"Wood’s work seemed like snapshots of a lush and vibrant reality where even madmen, monsters and mayhem possessed a stately grace. There might be pandemonium but, oddly, the panic never seemed to reach the eyes of Wood’s regal heroes." – Geoff Boucher, The Los Angeles Times "Legendary artist [Wally] Wood mastered every comic-book genre—humor (he was one of Mad's first artists), horror, superheroes, war—but is best known for the 1950s science-fiction stories he drew for EC Comics, in which, one commentator noted, he 'began drawing things into panels that no human being seemed capable of before.' His heroic spacemen, intricate rocket…
Love and Rockets Library (Palomar & Luba Book 5): Ofelia by Gilbert Hernandez – Excerpt
In Gilbert Hernandez's latest Love and Rockets book, Ofelia, Luba, her sisters, and their children are about settled into their new lives and homes in California. In the first 13 pages of our downloadable excerpt, the kids discuss Socorro's amazing ability to remember things, and then Luba tells her that she will skip another grade next year at school. Ofelia is slated to come out in January and is ready for your pre-orders now! We know you've been hankering for some new Love and Rockets, so secure your copy soon—and why not check out Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 while…
Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 2 – First Look
It's a brick of a book, and we're stoked to show it off! Presenting our first look at Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 2, edited by Michael Dowers, with cover designed by the award-winning Esther Pearl Watson. Packed cover to cover with 848 pages of mini comics from over 50 artists, Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 2 completes our two-volume set providing a historical survey of some of the best that DIY, self-published comics has to offer! This chunky book is due out in December, and it's ready and rarin' for your pre-order now!
Foolbert Funnies: Histories and Other Fictions by Frank Stack – Video/Photo Slideshow
Foolbert Funnies: Histories and Other Fictionsby Frank Stack 224-page black & white 7.75" x 10" softcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-808-3 Ships in: December 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now "Cult" cartoonist Frank Stack is best known as the artist behind Harvey Pekar's award-winning graphic novel, My Cancer Year (his art was featured in the American Splendor film), and as the creator of the first underground comic book, The Adventures of Jesus. Foolbert Funnies collects comics—inspired by Stack's pop culture-filled childhood and travails as a fine arts professor—that ran in National Lampoon and other publications. (For decades, Stack's work was published…
Black Light: The World of L.B. Cole – Photoset Preview
"His covers are really noir: spirals, figures falling down through space, big spider webs, just great… The colors are all totally primary: just bright red, blue, almost no subtle colors… they really work." – R. Crumb Black Light: The World of L.B. Colebiography by Bill Schelly 272-page full color 9.25" x 13.25" softcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-762-8 Due to arrive in 2-4 weeks. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/blacklight
Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 by Los Bros Hernandez – Cover Uncovered
The next book in our favorite fraternal duo's Eisner Award-winning series, Love and Rockets: New Stories #7, collects more of the epic, poignant, thrilling tales you've come to love and look forward to from Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez. We are so excited to share this book's final cover art for you today! New Stories #7 is up on our site and available for pre-order now, so what are you waiting for? Grab your copy now for a January delivery!
Displacement by Lucy Knisley – Excerpt
In 2012, Lucy Knisley decided to accompany her grandparents on a cruise vacation for the elderly. In her latest travel memoir, Displacement, she recounts her experiences being their care-taker, reflecting on their ailing health and declining abilities, and coming to terms with mortality. Our 10-page downloadable excerpt introduces Knisley's family, setting up the context for the upcoming getaway cruise story. Once you're done reading that, head on over to the book page to snag your pre-order. Displacement is on schedule to hit bookstores by January 2015!
Spawn of Mars and Other Stories by Wallace Wood and Al Feldstein – Video/Photo Slideshow
Spawn of Mars and Other Storiesby Wallace Wood and Al Feldstein 216-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-805-2 Ships in: December 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Wallace Wood fans love his sleek, preternaturally lush art, but they especially love the wonderment of his spectacular science fiction. This highly anticipated mouth-watering collection features over two dozen stories brimming with Wood’s meticulously detailed, genre-defining brushwork—all save the one Wood wrote himself on the typewriter of EC editor Al Feldstein. And with titles like "Spawn of Mars," "The Dark Side of the Moon," "A Trip to a…
Now in Stock: Mickey Mouse Vols. 5-6 Box Set by Floyd Gottfredson
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 5 + 6 Box Setby Floyd Gottfredson 576-page black & white with color 10.75" x 9" x 2.5" hardcover • $49.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-783-3 See Previews / Order Now Two more volumes of Mickey's thrilling adventures from the 1930s, packaged in a beautiful and sturdy slipcase and priced cheaper than the individual volumes! A perfect gift and/or collector's item.
Sweatshop by Peter Bagge – Cover Uncovered
We are quite pleased to present to you the finalized cover design for our new book collecting cartoonist and 2014 Rockefeller Fellow Peter Bagge's Sweatshop. First published as a six-issue series in 2003, this comic detailing the life of an out-of-touch cartoonist and his "sweatshop" cast of studio assistants has never before been collected until now! We'll have more juicy previews for you soon, but in the meantime, the book is available for pre-order and should be ready by February 2015!
