Fantagraphics wishes you an anxiety-free holiday! Panel from Nancy Likes Christmas by Ernie Bushmiller
Reflections on Banned Books Week
As Banned Books Week comes to an end, we’d like to join in this annual celebration of free speech and creative freedom by weighing in on Fantagraphics Books’ publishing philosophy as it relates to publishing the kinds of books that make the lists of banned books. The American Library Association listed three graphic novels in the top ten banned books in 2014, plus a prose book illustrated by Ellen Forney, which almost qualifies. None of them published by us, alas, but we keep trying. We are proud to publish books that tackle divisive issues — from a graphic novel guide…
Happy Birthday, Kim
We miss you, buddy.
Fantagraphics Fridays
Comixology & Fantagraphics Launch Series of Cartoonist-Focused Bundles with Exclusive Content Today sees the launch of four bundles by acclaimed cartoonists, Jaime Hernandez, Chuck Forsman, Tony Millionaire and Peter Bagge available for a limited time across comiXology’s entire platform with a new bundle released every Friday. Each cartoonist bundle will include an exclusive mini comic digitally that is not available anywhere else. Each of today’s cartoonist-focused bundles offers critically acclaimed graphic novels and single issues such as God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls (Jaime Hernandez) Celebrated Summer (Chuck Forsman), Billy Hazelnuts (Tony Millionaire) and Hate # 1-20 (Peter Bagge) at…
Fantagraphics Goes Back to Press on Two Summer Hits
Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that two of its highest profile summer releases — NOT FUNNY HA-HA by Leah Hayes and MOX NOX by Joan Cornellá — are going back to press after near-immediate sellouts of their first printings. Both books have been virally popular and garnered rave reviews left and right, fueling demand and eroding supply. But don’t worry: more copies are on the way! The new printing of Not Funny Ha-Ha will hit stores in October, while the new printing of Mox Nox will debut next month at the Small Press Expo (SPX) in Bethesda, MD, where author Joan Cornellá will be a…
Fantagraphics Spaces Out With Joshua Cotter’s Nod Away
For Immediate Release: July 9, 2015-Seattle, WA-Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce its acquisition of Joshua Cotter’s new sci-fi epic Nod Away, to be released Spring 2016. Nod Away moves back and forth between physical and psychological worlds, utilizing traditional and abstract storytelling styles to explore what consciousness could be, where it’s located, and what function or point it serves. Nod Away is set on a near-future version of Earth. Deep-space transport has been developed to take a small crew to a habitable planet in a nearby system in an attempt to begin colonization/repopulation. The Internet is now telepathic…
Heretical Graphic Designer Art Chantry at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to announce the global debut of Art Chantry Speaks: A Heretic’s History of 20th Century Graphic Design from Port Townsend’s Feral House press. The reception, book signing and companion exhibition by one of the country’s most influential graphic designers opens Saturday, July 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The exhibition continues though August 6, 2015. Chantry’s idiosyncratic style dramatically impacted contemporary graphic design throughout the 1980s and 1990s with his emphasis on hand-crafted techniques just as digital graphics were becoming ubiquitous. His new book collects captivating essays and illustrations that document the essential elements…
The Complete Eightball tops the New York Times best seller list!
Congratulations are in order to Daniel Clowes. The Complete Eightball has taken the #1 spot for graphic novels on the New York Times best seller list! We couldn’t be more proud! Get your copy from Fantagraphics.com
What’s in Store
Our friend Marc Maron is in the news this week after his provocative WTF podcast with Barack Obama. (Note the copy of Zap #1 on the bulletin board above the President’s head.) Check out Maron’s equally entertaining interview with Peter Bagge conducted at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery for an early WTF podcast in 2010. It’s nice to see subversive artists advancing America’s agenda.
Photographer and Writer Seth Kushner Passes Away
We at Fantagraphics offer our deepest condolences to the family of Seth Kushner, who passed away on May 17th, 2015. Seth was a deeply talented and inspirational photographer, writer and friend of comics who was able to capture a depth and creativity through his portraiture that few could. Best illustrated through the collaborative book, Leaping Tall Buildings: The Origin of American Comics, Kushner told an evocative story of his subjects like Jaime Hernandez, Peter Bagge, and Dash Shaw through his photography. He is also the co-creator of online publications like Trip City, and Graphic NYC, and numerous other projects. After…
