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  I may be a vegetarian, but how can anyone resist MEAT, an art show opening Thursday, March 3rd at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles?   Our very own Michael Kupperman will have some savory art delights, along with a bunch of other carnivorous artists. (Charlyne Yi??? Yay!)   The opening reception runs from 7-10 pm, and Alie and Georgia (of Drinks with Alie and Georgia) will be on hand to make some special meat-themed cocktails for the show. Again, I may be a vegetarian, but mmmmm!

 Get your book signed by Megan Kelso! // Pic taken at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery   The 9th Annual Emerald City Comicon is just days away, Friday, March 4th – Sunday, March 6th at the Washington State Convention Center, and Fantagraphics is thrilled to represent the finest in alternative comics!   And breaking news! We just found out we'll have hot-off-the-presses copies of Four Color Fear, Love From the Shadows, Safe Area Gorazde: The Special Edition, and The Last Rose of Summer.   As previously reported, we'll also have the following titles on hand:  Twilight of the Assholes: Cartoons…

Ta-da! It's your first look at art director Jacob Covey's beautiful final cover design for Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley by Floyd Gottfredson! (Click the image for a bigger version.) The book went to the printers last week and is scheduled to be available in early June. And that's not the only exciting Mickey update we have for you! On Monday we sent out digital copies of our promotional BLAD ("Book Layout And Design") brochure for the book to members of the press; today, we are pleased to offer it to everyone as a 3MB…

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. It's a great week if you like classic comic strips with adventure on the high seas! Read on to see what comics-blog commentators are saying about our releases this week, check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Buz Sawyer Vol. 1: The War in the Pacific by Roy Crane 240-page black & white/color 9.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $35.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-362-0 "Beginning another vintage reprint project for Fantagraphics, this time focused on Roy Crane’s post-Wash Tubbs/Captain Easy series, an initially…

Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Plug: "The Comics Journal: long known as a magazine where you can look at never before released sketches from R. Crumb next to essays about Wonder Woman’s bondage past next to in-depth interviews with superhero comics auteurs next to oral histories of underground dudes you didn’t even know you were interested in until you read about their entire lives. We could go on that tangent forever, but instead we’ll just direct you here to pre-order." – Sam Hockley-Smith, The Fader • Plug: "In Mezzo and Pirus’ King of the Flies, characters who die in…

Peter Bagge is the subject of a major feature at Spain's largest newspaper, El Mundo. It's all in Spanish and it sure is snazzy.

   Last week, Amazon.com temporarily reduced the price of our $125 Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons to a ridiculously low $30. Several prominent folks, including our old pal Neil Gaiman, tweeted and/or blogged about it, and at one point on Monday night, the book had risen to #16 on Amazon's sales charts for ALL books, and to #1 in the bargain books category. Somehow, this led to the following actual, real email exchange about the comic strip Dilbert. A week later, the debate rages on. In other words: Just Another Week at Fantagraphics Books. Kim Thompson wrote: That Bargain Books section is…

Minneapolis comics maven Sarah Morean recently visited Zak Sally's studio with Tom Kaczynski and documented the occasion with a bunch of photos and the brief video above. O, the sights! View the full set of photos here.

Peter Bagge could be doing a sketch for YOU! // This pic taken at SDCC 2010. Can you imagine?… getting your books signed by the great Peter Bagge?!  You can make it a reality this weekend, Friday, March 4th – Sunday, March 6th, at the 9th Annual Emerald City Comicon! (Tickets still available at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Georgetown!) Swing by the Fantagraphics booth at space #808 on Saturday, March 5th from 10:00 am to Noon. Bagge will be signing copies of the latest Hate Annual #8, and additional works, such as Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me…

MONTE SCHULZ TOURS WEST COAST IN MARCH TO PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW NOVEL, THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER   SEATTLE, WA, FEB. 2, 2011 — This March, Fantagraphics Books will publish The Last Rose of Summer, a novel by Monte Schulz. To support the release, the author will tour several cities on the West Coast in late-February and March: Sat., Feb. 26, 4PM • Tecolote Book Shop, Santa Barbara, CATues., March 1, 7:30PM • Warwick's Books, La Jolla, CAThurs., March 3, 6:30PM • Bay Books, Coronado, CAFri., March 4, 6PM • Latitude 33 Bookshop, Laguna Beach, CASun., March 6, 5PM • Skylight Books, Los Angeles,…