We’re bringing the big books to the Big Apple for MoCCA Arts Festival 2017, sponsored by The Society of Illustrators! April 1-2 you can find us at the Metropolitan West event space in Hell’s Kitchen. We’re bringing along special guests, hot new books, and a spunky can-do attitude. Debut Books Love and Rockets Vol. 4 #2 by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez The second issue of Love and Rockets picks right upfrom Issue #1! Over on Jaime’s side, it’s La Llorona’s turn to hit the stage at the punk rock reunion and the Hellmets are closing in on Princess Animus. Is…
What’s in Store: Tasty Times Tomorrow
Georgetown Bites allows food and beverage fans to experience the diverse culinary delights of Seattle’s historic arts community in affordable fashion. The 3rd annual Taste of Georgetown features special offers from 28 appetizing enterprises for as little as $4 each. Celebrate the unique hospitality of this colorful neighborhood on Saturday, March 25. Tickets are available at the Georgetown Trailer Park Mall from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Tasting continues until 5:00 PM. Adventurous diners can also visit the many galleries, shops, and assorted cultural attractions on Saturday, March 25 in Seattle’s oldest neighborhood, including Ezequiel Garcia at Fantagraphics Bookstore…
Your Tablet Will Thank You
Pamper your tablet with our new digital releases this week, which include fantastic new graphic novels and art collections, as well as backlist breath-takers. Manuele Fior is back with The Interview! Set in Italy in 2048 while strange triangles appear in the sky bearing mysterious messages. At the same time, Raniero, a fifty-something psychologist whose marriage is failing meets a new patient who is part of a youth movement called the “New Convention.” The Interview is a science fiction graphic novel that eschews the stars in favor of the delicate nature of human emotions. I can be found through comiXology…
Re/Read: Prince Valiant Volume 8
Re/Read is a regular feature by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid drawing attention to backlist books you may have missed or are worthy of another read. This time we’ll visit a classic by Hal Foster, Prince Valiant Volume 8, 1951 – 1952. I have long maintained that midcentury America’s fascination with medieval folklore owed more to Hal Foster than Chaucer. Foster’s colorful Sunday comic strip, “Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur,” captured the country’s imagination as it was delivered directly into millions of American homes. A Prince Valiant feature film was produced in 1954, starring Robert Wagner, Janet Leigh,…
Get Two of the World’s Best Cartoonists on Your Tablets!
Lucky you! We’ve got a brand new graphic novel by Cathy Malkasian and a couple new-to-digital backlist bangers from Roger Langridge this week. Cathy Malkasian has quietly been making one of the most impressive bodies of comic work over the last decade, and Eartha continues this incredible run. For thousands of years, unfinished dreams — sex fantasies, murder plots, wishful thinking — came to Echo Fjord to find sanctuary. But recently, they’ve stopped coming and Eartha is tasked with solving the mystery. Malkasian’s stunning landscapes, depictions of nature, and character nuance are on full display in Eartha, now available through…
What’s in Store: Ezequiel Garcia’s Growing Up in Public
Fantagraphics Bookstore, in association with the Argentinian Ministry of Culture, is pleased to present Ezequiel Garcia on Saturday, March 25, from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. Garcia will discuss his new graphic memoir, Growing Up in Public from Fantagraphics Books. Garcia’s book chronicles the personal and professional challenges he faces as a young artist in his hometown of Buenos Aires. He laments the loss of architectural landmarks and cultural heritage in the face of shrinking public support for the arts in his home country. His engaging narrative is sure to resonate in Seattle as we deal with remarkably similar issues in…
Re/Read: Four Color Fear
Re/Read in a recurring column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid that examines backlist titles you may have missed or are worthy of another look. This time we’ll feature Four Color Fear: Forgotten Horror Comics of the 1950s. The sensational success of EC horror comics in midcentury America gave rise to a multitude of imitators. Four Color Fear collects the most compelling of these much-maligned comics. The book includes acknowledged masters of the medium, including Jack Cole, Basil Wolverton, Al Williamson, Wallace Wood, Reed Crandall, and Joe Kubert, but it’s the back bench artists and anonymous writers that make this anthology…
Explore New Digital Worlds!
TODAY WE ARE INTRODUCING A NEW SUPER-POWERED LINE AND A NEW SUPER-MALLEABLE CHARACTER TO THE FANTAGRAPHICS DIGITAL ROSTER. Your first digital look at All Time Comics happens today with Crime Destroyer #1! This 36-page oversized spectacular is written by cult cartoonist Josh Bayer, inked by Fanta favorite Benjamin Marra, and features the last artwork created by Marvel bullpen legend (and Wolverine co-creator) Herb Trimpe. If straight-up high-octane fun is your thing, this debut issue is now available through comiXology. Simply Samuel by Finnish cartoonist Tommi Musturi unfolds as a puzzle of short stories and moment-capturing…
What’s in Store: From Russia, With Love
Fantagraphics Bookstore, in association with Short Run and the University of Washington, is pleased to welcome Russian cartoonist Victoria Lomasko on Saturday, March 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Lomasko will present her new collection of graphic journalism, Other Russias, with an exhibition and slide talk, followed by a book signing. Victoria Lomasko is a fixture at Moscow’s trials and protests, documenting the tumultuous processes that shape today’s Russia. Not content to limit herself to the political life of Moscow, Lomasko travels around the country and the former Soviet republics, exploring the domestic, psychological, and spiritual condition of its diverse marginalized groups….
Re/Read: American Presidents by David Levine
Re/Read is an occasional column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid that examines backlist titles you may have missed or are worthy of another read. This time we’ll look at the work of the late political cartoonist David Levine in American Presidents. Brooklyn-born David Levine penned political caricatures for nearly five decades. His work appeared in Time, Newsweek, Esquire, The New Yorker, and The Nation, as well as every issue of the New York Review of Books for more than 45 years. His portrayals of presidents, congressmen, candidates, cabinet members, Supreme Court justices, and trusted advisors – from the Founding…
