Fantagraphics Blog Mike Baehr

Our copies of Danny Bland's debut novel In Case We Die have arrived but we're not sending orders out quite yet. The reason? Danny's going to drop by soon and sign a whole mess of them! That's right, the first 80 or so people to order the book will have their copy signed by the author! (Sorry, no personalizations, despite the photo.) Orders will begin shipping on or about next Wednesday, August 21. AND, we're extending our free audiobook download offer! Order the book by Monday, August 26 and on Tuesday, August 27 you'll receive an email from Local 638 Records with…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  Nudnik Revealed! by Gene Deitch 128-page full-color 12.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-651-5 See Previews / Order Now Academy Award®-winning animator Gene Deitch defied the dominant animation style of the 1950s as the Creative Director of CBS/Terrytoons (where he created Tom Terrific and others for The Captain Kangaroo Show.) One day, he got his tie caught in a Moviola machine — and just before he lost his teeth, Nudnik was born! The star of 12 Paramount cartoons that ran in theatres in 1964 and 1965, Nudnik is Deitch's most personal and…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Johnny Craig 208-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-658-4 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Child of Tomorrow! + Fall Guy for Murder (EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. Johnny Craig pulled off some of the most mind-bendingly clever shockers to appear under the EC Comics banner…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library) by Al Feldstein 216-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-659-1 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Child of Tomorrow! + Fall Guy for Murder (EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. The stories Al Feldstein wrote and drew for EC Comics's science fiction titles captured precisely the popular science…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Prince Valiant Vol. 7: 1949-1950 by Hal Foster 120-page full color 10.25" x 14" hardcover • $35.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-645-4 See Previews / Order Now Shortly after his baby son Arn is christened, Prince Valiant, along with Sir Gawain, is sent to investigate reports of black magic in wales, where the two find themselves in a pitched battle at Castle Illwynde. After a brief stint home to enjoy his young son, Val and his crew travel to Rome on a quest for teachers who could bring Christianity to Thule. The story climaxes in an…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: His Wife Leaves Him by Stephen Dixon 416-page 6.5" x 9.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-604-1 See Previews / Order Now Stephen Dixon’s His Wife Leaves Him is an intimate exploration of the interior life of a husband who has lost his wife. Martin thinks about his life with his wife Gwen. Reminders of their shared past, some painful, some hilarious, others blissful and sensual, appear and reappear in the present. Stories made from memories merge with dreams of an impossible future they’ll never get to share. Story by story he recounts for…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Gahan Wilson Sunday Comics by Gahan Wilson 176-page full-color 12" x 6.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-612-6 See Previews / Order Now For a few too-short years between 1972 and 1974, lucky newspaper readers were treated to something special in their Sunday funnies section: a weekly color strip by one of America’s greatest cartoonists — Gahan Wilson. Each installment of Gahan Wilson Sunday Comics presents a cluster of single-panel gags. Some Sundays are a freewheeling mélange of board meetings, monsters, and cavemen, while others riff on a topic or subject (cats, luggage, magicians,…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Children of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez 108-page black & white 8.25" x 10.75" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-625-6 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: The Children of Palomar + Julio's Day Gift Set Price: $42.98 $34.38 Order this or any other Love and Rockets book and receive this FBI•MINI comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Click here for details. Limit one per customer while supplies last. Mysteries are unfolding just outside the isolated Latin American hamlet of Palomar which will forever change the lives of its residents. Two wild children…

The reprints you've been waiting for are here! We went back to press on The Complete Peanuts 1963-1966 Box Set and Prince Valiant Vol. 1 (now in its 5th printing in 4 years!) and a big shipment of them just landed in our mail-order warehouse. Get 'em while they're hot!