SAN DIEGO, CA—JULY 20, 2023 – Fantagraphics, the renowned publisher of cutting-edge comics and graphic novels, is thrilled to announce BRABA, a high concept anthology of innovative Brazilian comics. Expertly curated by renowned Brazilian cartoonist Rafael Grampá and famed Brazilian comics editor Janaina de Luna, this extraordinary collection of 13 short stories created by 16 pioneering Brazilian cartoonists captures the vibrant and daring nature of the Brazilian comics scene. Produced in collaboration with Brazilian publisher MINO, BRABA is set to release in Fall 2024. BRABA brings together a diverse array of voices and styles under a unifying theme: deeply personal stories from experimental cartoonists….
Fantagraphics Announces the Publication of My Favorite Thing is Monsters Book 2 by Emil Ferris
JULY 19, 2023—SEATTLE, WA—Acclaimed cartoonist Emil Ferris and Fantagraphics are set to captivate readers once again with the long-awaited release of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two in April 2024! Following the extraordinary success of the first installment, the eagerly anticipated continuation of the story is an artistic tour de force that will leave fans in awe. Building upon the unique and spellbinding narrative that riveted readers worldwide, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Book Two delves deeper into the mesmerizing world of Karen Reyes, a tenacious young girl navigating the complexities of her own existence amidst the backdrop of…
The N-Word of God: Mark Doox’s New Art Book is a Provocative Look at Race, Religion, and Black and White Power
Mark Doox’s new art book, The N-Word of God, is a wry examination of White power, Black accommodation, “human” racial identity, and a broken American spirituality all seen through the lens of a gospel-like myth and a subversive sacred Christian iconography. Doox, trained as a monk in a Russian-affiliated Orthodox monastery, infuses his art with equal parts liturgy and his life experience as an African American man in the United States. His illustrations, beautiful in their intricacy, strike the viewer as religious at first glance and deeply subversive on examination. That isn’t just because they often place Black faces and…
Fantagraphics and MSX: Mangasplaining Extra Unveil Two Exciting New Manga Titles
JULY 17, 2023—SAN DIEGO, CA—Fantagraphics Books Inc. and MSX: Mangasplaining Extra are thrilled to announce the forthcoming English-language publication of two groundbreaking manga by esteemed creators Atsushi Kaneko and Akane Torikai (respectively). Search and Destroy by Atsushi Kaneko is a three-volume sci-fi punk epic based on Osamu Tezuka’s best selling manga Dororo. Wandering Cat’s Cage by Akane Torikai is a thought-provoking graphic novel exploring a post-apocalyptic matriarchal society. Both works will captivate readers with their unflinching explorations of the human condition. Starting this summer, both titles will be serialized digitally on MSX: Mangasplaining Extra’s platform (mangasplainingextra.com). Following the digital serialization,…
Comic-Con 2023 Panels, Programming and Web Sale!
We are beyond excited to be back at Comic-Con this year, along with our Special Guests Garth Stein and Matthew Southworth, Simon Hanselmann and Josh Pettinger, and Bill Griffith! We also have a full schedule of signings at our booth #1721 with a bunch of our amazing artists: Jaime Hernandez, Trina Robbins, Carol Tyler, Briana Loewinsohn, Conor Stechschulte, Charles Glaubitz, Mathew Klickstein, Chris Wisnia, and Robert Mailer Anderson! See the full schedule below, along with the panels and Fantagraphics Eisner nominations. And then of course, there’s our big annual Not-At-Comic-Con Sale, with 25% off just about everything on Fantagraphics.com! Scroll down for the 411 on that….
Fantagraphics at Comic-Con 2023
Fantagraphics is going to Comic-Con! We’ll be at booth 1721 with a full schedule of author signings, tons of new books (and books that aren’t even out yet!), merch, and more on July 19th-23rd. Stay tuned for the full schedule of panels + signings, but here’s our star-studded artist line-up:
Daniel Clowes “Monica” Book Tour
To celebrate the release of his long-awaited new book, Daniel Clowes is going on tour! Five years in the making, Monica marks the apex of creativity from one of the defining voices of the graphic novel boom over the past quarter-century. A new book from Clowes is always a huge event in comics and literary circles; Monica will be the biggest literary event of 2023–and you won’t want to miss these events!
Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) Midwest Tour!
Renowned cartoonist Megan Kelso is hitting the road for events for her bestselling collection, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories–if you’re in the Midwest, you’re in luck! Here are her stops:
Fantagraphics Rediscovers the Wonders of Marvel’s Atlas Comics
April 26, 2023—SEATTLE, WA—Fantagraphics is pleased to announce the publication of Fantagraphics Presents the Marvel Atlas Comics Library, a series of hardcover volumes reprinting comics from Marvel’s 1950s Atlas Comics line in both facsimile editions of individual titles and compilations of a single artist. Fantagraphics will publish five volumes a year with the first two volumes releasing in Fall 2023. Sequential reprintings of individual titles will comprise four volumes, with a fifth volume devoted to one of the many first-rate illustrators who worked for Marvel during this period. The collections will run the gamut from colorful, weird, deliciously pulpy stories…
The Fantagraphics 4/20 Sale–some HIGHlights!
Get it?? We’re taking 20% off our dopest books in honor of 4/20 and the sale runs from midnight 4/20/2023 to 11:59 PM—take advantage of this deal on our best comics for stoners while you can! A few of the featured titles: Below Ambition by Simon Hanselmann Megg and Werewolf Jones are Horse Mania. Horse Mania is a test of the audience’s patience, proudly the “worst band in town,” without any ambition to make it. Join the musicians as they battle through shoddy, distracted practice sessions, a squalid house show, and a doomed interstate tour. Watch as they drunkenly flail…
