Longtime fan favorite Steven Weissman has put out numerous books through Fantagraphics over the years and now some of the best are available to you digitally through comiXology. To go along with Weissman’s brilliant and surreal Barack Hussein Obama, we are now offering four books in his “Yikes!” series: Chewing Gum in Church Chocolate Cheeks Mean White Flower Day If you’re new to these comics or have been on the Weissman wagon for a while, make sure your personal reading device is stocked with these hilarious selections from the Fantagraphics backlist!
Buckle Up for More Backlist!
We’ve got no new digital releases today, but that’s not stopping us from delivering some more backlist Best-Ofs to you! Fire up your tablets because, for the very first time, these books will be available through comiXology: Out of the Shadows by Mort Meskin Buddy Does Seattle by Peter Bagge Buddy Does Jersey by Peter Bagge Pirates in the Heartland: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson Vol. 1 by Patrick Rosenkranz Demons and Angels: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson Vol. 2 by Patrick Rosenkranz
What’s in Store
Thanks to Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo and everyone who came out to support the release of Red Eye from Seattle’s own Short Run Micropress. The exhibition of prints and original art remains on view though April 6. A limited number of the minicomic featuring 16 international cartoonists are available at the store. Congratulations to our friends at Short Run on another exquisite publication. Our accent on international comix continues on Wednesday, March 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM as we welcome our Canadian colleague Tony Cliff signing copies of his new graphic novel Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling. The…
Digital Wimmen’s Comix, Uptight, and More!
We are very happy to present the groundbreaking, decades-long anthology Wimmen’s Comix this week. Today also marks the digital return of Jordan Crane and even more goodies from our backlist. In the late ’60s, underground comix changed the way comics readers saw the medium, but there was an important pronoun missing from the artistic revolution. In 1972, ten women cartoonists got together to rectify the situation and produce the first and longest-lasting all-woman comics anthology Wimmen’s Comix. Within two years the Wimmen’s Comix Collective had introduced cartoonists like Roberta Gregory and Melinda Gebbie and would go on to publish artists…
Zap on Your Tablet and Much, Much More!
Say goodbye to the most influential anthology of all-time and hello to an exciting selection of backlist titles as we introduce our weekly digital releases. This is it. The most important cartooning collective delivers one last issue of their uninhibited, id-stroking mad genius in this farewell 80-page giant issue of Zap. Zap #16 is the only issue to feature all eight Zapsters under one cover and, at long last, a woman joins the boy’s club as Aline Kominsky-Crumb delivers biting and witty strips herself. This final blowout issue not only showcases each artist individually, but also includes three double-page jams…
Daniel Clowes presents Patience at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Daniel Clowes is among the most accomplished artists of his generation. Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, March 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as we celebrate the publication of Patience, perhaps his most ambitious graphic novel to date. Clowes came to prominence with his groundbreaking Eightball comic book series in the 1990s, which was characterized by biting social satire rendered with a singular graphic sensibility. Eightball also included several cinematic long form stories such as Ghost World, which was adapted to film in 2001 featuring Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch in the lead roles. Clowes received an Academy…
Soldier’s Heart by Carol Tyler, nominated for LA Times Book Prize
Congratulations to Carol Tyler, on her nomination for the LA Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels and Comics, for her book Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir. You can read the full list of finalists at the LA Times. Order your copy of this graphic masterpiece at Fantagraphics.com.
What’s in Store (International Edition)
Join us on Friday, February 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as we host an exhibition of international artists for the debut of Red Eye from Short Run Micropress. This event features a special appearance by Spanish cartoonist Ricardo Cavolo, signing copies of his bestselling book 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die. Red Eye is best described as a curated chain letter. The publishers reached out to international artists whose work they admired and asked them to choose an artist from their community to contribute artwork to the book. The resulting handcrafted anthology…
Fantagraphics Bookstore presents Underworld with Kaz
When not working as an Emmy-winning writer for animated series like Camp Lazlo, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoonist Kaz has been drawing his weekly Underworld comic strip since 1992. Come celebrate the first comprehensive collection of his clever creation on February 13 with a book signing and art exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood collects the most memorable strips from the 23 year lifetime of the strip, together with photos, anecdotes, and related Underworld ephemera. The strip, which enjoyed a long run in Seattle weekly The Stranger, chronicles a degenerate society populated by parodies of…
The Book of Hope is Now Digital
An exploration into quotidian moments and timeless humor, the Fantagraphics debut of Finnish artist Tommi Musturi The Book of Hope is now available digitally. In a way that only the medium of comics can, The Book of Hope slows the reader down to the rhythms of the silent life of a retired couple living in a rural countryside. But behind the static, routine moments, something bigger takes shape — a flash of encroaching death starts to consume the husband leading to all-encompassing visions and important questions. The strong presence of silence and nature reflect the arctic exotica of Musturi’s native…
