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[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about The Cabbie Vol. 1 by Martí, now available to order from us and at a comics shop near you. – Ed.] Okay, then… so, a couple of weeks after an ultraviolent crime thriller by a French cartoonist (Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot), you're releasing an ultraviolent crime thriller by a Spanish cartoonist. Is this a trend?

 More like a coincidence. Of all the foreign books we're releasing this year, they're really the only two who fall into this…

This interview with Michael Kupperman about his new book Mark Twain's Autobiography 1910-2010 was conducted by Fantagraphics intern Steven Davis. Thanks to Steven and Michael! STEVEN DAVIS: You’ve been talking about doing a longer-form narrative for a while. What made you decide on the autobiographical format? MICHAEL KUPPERMAN: It’s just what I fell into doing. I find the reasons for doing things, the “why,” is very important, and if you’re doing what you’re doing because it genuinely amuses, you’re in the strongest position possible. I just started writing a couple of chapters and I was enjoying it, and it felt…

This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.

For over thirty years Nell Brinkley's beautiful girls pirouetted, waltzed, vamped and shimmied their way through the pages of William Randolph Hearst's newspapers, captivating the American public with their innocent sexuality. Accomplished cartoonist and women's comix "herstorian" Trina Robbins examines the work of this unjustly forgotten artist in The Brinkley Girls: The Best of Nell Brinkley's Cartoons from 1913 – 1940. Robbins will present the work of this remarkable illustrator with an exhibition, slide talk and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, October 8 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. A brash Nell Brinkley arrived in New York…

This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.

A report released this week by Auburn University shows that the oil unleashed on the Gulf of Mexico by the BP oil spill is not degrading and poses a long-term threat to coastal ecosystems. The Deepwater Horizon disaster is the subject of a new graphic novel by journalist Steve Duin and cartoonist Shannon Wheeler. On Saturday, October 1, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will host a reception for Duin and editor Michael Rosen where the public will get the first glance at this remarkable new book from Fantagraphics, Oil and Water. On a trip to examine the aftermath of the BP…

This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.

(Click here for a larger image; click here for an alternate version!) Fantagraphics Books Presents: MICHAEL KUPPERMANTHE TWAIN IN THE MEMBRANE TOUR Celebrating the release of MARK TWAIN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 1910-2010 "Here Mister Kupperman," he said, thrusting a manuscript into my hands. "Publish this, and let the world read of my adventures."  My name is Mark Twain, and I write these words to you in the good old days of August 2010. "What's that," you say? "Didn't you die a hundred years ago, you old coot?… The truth is I never died, but the same old rumors got exaggerated and then…

DRAWING POWER: Curator Warren Bernard discusses the history of cartoon advertising at Fantagraphics Bookstore on September 24. Special guest artist Tom Neely presents The Wolf. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery welcomes two diverse professionals in the field of comix for an extraordinary event on Saturday, September 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Editor and curator Warren Bernard will discuss cartoons in the service of commerce in connection with his new book and exhibition Drawing Power: A Compendium of Cartoon Advertising. He'll be joined by provocative contemporary cartoonist and visual artist Tom Neely presenting his new graphic novel The Wolf. Drawing Power…

This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs weekly in the Washington City Paper and here on the Fantagraphics website.