Our new Ultimate Catalog, arriving in mailboxes soon! Dig that glorious Floyd Gottfredson artwork. If you’re not already on our mailing list and like getting cool stuff in the mail, contact us to request your free copy. And if you want a tree-free version (although they're already all printed, so you wouldn't really be saving anything) we'll be making it available as a PDF download soon too.
Pogo Party!
(click image to enlarge) A fitting Pogo sentiment on a day after elections. The original art from this strip will be on display at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery along with 15 others for "Playing Possum: The Pogo Art of Walt Kelly." The show opens on Saturday, December 10 — the centerpiece of our festive 5th anniversary gala. Pogo party, indeed!
The Long & Short of the Short Run Small Press Fest
Seattle has always had a reputation for its strong underground comics scene, but dang it, how is it we haven't had our own small press show before? Well, that all changes this Saturday, November 12th as the Short Run Small Press Fest makes its debut at the Vera Project at Seattle Center, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Fantagraphics won't have a table there ourselves, but many of our artists will be exhibiting, including Andrice Arp, Jim Blanchard, Jason T. Miles (with his distro Profanity Hill), Megan Kelso, Michael Dowers, Pat Moriarity, and Roberta Gregory. Afterwards, the Fantagraphics Bookstore &…
The Art of Problem Solving at Giant Robot
"HI, I'M ALFE. AND THIS IS MY ART SHOW." Hopefully you're already watching The Problem Solverz on Cartoon Network, and if you're not, then get on it. As previously reported on this here FLOG, it's the insane (emphasis on the word "insane") animated series from Ben Jones, featuring fellow Fantagraphics artists Jon Vermilyea and John Pham on staff. Our friends at Giant Robot will be hosting an art show featuring original artwork created in the style of the program and its characters, opening on Saturday, November 19th! Opening reception is from 6:30 – 10:00 pm at GR2 [2062 Sawtelle Blvd….
We’re on Google+
Are you on Google+? Now we are too! Join our circle, or +1 us, or whatever they call it… we're still figuring it out, but I think we're off to a fairly decent start. Don't forget we have lots of other ways for you to socially network with us too!
Kevin Avery at The Strand Bookstore Tonight!
Discover the genius of famed music critic Paul Nelson in the very city whose scene he documented for years in Rolling Stone magazine. Author/editor Kevin Avery will appear at the Strand Bookstore in New York City tonight for a discussion and signing for Everything is an Afterthought: The Life & Writings of Paul Nelson. He will be joined on stage by Dave Marsh, a rock critic, historian, anti-censorship activist, talk show host and "Louie Louie" expert who has written more than 20 book about rock and popular music. Buy the book or a $10 Strand Gift Card in order to…
New Comics Day 11/9/11: Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 2
This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new title. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about it (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the link, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec Vol. 2: The Mad Scientist and Mummies on Parade by Jacques Tardi 96 page full-color 9" x 11.75" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-493-1 "Jacques Tardi's deadpan, slightly tongue-in-cheek turn-of-the-previous-century adventure series continues: this volume contains two of the French volumes, rendered here as 'The Mad…
Daily OCD: 11/8/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Three of our titles have landed in Amazon.com's Best Books of 2011: Comics & Graphic Novels top 10: Pogo: Through the Wild Blue Wonder – Vol. 1 of the Complete Syndicated Strips by Walt Kelly at #5; Love and Rockets: New Stories #4 by the Hernandez Brothers at #7; and King of the Flies Vol. 2: The Origin of the World by Mezzo & Pirus at #8 • Review: "This collection of stories [The Man Who Grew His Beard] is a wonderful example of how an animator’s eye, artist’s hand, and storyteller’s vision…
Things to See: A cut scene from Richard Sala’s The Hidden
At his Here Lies Richard Sala blog, Richard Sala (natch) explains this page created for his new graphic novel The Hidden which wound up on the cutting room floor and the scene it was to have been part of. He also hints at a possible sequel to the book! [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
Things to See: Robert Crumb’s rejected gay marriage cover for The New Yorker
At Vice, Nadja Sayej has a brief chat with Robert Crumb in an attempt to find out why this cover illustration was rejected by The New Yorker. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
