Thanks to everyone who attended the Daniel Clowes signing last Saturday and waited so patiently on line. Great fun with new and old friends. The new book is simply sublime, exceeding all expectations. If you don’t have Patience, get it now! Don’t miss the second annual Georgetown Bites: A Taste of Georgetown on Saturday, March 26 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This food festival celebrates the delightfully diverse culinary attractions and cafe culture in Seattle’s coolest neighborhood. Georgetown is home to Seattle’s oldest continuously operating beer hall, Jules Maes Saloon, as well as…
What’s in Store (The Virtue of Patience Edition)
We can’t wait for the Daniel Clowes signing this Saturday at Fantagraphics Bookstore from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Seattle. While we have ample supplies of Patience and other titles on hand, we encourage patrons to arrive on the early side, as his books tend to vanish quickly at these events. We’ll provide complimentary refreshments while you wait patiently to engage the artist. The book is simply amazing on every level imaginable. Coming up next, on Saturday, April 9 is the book launch for volume 1 of the Complete Crepax with an exhibition of tributes by contemporary American cartoonists (Benjamin…
What’s in Store
Thanks to Spanish artist Ricardo Cavolo and everyone who came out to support the release of Red Eye from Seattle’s own Short Run Micropress. The exhibition of prints and original art remains on view though April 6. A limited number of the minicomic featuring 16 international cartoonists are available at the store. Congratulations to our friends at Short Run on another exquisite publication. Our accent on international comix continues on Wednesday, March 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM as we welcome our Canadian colleague Tony Cliff signing copies of his new graphic novel Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling. The…
Daniel Clowes presents Patience at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Daniel Clowes is among the most accomplished artists of his generation. Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, March 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as we celebrate the publication of Patience, perhaps his most ambitious graphic novel to date. Clowes came to prominence with his groundbreaking Eightball comic book series in the 1990s, which was characterized by biting social satire rendered with a singular graphic sensibility. Eightball also included several cinematic long form stories such as Ghost World, which was adapted to film in 2001 featuring Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch in the lead roles. Clowes received an Academy…
What’s in Store (International Edition)
Join us on Friday, February 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as we host an exhibition of international artists for the debut of Red Eye from Short Run Micropress. This event features a special appearance by Spanish cartoonist Ricardo Cavolo, signing copies of his bestselling book 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die. Red Eye is best described as a curated chain letter. The publishers reached out to international artists whose work they admired and asked them to choose an artist from their community to contribute artwork to the book. The resulting handcrafted anthology…
What’s in Store (Comix Are for Lovers Edition)
As Valentine’s Day approaches, nothing says love like comix. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is your gateway to romance, filled with exquisite gifts at affordable prices. We suggest the latest installment of Love & Rockets from Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez – always a sensual pleasure. For something more suggestive, check out Lust, featuring lurid personal ads from The Stranger, lovingly illustrated by Ellen Forney. Those rejecting the contrivance of this Hallmark holiday may find solace in the heartbreaking hilarity of Esther Pearl Watson’s Unlovable series or the charming allure of Jordan Crane’s The Last Lonely Saturday, available in limited…
What’s in Store (Kaz, Crumb, Forney and more!)
Ellen Forney begins her bestselling graphic memoir Marbles by describing in detail her full back tattoo designed by Kaz, who will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, February 13. We ran into Ellen at a meeting at the Seattle Art Museum this afternoon, where she informed us she found the perfect eveningwear for the event. Can’t wait to welcome Kaz on his first visit to Seattle and see Ellen’s ink for the first time.
Fantagraphics Bookstore presents Underworld with Kaz
When not working as an Emmy-winning writer for animated series like Camp Lazlo, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoonist Kaz has been drawing his weekly Underworld comic strip since 1992. Come celebrate the first comprehensive collection of his clever creation on February 13 with a book signing and art exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood collects the most memorable strips from the 23 year lifetime of the strip, together with photos, anecdotes, and related Underworld ephemera. The strip, which enjoyed a long run in Seattle weekly The Stranger, chronicles a degenerate society populated by parodies of…
What’s in Store (Wonderful Winter Edition)
Thanks to everyone who came out to the publication party for Jim Woodring ‘s sensational Frank in the 3rd Dimension on Saturday – an amazing array of luminaries from Seattle’s art, music, and comix communities. We sold out of the book at the signing, but have more copies in stock now. Come view this visionary work at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery through February 10.
A New Dimension with Jim Woodring at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, January 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as Jim Woodring and collaborator Charles Barnard present Frank in the 3rd Dimension, a sensational publication featuring 3-D renderings of Woodring’s signature motifs This anxiously anticipated 3-D imagery was unveiled in a presentation last March at Cornish Theater and was included in the “Genius” exhibition this fall at Seattle’s Fry Art Museum. Woodring’s visionary imagery uniquely lends itself to this treatment. The 3-D process for Frank in the 3rd Dimension involved creating more than 150 layers per drawing in order to sculpt each image…
