Drew Friedman, whose portrait of W. as The Joker has been in the news lately due to the ill-conceived (unless they are intended to be absurd) Obama-as-Joker posters currently papering L.A., has filed his official (and highly sensible) response to the flap on his blog; Vanity Fair, where Friedman's illo originally ran, also has coverage.
Dash Shaw on the Reel Good Show
Aha! We teased this a little while ago and now it has appeared: Dash Shaw appears on Indy Mogul's "Reel Good Show" to discuss his upcoming animation project for IFC.com and accompanying book from Fantagraphics, The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century AD (official info on the project here), with a couple of brief interludes of other stuff. Hijinks ensue! Here's the YouTube video link for those who don't see the embedded player above.
Now browse by year
Our New Releases page only includes our 20 newest books and comics, to make it easy for you to find the very latest from us. To help you browse a larger selection of recent releases, we've put together a page of all of 2008's releases and a page for all of this year's new and upcoming releases so far. These pages can be accessed via our navigation menu as well. We hope you find it useful — if nothing else, it has helped us appreciate the sheer volume of stuff we've put out over the last couple of years!
Fenwick brings the Friction
We Are the Friction is a very rad-sounding short fiction/illustration book/exhibit project from Sing Statistics which features artwork from Ray Fenwick (above) and a mess of other great contributors. Photos from exhibit host Analogue Books in Edinburgh.
It’s a good day at the office…
…when FedEx drops off a big stack of Gilbert Hernandez artwork. Behold, the entirety of his next book, the "Fritz film adaptation" The Troublemakers. Drawn at size. Amazing. Our production maestro Paul Baresh will be scanning this tonight. Probably a late Fall/early Winter release. Cover painting by Rick Altergott.
Daily OCD: 8/6/09
Another dose of Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "I’ve just finished the fourth Usagi Yojimbo trade and the fifth is sitting next to me… If you’re like me, throw away your preconceptions about anthropomorphic comics and get on board. As a fan of samurai fiction (to the point of having a Seven Samurai tattoo) and comics, I can’t recommend Stan Sakai’s beautifully drawn, note-perfect reinvention of the genre highly enough." – Kevin Church • Review: "I Killed Adolf Hitler is a fun, silly and slightly creepy comic, a love story wrapped around a time travel paradox, dressed up with…
Locas II Previews previews
The Previews website has an exclusive selection of 9 interior pages from the brand new Locas II: Maggie, Hopey & Ray omnibus Love and Rockets collection by Jaime Hernandez. Feast your eyes!
Previews & Pre-Orders: Giraffes & Monkeys & Squirrels, oh my!
We have a trio of new original graphic novels with coincidentally zoological titles, all now available for pre-order. All of them debuted to a great response at Comic-Con last month; they should be in stock here and ready to ship later this month, and in stores approximately 4 weeks after that. Click the links for each book below for more info and to access downloadable PDF excerpts! Giraffes in My Hair: A Rock 'n' Roll Life by Bruce Paley & Carol Swain – A comics memoir of sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, a life lived in the countercultural margins,…
BLAB! at Copro Nason Saturday!
THE 5th ANNUAL BLAB! SHOWAugust 8th – August 29th, 2009OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, August 8th, 8:00-11:30 pm COPRO GALLERY (at Bergamot Station)2525 Michigan Ave #T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404GALLERY: 310-829-2156 PREVIEW OF ARTWORK: www.blabshow.com Copro Gallery and Monte Beauchamp proudly present the fifth annual "BLAB! SHOW," a kaleidoscope of colors and scenes from the "21st-Century Apocalypse" feature in the next issue of BLAB! Artists include: MARK RYDEN, JOE SORREN, JEFF SOTO, SHAG, FEMKE HIEMSTRA, ALEX GROSS, NATALIA FABIA, RYAN HESHKA, MARTIN WITTFOOTH, OWEN SMITH, GARY BASEMAN, JEAN-PIERRE ROY, KRIS KUKSI, GEORGANNE DEEN, GARY TAXALI, SPAIN, XNO, FRED STONEHOUSE, ANDY KEHOE, MARC BURCKHARDT, MARK…
Daily OCD: 8/5/09
Your midweek Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Crude but powerful drawings; an eye-shattering color palette; helter-skelter plotting, often with anticlimactic, fall-off-a-cliff endings; unintentionally manifested author obsessions; stupendous indulgence of schadenfreude, terror and glee at the misery of humanity, salted with some token morality. Yes, that's the Fletcher Hanks formula for a unique, unforgettable, Golden Age comics masterpiece, and all these bizarro traits are indeed on glorious display here [in You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!]…" – Paul Di Filippo, Sci Fi Wire • Plug: "I'm very impressed with Fantagraphics's restart of this wonderful series [Prince Valiant]. The…
