Fantagraphics Blog

By popular demand, we are extending our massive blowout Spring Cleaning Sale at our storefront through Wednesday, April 16! There are still some choice goodies to be had, so if you couldn't make it over the weekend, you still have a few more days to get in on the fun. Speaking of fun, Saturday's event at the store was a blast! Here's video of happy shoppers, with audio from Martin Bland's "Randomized Control Trials": Man of the hour Martin Bland, right, with Jason Miles: Below, Dutch artist Femke Hiemstra with Roq La Rue gallery owner Kirsten Anderson. We will be…

Context: I told him to feel no obligation to fill up the rather large, blank page. Courtesy David B.:

Original pulp cover art from 70s-80s Latin America/Mexico.

Renee French started an art blog a couple of weeks ago and it's instantly one of my favorites.

Courtesy the filthy, degenerate Chip Kidd. Grrowl.

As if the promise of half-price books at our giant scratch-and-dent Spring Cleaning Sale all this weekend at our storefront weren't enticement enough on its own, feast your eyes on this spread: Video? Why not! Selection is still good, so come on down!

Here's another daily photographic sneak peek at (and inside) an upcoming book that we recently received "in the flesh" at the office. Today it's the latest volume in Craig Yoe's wild-n-wacky Arf series of anthologies, Comic Arf. For a Flickr slideshow, click here (link fixed!), or to browse manually, click here.

It's time for your weekly installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks"! In this week's strip: hate at first sight? (Remember, you must be registered and logged in to read.)

The blowout Spring Cleaning Sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, with 50% off hundreds of scratch-and-dent books, is going on RIGHT NOW — hustle on down for the best selection. Then, head on back tomorrow night from 6-9 for Martin Bland's "Randomized Control Trials" sound installation. For a taste of what to expect, download this MP3 of the aptly-titled "The Explainer": Martin Bland – "The Explainer" (1.87 MB MP3) We also have an EXCLUSIVE Martin Bland composition entitled "Warehouse" and featuring, you guessed it, the sounds of the Fantagraphics warehouse: Martin Bland – "Warehouse" (4.42 MB MP3)

Dash Shaw was kind enough to send this link over to me when he learned of my (and Eric's) impending fatherhood. The entire story here.