Events

An event 40 years in the making! The Los Angeles Public Library is pleased to present Jaime, Gilbert, and Mario Hernandez aka Los Bros Hernandez in conversation with actor and comedian Chris Estrada, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Love and Rockets. In 1982 when the first issue of Love and Rockets came out,Gilbert and Jaime (occasionally working with their brother, Mario) were young, struggling, unknown cartoonists who were bucking the dominant comic book trend of costumed characters with intimate, complex, humane stories told in comics form. Now in its 40th year of publication, L&R has appeared in a variety of...

Don't miss a book signing with Liniers (Ricardo Siri) for his new collection, Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere! He'll be at Still North Books & Bar on September 29th at 7:00 pm.   About the book: In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to...

Don't miss Steve Brodner in conversation with BRCSJ Chief Activist Robt Seda-Schreiber at the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice! They'll be discussing community building, art, and Steve's new book, Living and Dying in America: A Daily Chronicle 2020-2022. About the book: Every day, late at night or early in the morning, from March 26, 2020 to January 1, 2022, the political cartoonist and illustrator Steve Brodner would get to work. In those midnight hours, he would review the day's reportage, sit down at his drawing board, and memorialize a singular person or event that played a role, willingly or...

The New York Comics Symposium Presents: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) and Austin English (The Comics Journal) at Unnameable Books! About the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity, racism, class, love, and even abuse. The book...

Don't miss Liniers (Macanudo: Welcome to Elsewhere) at the Northshire Bookstore in Vermont! About the book: In the spirit of Calvin & Hobbes, Mutts, and Krazy Kat, Liniers (Ricardo Siri) uses a shifting cast of children, talking animals, imaginary monsters, sensitive robots, occasional elves, and anthropomorphized objects to perform gags, philosophize, muse on nature, and engage in surreal, artistic flights of fancy. With delicate, calligraphic pen work and understated watercolors, the comic skips lightly from style to style and subject to subject, as Liniers allows his imagination and observational humor free reign. Jokes about domestic life, imagined scenarios of historical...

Don't miss Mathew Klickstein (See You at San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture) in conversation with Tim Seeley (Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse) at City Lit Books in Chicago! About the book: See You At San Diego is the comprehensive chronicle of Comic-Con International and modern geekdom itself as told through countless stories by nearly fifty of the most integral members of the Comic-Con and fandom scene. This full-fledged oral history, bursting with intimate reflections, hilarious observations, and at times, heartbreaking, often thought-provoking stories, is about how the geek at last inherited the earth and...

Vito Schnabel Gallery and Fantagraphics will host a book signing and launch party for Francis Rothbart! The Tale of a Fastidious Feral on Friday, October 28 from 6-8pm! Books (including a deluxe edition with an original print by Thomas Woodruff) will be available for sale on a first come, first serve basis. For the event and the following day, October 29th, over 300 drawings and paintings from the project will be on view in the gallery. About the book: Francis Rothbart! follows a feral child who is raised by magpies and other creatures and is repeatedly struck by lightning. Because...

Don't miss the virtual book launch for Detention #2 by Tim Hensley! He'll be joined in conversation by Kayla E. (Precious Rubbish) and hosted by Floating World Comics--tune in to the Fantagraphics Facebook page on November 2nd at 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST to watch the livestream! About the book: Brilliant cartoonist Tim Hensley (Wally Gropius) returns with his first new comic book since the acclaimed “Sir Alfred No. 3” in 2015! This is a gorgeous, oversized one-shot comic magazine (there is no Detention #1 — it's a joke, folks!) strictly limited to 2000 copies and available only through the...

Don't miss Antoine Maillard (Slash Them All) in conversation with Harry Nordlinger (Vacuum Decay)--they'll be talking horror, comics, and art at Silver Sprocket! Afterwards there will be a book signing and reception. Don't forget your mask! About Slash Them All: Two high school students are found dead, stoking fears amongst the student body and surrounding community of a serial killer on the loose. Yet summer is approaching, and the future is fraught with uncertainty—if only things could go back to normal for just a while longer. Instead, the heightened police presence prevents Pola from dealing at school while her best...

Shary Flenniken in conversation with Larry Reid from 6:00 - 6:30 PM Exhibition on view through Dec. 8th Featuring artwork by: Claudia Chinyere Akole, Shary Flenniken, Megan Kelso, Gareth Brookes, Natalia Novia, Lale Westvind, Anna Haifisch, Ariel López V., Casanova Frankenstein, James Spooner, T. Edward Bak, Madeleine Jubilee Saito, Julia Wald, Rodger Binyone, Jasper Jubenvill, Krusty Wheatfield & V. Vale Short Run and Fantagraphics Bookstore's long-going collaboration continues with the 10th annual Marathon Art Show. The title references comic artists' tireless commitment to the craft. This show features original work from the festival's special guests, a few stand-out exhibitors, and...

Stop by and see us at the annual (and beloved) Short Run Comix & Arts Festival! We'll have tons of books (including our newest releases) and merch at our table F:32-33, plus signings with our Fanta artists! Here's the signing schedule: 12:00-1:00 pm: Mannie Murphy (I Never Promised You a Rose Garden) 1:00-2:00 pm: Megan Kelso (Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories) 2:00-3:00 pm: Casanova Frankenstein (How to Make a Monster: Ugly Memories of Chicago from a South Side Escapee) 3:00-4:00 pm: Alex Graham (Dog Biscuits) 4:00-5:00 pm: Ellen Forney (Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life) 5:00-6:00...

Don't miss a book signing with the legendary Hernandez brothers--Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez will be signing copies of their books and comics at Bart's Books on November 5th! About Love and Rockets: In 1982, Fantagraphics Books published the first issue of Love and Rockets by the Hernandez brothers (Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario), and the series has since gone on to become the publisher’s flagship title, a monumental work of graphic fiction. Collected under the umbrella of L&R, the series is comprised of two separate ongoing stories: Gilbert chronicles the colorful inhabitants of the fictional Latin American town of Palomar, while Jaime...

Don't miss Megan Kelso's event at the Seattle Public Library! She'll discuss her new book, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five Stories, with Phyllis Fletcher (NPR, NYT) and then sign copies. About the book: Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years — roughly contemporaneously with the author’s own journey as a mother— wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity, racism,...

Don't miss a book signing and reception with Antoine Maillard for his new book, Slash Them All! About the book: Two high school students are found dead, stoking fears amongst the student body and surrounding community of a serial killer on the loose. Yet summer is approaching, and the future is fraught with uncertainty—if only things could go back to normal for just a while longer. Instead, the heightened police presence prevents Pola from dealing at school while her best friend, the typically discreet Daniel, resists increasingly morbid impulses. News crews speculate about the Bloody Batter, triggering PTSD and fueling paranoia....