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The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 8: The Death of Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb 144-page black & white/color 8.5" x 11" softcover • $19.99978-1-56097-076-7 New Printing Now in Stock — Order Now! Volume 8 of the collected works of underground comix legend Robert Crumb brings the series up to 1972. This was an era when fame and fortune were weighing heavily on Crumb, and his reactions to his celebrity produced some of his best and most fascinating strips! This volume includes several classic works, including the solo titles Home Grown (which includes the infamous 22-page sex story "Whiteman Meets Bigfoot");…

Fantagraphics and comiXology bring you the the next volume in the Frank series by Jim Woodring, Congress of the Animals! A chain of events propels Frank out of the Unifactor and into a world where he is on his own at last; and like so many who leave home, Frank finds himself contending with realities of which he had no previous inkling. In Congress of the Animals we are treated to the pitiful spectacle of Frank losing his house, taking a factory job, falling in with bad company, fleeing the results of sabotage, escaping the Unifactor in an amusement park ride…and so…

The fourth and final volume of Roy Crane's Captain Easy Sunday strips is on the way for release in late November/early December, and we're pleased to present this downloadable teaser excerpt for your reading pleasure. In these 10 strips, our heroes Easy and his best chum Wash Tubbs are reunited with their old friend Lulu Belle, take off for Guatemala on a bum job lead, and fall in with some shady characters led by the baddest bandit in all of Central America… who happens to be a "saucy and cute" girl, of course! "You betcher pink panties there's gunner be trouble!"…

Gene Deitch, whose new book Nudnik Revealed! is out now, sent the following note to Irwin Chusid, editor of The High Fidelity Art of Jim Flora, also out now: THE HIGH-FIDELITY ART OF JIM FLORA arrived! This latest treasury of Jim's art is the closest to my heart, as it covers the exact material that led me to him in the mid 1940s-and which had an overpowering influence on my own graphic attempts. Everyone who followed my work in the Record Changer magazine, reproduced in the Fantagraphics book, THE CAT ON A HOT THIN GROOVE, knows that much of my stuff was flat-out…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 8: The Death of Fritz the Cat by Robert Crumb 144-page black & white/color 8.5" x 11" softcover • $19.99978-1-56097-076-7 Previews TK / Order Now! The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 8: The Death of Fritz the Cat continues the multi-volume series comprising the complete works of the legendary cartoonist R. Crumb, one of America's most original, trenchant, and uncompromising satirists. The series includes the earliest, heretofore unpublished comic strips, as well as his underground comix, dramatic and autobiographical strips, and his classic cartoon creations Fritz the Cat and…

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Treasury of Mini Comics Vol. 1 by various artists; edited by Michael Dowers 848-page black & white/color 5" x 6.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-657-7 "It's a rich resource for this strata of the industry… most of us would consider it a steal to get our hands on some of this…

Jean-Christophe Menu just sent this very sweet strip to us today. Thanks, J-C.

* Other People's Publications** Yeah, You Know Me. The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is thrilled to offer up the debut graphic novel of a rising star in Seattle's comics scene: Max Badger Woodring! Winner of a 2012 Xeric grant, this self-published tome is stunningly impressive. Come by the store and see for yourself!   In fact, if you come by the store this Saturday, October 12th for his dad's book release party for Fran, I bet you could get your copy signed! The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is located at 1201 S. Vale Street in Seattle's Georgetown district. Open daily 11:30…

Saturday, October 12th • New York City, NY:  Authors Blake Bell and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo celebrate the release of The Secret History of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire at the Society of Illustrators, with very special guests Al Jaffee and Stan Goldberg! Wow, wow, wow! All those in attendance will receive a special limited edition, tipped-in plate for the book, signed by the authors, and the cost of admission also gives you access to an exclusive signing session and catered reception afterwards (with cash bar). (more info) • Seattle, WA:  Join visionary…

Come one, come all to the NYC art opening to celebrate the James Romberger and Rick Prol's show this October 16th. The reception will take place at the Dorian Grey Gallery on 9th Street (near Ave A.) from 6pm 'til 9pm. If you enjoyed Romberger's Fantagraphics graphic novel 7 Miles a Second or Post York from Uncivilized Books, this is the place to be! The show will run from October 16h-November 17, 2013 and the gallery hours are Tuesday-Sunday 12pm-7pm. Dorian Grey Gallery 437 East 9th Street (at Avenue A)New York, NY 10009 516.244.4126 info@doriangraygallery.com