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The time has come, the Seattlelite said, to pick a frickin' Genius! The alt-weekly paper in town, The Stranger, is hosting it's annual Genius awards tomorrow after a few events where the genius nominees show it off. Fantagraphics co-founder and editor Gary Groth is nominated in the literature category alongside comics writer/novelist G. Willow Wilson and poet Shin Yu Pai.   The event tomorrow night is F.R.E.E. but you have to reserve and download tickets. SO join the huge, drunken party for all 15 finalists at the Moore Theatre (tickets here), with the Seattle Rock Orchestra and other live performances,…

Congratulations are in order for Simon Hanselmann because his book MEGAHEX just showed up on the New York Times Best Sellers' list sandwiched inbetween Bryan Lee O'Malley and Jules Feiffer. Grab a copy from your local comic shop, bookstore, our online store or your local library. Trade weed for it, do what you have to do to read it because not ONLY is it a best seller but it is almost sold out!    The description is also too perfect in it's simplicity. "Meet Megg. She's a witch and has a black cat named Mogg. She is also depressed and addicted to drugs." This sweeter-than-the-real-thing book has…

The beautiful and well-printed Foxing Quarterly is attempting to host a new convention in Austin, Texas, an area nearly bursting to the seems with comic and illustrative talent, called NEW SOUTH. They have a Kickstarter set up with some amazing awards like a Jim Rugg Tote Bag (if you don't like Street Angel, you obviously have no soul). And they need your help to meet the goal in the next day. From Danithan's mouth, "Two years ago I co-founded Foxing Quarterly, a literary & arts magazine based here in Austin, Texas. My goal with Foxing was to spotlight literature and comics within…

Jacques Tardi is back with another action-packed, neo-noir graphic novel adaptation of a Jean-Patrick Manchette novel. In Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell, a rich industrialist attempts to fake the kidnapping of his nephew and blame it on the nanny he's recently hired straight out of a psychiatric asylum. Of course, the plan goes horribly, horribly awry. We've got the final cover design for you to ogle over until the book's debut in January.

Aces Highby George Evans, Al Feldstein, and Harvey Kurtzman 216-page black & white 7.25" x 10.25" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-784-0 Ships in: November 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now George Evans was a master of the aviation war story. This collection includes all of his highly-acclaimed stories for Aces High, EC's famous air war title. As a bonus, we present a rarity: Evans's never-before-reprinted 3-D story of World War I ace Frank Luke (in regular, easy-on-the-eyes 2-D). This volume also includes numerous Evans crime and shock stories, including "As Ye Sow…," "…My Brother’s Keeper," and "Cadillac Fever." Other war…

Tim Lane is heading over a little past Route 66 to celebrate his newest collection of comics, The Lonesome Go. On Sunday, October 19th from 3-5pm at The Phoenix, the best local coffeeshop-bar-bookstore with a private library room, Lane will be signing comics and a little bit more!    Lane has been building up Lonesome Go boxes from antique suitcases and folios. Each one is different since they were all from thrift or antique stores. And inside, my oh my, are prints, comics, and recordings by Tim Lane and more. All the ephemera and contents reflect the sultry and dusty portrait of Americana…

A little belatedly, here is our hefty 34-page excerpt of the upcoming third volume of Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Strips: "Evidence to the Contrary". While Simple J. Malarkey has not yet made his appearance in these pages, he is lurking just around the corner. With the arrival of the Hon. Mole MacCarony, self-proclaimed sanitary expert and birdwatcher, grows increasingly more suspicious and militant, the stage is set for Mr. Malarkey's imminent entry. Pogo Vol. 3 is available for pre-order and is gonna be out soon, so make sure you don't miss this release!  

Max's new graphic novel, Vapor, is absolutely gorgeous. From the mesmerizing cover designed by our in-house superstar, Tony Ong, to the beautifully laid out panels and artwork, to the evolving journey of the philosophical protagonist, Nick, this book is just plain impossible to put down! We are so pleased to bring more of this Spanish cartoonist's work to an English audience, with impeccable translation done by Carol Gnojewski. Do yourself a favor and pre-order it now!

"Fantagraphics has won numerous awards for this series and they deserve them all for creating such a wonderful archive of this American treasure. This series is a must have for any Peanuts fan and can be enjoyed by the whole family. I wouldn’t miss a volume.” – The Christian Science Monitor "The Complete Peanuts has framed Charles Schulz's enduring masterpiece about as well any lifelong fan could've hoped." – "The Best Comics of the '00s: The Archives", The A.V. Club "Highly recommended to any Peanuts fan." – Salon The Complete Peanuts 1991-1994 Gift Box Set (Vols. 21-22)by Charles M. Schulz 688-page…

This week's cinnamon-spice-and-everything-nice latte of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Interview: Blacklung by Chris Wright "I see Blacklung almost, as an expressionist play. I didn’t want these guys to seem like real people. At the same time there IS a human face behind every mask… Unless you put a mask on a dog, then it’s a dog face behind the mask." – Right Ear Left   Review: Snoopy's Thanksgiving by Charles M. Schulz "Now here’s something to be thankful for—the fourth in Fantagraphics’ growing line of seasonal-themed gift books collecting classic Peanuts material. Snoopy’s Thanksgiving, as the title indicates, is concerned…