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Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present recent works by narrative artist Dave Cooper, with special guest Johnny Ryan on Saturday, October 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Both artists are celebrating the publication of new books with an art exhibition, reception and book signing. Canadian artist Dave Cooper offers us a window into the wobbly dollhouse that is his mind's eye. The artist is touring the West Coast behind BENT, his latest monograph from Fantagraphics Books, which will debut at the event. The book gathers diverse imagery that is at once disturbing and alluring. Cooper has developed a…

It is our distinct privilege to bring you these exclusive views of the Moebius strip comic created by Jim Woodring. Video: Photo courtesy the artist: Looped animation: Featured comics by Jim Woodring (click covers for ordering info & previews): {product_snapshot:id=1773,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=1486,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=1127,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=922,true,false,false,left} All comics by Jim Woodring

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.

Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. This strip is seen here in color for the first time. 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.

FANTAGRAPHICS ACQUIRES LOST ‘GRAPHIC NOVEL' BY WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS & ARTIST MALCOLM McNEILL   SEATTLE, WA, SEPT. 9, 2010 — Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce the acquisition of the only graphic novel written by — and possibly the last unseen work of his to be published — the innovative Beat writer and Naked Lunch author, William S. Burroughs. This lost masterpiece, Ah Pook Is Here, created in collaboration with artist Malcolm McNeill in the 1970s, will be published in the summer of 2011 as a spectacularly packaged two-volume, hinged set, along with Observed While Falling, McNeill's memoir documenting his collaboration with one…

Featured comics by Dame Darcy (click covers for ordering info & previews): {product_snapshot:id=1883,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=1616,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=887,true,false,false,left} {product_snapshot:id=1507,true,false,false,left} All comics by Dame Darcy

Originally run as an experiment on Stephen’s blog starting in 2008, Monday’s Strip is re-presented here. This strip is seen here in color for the first time. 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.

Slip into something more comfortable as we present a new column at Fantagraphics: Under the Covers, a sexy* look at album covers drawn by our artists, and the musicians who hook up with them. [ *Ed. note: Sorry, not really sexy. ] We're kicking off this column with a two-fer: musician Kristin Hersh and Gilbert Hernandez of Love & Rockets.  Gilbert drew the cover to the 1996 Throwing Muses album Limbo, and most recently, the cover to Kristin's memoir Rat Girl, out today from Penguin. Janice: So, all the way back to the very beginning, how did you first discover…

Summer 2010 interns Ian Burns, Melissa Gray, Jamie Hibdon, Kailyn Kent, Michael Litven and Christina Texeira put together a series of discussion questions about Tim Hensley's Wally Gropius for use in book clubs. As these questions are intended for those who have read the book, please be warned that contain spoilers. How the Story is Told Wally Gropius is broken up into a collection of small episodes that end with punch lines. How did this affect your reading experience, i.e. your engagement with the story and feelings for the characters? What affect does solid color instead of detailed backgrounds have…

I had some questions for Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman, which he graciously answered over email. All links below were added by me. MB: In the new issue of Thrizzle, apart from the move to full color, there also seem to be fewer short strips and gags and more multi-page stories — what led to this? Is this indicative of an evolutionary shift in the comic? MK: Well, yes — the comic has to keep evolving to keep going. For this issue I had been developing these three story ideas for a while, and it just worked out…