Fantagraphics Blog

Over at the Stranger's website, our own Ellen Forney has teamed up with the Stranger's Kelly O to talk about the R. Crumb show that just opened at the Frye Museum here in Seattle. I haven't had a chance to listen yet, but I will be listening and so should you.  I could go on and on about how great the Crumb exhibition is, but simply put, it might be the greatest comic art exhibition I've ever seen and if you like comics enough to read this blog and are anywhere near Seattle, you're out of your mind if you don't make a special trip to the Frye in the…

Visiting our office earlier today: "Seeing that exhibit silenced a gong that's been ringing in my head for 45 years." 

Important news for our overseas customers: since the U.S. Postal Service no longer offers Surface Mail to international addresses, we can no longer offer this service to our customers. We looked far and wide to find the most affordable alternative, and effective immediately, our standard shipping option for most orders to addresses outside North America will be Global Mail, a service of DHL. Delivery times for this service are in the 2-3 week range. (The smallest and largest orders will be sent Air Mail.) We have also reconfigured our international Air Mail shipping charges, and we’re happy to say that…

… courtesy Johnny Ryan. This is the working cover for the next Blecky Yuckerella collection, coming in early 2009 from Fantagraphics. Aways off, but I had to share. 

Castle Waiting Vol. II #10By Linda Medley This issue: Jain, Tolly and Simon get some unexpected help when they find an unpleasant surprise in the Castle's hidden passageways, while the other castle folk learn how not to construct a doorway. 24-page black & white comic book $3.95Order Now!

Jim Blanchard is offering this new, limited edition giclée print of Redd Foxx, over at his website. Only 12 printed — at $36, it's a steal.

  Evan Dorkin has posted some 20-year-old con sketches he's collected from Los Bros Hernandez and Daniel Clowes. 

The New Yorker has a flickr pool with entries in their aforementioned Eustace Tilley redesign contest. I was partial to this one, courtesy robotalphabet:   And here's a fine contribution from our own Wilfred Santiago:

At the Thought Balloonists blog, Craig Fischer offers an in-depth analysis of Thierry Groensteen's theories of comics semiotics and structure, using this page from Jason's (out of print) graphic novel Hey, Wait… as an example:

"Congratulations to Fantagraphics for being the best-represented North American comics publisher I encountered in Japan: two stores." Thanks, Chris.