Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: George Herriman on The New York Times Best Sellers list! Krazy & Ignatz 1922-1924 debuts at #2 on the list for Paperback Graphic Books • Review: "The white rabbit who serves as our guide suggests Alice in Wonderland, but despite fantastical touches, Interiorae is much more concerned with the world as it presents itself. Intertwining the lives of the people who live in an apartment complex, it’s in some sense a book-length meditation on a rather beautiful idea, that the day-to-day lives of all the little people aren’t just worth paying attention to,…
First Look: Love and Rockets: New Stories #5
Good golly, it seems like it was just the other day we were announcing the start of the 3rd volume of the Hernandez Brothers' Love and Rockets in its annual New Stories format and here we are already up to the 5th issue, which will make its debut in July at Comic-Con in San Diego and land in stores a couple months later, as usual. Jaime's cover above reveals the return of Vivian and that can only spell one thing for everyone around her: T-R-O-U-B-L-E. The back cover Table of Contents below should spark your imagination as to the issue's…
Our TCAF 2012 Signing Schedule!
We're thrilled to present our signing schedule for this weekend's 2012 Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Canada! First off, we're very sorry to report that artist Olivier Schrauwen will be unable to join us this weekend, but we look forward to hosting him at future events! Joining us will be Jason and Gabriella Giandelli! Saturday, May 5th12:00 pm-3:00 pm Gabriella Giandelli 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Jason Sunday, May 6th 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Gabriella Giandelli 12:00 pm-3:00 pm Jason You can find them with Fantagraphics at tables 119-121: And don't forget to check out their panel on Saturday morning! SATURDAY,…
Gabriella Giandelli: A Toronto Retrospective Opens Friday!
TCAF attendees and Toronto residents should join us tomorrow night for the opening night of Gabriella Giandelli: A Toronto Retrospective at the Italian Cultural Institute! This retrospective exhibition will feature over 80 original drawings from this prolific Italian illustrator and graphic novelist, including work from the celebrated series Interiorae. And we'll be debuting the collection of Interiorae at TCAF! Join us and Gabriella herself at the Italian Cultural Institute [ 496 Huron Street, Toronto ] this Friday, May 4th from 6:30 to 8:30 PM! Opening remarks will be by Gianni Bardini, Consul General of Italy. This event is free and open to…
Cruisin’ with Spain Rodriguez at the Latino Comics Expo This Weekend!
We're excited to announce that Spain Rodriguez has been added as a special guest at this weekend's 2012 Latino Comics Expo in San Francisco! He'll be making a rare convention appearance to sign copies of the brand-new release Cruisin' with the Hound: The Life and Times of Fred Toote! Plus, on Saturday, May 7th, Ricardo Padilla will host a conversation between friends Spain and our own Mario Hernandez at 3:00 PM! This is not to be missed! As previously reported, Mario will also be signing Love & Rockets from 1:00 to 2:30 PM that Saturday. And on Sunday, May 6th,…
Mysterious Traveler: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 3 – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Mysterious Traveler: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 3 by Steve Ditko; edited by Blake Bell 240-page full-color 7.25" x 10" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-498-6 See Previews / Order Now Five years before his breakthrough as the co-creator of Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, and other classic super-heroes for Marvel Comics in the early 1960s, Steve Ditko, inspired by the freedom he found at the laissez-faire Charlton Comics, was turning out some of the best work of his career. Mysterious Traveler, which collects stories from (among others) Tales of the…
Interiorae by Gabriella Giandelli – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Interiorae by Gabriella Giandelli 144-page full-color 7.75" x 10.25" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-559-4 See Previews / Order Now A high-rise apartment building in an unnamed European city. Its inhabitants come and go, meet each other, talk, dream, regret, hope… in short, live. A ghostly, shape-shifting anthropomorphic white rabbit roams from apartment to apartment, surveying and keeping track of all this humanity… and at the end of every night, he floats down to the basement where he delivers his report to the "great dark one." Lushly delineated in…
Daily OCD: 5/2/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Profile: David Berry of Canada's National Post profiles the Toronto-bound Jason: "'I guess I’m not the most talkative person myself, so most of my characters end up the same way,' says Jason (a.k.a. John Arne Sæterøy) who, true to form, conducted our interview over email from his current home in France. 'I just think silence can be more effective than a lot of words.' The truth of that is in the book he’ll be showing off at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, Athos in America. The collection of short stories is in a lot…
Study Group Comix Exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
A movement is emerging of resourceful young artists and cartoonists forming regional associations to publish and distribute small press comix and zines. Portland, Oregon is home to some of the most promising participants in this developing approach to contemporary comix production. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present a group show of these cartoonists with “Study Group,” curated by Portland cartoonist and small press publisher Zack Soto. The “Study Group” exhibition features original art, prints and book works by a diverse group of cartoonists including Aidan Koch, Jennifer Parks, Farel Dalrymple, Kazimir Strzepek, Levon Jihanian, David King, Malachi Ward,…
Free Comic Book Day this Saturday!
Don’t miss Free Comic Book Day this Saturday, May 5. Fantagraphics is offering two stellar titles for comics enthusiasts of all ages: Donald Duck Family Comics by Carl Barks and Crockett Johnson’s Barnaby and Mr. O’Malley. The first 50 visitors to Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle will also receive a coveted copy of Unseen Peanuts from 2007. No matter where you live, get out and show some love to your local comics shops.
