Okay, we can't offer you the ninety-minute wait in ninety-degree weather outside the convention center, the greasy ten-dollar pizzas, the terrifying crush of Saturday afternoon attendees here to get an autograph from a Battlestar: Galactica co-star, or the sight of costumed attendees who apparently only chose the Flash costume because their more appropriate pick, Jabba the Hutt, was out. But what we can do is this! SORRY YOU WON'T GET THE EARLY BOOKS? The following books will have their world premiere in San Diego. If you order them directly from us we will have them sent to you directly from…
The Day of Glory Is Here!
The French are, not unreasonably, excited by the strong showing of French cartoonists and graphic novels in the Eisners this year — nine nominations for eight titles, four of 'em for Fantagraphics: http://www.actuabd.com/Neuf-nominations-pour-la-BD We think it's sort of charming that the item was posted on Bastille Day. Hence our Marseillaise quote above, for those of you who missed it.
A Word Nerd Indulges Himself
(final cover may vary) Ten words I got to use in my translation of the upcoming second Adèle Blanc-Sec book (trying valiantly for an SPX premiere!): bollix, bolster (as a noun), deucedly, dingus, harridan, insensate, pied-à-terre, pithecanthropus, plinth, and thoroughfare.
Yes, It Is Happening!
(Click to enlarge) Gary Panter's collected Dal Tokyo is on our spring list and production on the book is proceeding apace. Here, courtesy of Raymond Sohn, who is working on the book with Gary P., is a sneak peek at the new, much much improved (from the "horrible protocover" — Gary's words — that we used for our catalogs last time) cover. If we publish the first Pogo book, the Joost Swarte collection, and this one all within about six months of each other, then, dear readers, what will you have left to complain about in terms of superlate books…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette, now available to pre-order from us and coming soon to a comics shop near you. – Ed.] Okay, if I already have West Coast Blues, why should I buy Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot? My promotional tagline for Sniper is, “For those who thought West Coast Blues wasn’t violent enough.” Seriously? West Coast Blues was pretty brutal. Sniper mops the floor with it. It was…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot by Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette, now available to pre-order from us and coming soon to a comics shop near you. – Ed.] Okay, if I already have West Coast Blues, why should I buy Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot? My promotional tagline for Sniper is, “For those who thought West Coast Blues wasn’t violent enough.” Seriously? West Coast Blues was pretty brutal. Sniper mops the floor with it. It was…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus, Part 2
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus by R. Macherot, now available to pre-order from us and coming soon to a comics shop near you. This edition is so epic, we've split it into two parts — here's Part 1 from yesterday! – Ed.] Okay, so yesterday you summed up all of Macherot’s career pre-Sibylline. He spent a decade at Tintin magazine, was lured to Spirou, his first Spirou series tanked — look, I did it in 16 words instead of thirteen hundred… Yeah,…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus by R. Macherot. This was originally serialized in two parts on Flog! The Fantagraphics Blog. – Ed.] Okay, Sibyl-Anne is being released kind of as the other half of a matched set with Gil Jordan, which I know you’ve been a fan of since you were a kid. I assume this is another childhood favorite you’re finally getting a chance to… No, actually, as a kid I was never a fan of Macherot’s work. Never collected the…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus, Part 1
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about Sibyl-Anne Vs. Ratticus by R. Macherot, now available to pre-order from us and coming soon to a comics shop near you. This edition is so epic, we've split it into two parts, with Part 2 appearing tomorrow! – Ed.] Okay, Sibyl-Anne is being released kind of as the other half of a matched set with Gil Jordan, which I know you’ve been a fan of since you were a kid. I assume this is another childhood favorite you’re finally getting…
Oslo Comics Expo 2011 Photo Gallery
I had a great time at OCX last weekend. I'm too caught up in catching up to write any kind of report, except to say that the convention is tiny and splendidly run, Norwegians are all wonderful people, the weather was exactly like Seattle except the days were longer (the shots outside Jason's gallery opening were at something like nine o'clock at night as I recall) and any cartoonist who gets invited by OCX, go, just go! All photos by Lynn Emmert except as noted. Jason had a small art show opening during the convention, featuring priceless original art elegantly…
