MoCCA was a BLAST, as usual. PR Director, Jacq Cohen, and I showed up early on Friday to set up the table. People couldn't wait for Saturday, clumping around the new books. Our two newest EC Comics Library releases featuring Al Williamson and Jack Davis' work are creating a heartbreakingly beautiful rainbow. One side of the set-up table! Friday night was Dash Shaw's opening for his New School art exhibition and 30th birthday at Desert Island. His fianceé (sorry, ladies and germs) made a cake that was uber-delicious. Below, Dash talks about his new comics. Party hardy, Gabrielle Bell is talking to Ariel Shrag…
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This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 4/15-4/22
Events are "springing" at Fantagraphics! Wednesday, April 17th • Auburn, WA: Our own Ellen Forney will be a guest speaker at the Holman Library [ 12401 SE 320th Street ] on the campus of the Green River Community College at noon, followed by a comics workshop from 1:00 to 3:30 PM! Larry Reid will be on site to sell you Ellen's books from the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery! (more info) Thursday, April 18th • Baltimore, MD: Join Dash Shaw from 7:00 to 9:00 PM at Atomic Books for a signing of his new graphic novel, New School, as well as…
FantaBucks 2-for-1 Coupon – last chance for this incredible deal!
We don't typically alert you more than once to our special offers, but we'd hate for anybody to miss out on this one! Today is the last day to get our FantaBucks 2-for-1 Coupon! Here's the deal again: Each FantaBucks 2-for-1 Coupon costs just $50 and gets you a unique coupon code worth $100 toward your next purchase of $100 or more (not including shipping) here on Fantagraphics.com! That's like getting half off $100 worth of merchandise! You can buy as many coupons as you like, but you can only use one coupon per order and you must redeem each coupon entirely in…
Big Baby by Charles Burns – video & photo previews
Big Babyby Charles Burns 96-page black & white 9" x 12" softcover • $16.95ISBN: 978-1-56097-800-8 New 2013 Printing In Stock Now! From the creator of the 2005 hit graphic novel Black Hole and the recent trilogy X'ed Out, The Hive and Sugar Skull comes this new softcover edition of his other masterpiece of modern horror. Big Baby is a particularly impressionable young boy named Tony Delmonte, who lives in a seemingly typical American suburb until he sneaks out of his room one night and becomes entangled in a horrific plot involving summer camp murders and backyard burials. Burns' clinical precision as an…
Even Better Than Jell-O Pudding Pops!
Hey, hey, hey! It's comedy genius Peter Serafinowicz with his new Drew Friedman original artwork!!! We've always known Peter had excellent taste — as we've mentioned before on the FLOG, Peter once collaborated with our own Michael Kupperman, and has long been a huge fan of his on Twitter. So, I suppose we shouldn't have been surprised at all to see him tweet this the other day: One of my favorite comedians meets one of my favorite artists? Be still my heart!!! Do you want to be cool like Peter and own some original artwork from Drew? Well, I'm sorry, you…
Cover Uncovered & Excerpt: Eye of the Majestic Creature Vol. 2 by Leslie Stein
Is Larrybear comics' new Manic Pixie Dream Girl? Nah, she's far too mellow. You'll fall in love with her all over again in the second volume of Leslie Stein's Eye of the Majestic Creature, at the printer now for availability in late June. This installment finds her having further adventures in the city and being courted by a flower-faced fella, and takes some looks back at her childhood and adolescence. And of course her walking, talking menagerie of musical instruments is along for the ride again. Critics called Vol. 1 "a treat," "cute and sad and familiar," "phenomenal," "irresistible," "a triumph," "such a pleasure"…
The FantaBucks 2-for-1 Coupon – $50 for a coupon good for $100 toward your next order!
You know those websites that offer "coupons" to "groups" or "groups" of "coupons"? We're trying our own special home-grown version of that for a very limited time (April 12-15, 2013)! Here's the deal: Each FantaBucks 2-for-1 Coupon costs just $50 and gets you a unique coupon code worth $100 toward your next purchase of $100 or more (not including shipping) here on Fantagraphics.com! That's like getting half off $100 worth of merchandise! You can buy as many coupons as you like, but you can only use one coupon per order and you must redeem each coupon entirely in a single purchase. You can…
Eat comics with Lucy Knisley’s RELISH at the Fantagraphics Bookstore
Lucy Knisley Presents Relish: My Life in the Kitchen at Fantagraphics Bookstore April 11, 2013 – Seattle, WA. New York cartoonist Lucy Knisley will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Friday, April 19 at 7:00 PM to discuss her new graphic memoir Relish: My Life in the Kitchen. As the daughter of a chef, the artist examines her life in the context of cooking, from casual childhood comfort food to exotic gourmet cuisine. Knisley's engaging narrative is interspersed with appealing recipes, resulting in readers working up quite an appetite. With that in mind, her slide talk will be followed…
Cover Uncovered & Excerpt: Bread & Wine by Samuel R. Delany & Mia Wolff
Fantagraphics is proud to present one of the most unusual and moving true love stories ever told. Famed science fiction author Samuel R. Delany recounts his unconventional courtship and blooming relationship with his partner Dennis, a love born on the streets of New York City, illustrated with unflinching detail and fluid, dynamic expressionism by artist Mia Wolff. Originally published in 1999 and out of print for years, Bread & Wine now comes to you in late June in a new hardcover edition with an introduction by Alan Moore and a new interview postscript with the creators and subjects of the book. As…
