At last, all of Tony Millionaire's "Sock Monkey" stories (to date) are collected between two covers — and what covers they are, thanks to designer Jacob Covey — in one omnibus compendium. Sock Monkey Treasury swings into stores in February. Our downloadable excerpt comprises one complete story and then some. In "Heaven," Uncle Gabby makes a celestial discovery and enlists Mr. Crow to help him investigate. Will their expedition lead to paradise or folly? Plus, a chunk of the full-color "Uncle Gabby" story to marvel at, and the Table of Contents for your information. Why not go ahead and pre-order your copy right now?
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 12/9-12/16
Wednesday, December 11th • Seattle, WA: It's your last chance to check out Marathon, an art show of original art, prints, and publications by some of the exhibitors at last month's Short Run Small Press Festival. Plus, the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery currently has the show anthology On Your Marks in stock now! Go get it! (more info) Friday, December 13th • Seattle, WA: Celebrate the 7th Anniversary of the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery with the exhibit cARToons: The Art of Alternative Comix, featuring work from Jeremy Eaton, Ellen Forney, Damon Gentry, John Ohannesian, Jesse Reklaw, and Jim Woodring! (more info) • New…
Spring-Summer 2014 Pre-Order Parade Part 2
Our elves have been busy and 10 more of our Spring-Summer 2014 titles are now newly ready for pre-ordering action. More will become available as they're built into our bookkeeping system (which can be an irregular process) so continue to stay tuned… Batter Up, Charlie Brown! by Charles M. Schulz 64-page two-color 5.5" x 5.5" hardcover • $9.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-725-3 Buddy Buys a Dump by Peter Bagge 144-page full-color 6" x 9" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-745-1 The Amateurs by Conor Stechschulte 72-page black & white (with spot color) 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-734-5 Arsene Schrauwen by Olivier Schrauwen 250-page full-color 8" x 10" hardcover…
Zero Hour and Other Stories by Jack Kamen, Al Feldstein et al. (EC Comics Library) – First Look
The countdown to Zero Hour continues with this first glimpse of an advance copy of the upcoming volume in our EC Comics Library series. Artist Jack Kamen brings Al Feldstein's scripts to life with confident chiaroscuro brushwork in these spine-tingling sci-fi yarns. Mad scientists, creepy aliens, desperate criminals, beautiful women, cigar-chomping government types, apocalypse survivors, sideshow freaks… the classic EC stuff, reproduced in crisp black & white in our handsome, bookshelf-friendly hardcover presentation with scholarly bonus features. Secure your copy by pre-ordering today!
Prince Valiant Vol. 8: 1951-1952 by Hal Foster – Excerpt
Our newest volume of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant opens mid-castle siege, and amid the clangor of battle, young love inspires a bold deed… but will one innocent act of bravery be enough to bring about peace between bitter enemies? Then Val and his band meet some barbarians and some monks, and Val runs into some trouble in the foothills of the Alps. Read all about it in our downloadable excerpt, which presents the first dozen full-page Sunday strips in this volume, which is due to hit shelves next month.
Wandering Son Vol. 6 by Shimura Takako – Photoset Preview
“While most manga about cross-dressing involve lots of shrieking and embarrassment, Wandering Son takes a quieter, more introspective approach…. It’s a very sweet manga with realistic characters — no dead parents or crazy teachers, just ordinary, loving families and supportive friends. This manga is a beautifully produced, hardcover book, and… it’s worth every penny.” — Brigid Alverson, MTV.com “Wandering Son is meticulously accurate in its details, but universal in its emotions. Gay or not, readers shouldn’t find it too difficult to identify with kids who feel like their bodies and their friends are equally culpable in the worst kind of…
Get off the Couch to go to Floating World
Get Off The Couch With Couch Tag Jesse Reklaw's Launches His New Graphic Novel at Floating World WHAT: Get Off The Couch Book Tour for Jesse Reklaw's Couch TagWHEN: Thursday Nov. 19th, 6-9pmWHERE: Floating World Comics, 400 NW Couch St Join Jesse Reklaw at Floating World Comics in Portland, OR on December 19th for a night to remember. From 6pm to 9pm, Reklaw will be signing copies of his twisted graphic novel, Couch Tag. Let him know which of his 13 cats was your favorite. Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Slow Wave, delivers a…
Zero Hour and Other Stories by Jack Kamen, Al Feldstein et al. (EC Comics Library) – Excerpt
A new volume in our EC Comics Library series beams your way next month: Zero Hour and Other Stories, drawn by Jack Kamen and mostly scripted by Al Feldstein, with 22 pulpy sci-fi & suspense shockers full of Cold War paranoia, barely-suppressed sexual urges, desperation, alien invaders, bioengineering gone wrong, mass extinctions, lovelorn automatons, and man's folly in the face of technology he can't fully understand or control. In our downloadable excerpt you'll find the haunting title story, adapted from a story by Ray Bradbury, sandwiched between the ultimate self-loathing tale "The Parallel" and the teleportational "Hot-Rod!"
Wandering Son Vol. 6 by Shimura Takako – Video/Photo Slideshow Preview
Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko / 放浪息子) Vol. 6 by Shimura Takako 220-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-707-9 Ships in: December 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now SPECIAL OFFER: Add Wandering Son Vol. 7 (coming Summer 2014) or Vols. 7 & 8 (coming Winter 2014/2015) to your pre-order for just $19.99 each, a savings of at least $5 off the cover price! Use the option menu on the product page to make your selection. Shimura Takako's sensitive and charming series about two middle schoolers wrestling with their gender identities continues, with more role-reversal play fun this time around. The success…
Pretty in Ink: Acknowledgments
From the editor: Unfortunately, Trina Robbins' acknowledgments were accidentally ommitted from her new book, Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1886-2013. They will be included in the (knock on wood) next printing. Until then, Trina Robbins: A heartfelt thank you to Kyle Ryan, Ellen Klages, Shaun Clancy, Jonathan Warm Day Coming, Patrick Ford, Bill McGrath, Christine Chambers, and Allan Holtz (and his great website, http://strippersguide.blogspot.com), for the priceless material that they provided; to Alexa Dickman, for her detective work that resulted in my finding Fran Hopper; and to Steve Leialoha, for putting together the pieces. This would still be a book…
