We’re so excited to be back at San Diego Comic-Con booth 1721, along with Special Guests Katie Skelly, Briana Loewinsohn, and Peter Bagge! We’ve got a full signing schedule, fascinating panels, tables full of books (including some new releases that aren’t out yet), and exclusive merch! And then of course, there’s our big annual Not-At-Comic-Con Sale, with 25% off just about everything on Fantagraphics.com! Scroll down for the details.
Fantagraphics Booth 1721 Signing Schedule:
Thursday, June 23rd:
12:00-1:00 pm: Mathew Klickstein (See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture)
1:00-2:00 pm: Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts) + Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets)
2:00-3:00 pm: Gilbert Hernandez + Natalia Hernandez (Roy #2)
3:00-4:00 pm: Katie Skelly (Heaven) + Jaime Hernandez (Love & Rockets)
4:00-5:00 pm: Jaime Hernandez (Love & Rockets)
Friday, July 24th:
11:00 am-1:00 pm: Jaime Hernandez (Love & Rockets) + Gilbert Hernandez (Love & Rockets) + Natalia Hernandez (Roy #2)
1:00-2:00 pm: Carol Tyler (The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief) + Mathew Klickstein (See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture)
2:00-3:00 pm: John Pham (J & K) + Katie Skelly (Heaven)
4:00-5:00 pm: Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts)
Saturday, July 25th:
12:00-1:00 pm: Mathew Klickstein (See You At San Diego: An Oral History of Comic-Con, Fandom, and the Triumph of Geek Culture)
2:00-3:00 pm: Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts) + Carol Tyler (The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief)
Sunday, July 26th:
2:00-3:00 pm: Briana Loewinsohn (Raised By Ghosts)
3:00-4:00 pm: Barbara “Willy” Mendes
Panels:
Stay tuned–this info will be released two weeks before the show!
Booth Exclusives:
Eisner Nominations:
Best Short Story: “Blood Harvest,” in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson
Best Short Story: “Curse Room,” in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson
Best Graphic Memoir: The Ephemerata: Shaping the Exquisite Nature of Grief, by Carol Tyler
Best Graphic Memoir: Precious Rubbish, by Kayla E.
Best Graphic Memoir: Raised by Ghosts, by Briana Loewinsohn
Best Graphic Album–New: Shadows of the Sea, by Cathy Malkasian
Best Graphic Album–Reprint: Goes Like This, by Jordan Crane
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Buff Soul, by Moa Romanova, translated by Melissa Bowers
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Nocturnos, by Laura Pérez, translated by Andrea Rosenberg
Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Raging Clouds, by Yudori
Best Archival Collection/Project—Comic Books: The Atlas Comics Library No. 7: Girl Comics, edited by Dr. Michael J. Vassallo
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: Barnaby, vol. 5: 1950–1952, by Crockett Johnson, edited by Phil Nel & Eric Reynolds
Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips: The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1928–1930, edited by J. Michael Catron and Bill Blackbeard
Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Cathy Malkasian, Shadows of the Sea
2026 Eisner Hall of Fame Judges’ Choices:
Lee Marrs (1945– )
Beginning her comics career assisting on Little Orphan Annie, Prince Valiant, and Hi & Lois, Lee Marrs went on to co-found Alternative Features Service. She is one of the godmothers of the underground comix movement, a “founding mommy” for underground women cartoonists. Creator of the underground comic The Further Fattening Adventures of Pudge, Girl Blimp, she also contributed to a variety of series, notably including DC’s Plop!, but also Wimmen’s Comix, Wet Satin, and Gay Comix, as well as Star*Reach, which was published by lifelong partner and fellow Hall of Fame inductee Mike Friedrich.
Paul S. Newman (1924–1999)
When Paul S. Newman died at age 75, The New York Times and CNN carried the news, including that he had been listed in Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most prolific comic book writer. His official credits began with DC in 1947, and the man whom historian Robin Snyder dubbed “King of the Comic Book Writers” often worked without credit on a variety of story types for a variety of publishers. To put his work in perspective, Newman said in 1977 that, to get his 4,121 stories approved for publication, “I had to submit an additional 5,000 plot ideas, which were rejected.”
Héctor Germán Oesterheld (1919–1977[?])
Lambiek describes Héctor Germán Oesterheld as “the most important comic writer from South America.” The Argentinian tackled almost every genre, instilling each with social and political substance. His works between 1952 and 1968 include the revisionist Western El Sargento Kirk, the war comic with no battles Ernie Pike, the popular El Eternauta science fiction strip, the horror-adventure title Mort Cinder, and the biography Vida del Che. Oesterheld was subsequently arrested and presumed killed. An Italian journalist was later told, “We did away with him because he wrote the most beautiful story of Che Guevara ever done.” Oesterheld understood the risks he was taking but always wrote what he believed.
Jimmy Swinnerton (1875–1974)
James “Jimmy” Swinnerton was a prolific newspaper strip creator whose career began with comics targeted to children, which was unusual for the period. He was still a teenager when the San Francisco Examiner carried his Little Bears strip, inspired by the bear on the California flag and/or the bear mascot for the San Francisco Mid-Winter Exposition of 1894. An early multi-panel strip using speech balloons, Little Bears might be considered the first “talking animal” comic. For the New York Journal, Swinnerton introduced The Little Tigers and, later, Little Jimmy. While in New York and after a move to Arizona, he introduced Mr. Jack, Mount Ararat, and Rocky Mason, Government Marshal, and painted backgrounds for dozens of Warner Bros. cartoons.
Carol Tyler (1951– )
Carol Tyler is a cartoonist, painter, and comics educator whose interest in undergrounds led her to San Francisco and her 1987 debut in Weirdo magazine. Collections of short pieces such as The Job Thing and Late Bloomer would follow, setting the groundwork for her first long-form narrative, the Eisner Award-nominated biography of her father, whose three color volumes were collected as Soldier’s Heart. The New York Times described it as “a vivid, affecting, eccentrically stylish frame built around a terrible silence.” Married to Comics, a 2023 documentary about Tyler’s life with her late husband, fellow cartoonist Justin Green, was released to rave reviews. Her 2025 work The Ephemerata is a sensitive reflection on the nature of grief.
Can’t make it to Comic-Con? No need to fret—treat yourself during our Not-At-Comic-Con Sale! From Thursday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 26th, you can use coupon code SDCC at checkout for 25% off just about everything (and yes, that includes pre-orders) at Fantagraphics.com!
All order fulfillment subject to availability. Merch, and gift cards will not be included in the sale. Due to increased order volume, please allow an extra 7-10 days for shipping and handling. Sale discounts can not be combined with any other promotions. Free shipping offers do not apply. For questions, please email helpme@fantagraphics.com with “Comic-Con Sale” in the subject line, or give us a call at 1-800-657-1100.