Please join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Saturday, May 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for the opening of an exhibition of paintings and prints by Augie Pagan. His colorful work responds to comics and pop culture imagery. Pagan, who lives above the bookstore, has contributed to our Jack Davis and Vaughn Bode tribute shows. We’re pleased to present this recent body of work, which remains on view through June 5. This event coincides with the lively Georgetown Art Attack featuring contemporary visual and performing arts presentations through the historic neighborhood. On Friday, May 17 from 7:00 to…
What’s in Store: Record Store Day & Independent Bookstore Day
Record Store Day is Saturday, April 13. Georgetown Records will be recording and lathe-cutting vinyl records on site! We’ll have a guitar on hand, so time permitting, you can make your own record and take it with you. Visiting artist Leela Corman has kindly consented to grace us with a song. Plus complimentary beverages, Charles Glaubitz exhibition and signing, Starseeds hot sauce tasting, and the Georgetown Art Attack! This Saturday, 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Free! Celebrate brick and mortar booksellers on Seattle Independent Bookstore Day, Saturday, April 27. Fantagraphics Bookstore will be open from 11:00 to 8:00 PM and from 1:00…
What’s in Store: Charles Glaubitz with special guest Leela Corman
Please join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, April 13 for an exhibition of watercolors and drawings by Mexican multimedia artist Charles Glaubitz as he launches the second volume of his metaphysical graphic novel Starseeds. Also appearing is award-winning cartoonist and illustrator Leela Corman, co-founder of Sequential Artists Workshop in Gainesville, Florida. Glaubitz’s Starseeds emerged from a series of narrative paintings on modern mythology. His subsequent graphic novel is informed by sources such as Joseph Campbell, Jack Kirby, Robert Anton Wilson, and the Mayan Aztec Codex – a fascinating and fluid meditation on the human condition. Glaubitz will exhibit recent…
What’s in Store: Patrick Moriarity and special guest Dame Darcy
Join us on Saturday, March 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore for an exhibition of drawings, prints, and paintings from Patrick Moriarity’s spectacular new 3D anthology Deep Artwork, together with special guest Dame Darcy reading from her recent memoir Hi Jax & Hi Jinx. Moriarity relocated to Seattle from Minneapolis in 1991 to work as an art director at Fantagraphics Books. His popular series from that era, Big Mouth, illustrated stories by luminaries like Henry Rollins, Charles Bukowski, Harvey Pekar, R. Crumb, Dame Darcy and many more. His latest project, Deep Artwork, adapts his cartoon imagery into…
What’s in Store: Australian Artist Michael Fikaris and More!
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, February 23 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM for an informal reception and book signing with interdisciplinary Melbourne artist Michael Fikaris. From spearheading Australia’s fledgling alternative comics movement in the early 2000’s with Silent Army, Fikaris also works with various collaborative groups locally and abroad. As an illustrator and arts editor with a love for collaborating, he has edited and published almost 20 artist anthologies and coordinated over 200 artists in exhibitions through a number of artist run initiatives and institutions. Since 2013, Fikaris has held residencies in communities abroad as an artist and arts editor,…
What’s in Store: Jack Kamen’s Lasting Legacy
Jack Kamen’s classic stories in EC comics like Tales From the Crypt, Weird Science, Haunt of Fear, Modern Love, and Weird Fantasy left a lasting impression on midcentury American youth. They sold in the millions, but were vilified by child psychologists, preachers and politicians, who claimed these comic books were the cause of juvenile delinquency, leading to their ultimate demise. Kamen’s legacy has been preserved in the EC Artists’ Library from Fantagraphics Books with four collections: Zero Hour, Forty Whacks, Daddy Lost His Head, and Martian Monster. An exhibition of Kamen’s comics hosted by series editor J. Michael Catron opens…
What’s in Store: Art, Music and More!
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore this Saturday, January 12, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM to celebrate the publication of Tom Van Deusen’s new comix collection Expelling My Truth. This party includes an exhibition of original art from the book with readings by Simon Hanselmann, Max Clotfelter, and Van Deusen, along with the ever-popular complimentary refreshments. This event coincides with the monthly Georgetown Art Attack featuring colorful visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic art community. On Saturday, January 26 at 8:00 PM, Fantagraphics Bookstore and Georgetown Records, in association with Goethe Institut Seattle, present an experimental music performance by…
What’s in Store: A Very Good Year!
It’s come that time when Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid chooses his favorite comix of the year. I customarily select about a dozen outstanding titles. This being a banner year for contemporary comix, I’ll be more expansive this time, listing my top twenty. This exercise is subjective by nature. I try to avoid the term “best,” preferring instead to name the books that most appealed to me. 20. Doukhobor Comics by Rose Driver. What’s not to like about an eccentric anarchist/nudist/arsonist religious cult that, with the help of Leo Tolstoy, made their way from Russia to the Pacific…
What’s in Store: 12th Anniversary Gala feat. Jeremy Eaton
Celebrate the 12th anniversary of Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, December 8, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM with an exhibition by Jeremy Eaton, HOW NOT TO DRAW COMICS, featuring musical entertainment from Fantagraphics friends and staff – Bounty of the Wayside (Nancy Clarke, Kyle Hanson, and Eaton) with The War of Northern Aggression (Keeli McCarthy and Donna Brown.) Cool art, live music, complimentary refreshments, and holiday cheer galore! Eaton’s comix work, published by Fantagraphics Books in the 90s, was an important contribution to the alternative comix movement of that period. He has since turned his attention to painting, examining the…
What’s in Store: Best American Comics Party
Drop by Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Saturday, November 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM to celebrate the publication of Best American Comics 2018 with local contributors Simon Hanselmann, D J Bryant, Alex Graham, and our own Max Clotfelter (on the occasion of his 40th birthday). The event includes a rare DJ set by former Fantagraphics staffer and U-Men guitarist Tom Price commemorating the release of Sub Pop’s seasonal U-Men/Green River split single with sleeve art by Peter Bagge. Complimentary refreshments and birthday cake! This event coincides with Small Business Saturday. Wherever you are, please patronize local artists and independent enterprises….
