Portland, Sunday is YOUR shot to see Ed Piskor while he's jamming up and down the West Coast. Michael Ring and Bridge City Comics are proudly selling Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 1 + 2 plus that sexy box set with the mini-comic insert. From 6-9pm on Sunday, November 16th come get the hottest book to dive into hip hop history. This free event will also be serving sweet refreshments so you can talk all night long. Send your friends the Facebook link so they won't miss out either! Bridge City Comics 3725 N. Mississippi AvePortland, OR 97227 503.282.5484
Fantagraphics at Short Run 2014
Oh man, we can hear your double-lined pockets jangling from all the coins to purchase our books this weekend at Short Run, the hottest one day comics show on this coast! We have some FANTASTIC debut comics and graphic novels for you as well as two outta town guests. You'll find two of our finest cartoonists right next to us, Ed Piskor (M59) and Simon Hanselmann. Piskor's Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 2 and the Box Set are a hit across the country while Hanselmann's practically sold out of Megahex, so you should scoop one up QUICK! Local cartoonist and legend, Jim Woodring, will also be signing at…
Fantagraphics dominates NY Times Best Seller List
This week, Fantagraphics topped the NY Times Best Seller list in hardback graphic novels. Four of our new releases landed on the list: In the number one position was Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Strips Vol. 3 "Evidence to the Contrary" by Walt Kelly. This volume features daily and Sunday strips (in full color) from 1953-1954. Kelly introduces one of his boldest political caricatures, the insidious Simple J. Malarkey. Seminole Sam scams, Churchy La Femme cross-dresses, P.T. Bridgeport returns and more. N0. 2 on the Best Seller list was The Complete Peanuts 1991-1994 Gift Box Set by Charles M. Schulz. There's a reason this two-some is so popular;…
Fantagraphics at Jet City Comic Show
Jet City Comic Show is this weekend in our dear neighbor to the south, Tacoma. Join us Saturday, November 8th from 10am-5pm as we dish out the goodies, from our newest graphic novels to some beautiful reproduced classics hot of the press. Special guest at the convention include Ed Piskor (B-02), Peter Bagge (B-01) and Megan Kelso (B-03), right across from our booth (705) in Artist Alley. You can find them at their tables at the show. Find these stars an more at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center (1500 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402). Megan Kelso will be signing at the…
LA: Drew Friedman at Book Soup
Coming soon to Book Soup in Los Angeles, CA is the one, the only Drew Friedman! Self proclaimed as the 'guy who draws liver spots' will be in conversation on Friday, November 14th at 7pm with artist, William Stout and signing his latest book Heroes of the Comics, currently out in a comic bookstore, bookstore or our online store now. Heroes of the Comics features over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry s birth in the 30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the 50s. All lovingly…
LONDON: Jacques Tardi at Comica
Comica continues rolling out the great cartoonists with Jacques Tardi. On Monday, November 10th, one hundred years after the outbreak of The Great War, Tardi makes his first ever public interview in Britain. He will be in conversation with Pat Mills, writer of Charley's War, the compelling saga of a young Cockney private enduring The First World War. An exceptional, unmissable encounter between two passionate anti-War comics creators. You can find these two in conversation at Foyles Bookshop, in The Auditorium, Level 6 (107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT) from 7-8:30pm. Tickets are on sale here at the Comica site. Please note that Tardi will not…
PENN STATE: Jim Woodring to accept Lynd Ward Prize
The Pennsylvania Center for the Book is thrilled to present Jim Woodring with the Lynd Ward Graphic Novel Prize for his graphic novel, Fran. Woodring will be 4 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, in Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library at Penn State. As described by the jury, "Hypnotic and subliminal while entertaining and compelling, ‘Fran's' dream world is at once familiar and unsettling, a conduit to mental states that, in many ways, only the graphic novel can achieve. Woodring's work poses a refreshing change from the trend towards wordy graphic memoir, entreating the reader to reckon with a world whose language we cannot capture…
Fantagraphics at CAB 2014
Brooklyn, put on your wellies and cute little hats, it's time to saunter over to the Mt. Carmel Church for Comic Arts Brooklyn aka CAB! This year, taking place on Saturday, November 8th from 11am-7pm, with panels and talks on Sunday, November 9th. The Mt. Carmel Church is 275 N. 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Publisher Gary Groth will be expecting you. Signing Schedule, Saturday November 8th 11am-12:00pm Dash Shaw 12:00-1pm Lane Milburn 1-2:30 Olivier Schrauwen 2:30-3:30 Anne Ishii and Chip Kidd3:30-5:00pm Tim Lane 5:00-6:00 James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook 6:00-7:00 Jonah Kinigstein Meanwhile, on Sunday, November 9th, there are panels a plenty, talks and interviews at…
Ed Piskor Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 2 Tour
West Coast represent! Ed Piskor, cartoonist behind the NY Times Best Seller Hip Hop Family Tree series is heading down the BEST COAST this November. Catch him and his newest graphic novel, Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 2, at these locations! More details on the FLOG coming up, hot and fresh. 11/8: Jet City Comic Con – Tacoma, WA. 11/9: Vancouver Comic Con – Vancouver, Canada. 11/12: Wild Style at Scarecrow Video – Seattle, WA. 11/14: Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery – Seattle, WA. 11/15: Short Run – Seattle, WA. 11/16: Bridge City Comics – Portland, OR. 11/18: The Meltdown – Los Angeles, CA 11/20: City Lights – San Francisco, CA 11/22: Miami Book Fair – Miami, FL
ATLANTA: Drew Weing + Eleanor Davis signing at Criminal Records
The time is nigh to get your sea legs so strap on your cutlass and step aboard the good ship Criminal Records this coming Saturday, November 8th. Nefarious outlaw among the waves, Drew Weing will be signing and sketching in copies of his freshly reprinted graphic novel, Set to Sea. This rollicking adventure and ballad follows the life of an aspiring poet (and big lug) as he is shanghaied aboard a ship bound for Hong Kong, changing his notions on the romantic sea life. Weing will also give a small presentation about life under the stars and above the murky depths. But…
