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.
Kramers Ergot, the Anthology that Revolutionized the Medium, Comes to Fantagraphics
For Immediate Release: JULY 17, 2015- SEATTLE, WA: Kramers Ergot is the twenty-first-century’s premier comics anthology. Since its inception in 2000, it has introduced new talents and solidified aesthetics; each volume is an of-the-moment, state-of-the-medium manifesto. This anthology has always been a reflection of creator/editor Sammy Harkham’s comics passions, both past and future. This volume plunges into the spot where contemporary visual art discovers narrative, expanding the boundaries of the comics page. Kramers Ergot 9 gathers many of the best and brightest together in one giant, oversized collection: it will feature Michael DeForge, Noel Freibert, Steven Weissman, Anya Davidson, Stefan Marx,…
Daly’s Digital!
Joe Daly is a master of uproarious action and grotesque intensity. Here, he pulls no punches in the penultimate issue of Dungeon Quest Book Three, now available on comiXology.
Heretical Graphic Designer Art Chantry at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to announce the global debut of Art Chantry Speaks: A Heretic’s History of 20th Century Graphic Design from Port Townsend’s Feral House press. The reception, book signing and companion exhibition by one of the country’s most influential graphic designers opens Saturday, July 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition continues though August 6, 2015. Chantry’s idiosyncratic style dramatically impacted contemporary graphic design throughout the 1980s and 1990s with his emphasis on hand-crafted techniques just as digital graphics were becoming ubiquitous. His new book collects captivating essays and illustrations that document the essential elements…
SDCC 2015: Fanta Staff Picks
Has your months of pre-planning, saving, and defensive stretching prepared your body for the impending San Diego Comic-Con? Well you’ve probably done as much as you can at this point, so to help make your life a little easier we’ve painstakingly selected some titles to help as you slog through bodies upon bodies of con-goers. (I say painstakingly because we love all of our books and these were really hard to choose!) You can pick up these books and pick our brains at booth #1718 from July 9-12th.
Queer Comics
This weekend, Seattle celebrates Pride Fest with parades, concerts and more events across our city. Fantagraphics is proud to publish queer comics, and we want to share some of our favorite books with LGBTQ artists, characters and themes.
Two years ago today
We miss you Kim.
Graham and Gilbert Go Digital!
This week, our digital offerings through comiXology include Graham Ingels’ new EC collection and Gilbert Hernandez’s innovative issue of Blubber.
