Fantagraphics Bookstore Marks 4th Anniversary on December 11 with Festive Holiday Gala Featuring Music, Art, Comix and More! Since opening in December 2006, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery has become a treasured civic asset. In addition to feeding Northwest residents' insatiable appetite for challenging contemporary culture, the space has attracted visitors from across the country and around the world. Saturday, December 11 marks the bookstore's 4th anniversary, and to celebrate the occasion we're once again hosting the season's most festive party featuring amazing music, comix, art, and more! The evening includes solo music sets by Zak Sally and Mark Pickerel. Zak…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on The Littlest Pirate King
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about The Littlest Pirate King by David B., Fantagraphics' second Franco-Belgian kids' comic release, now available to order from us or at a comics shop near you. – Ed.] This is Fantagraphics' first full David B. book, right? Correct. We published the second issue of his Ignatz comic Babel (D+Q published the first one before wimping out on the whole Ignatz deal), and four of his short stories in Zero Zero and MOME (in fact, the three MOME stories will be…
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 11
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. This strip was written by visitors to Stephen’s blog and lettered by Siobhan DeStefano. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!! Punk Rawk Matinee at Fantagraphics Bookstore on November 13
Celluloid chaos is on tap as Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, in association with Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, present the final Seattle celebration of DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film on Saturday afternoon, November 13 at 2:00 PM. Editors Zack Carlson and Bryan Connolly will be joined by Fantagraphics Books' resident design genius Jacob Covey to sign copies of this exquisite, encyclopedic compendium of punk movies. The event features an ambient screening of clips drawn from the more than 1,100 films chronicled in the book. DESTROY ALL MOVIES!!! documents the punk movement as captured through the lenses of…
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 10
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. Lettering on this strip by Siobhan DeStefano. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on Toys in the Basement
[In this first of what will hopefully be a recurring series of Editors Notes posts, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") on the subject of Fantagraphics' first Franco-Belgian kids' comic release, coming to a comics shop near you later in November. – Ed.] This is your first Blanquet book. Why pick this one? Honestly, it kind of dropped in my lap out of nowhere. I read it, I liked it, and I thought "Why not?" I've long wanted do publish a Blanquet book – we've published short stories of his in Zero Zero and Blab!… This…
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 9
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 8
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
Monday’s Strip by Stephen DeStefano – Strip 7
Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. Stephen’s graphic novel Lucky in Love Book 1: A Poor Man’s History (written by George Chieffet) was released by Fantagraphics in September, 2010.
Charles Burns Returns to Seattle on October 30 with Spooky New Book
Charles Burns was among a trio of gifted cartoonists to emerge from The Evergreen State College in the mid-1970s. Together, Burns and fellow Evergreen alumni Matt Groening and Lynda Barry altered the course of contemporary comix and left an indelible mark on regional culture. Burns makes a rare return visit to his native Seattle on Saturday, October 30 to celebrate the publication of his amazing new graphic novel X'ED OUT with a slide talk, art exhibition, and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. His idiosyncratic horror-story sensibility is perfect for the Halloween-eve occasion. Burns began his career as a…
