Fantagraphics Blog

 On September 15th, today, Eleanor Davis is a guest of the every lovely Takoma Park Library in Maryland, in conjuction with Politics & Prose.  Her most recent book, How to be Happy, is the topic of discussion for this moving a personal presentation and discussion. With beautiful and different styles to match the mood of the story, this collection has grasped ahold of America and is almost sold out! So grab a copy before the librarians get the last remaining copy. As one of our staffers said, library events are the best events, so get some social capital at our nation's capitol!  Presentation begins at…

It's a Peanuts-filled day at the Fantagraphics office! We've got an exquisite slipcase box set for you from our Complete Peanuts hardcover collection. Volumes 21 and 22 are wrapped in a lovely, navy blue slipcase that will sit quite nicely alongside the rest of your Peanuts collection. We're in our homestretch. There are just three volumes remaining of this comprehensive, chronological series collecting every single Peanuts strip that the famed and beloved Charles M. Schulz has penned. Volumes 21 and 22 span the years from 1991 through 1994, with introductions by Tom Tomorrow and Jake Tapper. For all of you…

Tuesday, September 15 As a part of our cute boy/boys of summer/wild boyz tour, these dapper dans are headed to Philadelphia's Locust Moon Comics for a two day signing and music event. Did you think SPX would poop these guys out? We're just getting started! Join Megahex author, Simon Hanselmann, and artists Michael Deforge, and Patrick Kyle on Tuesday, September 15 at 7 pm for a signing and hangout spectacular. Joining them on this night are the very special, and also very cute, guests Farel Dalrymple, Annie Mok and Noel Freibert. Get the full tour rundown here.  Wednesday, September 17 In addition to being super talented…

As mentioned last week, we've got the first boxed set of The Complete Peanuts Vols. 1-2, paperback edition, coming out in October along with the release of volume 2. These paperback volumes have been redesigned inside and out, including the slipcase cover for this first boxed set. It's like discovering Charles M. Schulz's work all over again!

Tonight at the 'Cute Boy Alert' World Tour with Simon Hanselmann, Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle hits the Telegraph Gallery in Charlottesville, VA! From 6-9pm you can get the boys to sign not only your comics but a special edition print the gallery owners have made!    The print debuted at SPX this past weekend. This print was designed in collaboration by all three amazing artists on the tour, and will be on display at all the stops on the tour – but is exclusively for sale at the Telegraph Gallery.    Feelin' sad because you can't get to Telegraph…

   Famed alternative cartoonist Charles Burns will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Friday, September 19 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM presenting his new book Sugar Skull. He will be followed on Sunday, September 21 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM by Chris Wright signing copies of his recent graphic novel Blacklung. Seattle native Charles Burns, now a resident of Philadelphia, was among the founders of the alternative comix movement in the 1970s when he emerged from The Evergreen State College with Lynda Barry and Matt Groening. This trio of gifted artists began syndicating their innovative comic strips in alternative weeklies, which gave momentum to…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente [Softcover Ed.]by Wilfred Santiago 200-page duotone 6.25" x 8" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-775-8 See Previews / Order Now Now available for the first time in paperback, Wilfred Santiago’s instant classic 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente is a human drama of courage, faith, and dignity, inspired by the life of the acclaimed Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star who died too young. 21 chronicles Clemente's life from his early days growing up, through the highlights of his career, capturing the grit of his rise from an impoverished…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Ghost of the Grotto Starring Walt Disney's Donald Duckby Carl Barks 96-page black & white with color 5.5" x 7.5" hard/soft/cover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-779-6 See Previews / Order Now One of Donald Duck's most famous adventures leads off our new line of affordable kid-sized Donald Duck books: just-right half-height books packed with fun, laughs, and adventure in every 96-page edition. Each story is complete with all the original story and art (no panels have been dropped or altered). In "Donald Duck and the Ghost of the Grotto," Donald and his…

There's only a few more hours to get HALF OFF of our digital titles at comiXology. To celebrate fall AND the best cartoonists in comic-dom, comiXology is having a line-wide sale of Fantagraphics titles that ends tonight at 11:59 EST. That's 8:59 PM for you West Coasters. Just use the code COMIX at the checkout.    Get some sweet sold-out-in-print comics like Charles Forsman's The End of the Fucking World for $7.99 or Ed Piskor's New York Times Best Selling Hip Hop Family Tree for only $9.99!   Or how about some of Linda Medley's Castle Waiting or classic EC comics for the upcoming Halloween season like Sucker Bait by…

In this 10-page, 1.5 MB excerpt of Vapor, Nicodemu—er, nicodem—er, nick—has escaped to the desert, seeking "Solitude, Silence, Privation, Quiet." Instead, he is interrupted after several days of ascetic-level hermitage by the no-nonsense cat mosh, who brings our protagonist crashing back down to reality. Vapor, by award-winning cartoonist Max, will be out in November. No need to meditate on this—head on over and pre-order your copy today!