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“Touching…” — Publishers Weekly “[A] family’s evolution springs from the stories and the dialogue. Clever, moving and often hilarious.” — Houston Chronicle “Unforgettable after the first page, sad and lonely, cute and innocent.” — NewCity Chicago “Sad… but kind of funny too. I thought I came off OK in it.” — The Author’s Mother “I liked your comic, even though you made up all those lies about me.” — The Author’s Father Couch Tag by Jesse Reklaw 176-page monochrome/color 6.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-676-8 Available now! Click the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews and…

  Doth your eyes decieve you!? Pray, is that a Linda Medley print? Pull out the smelling salts before one of us faints from beauty!       You got it, we are almost done loading all the goodies onto the Kickstarter but more items keep coming in from your favorite cartoonists. Linda Medley of Castle Waiting gave us a few other prints. The color "Bonne Lecture" print is $75, the black and tan "Bonne Lecture" print is $60.       Don Rosa is drawing color head shots in Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Son of the Sun for $500. The…

Our campaign to support our Spring-Summer 2014 season on Kickstarter is ongoing, and we're continuing to spotlight the books in question, a couple at a time. (We missed yesterday, so we're doing 3 today.) We've also put our season catalog online for you to browse. (Please note that all artwork, contents, prices, specs, and release dates are preliminary and subject to change.) Luba and Her Family (The Love and Rockets Library)by Gilbert Hernandez 312-page black & white 7.5" x 9.25" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-753-6  Gilbert Hernandez's characters bid "Farewell, My Palomar" as they exit the Eden of the Central American town in Volume…

As you may know, Nicest Man in Comics Stan Sakai and his wonderful wife Sharon have been having a tough time recently as Sharon battles serious illness. Bills for convalescent care have been exceeding what their insurance covers and now CAPS, the Cartoon Art Professional Society, is putting together some charitable efforts to help with that. You can contribute original art for their benefit auction or just send money directly — all the details are here. We love you, Stan! 

Couch Tag by Jesse Reklaw 176-page monochrome/color 6.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-676-8 See More Previews / Order Now   Veteran alternative cartoonist Jesse Reklaw, creator of the long-running weekly comic strip Slow Wave, delivers this tragicomic graphic memoir, his first long-form work. Presented as a series of comic novellas that together comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often hilarious memoir about childhood, family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use, the entire book is told through cleverly inviting conceits like cat histories and card games. The graphic novel is told in five parts: In "Thirteen Cats" (featured in The…

Celebrate 7 Years of Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery with “cARToons: The Art of Alternative Comix” on December 14. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery opened seven years ago in a deserted south Seattle industrial district. In the intervening years, both the bookstore and the neighborhood have woven themselves into the cultural fabric of the region. Celebrate the impact of this unique urban enterprise on Saturday, December 14 with a festive holiday gala and opening reception for “cARToons: The Art of Alternative Comix.” From its inception, the showroom for Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics Books has endeavored to demonstrate the contributions of comix to contemporary…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  Couch Tag by Jesse Reklaw 176-page monochrome/color 6.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-676-8 See Previews / Order Now   This tragicomic, debut graphic novel by acclaimed cartoonist Jesse Reklaw (Slow Wave) presents a series of novellas about cats, toys, and card games that collectively comprise a thoughtful, sometimes dark and often funny memoir about family, childhood, death, mental illness, sex and drug abuse.

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Captain Easy, Soldier of Fortune: The Complete Sunday Newspaper Strips Vol. 4 (1941-1943) by Roy Crane 144-page full-color 10.5" x 14.75" hardcover • $49.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-698-0 See Previews / Order Now In the fourth volume of Fantagraphics' Captain Easy series, our eponymous hero and his loyal sidekick Wash Tubbs answer a newspaper ad that they don’t know is years out of date, and wind up stranded in Guatemala with a busted landing gear and only five dollars to their name. Whoops! They need all their wits and ingenuity to get them out of…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer 72-page black & white 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-717-8 See Previews / Order Now Black is the Color begins with a 17th century sailor abandoned at sea by his shipmates, and as it progresses he endures, and eventually succumbs to, both his lingering death sentence and the advances of a cruel and amorous mermaid. The narrative also explores the experiences of the loved ones he leaves behind, on his ship and at home on land, as well as of the mermaids who jadedly…

  Larry Reid, manager of the Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery was highlighted in the GIFTED insert of the latest issue of The Stranger (Vol. 23, No. 12). He gives you all you need to know about shopping, eating and fun fun fun in Georgetown this holiday season. From The Complete Peanuts collection we're publishing to 'seven-inch slabs by the Stranglers' ("Golden brown, texture like sun…") available in the other half of the store known as Georgetown Records, there is plenty to stuff stockings with, hand over at Channukah or leave on a friend's desk as a secret gift.    We've got music…