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                                              ALEXANDER THEROUX AT THE STRAND FEB, 5th: LAURA WARHOLIC OR, THE SEXUAL INTELLECTUAL   Fantagraphics Books and The Strand Bookstore are proud to announce a rare appearance and reading by National Book Award nominee ALEXANDER THEROUX, promoting his first novel in nearly twenty years, the just-released LAURA WARHOLIC OR, THE SEXUAL INTELLECTUAL.   “Brilliantly written.” — NORMAN MAILER   Listing Information: WHEN: Tues., Feb. 5th, 7:00PM WHERE: Strand Bookstore, 2nd Fl. 828 Broadway @ 12th New York, NY 10003…

Presenting the second MOME interview to be presented on Fantagraphics.com in its entirety: Gabrielle Bell, from MOME Vol. 2: gary groth: Do you remember a time or a period when you made a decision… "This is what I want to do?" gabrielle bell: Yes. I was traveling at the time. I was in Texas and I was just wandering through a comic book store. There were some instructions on how to become a comic artist. It was very simple — very, very easy. But actually, it was before that I decided to be a cartoonist, maybe a couple of weeks…

More info HERE. This book is the reason our Dal Tokyo collection is going to be delayed about a year (to Spring '09 or so). Couldn't imagine a better reason. 

106 people responded to our inaugural poll, giving us their feedback on the most recent edition of our Ultimate Catalog. Thanks to everyone who chimed in! Starting today there's a brand new poll which you can find at the bottom of the right column here on FLOG and on various other pages of our site (including the homepage): What was the primary reason you registered on Fantagraphics.com? Vote today! (And if you haven't registered yet, there's no time like the present!)

Opening this weekend.

Wilfred Santiago just joined the Flickr and is posting previews of 21, his forthcoming Fantagraphics graphic novel about baseball great Roberto Clemente. Check it out!

It's a bit tardy, but his week's installment of Steven Weissman's "Chocolate Cheeks" is now up for your reading pleasure. (Remember, site registration is required. Say, this might be a good time to mention that we just made our sign-up page a little more user-friendly.)

Jeremy Eaton wrote up the big Crumb show here in town for the Beacon Hill News. Nice piece, better than any of the major media coverage I've seen.

Our own Jason T. Miles has launched a website, and it's chock full of eye-splitting goodness like this:

  The penultimate chapter! By Daniel Clowes.