with Gilbert Hernandez about an all-girl band, as a matter of…

Renowned rock photographer Charles Peterson will be "taking punk to the masses" as he hits the airwaves this weekend on KEXP 90.3 FM! [Full disclosure: KEXP is my other home aside from Fantagraphics… and, uh, that other building… thingy… where our beds and TV… is.] Tune in this Saturday, May 7th at 7:00 pm PT as Charles guest DJ's on KEXP's Audioasis, the longest-running local music show in Seattle. He'll be spinning some of his favorite local bands, and talking to host Hannah Levin about his upcoming exhibit "Charles Peterson: Taking Punk to the Masses." KEXP's Audioasis host, Hannah Levin….

Fantagraphics is thrilled to be heading across the border for the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, this weekend, Saturday, May 7th and Sunday, May 8th! Mike Baehr and I will be on hand, and, yes, it's true… we're bringing The Mouse to Canada! In fact, just look at all the new titles we're bringing with us: • Approximate Continuum Comics by Lewis Trondheim • Captain Easy Vol. 2 by Roy Crane • Celluloid by Dave McKean • Congress of the Animals by Jim Woodring • Isle of 100,000 Graves by Jason • Take a Joke by Johnny Ryan • The Raven…

DO NOT DAWDLE! Janeane Garofalo AND Michael Kupperman?! Are you kidding me?! Left-wing political cartoonist David Rees hosts these monthly comedy shows in NYC, and this month's line-up is quite possibly the best one yet. And I'm not just saying that because it features a fine Fantagraphics artist and a comedian who's championed Fantagraphics on "The Daily Show" … *cough* The fun goes down tomorrow night (Thursday, May 5th) starting at 7:00 pm at the Luca Lounge. And did I mention, it's FREE? I meant it when I said you shouldn't lollygag.

As the saying goes, they like 'em big in Texas, so it was surely appropriate that Jim Woodring brought the giant pen to Houston for its first public demonstration outside the Seattle area! (Was it brought as a carry-on??) The appearance took part at the opening night of Walpurgis Afternoon, a joint art show with Mike-Baehr-doppelgänger Marc Bell at Houston's Lawndale Art Center. We've got some pictures from the show, thanks to attendee Alex Barber. Check out his entire set of photos on his Flickr set. The internet says a "walpurgis" is, "the eve of May Day, observed in some…

This Wednesday, May 4th, our own Ellen Forney will be the life of The Reading Party! Join Ellen and fellow artist Derek Erdman as they lounge about the Fireside Room at the Sorrento Hotel, starting at 6:00 pm. The Reading Party is a monthly soiree, organized by our friends at Seattle's weekly alt-paper The Stranger. (As you'll recall, Lust is a collection of Ellen's past illustrations for their personal ads section!) It's a free event, the special is a $4 Manhattan, and apparently, everyone is invited to read! But, don't be surprised if everyone just wants to hear Ellen.

Gahan Wilson signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, Jan. 13, 2010 If you live in the Boston area, make plans now to attend the 2011 Boston Comic Con, this Saturday, April 30th and Sunday, May 1, at the Hynes Convention Center! We're excited to announce that the legendary Gahan Wilson will have his own table there, and will be signing all day, on both days! Our friends from The Million Year Picnic will be on site, with copies of our beautiful box set Gahan Wilson: Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons. If you have not seen this thing in person, lemme…