It is the holiday season and boy, do we have a gift for you! Every issue of MOME (all 22 of them) is now available on comiXology, each for the low price of $9.99. Every period of modern comics history has had its anthology that tapped into the zeitgeist and foreshadowed a new generation of cartoonists — Zap in the ’60s, Arcade in the ’70s, Raw and Weirdo in the ’80s. For the new millennium, there was MOME. This accessible, quarterly book put a spotlight on a regular cast of dozens of today’s most exciting cartoonists. Running from 2004 to…
Angouleme Official Selection 2016
Fantagraphics is proud to announce that the French editions of four of our very favorite graphic novels have been nominated for Angoulême’s Grand Prix Official Selection for the 2016 Festival International de la Bande Dessinee that will take place in Angoulême this January. Megg, Mogg, & Owl Magical Ecstasy Trip (aka some selections from Megahex) by Simon Hanselmann Fin (aka The End) by Anders Nilsen Doctors (aka Doctors) by Dash Shaw Arsene Schrauwen (aka Arsene Schrauwen) by Olivier Schrauwen Congratulations to all nominees, which you can check out here. The Angoulême International Comics Festival was founded by French cultural ministers Francis Groux…
What’s in Store (Best of 2015 Edition)
It’s time that I select my favorite comix of 2015. Lots of incredible books to choose from this year. I was particularly impressed with the quality of self-published and small press editions, which I’ll list separately on the bookstore’s Facebook page. – Larry Reid, Curator, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Black Light: The World of L.B. Cole. The colorful covers of golden age comix are the focus of this exceptional and long overdue volume on mid-century master L. B. Cole. Essential. We Are Gypsies Now. Tacoma-born media artist Danielle de Picciotto chronicles her nomadic adventures with husband and collaborator…
Eternaut art on display in Berlin
“Mafalda and Eternauta are Saving the world” – the critical Art of Argentinian comics, is an impressive installation/projection on display now through January 17th, in Berlin. “Immigration, Art and Politics are the DNA of Argentinian Comic-Artists. One is an Argentinian with german roots, one was born in Paraguay. A third one is italian, a fourth one from Uruguay. The next is from Andalucia and the last one has roots in Libanon and Malaga. We are talking about the writer Hèctor Germán Oesterheld, the Artist Francisco Solano López, about Hugo Pratt Alberto Breccia, Quino and Miguel Rep. They are…
Good Grief! All Peanuts Products 20% Off at Fantagraphics Bookstore!
Fantagraphics Bookstore commemorates the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas television special by offering 20% off all Peanuts products through Christmas Eve. With over 50 popular Peanuts titles in stock, you’re sure to find the perfect affordable gift for everyone on your list. How the cantankerous Peanuts characters came to be so closely associated with Christmas was serendipitous. In his introduction to The Complete Peanuts 1963 – 1964, animator Bill Melendez recalls he and Charles Schulz received a call from producer Lee Mendelson saying “he had just sold a Peanuts Christmas show…and we both asked him what show was…
Two New Magnum Opuses Go Digital
This week’s digital releases include the English translation of The Eternaut and Carol Tyler’s Soldier’s Heart. That’s a lot to be thankful for! Fantagraphics is proud to present, for the first time in English, a graphic novel so powerful its main character’s image has become a potent symbol of the endless struggle against oppression — The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. This seminal Argentine science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial strip from 1957–59. Juan Salvo, its inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metalworker Franco, face what appears…
Support Small Business this Saturday at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Small Business Saturday on November 28 encourages consumers to patronize small local shops in response to the breathless hyperbole surrounding “Black Friday.” Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery fully supports this effort (while appreciating the irony of the campaign’s sponsorship by some of the world’s largest corporations.) The bookstore commemorates the occasion in appropriate fashion with an appearance by Seattle cartoonist Colleen Frakes signing copies of her recent small press graphic memoir Prison Island. The book chronicles the artist’s unconventional upbringing on a remote island penitentiary near Tacoma, Washington, where her parents worked in corrections. Join us this Saturday from 6:00…
Not Funny Ha-Ha and Planned Parenthood
The year 2015 has seen some of the most dramatic federal and state challenges to the legal and safe access women have to reproductive and sexual healthcare. At the center of it, Planned Parenthood. A partially federally funded organization that provides specialized healthcare to men and women, and primarily of a lower income. Due to malicious and false attacks against Planned Parenthood, many politicians have sought to defund all of PP via legislative grandstanding and posturing. Even though the “charges” brought against PP’s legality has since been struck down, the damage has been done in many states where they have…
More Peanuts for Your Digital Collection!
This week’s digital release is Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3: 1961–1965. Since their original publication, Peanuts Sundays have almost always been collected and reprinted in black and white. But many who read Peanuts in their original Sunday papers remain fond of the striking coloring, which makes for a surprisingly different reading experience. The early- to mid-1960s strips in our latest volume houses the first golden age of Peanuts Sundays in one gorgeous, full-color book. Linus, Charlie Brown, Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, Sally, Patty, and Schroeder are all present, but the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3:…
National Cat Day
In honor of National Cat Day we’ve put together a list of Fantagraphics’ favorite felines. In no particular order, here are some of our top comics featuring cats: 1. Lost Cat by Jason Jason is a master of simplicity and subverting expectations. Lost Cat is a playful take on the classic detective story and a moving exploration of the unexpected ways people form connections. 2. Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce While protagonist Oaf is indeed quite wuvable, his kitten companions are just as frequently endearing and adorable. Ed Luce gives troubled cats like Santino and Pavel genuine…
