Two New Books on the Civil Rights Movement Debut Feb. 4 at Fantagraphics Bookstore

Listen, Whitey! Celebrate Black History Month on February 4 at Fantagraphics Bookstore with two new books on the Civil Rights movement. Fantagraphics Bookstore kicks off Black History Month on Saturday, February 4 with the debut of two diverse books. Seattle-based music scholar Pat Thomas, author of Listen, Whitey!: The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965 – 1975, will be joined by Seattle authors Mark Long and Jim Demonakos, who together with cartoonist Nate Powell created the graphic novel The Silence of Our Friends. While researching this book project in Oakland, archivist Pat Thomas discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews,…

Black Classroom by Steven Weissman – “Life Is Fair”

Each week we bring you a new strip from Steven Weissman, creator of the long-running series of “Yikes!” adventures. Chocolate Cheeks, the newest collection of the Yikes! gang’s adventures, is now available. Recent books by Steven Weissman (click covers for complete product details): {product_snapshot:id=1648,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=873,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=204,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=703,true,false,true,left} All books by Steven Weissman

Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 7

We are proud and pleased to be publishing our first Nicolas Mahler book (a full-color hardcover, no less) in April 2012: Angelman. We are serializing the first quarter of the book with the rest of our weekly digital comics… at the end of which, you will be so absorbed in Angelman’s travails that you will have no choice but to pick up the book. Enjoy!

Black Classroom by Steven Weissman – “Maybe”

Each week we bring you a new strip from Steven Weissman, creator of the long-running series of “Yikes!” adventures. Chocolate Cheeks, the newest collection of the Yikes! gang’s adventures, is now available. Recent books by Steven Weissman (click covers for complete product details): {product_snapshot:id=1648,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=873,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=204,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=703,true,false,true,left} All books by Steven Weissman

Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 6

We are proud and pleased to be publishing our first Nicolas Mahler book (a full-color hardcover, no less) in April 2012: Angelman. We are serializing the first quarter of the book with the rest of our weekly digital comics… at the end of which, you will be so absorbed in Angelman’s travails that you will have no choice but to pick up the book. Enjoy!

Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 5

We are proud and pleased to be publishing our first Nicolas Mahler book (a full-color hardcover, no less) in April 2012: Angelman. We are serializing the first quarter of the book with the rest of our weekly digital comics… at the end of which, you will be so absorbed in Angelman’s travails that you will have no choice but to pick up the book. Enjoy!