The tragedy in Seattle this morning made national headlines but it hit very close to home for us. Café Racer, the scene of the first shootings, is about a half a mile right down the street from our headquarters, and for many years has been a gathering place and exhibit space for local cartoonists, including Jim Woodring and the Friends of the Nib. (I'd wager heavily that that's Jim in the green shirt in the photo above, taken this evening by The Stranger's Kelly O as friends and neighbors gathered outside the cafe in a spontaneous show of mutual support.)…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 5/29-6/4
Wednesday, May 30th • Hanover, NH: Join our very own Jen Vaughn at the The Howe Library for a lecture and discussion on Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier! (more info) Thursday, May 31st • Brooklyn, NY: It's your last chance to see the exhibit Drew Friedman: My Way, his very first New York gallery show of comic strip and illustration art at the Scott Eder Gallery! (more info) • Seattle, WA: Join Jeffrey Brown at the SIFF Cinema Uptown for a screening of his new film Save the Date! See if you can spot artwork by Paul Hornschemeier and…
Mother, Come Home Discussion at the Howe Library Tomorrow!
Get your summer vacation off to a melancholy start with Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier! The Howe Library in Hanover, NH and The Center for Cartoon Studies will be co-sponsoring a discussion series and lecture focusing on the graphic novel this summer, and they'll be kicking it off with this very title! Join them this Wednesday, May 30th, at 6:15 PM in the Howe Library cafe [ 13 South Street ]. The discussion will be co-led by Heather Backman from Howe Library and our very own Jen Vaughn, also from The Center for Cartoon Studies!
Castle Waiting Vol. 1, The Girl from HOPPERS reprints now in stock!
Two of our most-demanded reprints have finally arrived in our warehouse and are ready for immediate shipment from our mail-order department! Castle Waiting Vol. 1 by Linda Medley 456-page black & white 5.5" x 8" hardcover • $29.95ISBN: 978-1-56097-747-6 A fable for modern times, Castle Waiting is a fairy tale that's not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil — but about being a hero in your own home. The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. (Love and Rockets Library — Locas Book 2) by Jaime Hernandez 272-page black & white 7.5" x 9.25"…
What Is All This? (Softcover Ed.) by Stephen Dixon – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: What Is All This? (Softcover Ed.) by Stephen Dixon 568-page 5.75" x 8.25" softcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-527-3 See Previews / Order Now Stephen Dixon is one of the most acclaimed authors of short stories in the history of American letters. His work, characterized by mordant humor and a frank attention to human sexuality, has earned him a Guggenheim Fellowship, the American Academy Institute of Arts and Letters Prize for Fiction, the O. Henry Award, and the Pushcart Prize. Fantagraphics Books is proud to re-present his 2010 hardcover…
Mr. Twee Deedle: The Forgotten Fantasy Masterpiece of Johnny Gruelle – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Mr. Twee Deedle: Raggedy Ann's Sprightly Cousin – The Forgotten Fantasy Masterpiece of Johnny Gruelleby Johnny Gruelle 128-page full-color 14" x 18" hardcover • $75.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-411-5 See Previews / Order Now From our Marschall Books imprint comes this magnificent collection of Mr. Twee Deedle, Johnny Gruelle’s masterpiece, unjustly forgotten by history and never before reprinted since its first appearance in America’s newspapers from 1911 to 1914. The title character in the Sunday color page, Mr. Twee Deedle, is a magical wood sprite who befriends the strip’s two…
Black Images in the Comics (Softcover Ed.) by Fredrik Strömberg – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Black Images in the Comics (Softcover Ed.) by Fredrik Strömberg 304-page black & white 6" x 6" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-562-4 See Previews / Order Now This book spotlights over 100 comic strips, comic books, and graphic novels to feature black characters from all over the world over the last century, and the result is a fascinating journey to, if not enlightenment, then at least away from the horrendous caricatures of yore. The book begins with the habitually appalling images of blacks as ignorant “coons” in the…
Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Angelman by Nicolas Mahler 96-page full-color 7" x 9.75" hardcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-534-1 See Previews / Order Now Easily the funniest super-hero comic to come down the pike since Harvey Kurtzman and Wally Wood’s “Superduperman!,” Angelman is Austrian cartoonist Nicolas Mahler’s sardonic take on super-heroes, their fans, the businessmen behind them, the current media obsession with them, not to mention fancy-ass “Ultimate” collections of dopey super-hero comics. Created by Korporate Comics in a flash of money-grubbing cynicism appalling even by their standards, Angelman’s powers (which include empathy…
Daily OCD: 5/25-5/28/12
The latest Online Commentary & Diversions: • Feature: At Print magazine, Michael Dooley spotlights the new 13th issue of Squa Tront — "…Squa Tront has set itself out to explore every facet of EC's history, through stimulating, in-depth journalism, scholarly analyses, critiques, bios, interviews, and, of course, illustrations. Under the supervision of its current editor, John Benson, it has established a high standard for fanzine professionalism, in both literary content and production values." — with a generous sampling of images and an interview with Benson: "But really, as far as Squa Tront goes, what sustains my interest most is probably my love…
Tony Millionaire (and His Dad!) at the Gloucester Writers Center Benefit!
Like Father, like Son? Find out for yourself this Saturday, June 2nd as Howard Richardson presents his son, Scott Richardson, a.k.a. Tony Millionaire, in a presentation of amusing drawings and comics! It's a benefit for the Gloucester Writers Center in Gloucester, MA, where Tony grew up. The GWC was founded to celebrate, preserve and promote the future of Gloucester's rich literary legacy, which certainly includes our Tony! Join them starting at 7:30 PM at The Harbor Room [ 8 Norwood Ct, Gloucester ]. Tony’s art will be for sale to support the GWC as well.
