Two Fantagraphics' cartoonists have been give the green light to make a full season of animated cartoons for Nickelodeon. Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan are in the full she-bang, a full 26 episodes of PIGGOATBANANACRICKET and we are oh-so excited! Cooper told the Ottawa Citizen, "This is pretty big. I'm pretty excited about it. My life is going to be very different from now on." And Johnny Ryan stated, "The plan is to create a cartoon that is hilarious and incredibly weird. I want it to be something that kids not only talk about at school the next day…
The Complete Crumb Comics Vols. 6 & 17 by Robert Crumb – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Complete Crumb Comics Vol. 6: On the Crest of a Wave (New Printing) by Robert Crumb 156-page black & white/color 8.5" x 11" softcover • $19.99978-1-60699-683-6 See Previews / Order Now Robert Crumb enters the '70s with this, the sixth volume in Fantagraphics Books' all-inclusive reprint series. This includes a couple of genuine rarities (some of them so obscure they didn't even make the Crumb Checklist), as well as all of Crumb's work from Big Ass #1, Zap #4 (including the legendary, much-busted, X-rated "Joe Blow" teen incest strip), the remarkably…
Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me (Expanded Hardcover) by Peter Bagge – Now in Stock
In stock and shipping now from our mail-order department: Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations (Expanded Hardcover Ed.) by Peter Bagge 152-page full-color 8" x 10.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-656-0 See Previews / Order Now Fans of Peter Bagge’s generation-defining, satirical fiction may not realize this, but the cartoonist doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative (but still hilarious) comic-strip opinion pieces to Reason magazine for the last several years… collected in this volume. Although a libertarian by inclination (hence the Reason gig), Bagge (who lives in the fuzzy-headed, liberal capital of the Northwest,…
Ed Piskor at Chicago Ideas Week
Coming up this October, Ed Piskor will be speaking at the Chicago Ideas Week on the panel called Hip-Hop: Movement Beyond the Music. This panel is on Saturday, October 19th from 4-5:30pm. What began at a house party in the Bronx has swelled into an international cultural movement influencing our music, fashion, advertising and collective identity. Forty years after the birth of hip-hop, industry voices gather around the mic to deconstruct how it impacts us all- whether you know it or not. Ed will gather around the mic with Reggie Osse (Combat Jack Show), Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University),…
The Secret History of Marvel Comics Book Release in NYC!
It's no secret — The Secret History of Marvel Comics: Jack Kirby and the Moonlighting Artists at Martin Goodman's Empire is a thrill! Come celebrate the book release with authors Blake Bell and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo on Saturday, October 12th at the Society of Illustrators, starting at 7:00 PM. Also joining the authors will be special guests, famed artists Al Jaffee and Stan Goldberg to discuss their memories of working for owner Martin Goodman during the halcyon days of Marvel Comics in the 1940s and 50s! All those in attendance will receive a special limited edition, tipped-in plate for…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 9/30-10/7
Wednesday, October 2nd • Chicago, IL: The magnificent Danny Bland presents his debut novel, In Case We Die, at Quimby's, starting at 7:00 PM! Don't miss it! (more info) Thursday, October 3rd • Lincoln, NE: Wow! If you live in the area, you simply cannot miss this talk with the great Al Columbia at Lucas Hall at Nebraska Wesleyan University! Saturday, October 5th • Philadelphia, PA: Don't miss the great Kim Deitch and Michael Kupperman at the 2013 Locust Moon Comics Festival! I want someone to film a buddy comedy of their trip this weekend. (more info)
Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013 by Trina Robbins – Excerpt
Not resting on the laurels of her 2013 Eisner Hall of Fame induction, Trina Robbins has taken her epochal history of women in comics and completely revised and updated it into a new volume, Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013, scheduled to hit stores this November. Here we bring you a downloadable excerpt of Chapter 1, "The Queens of Cute," which introduces you to the creators of American icons the Kewpies (also the creator of the first known comic strip by an American woman), the Campbell Kids, and other cherubic characters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Later…
Black Is the Color by Julia Gfrörer – First Look
Julia Gfrörer's Black Is the Color is sure to be one of the most talked-about graphic novel debuts of the season, having already garnered raves in its serialized webcomic form. With spare storytelling, dry, dark humor, and detailed, spidery ink lines, this swoon-worthy tale of sailors and mermaids, love and death lingers in the mind long after the last page is read. Black Is the Color will be ready to join our other recent acclaimed sea-faring debuts Blacklung and Set to Sea on your bookshelves in about 2 months; an excerpt and pre-order details can be found right here.
Julio’s Day Cocktail
Remember last summer when when Scott Kirkpatrick made that awesome drink inspired by Love and Rockets Ghost of Hoppers (scroll way down) was created and featured at the Rye on Market in Louisville, KY today? Well, he's back with another recipe! This time based on Julio's Day by Gilbert Hernandez. Quite the mixologist, Kirkpatrick says "I wanted something that contained elements that would be available to Julio in his world and also ingredients that represented youth and old age." Julio's Day 1 oz. Cazadores Blanco (young tequila) 1 oz. Cazadores Añejo (aged tequila) .75 oz "Marquez Syrup" .5 oz Dolin…
Gilbert Hernandez Awarded PEN USA Literary Award
Following a line of Fantagraphics' cartoonists like last year's Joe Sacco and 2011's Daniel Clowes, the great Gilbert Hernandez has won the Pen Graphic Literature Award for outstanding body of work. Judged by panels of distinguished writers, critics, and editors, Hernandez's 30 years of work in comics includes FIVE books out this year! It's nothing to sneeze at. The 23rd Annual Literary Awards Festival takes place at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA on Monday, October 14th, 2013.
