Fantagraphics Blog

This week, Fantagraphics topped the NY Times Best Seller list in hardback graphic novels. Four of our new releases landed on the list: In the number one position was Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Strips Vol. 3 "Evidence to the Contrary" by Walt Kelly. This volume features daily and Sunday strips (in full color) from 1953-1954. Kelly introduces one of his boldest political caricatures, the insidious Simple J. Malarkey. Seminole Sam scams, Churchy La Femme cross-dresses, P.T. Bridgeport returns and more.    N0. 2 on the Best Seller list was The Complete Peanuts 1991-1994 Gift Box Set by Charles M. Schulz. There's a reason this two-some is so popular;…

Black Light: The World of L.B. Colebiography by Bill Schelly 272-page full color 9.25" x 13.25" softcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-762-8 Ships in: December 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now L.B. Cole created some of the most bizarre, proto-psychedelic, eye-popping comic book covers of all time, yet remarkably this is the first retrospective of his career, featuring the largest collection of Cole covers ever assembled, in an oversize format that showcases his attention to detail and his versatility in all the popular comic book genres of the day. Cole burst into comics during the glory years of the Golden Age…

The Complete Zap Comixby R. Crumb, Rick Griffin, Paul Mavrides, Victor Moscoso Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson 920-page black & white with color 9.75" x 13.25" x 7" hardcover • $500.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-787-1 Due to arrive in 1-2 weeks. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions. Get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/zap

  Jet City Comic Show is this weekend in our dear neighbor to the south, Tacoma. Join us Saturday, November 8th from 10am-5pm as we dish out the goodies, from our newest graphic novels to some beautiful reproduced classics hot of the press. Special guest at the convention include Ed Piskor (B-02), Peter Bagge (B-01) and Megan Kelso (B-03), right across from our booth (705) in Artist Alley. You can find them at their tables at the show. Find these stars an more at the Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center (1500 Broadway, Tacoma, WA 98402).    Megan Kelso will be signing at the…

Friday, November 11th Athens, GA – We are THRILLED to reprint the award winning graphic novel, Set to Sea, in gorgeous softcover released this month. We would be even more thrilled if you could join us and Drew Weing at Avid Bookshop for the launch party of a book that's on it's way to becoming a classic. Set to Sea plays out in several veins, part seafaring adventure, part homage to the poetry of written word, human strength, and nature. Readers of all ages will find something that pulls them in, and leaves them inspired to find satisfaction in life amongst adversity.  This free…

Coming soon to Book Soup in Los Angeles, CA is the one, the only Drew Friedman! Self proclaimed as the 'guy who draws liver spots' will be in conversation on Friday, November 14th at 7pm with artist, William Stout and signing his latest book Heroes of the Comics, currently out in a comic bookstore, bookstore or our online store now. Heroes of the Comics features over 80 full-color portraits of the pioneering legends of American comic books, including publishers, editors and artists from the industry s birth in the 30s, through the brilliant artists and writers of behind EC Comics in the 50s. All lovingly…

On this gloriously sunny fall day, we are excited to offer a sneak peek of our advance printer copies of the next EC Comics Library volume—Spawn of Mars and Other Stories! We're having a hard time keeping our hands off this beautiful hardcover book, which highlights the great Wallace Wood's science-fiction themed stories. Spawn of Mars will hit bookstores in December, which is coming up fast! So get yer pre-orders in now and make sure you've got room on your EC Comics Library shelf for this new title!

The Complete Zap Comixby R. Crumb, Rick Griffin, Paul Mavrides, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams, and S. Clay Wilson 920-page color 9.75" x 13.25" x 7" hardcover • $500.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-787-1 Ships in: November 2014 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now There scarcely was an underground comics world before Robert Crumb's classic solo first issue of Zap in 1968. By Zap #2, he had begun assembling a Seven Samurai of the best, the fiercest, and the most stylistically diversified cartoonists to come out of the countercultural kiln. All of them were extremists of one sort or another, from…

"Schulz was truly one of the game's great ambassadors." – Former National Baseball Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey "Novelty Peanuts books are the best kind of novelty book.” – The Comics Reporter A Valentine for Charlie Brownby Charles M. Schulz 72-page two-color 5.75" x 5.75" hardcover • $9.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-804-5 Due to arrive in 2-4 weeks. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://fantagraphics.com/valentineforcharliebrown

Comica continues rolling out the great cartoonists with Jacques Tardi. On Monday, November 10th, one hundred years after the outbreak of The Great War, Tardi makes his first ever public interview in Britain. He will be in conversation with Pat Mills, writer of Charley's War, the compelling saga of a young Cockney private enduring The First World War. An exceptional, unmissable encounter between two passionate anti-War comics creators. You can find these two in conversation at Foyles Bookshop, in The Auditorium, Level 6 (107 Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DT) from 7-8:30pm. Tickets are on sale here at the Comica site.  Please note that Tardi will not…