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Janet Hamlin's first on-screen interview about her new book Sketching Guantanamo: Court Sketches of the Military Tribunals, 2006-2013 (coming in October) was aired on the Arabic news channel Al Arabiya this week. Filmed on location at Guantanamo after a full day of hearings, the video shows Janet in the compound, journalists photographing her drawings, and some nice views of the book including the striking shot below. It's a perfect introduction to Janet, her work, and the book.

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Squirrel Machine (Softcover Edition) by Hans Rickheit 192-page black & white 7" x 10" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-646-1 See Previews / Order Now Set in a fictional 19th century New England town, The Squirrel Machine initially chronicles the relationship and maturation of Edmund and William Torpor. But the two brothers quickly elicit the scorn and recrimination of an unamused public when they reveal their musical creations built from strange technologies and scavenged animal carcasses. Driven to seek a concealment for their aberrant vocation, they make a startling discovery. Perhaps they will divine…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  The High Fidelity Art of Jim Flora edited by Irwin Chusid & Barbara Economon 180-page full-color 11" x 10" softcover • $34.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-655-3 See Previews / Order Now “Music releases my inhibitions. Gradually, I’m listening to music and my spirit gets free and I work without thinking. Which is how you really create—without thinking. Music — jazz in particular — helps me flow. I can swing a little bit — try this, try that.” – Jim Flora, interview, 1990 Since the publication of The Mischievous Art of Jim Flora in 2004,…

"Johnny Craig is probably my all-time favorite cartoonist. I love everything about his work, from the scripts to the storytelling, to the flawless ink lines. The true under-rated genius of EC Comics." – Ed Brubaker (Criminal, Fatale, Incognito, Gotham Central, Scene of the Crime) "All of these books are essential purchases for comics fans… These are the books that best show off how EC took genre stories seriously, striving to create comics that didn’t treat readers as naive or ignorant." – Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times "It's fitting that Fantagraphics — long-time champion of the rights and importance of comics…

"Al Feldstein [was] the mastermind of EC's horror and science fiction comics…" – Time "All of these books are essential purchases for comics fans… These are the books that best show off how EC took genre stories seriously, striving to create comics that didn’t treat readers as naive or ignorant." – Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times "It's fitting that Fantagraphics — long-time champion of the rights and importance of comics creators, and re-issuer important historical comics — would arrange a publishing line this way. Even though it may not be surprising, it's still a commendable decision. It's also an important…

Join us in Georgetown this Saturday, August 24 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as Fantagraphics Bookstore welcomes internationally acclaimed artist Brandon Graham back home to Seattle. The cartoonist behind popular projects like Prophet, Multiple Warheads, and King City returns to sign copies of his new book Walrus. A product of West Seattle, Graham returns from his current residence in Vancouver, B. C. As a member of the notorious Meathaus collective, his influence on pop culture extends far beyond comix. His latest publication, Walrus, from adventurous PictureBox press, is an eclectic collection of illustrations, short strips, and sketches that provide a revealing look into the…

Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Johnny Craig 208-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-658-4 See More Previews / Order Now Surrounded by the ornate, retro, proto-splatter horror graphics of Jack Davis and Graham Ingels and the slick, futuristic sci-fi stylings of Wally Wood and Al Williamson, EC Comics superstar Johnny Craig stood out in the 1950s with his elegant, crisp, contemporary graphic style. And nowhere did this style work more beautifully than in the dozens of superb crime and horror comics he wrote and drew for EC, mostly for the two…

Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library) by Al Feldstein 216-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-659-1 See More Previews / Order Now Al Feldstein is best known as the main writer/editor of the EC comics line during the first half of the 1950s — and then the editor of Mad Magazine for the first three decades of its existence. But what many don’t know or remember is that Feldstein was also an accomplished and distinctive cartoonist, whose comics (which he both wrote and drew, a relative rarity in those days) adorned the pages…

Arrived last week, now signed by the author and shipping out from our mail-order department: In Case We Die by Danny Bland; illustrated with photos by Lance Mercer 248-page black & white 6" x 8.5" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-675-1 See Previews / Order Now EXCLUSIVE OFFER: If you order the book direct from Fantagraphics by Monday, August 26, 2013, on August 27 you'll receive a code for a FREE download of the audiobook via email from Local 638 Records, with chapters read by a mind-blowing all-star lineup of music and cultural luminaries. See the full lineup here. It wasn’t the pounding headache…

August 21, 2013 – Seattle, WA. Diverse works by accomplished Seattle cartoonists are featured in Fantagraphics Follies at the Bumbershoot arts festival on Saturday, August 31 at 6:00 PM in the Leo K. Theater. This entertaining production, in the format of a late night television talk show, includes Jim Woodring, Ellen Forney, Eroyn Franklin, Kelly Froh and Danny Bland. Music will be provided by Peter Bagge’s Can You Imagine? featuring Steve Fisk. Fantagraphics resident curator Larry Reid will serve as host for the festivities. Iconoclastic cartoonist Jim Woodring demonstrates his drawing skills with a giant quill pen measuring over 7 feet…