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Here's our latest batch of newly-minted books and it's a heavy-hitting group! They're all in stock and shipping now. For fans of the classics we have the third and fourth books in our EC Comics Library series, featuring artwork by Jack Davis and Al Williamson, plus our astounding career-spanning book of B. Krigstein's comic work. If you like Pop Art graphics, sexy satire and absurd adventure you'll love our new definitive edition of Guy Peellaert's long out of print classic. The new graphic novel by Gilbert Hernandez is a major work by a comics genius. We've got the 19th (!)…

Wednesday, April 3rd • Seattle, WA:  Well, read the sign! Jen Vaughn, our most marvelous Marketing/PR/Outreach Fiend, is teaming up with her best friend Nomi Kane for a comics art show at Chocolati Cafe [ 1716 N. 45th Street ]. Join them for the opening reception tonight from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, but even if you can't, you'll still have until Friday, May 3rd to see their exhibit! (more info) Friday, April 5th • Brooklyn, NY:  Join Dash Shaw at Desert Island for an exhibition of original art, a signing of 3 New Stories, the unveiling of a beautiful new print,…

Graham Chaffee created a special companion short story for his new graphic novel Good Dog, titled Bad Dog, just for us! We're happy to make it the latest addition to our FBI•MINI series of free bonus minicomics. Order Good Dog from us (or $50 worth of other merchandise) and you can get Bad Dog for free! (It will also be included with the digital edition of Good Dog on comiXology when it's released there in May.) Bad Dog stars Kirby, bulldog buddy of Good Dog star Ivan, in his very own adventure! Escaping from his yard, he travels far and wide, makes a new pal, and…

We're proud to soon be releasing Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life, a major work of comics autobiography by Austrian cartoonist Ulli Lust and winner of the 2011 Angoulême "Revelation" prize. In 1984, 17-year-old Ulli and her friend Edi spent several eventful months on a trip from Vienna to Sicily. By turns exhilarating and harrowing, their journey is told with uncanny recall, lucid observation, and emotional honesty. Lust's cartooning is evocative, detailed, and punctuated with expressionistic outbursts. "Ulli Lust really nails my favorite part of storytelling. Bumming cigarettes, learning how to hitchhike – the small details that create…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)by Jack Davis  & Al Feldstein 224-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-578-5 See Previews / Order Now  BARGAIN COMBO: 50 Girls 50 + 'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. With its pitch-perfect blend of laughs, terror, and gore, as delineated by…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department:  50 Girls 50 and Other Stories (The EC Comics Library)illustrated by Al Williamson et al.; written by Al Feldstein et al. 264-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-577-8 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: 50 Girls 50 + 'Tain't the Meat… It's the Humanity! (The EC Comics Library) Gift Set Price: $57.98 $46.38 Order this book and receive the Jack Davis's Tales from the Crypt Halloween mini-comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Limit one per customer while supplies last. Barely old enough to drink when he joined the EC Comics…

Fantagraphics is excited to be attending the 2013 MoCCA Arts Festival on Saturday, April 6th and Sunday, April 7th at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City! We've got so many beautiful debuts in store for you — in very limited quantities, so make our table your first stop: • 3 New Stories by Dash Shaw • New School by Dash Shaw (UPDATE: A slight delay at the printer means this will miss the festival. Sorry!) • Zippy: The Dingburg Diaries by Bill Griffith • Barnaby Vol. 1 by Crockett Johnson; edited by Eric Reynolds and Philip Nel •…

Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Old Castle's Secret (The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 6)by Carl Barks 232-page full-color 7.5" x 10.25" hardcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-653-9 Ships in: May 2013 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now With this volume, "The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library" loops back to Barks's earlier days, collecting the entirety of Barks's (astounding) 1948 output. The title story, "The Old Castle's Secret," is notable not just for being the first full-length 32-page adventure instigated by Scrooge McDuck (in his second-ever appearance), but for featuring some of Barks's spookiest, lushest settings in old Clan McDuck castle of…

Just a cool note that some of our artists' work has been appearing on The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. It's friggin' awesome because you (dear reader) have been with us for a long time, supporting the likes of Tony Millionaire or our political comics, this is Janet Hamlin's first book with us, and now they are showing up on your computer monitors or TVs or Google glass. Above, Steve Colbert ran a picture of Tony Millionaire's cover to the classic Moby Dick. Below is a clip of Jon Stewart on The Daily Show discussing Guantanamo Bay detainee, Khalid…

Spring is here and we must be crazy or downright stupid — some kind of fools, if you will — to bring you an amazing deal like this! If you've already joined our 20/20 Club for loyal customers, right now you get an extra 10% off your base discount of 20%, for a total of 30% off, through April 1, 2013! And if you're not a member yet, join now and you'll automatically get the 30% discount off everything else you add to your shopping cart! This is not a prank, hoax or imaginary story! "What is the 20/20 Club?" you may be…