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Cute Boy Alert is heading to Chicago! Simon Hanselmann, Michael DeForge, and Patrick Kyle are a-coming and boys are celebrating the releases of their new comics, Megahex, Lose #6 and Distance Mover, respectively. They are ready to dazzle you with their smiles as their comics have dazzled (or drugged) your brain. Everyone's favorite, Jessica Campbell, formerly of D&Q and now of the big bad art world has invited the three cartoonists to Kavi Gupta to sign on Tuesday, September 30th at 6pm.  Want your friends to join the fun at Kavi Gupta? Invite them to the Facebook event!  Editions Kavi Gupta835 W Washington BlvdChicago IL 60607 

You heard right, digital comics lovers, Fantagraphics Books is now DRM-free on comiXology. Along with a long list of publishers like MonkeyBrain Comics, IDW Publishing and more, you can now keep a backup of your comic. Sweat no more.   "After the wildly successful launch during Comic-Con International we're thrilled to offer our customers an even greater selection with this next wave of publishers offering DRM-free backups," said comiXology VP of Communications & Marketing Chip Mosher. "We look forward to continuing to work with more publishers in offering DRM-free backups to comics fans worldwide."   So check out some of our latest…

If you're worried what you'll do once we've published all 25 volumes of The Complete Peanuts, fret not! Here is the first softcover boxset of volumes 1-2, covering the years 1950-1954, all repackaged in a completely new design! Whether it's for yourself, as a gift to another Peanuts fan, or for the upbringing of a future generation of Peanuts lovers, The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 (Vols. 1-2) Softcover Edition is a treat for all ages. These bright, bold, and eye-catching covers are sure to lure younger kids into this timeless classic comic strip series, ensuring that the characters brought to life…

This weekend, September 26-28th at the Wizard World convention (held at Music City Center) in Nashville you can find cartoonist Peter Bagge as a special guest amongst all your favorite sci-fi tv and movie stars. Peter will have his newest graphic novel, Buddy Buys a Dump, in addition to Everybody is Stupid Except for Me (and Other Astute Observations). a collection of his polication comics from Reason Magazine. Find him at table A34.   The show is open Friday the 26th from 3pm – 8pm; Saturday the 27th from 10am – 7pm; and Sunday the 28th from 11am – 5pm.     You can buy tickets online and possibly…

Lucy Knisley is appearing at her first big event since the debut at SDCC! Starting Friday, September 26th at 7pm at Challengers Lucy will be signing and customizing your copy of her newest book from us, An Age of License. This travelogue follows recounts the artist's charming (and romantic!) adventures on a book tour in Europe. The comic store has even gone to the kitchen to whip up some of her sweet and savory treats found in a previous graphic novel, Relish. Challengers was also awarded the 2013 Will Eisner Spirit Award so roam the stacks with ease and feel free to ask the…

  Today would have been the 58th birthday of Kim Thompson. Recently I stumbled across this photograph, from the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in 2012, while looking through the Fantagraphics flickr feed; I keep coming back to it. That's Kim with his back to the camera, looking at the work of our friend and former art director, Dale Yarger, who passed away that spring, another wonderful human being we lost to cancer way too soon. It would have been unfathomable at that time to think that Kim, too, would be gone within a year. Yet here we are. That's the great…

This week's pumpkin-spiced, autumn-colored scrapbook of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Commentary: Pretty in Ink: North American Women Cartoonists 1896-2013 by Trina Robbins Lisa Hix over at Collectors Weekly sat down with Trina Robbins to talk about women in comics: "Robbins knows something about the glass ceiling for women cartoonists because she first hit it herself in the early 1970s, when she tried to join the male-dominated 'underground comix' movement based in San Francisco. After the men cartoonists shut her out, Robbins joined forces with other women cartoonists to create their own women's-lib comic books."   Interview: How to Be Happy…

It has been a long time coming, but it is our deep pleasure to be able to reveal to you the cover art for Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 3: "Evidence to the Contrary". While there are often delays that push back release dates, our production on this book was slowed by the sudden and unexpected passing of our co-editor and co-publisher, Kim Thompson, in June 2013. There is a sense of bittersweet closure as we finalize this book and ready it for publication. The book should hit bookshelves in mid-December and is available for pre-order now….

Wednesday, September 24th Pittsburgh, PA: Tonight! The Copacetic Comics Company is hosting the boys of Summer on their whirlwind tour of books, friendship, and probably a coming of age story. Annie Mok will be joining them at this stop, and all the fun starts at 7 pm!     Thursday, September 25 St. Louis, MO: You won't be lonseome this Thursday if you get yourself over to Subterranean Books for the early early book release and signing of Tim Lane's newest book, The Lonsesome Go; a haunting exploration into the American Myth. This book should be in every college English Lit class, but you can get yours now…

  Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to welcome acclaimed Canadian artist, musician, and producer Don Pyle to Seattle to present his photography exhibit "Toronto Punk and Other Trouble 1976 – 1980" at Machine House Brewery in Georgetown. The show features Pyle's pictures of seminal Toronto punk bands along with early images of The Clash, Ramones, Blondie, Iggy Pop, Dead Boys and others. As a musician, Pyle was a member of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, widely recognized for their musical contributions to the Kids in the Hall television show.  His photography show opens Wednesday, September 24 and remains on view through…