Fantagraphics Blog

  Gary Groth and Jason T. Miles head down to Los Angeles tomorrow morning for this weekend's BOOK EXPO AMERICA at the L.A. Convention Center (right next to the Staples Center – good luck avoiding the crush of rioting Laker fans when their team earns a trip to the NBA finals tomorrow night, gents). Our booth numbers at the show are #1411-1413, in the W.W. Norton area, and we'll be showcasing basically our entire 2008 line, including previews of just about every title coming out for the rest of the year. We're also bringing along five our favorite sons to do signings on…

… the more they stay the same. Bryan Lee O'Malley justly eviscerates Tokyopop's new contracts, while Jack Kirby spins.

Loads of Shag fans came out for his exhibit opening and book signing at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery last weekend. Even Dan Pussey dressed up for the occasion! See lots more photos in our Flickr stream, and our pal "Sedanman" has a great set, too.

Attention MySpace friends, Facebook fans, Flickr contacts, Twitter followers etc! This week is your last chance to save 20%-25% off all your online purchases at Fantagraphics.com as part of our 2nd Annual Fantagraphics Online Friends Appreciation Sale, which ends Saturday May 31. Click here for all the details!

One of the Beasts! made the cover of The Stranger 's new Sasquatch Music Festival Guide: The lovely and sympathetic bigfoot portrait from Renee French. (Who is a swell gal to boot– have you seen her great blog?)

Jules Feiffer will be interviewed live tomorrow (Wednesday) at 11AM eastern on the Mr. Media radio show and will be taking questions from listeners. Just click the link for full info about listening live online and for calling in to ask Mr. Feiffer a question about his new book, Explainers, or really anything from his storied career. 

  … at Computerlove.com (oh, my…).  

Two panels from VAULT OF EVIL #9 (1973, Marvel): 

Happy Memorial Day everyone. Here's two sketchbooks to help make up for my less than daily posting the last couple weeks, courtesy Megan Kelso and Brian Ralph:

Opening June 7 at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, MA, a Steve Brodner solo exhibit titled "Raw Nerve." See a preview here. (Via Steve's "Person of the day" blog.)