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Meet Megg, Mogg, and Owl. Megg is a drug-addicted, depressed witch, and Mogg is her familiar — a cat who doesn't seem to respect her boundaries. Owl is an anthropomorphized owl. This first collection of Tasmanian-born Simon Hanselmann's online comic stars characters struggling with poverty, drug use, depression, sexuality, and their sometimes abusive relationships with each other. Megahex will feature three seasons of Megg and Mogg from the past five years, as well as over 70 pages of new material. Our downloadable excerpt dives right into Megg, Mogg, and Owl getting high and getting in trouble. There is a party…

Advance copies of Carol Swain's Gast have arrived fresh off the printers, and we couldn't be more excited to give you a first glimpse inside this gorgeous book. Gast follows amateur naturalist and bird-watcher Helen as she investigates the suicide of a 'rare bird' named Emrys. In the process of unraveling this mysterious occurrence and the life of Emrys, Helen also goes on a journey of self-discovery. We expect the book to hit the shelves by mid-August. Read an excerpt and pre-order your copy today!

  The Scott Eder Gallery is one of the premier sellars of comic book art, and is the only gallery in New York City that is exclusively dedicated to showcasing and championing the art of comic books. So it's no surprise that when they open a new show, half of the talent on their roster include Fantagraphics artists. Opening in tandem with the first ever New York Special Edition convention, the Scott Eder Gallery put together an anthological show to highlight their favorite selections over the past six years, and surprise premieres. Of the numerous masters being exhibited, there are…

The surreal, absurd, and delightfully bizarre collection of work that is Tales Designed to Thrizzle Vol. 1, by the ineffable Michael Kupperman, comes out in paperback this Fall. Our downloadable excerpt takes you through the first 10 pages, which includes an interrupted narrated story of Picasso by a Hamburger, the mysterious murder of Casanova, and an advertisement for a nut-derived bra of questionable integrity. What else is there to say? Pre-order and reserve your copy today.

Today, comiXology has is giving away digital copies of Jason's Werewolves of Montpellier. Typically $9.99, this comic can be yours for a few simple clicks of the ol' mouse! A faux werewolf-cum-burglar named Sven runs afoul of a real society of werewolves who don't take kindly to the pretender. So while Sven spends his days playing chess and poker with his friends, sketching his way through his picturesque chosen hometown, and coping with romantic dilemmas – both his and those of his best friend, the Breakfast-at-Tiffany's-obsessed Audrey, who has girl troubles of her own – little does he realize that a genuine threat to…

Fantagraphics Welcomes Sophomore Graphic Novel From Noah Van Sciver MAY 30, 2014, SEATTLE, WA — Fantagraphics has acquired the international rights to Saint Cole, the second graphic novel from critically acclaimed cartoonist Noah Van Sciver, coming in March of 2015. Serialized as a webcomic starting in 2013, this book highlights Van Sciver's ability to create dark portraits of contemporary twentysomething manhood. Saint Cole depicts four days in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old suburbanite named Joe, who works at a pizzeria to support his girlfriend, Nicole, and their infant child. When Nicole invites her troubled mother to move into their two-bedroom apartment until…

With 29 glorious days to go in his campaign, Paul Hornschemeier is running a Kickstarter campaign to pay for the creation of Giant Sloth, his next animated short. This animation is fun, Gordon (voiced by Paul Giamatti) is the curator of a musty, dusty natural history museum full of eccentricities. One day he finds that the museum will be privitized and enjoy watching a man's life go down the draing with his collapsing sanity, Hornschemeier has an all-star cast ready to go with featuring the voices of Paul Giamatti, Jason Mantzoukas, and Kate McKinnon plus Comedy Bang Bang's Scott Aukerman. Some…

Shipping now from our mail-order department: The Amateursby Conor Stechschulte 64-page black & white 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-734-5 See Previews / Order Now When Jim and Winston arrive one morning to open their butcher shop, something is wrong. There is no meat in the shop, and they have both completely forgotten how to do their job. What has caused this strange amnesia, and what do they do now? This funny, often discomfiting graphic novella is the debut book from Conor Stechschulte. Exclusive: Conor has provided us with this limited-edition 4-color screenprint to include as a free bonus…

Volume 7 of Wandering Son by Shimura Takako is hot off the press, and we've got your first look here with our advance copies! Following right where Volume 6 left off, our intrepid cast of middle school students continues to explore, question, and navigate their gender identities amongst the usual trials and tribulations of adolescence. Gender-bending, ski trips, first signs of acne, and continuing self-discovery are all in store for our teen heroes. Wandering Son Vol. 7 is expected to ship in August. Read an excerpt and pre-order your copy today!

May is thundering past us and we just received one of the biggest deliveries of our Kickstarter: THE SHIRTS! We're mailing them out as we type so keep your eyes on that mailbox. The Team Fanta shirt was designed by our designer, Keeli McCarthy, who funny enough Kickstarted for another reward BEFORE she worked here. [insert what a small world reference here] She knocked this shirt outta the park, it's just fantastic! Many of our books have been printed and sent out. We're mounting the bookplates (a few of them went out without plate mounts-argh!) but they are still removable…