We discovered an inventory SNAFU, so Frank Vol. 1 by Jim Woodring has been upgraded from "Sold Out" to "We Got Plenty"! This softcover volume contains Frank material currently not in print elsewhere (including 32 pages of full-color stories), so if you're a recent Frankophile and you don't have this stuff in your collection, now's your chance!
Now in stock: What Is All This? Uncollected Stories by Stephen Dixon
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: What Is All This? Uncollected Stories by Stephen Dixon 528-page 6.25" x 9.25 hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-350-7 Ordering Info & Previews Stephen Dixon is one of the most acclaimed authors of short stories in the history of American letters. His work, characterized by mordant humor and a frank attention to human sexuality, has earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy Institute of Arts and Letters Prize for Fiction, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Fantagraphics Books is proud to present this incredible volume of short stories, a massive…
Now in stock: The Sanctuary by Nate Neal
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: The Sanctuary by Nate Neal 208-page black & white 8" x 10" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-388-0 Ordering Info & Previews In Nate Neal's first full-length graphic novel, the author explores the primal mysteries and sordid inner workings of a Paleolithic cave-dwelling tribe, creating an original "silent" reading experience by using symbols instead of words. When a mysterious nomad girl is offered up as an item of trade, she seeks refuge by forming a tenacious friendship with the local cave-painter turned outcast. Together they set out on a dangerous mission to bring…
Now in stock: Rip, M.D. by Mitch Schauer, Michael Vosburg et al.
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Rip M.D. by Mitch Schauer & Michael Vosburg et al. 88-page full-color 7.5" x 9.25" softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-369-9 Ordering Info & Previews Rip M.D. is the debut graphic novel from The Angry Beavers creator Mitch Schauer, a creepy, fun-filled all-ages adventure introducing Ripley Plimpt, an eleven-year-old boy whose ordinary life is turned upside-down when he discovers that monsters are not only real, but are also in desperate need of his help to overcome their very real problems. One foggy night, while searching for monsters in the cemetery behind his house,…
Daily OCD: 9/22/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Released last year, Johnny Ryan’s Prison Pit: Book One was the kind of offensive, polarising piece of trash that readers either embraced like a lovable, rotting puppy carcass or bolted from in aghast terror. Both camps will feel vindicated then, that Prison Pit: Book Two returns with just as much phallic, alien grappling gore as the original, if not more. Me? I’m content to let the book slam its bloody, jagged nailed middle finger through my cornea any day of the week. […] Who needs Asterios Polyp when the central narrative movement of…
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival – no us
The announcement for the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival is making the rounds and unfortunately we won't be there — but some of our favorite folks will, including but not limited to Gabrielle Bell, Charles Burns, Jordan Crane, Renée French, Bill Griffith, Anders Nilsen, and Johnny Ryan, so do be sure to give them a visit on December 4. And ooh la la, that poster by Anders!
Ivan Brunetti covers Strange Tales II
Hey, it's Ivan Brunetti's cover for Marvel's Strange Tales II #3, coming in December. Adorbz! (Via J. Caleb Mozzocco)
Cooper looper
A little fun with a sequence of images from Bent.
Bent by Dave Cooper – Previews, Pre-Order
Bent by Dave Cooper 80-page full-color 10.25" x 9" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-378-1 Ships in: October 2010 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Fine artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind’s eye. The work in Bent gathers a diverse mix of imagery that is also strangely focussed in its single-mindedness. This work has found a devoted and passionate following with visitors to Cooper’s solo gallery shows in Los Angeles and New York in recent years. Cooper continues to obsess and fixate over his bizarre procession of milky figures as they crawl and…
Latest Xaime fan ink
Love and Rockets fan Bradley Jackson shared his new Locas tattoo on the L&R Facebook page. Nice!
