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Next month's issue of Booklist will include reviews of recent releases by Fantagraphics cartoonists + creators, excerpted below: A Starred review for Displacement by Lucy Knisley "Knisley finds both the humor and the sadness in her grandparents' condition…Whereas Knisley's previous travel memoirs speak more to the young adult experience, Displacement is a timely and mature work that pairs perfectly with other elder-care titles, such as Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (2014)." –Snow Wildsmith Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 by Jaime Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez "Jaime's economically elegant cartooning and Gilbert's bold designs and imaginative characterizations-will leave fans satisfied and eager for next…

Another excellent volume of Carl Bark's cherished Duck tales is collected here in Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Pixilated Parrot, out in May! Here's the beautiful final cover designed by our very own Keeli and highlighting the two stories "The Pixilated Parrot" and "Vacation Time"—the latter of which sees Barks cutting loose from his regular panel designs to deliver one of his finest stories. The Pixilated Parrot is available for pre-ordering now, and we'll have more previews in the coming weeks!

Just in time for spring training comes Casey at the Bat and Other Diamond Tales by Willard Mullin, now available digitally through comiXology. In 1953, legendary cartoonist Willard Mullin illustrated one of America's best-loved poems: Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat." These images were then put on a series of drinking glasses that were given away as premiums at various major and minor league ballparks across America. The illustrations by Mullin were thought to have been lost, but were found at an auction in 2002. They have been meticulously reproduced to create this stunning edition. The book includes additional Mullin material like the "Fan's…

We're pleased to present the final cover image for the next volume in our award-winning Mickey Mouse series celebrating Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson! Volume 7, titled March of the Zombies, takes us to a time when our brave Mouse protagonist faced off against wartime foes and even the walking dead! These strips are restored from Disney's original proof sheets, and the book includes over a dozen of Gottfredson's stories as well as extra commentary and behind-the-scenes artwork. Pre-order your copy now to add this classic volume to your collection!

The Kurdlesby Robert Goodin 60-page color 8.75" x 12" hardcover$24.99 | 978-1-60699-832-8 Ships in: April 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now In the spirit of Hergé's Tintin or Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge, The Kurdles is an all-ages comic spiced up with a teaspoon of strange. Sally is a teddy bear who gets separated from her owner while on a drive in the country. Desperate to find her way home, she stumbles upon Kurdleton, home to a most peculiar group of characters in the midst of a crisis; their forest house has grown hair, eyes, and a mouth! The creatures…

Shimura Takako's beloved manga series, Wandering Son (放浪息子), continues to be ably translated by Matt Thorn for American publication. Volume eight will be released this May, and we have included a 16-page downloadable (2.2 MB) excerpt for you to read, in anticipation of its release. It's the start of a new school year, with new homeroom assignments that scatter our friends to all corners of the school. Nitori-kun continues to battle his desires internally, with help from his older sister Maho. And will Takatsuki-kun work up the courage to wear a boy's uniform to school? Read the excerpt, then head…

Tuesday, March 17th Los Angeles – ONE Archives Foundation is the largest repository of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ) in the world. Which makes it the perfect setting for the first stop of the MASSIVE tour featuring Jiraiya! His work adorns the cover of the recently released hit anthology, Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It. Jiraiya just happens to be one of those men, and is heading the U.S. for his very first international tour. ONE Archives is his first stop, and the Massive crew featuring Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins, and Chip Kidd will kick things off at…

You came, you saw, you asked for more. Finally, Ed Piskor will be a guest at San Diego Comic-Con. Ed will be signing and sketching in your new copies of Hip Hop Family Tree Vol. 3, fresh from the printers and maybe even stilll warm. Each Monday SDCC will be announcing a new set of guests so keep your eyes peeled for the next Fantagraphics' one!

Admist the hub-bub of New York City and the Museum of Comics and Comic Arts Festival, MoCCA, you can find solace but not silence at the always fun Bergen Street Comics. Koyama Press, 2D Cloud and Fantagraphics TAKE OVER BERGEN STREET Party is happening on Saturday, April 11th at 7pm. Cartoonist and animator, Robert Goodin, will be appearing to sign his new all-ages book, The Kurdles in the spirit of Hergé's Tintin or Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge, spiced up with a teaspoon of strange. What else is happening at this cornucopia of comic delights? A. Degen's surrealist superhero adventure MIGHTY STAR AND THE CASTLE OF THE…

Drop by Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Saturday, March 14 as we clear space for new arrivals with a big sale of comix and graphic novels by some of our most popular cartoonists. Fabulous Fantagraphics titles by Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, Johnny Ryan, Dame Darcy, Kim Deitch, Kaz, Jordan Crane, R. Crumb, Megan Kelso, Jessica Abel, Zak Sally, Dave Cooper, and many more will be offered at 50% to 75% off all day Saturday from 11:30 to 9:00 PM.   This Saturday also marks the opening of part 2 of Guy Colwell's Inner City Romance exhibition with new work on display, also available at…