We are celebrating #blackcatappreciationday by reading Charles Burns, Valentina and Wuvable Oaf. Comics + cats = awesome.
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Dungeons and DJs
This week’s digital releases focus on the beginnings of hip hop and the ending of Dungeon Quest.
This Week’s Press Highlights
Praise for Not Funny Ha-Ha “It’s human, humane, and full of information that every person should have and many try to deny people from having. This is the rare book that is bigger than the sum of its parts.” Read more at Large Hearted Boy “It’s not only a beautifully-made and well-actualized book, but it’s also probably the most accessible and relaxed, while still being frank, discussion about abortion that I’ve ever seen…. It feels like Hayes is giving you a reassuring hug and a warm cup of tea and then calmly talking you through what your next few days…
Stein and Ditko, Digitally
This week’s digital releases include two masterworks: one contemporary, one classic.
Show us your piece of #HipHopHistory
Dig through your crates, dig through your pullbox and show us your piece of #HipHopHistory! We want to see your favorite vinyl, posters and band shirts. Upload a pic and tag it with #HipHopHistory and #Fantagraphics for a chance to win a bundle of covetable, collectible variant covers of the brand new monthly Hip Hop Family Tree #1 before it drops.
Digital Releases Highlight the Stimulating, Stirring, and Sidesplitting
A couple of sensational debuts and an out-of-print backlist selection are featured in this week’s digital releases.
National Hot Dog Day
Today is National Hot Dog Day! The Fantagraphics staff (*cough, hard working interns, cough*) have taken this occasion to scour the archives for those tasty mystery meats treats appearing in our comics. We found dogs all overThe Complete Eightball, Megg Mogg Owl and Wally Gropius. Suggested ways to celebrate: Though you can no longer visit the (appetizingly-named) Funhole in Seattle, you can still recreate your own Jim Woodring hot dog by topping it with Pineapple, cream cheese & Sriracha. Sounds pretty good TBH. Also read the full cautionary tale “The Hot Dog with the Open Packaging” on Vice
We Were Reading Fante Bukowski Digitally Before It Was Cool
One of today’s most prestigious and prolific cartoonists, Noah Van Sciver, is back. You can download and (unironically) love his new book on your own personal reading device starting today.
Dystopian Debut in Digital
Dörfler — the bold and dizzying debut graphic novel from Jeremy Baum — is now available digitally through comiXology and Sequential.
