Georgetown once again hosts the annual apocalyptic Dead Baby Downhill Bike Race & Party this Friday evening, August 2. Demented depravity on a grand scale – beer, bands, BMX, and the ever-popular tall bike jousting! (Did we mention beer?) For the convenience of raucous revelers, Fantagraphics Bookstore and Georgetown Records will remain open until 9:00 PM. This Saturday, August 3 from 11:00 to 3:00 PM, enjoy an Afternoon Delight, as art studios and galleries throughout Georgetown reprise their July Art Attack attractions. One of your last chances to take in the sweet Soda Pop exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery and the fantastic Charles Peterson photography show…
Ben Catmull & Josh Simmons at Floating World Portland!
Get ready for a night of frightening fun as two of our excellent artists descend upon Floating World Comics on Wednesday, August 7th! Join Ben Catmull as he unveils his latest work, Ghosts and Ruins — a compendium of old, forgotten haunted houses. Also on the bill that evening is Josh Simmons, who will be signing his most sinister work yet, The Furry Trap! Both gentlemen will be signing from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, so don't miss it! Floating World Comics is located at 400 NW Couch St. in downtown Portland.
His Wife Leaves Him by Stephen Dixon – Photoset Preview
“Stephen Dixon is one of the great secret masters — too secret. I return again and again to his stories for writerly inspiration, moral support and comic relief at moments of personal misery, and, several times, in a spirit of outright plagiaristic necessity: borrowing a jumpstart from a few lines of Dixon has been a real problem-solver in my own short fiction. Please read him, you.” — Jonathan Lethem “Dixon is one of the few writers whose new work I will put everything aside to read, which is to say he is in the company of Alice Munro, Lorrie Moore, and…
His Wife Leaves Him by Stephen Dixon – Video/Photo Slideshow Preview
His Wife Leaves Him by Stephen Dixon 416-page 6.5" x 9.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-604-1 Ships in: August 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Stephen Dixon, one of America’s great literary treasures, has completed his first novel in five years. His Wife Leaves Him is as achingly simple as its title: A man, Martin, thinks about the loss of his wife, Gwen. In Dixon's hands, however, this straightforward premise becomes a work of such complexity that it no longer appears to be words on pages so much as life itself. Dixon, like all great writers, captures consciousness. Stories matter here,…
Fearsome fun at Fantagraphics Bookstore with Ben Catmull and Josh Simmons on August 10!
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery hosts two of the country’s most accomplished young cartoonists on Saturday, August 10. Josh Simmons and Ben Catmull will appear from 6:00 to 9:00 PM to sign copies of recent publications from Fantagraphics Books. Ghosts and Ruins is Ben Catmull's follow-up to his wildly popular debut Monster Parade. With a rendering style suggestive of Edward Gorey's gothic masterworks, Catmull ingeniously imagines haunted dwellings and the circumstances of their otherworldly occupants. Ghosts and Ruins provides a perfect complement of exquisite art and enchanting narrative. Josh Simmons’ recent collection of short stories similarly explores a sinister world of undiluted horror. By turns…
The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book available at comiXology
Fantagraphics and comiXology introduce a new cartoonist to the digital comics realm: South African Joe Daly! If mystery and comedy are what you crave, you'll want to download The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book by Joe Daly. Set in sun-drenched Cape Town, South Africa, this book features two full-length stories, "The Leaking Cello Case" and "John Wesley Harding," rife with mystery, suspense, action, adventure, conspiracy theories, cool cars and excellent weed. Daly brings a refreshingly original — and utterly hilarious — voice to the comics medium, a dry, deadpan wit anchored in everyday reality combined with unnervingly deranged plots, rendered…
Willard Mullin’s Golden Age of Baseball Drawings at the Yogi Berra Museum!
Talk about a home run! We are thrilled to be presenting Willard Mullin's Golden Age of Baseball: Drawings 1934-1972 at the one and only Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, NJ! On Sunday, September 15th, come enjoy an exhibit of Willard Mullin's legendary sports cartoons, along with a discussion and book signing with authors Hal Bock and Michael Powers. The discussion and signing will run from 3:00 to 4:30 PM. The Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center is located on the campus of Montclair State University at 8 Yogi Berra Drive, appropriately enough! To RSVP or purchase a…
The Children of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez – Photoset Preview
"As Hernandez matures, he's expanding his style of storytelling into something close to the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Harumi Murakami and other creators of haunted landscapes where reality becomes a question of perception rather than a set of objective facts." – San Francisco Chronicle "Some of Gilbert's loveliest art ever." – The Comics Reporter "This may be Gilbert Hernandez's best work so far. Minimal without seeming spare and a huge argument for the 'comics as literature' thing having some traction." – Kevin Church "You don't need to know the backstory of Love and Rockets to love these [stories]… (In…
New Comics Day 7.31.13
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. Ghosts and Ruins by Ben Catmull 84-page black & white 10.25" x 8.5" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-678-2 "an 84-page landscape-format hardcover wedding new illustrations of haunted houses to creepy blisters of background and trivia" -Joe McCulloch, The Comics Journal Willard Mullin's Golden Age of Baseball: Drawings 1934-1972 by Willard Mullin; edited…
The Children of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez – Video/Photo Slideshow Preview
The Children of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez 108-page black & white 8.25" x 10.75" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-625-6 Ships in: August 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: The Children of Palomar + Julio's Day Gift Set Price: $42.98 $34.38 Order this or any other Love and Rockets book and receive this FBI•MINI comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Click here for details. Limit one per customer while supplies last. The Children of Palomar is Gilbert Hernandez's much-anticipated return to the small Central American town of Palomar, more than a decade after his last "Heartbreak Soup" story. Originally released…
