Fantagraphics Blog

Get ready to kick back, relax, and light up a joint with us as we…Um, we—what were we doing? Oh yes! Office copies of Simon Hanselmann's eagerly awaited debut collection, Megahex, have hit our desks, and we are ecstatic to finally see this beloved webcomic in printed form, beautifully bound in hardcover. Whether you're a first time reader or longtime fan of Hanselmann's Megg, Mogg, and Owl comics, make sure to check out our downloadable preview to cool your cravings. The book is available for presale and is expected to hit stores in a month or so!

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability.Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 5: Outwits the Phantom Blot by Floyd Gottfredson 288-page black & white/color 10.5" x 8.75" hardcover • $34.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-736-9 "This is primetime Gottfredson, beautiful to look at and fun." -Tom Spurgeon, Comics Reporter Prince Valiant Vol. 9: 1953-1954 by Hal Foster 120-page full color 10.25" x 14" hardcover • $35.00ISBN:…

Here's a complete list of fun panels our cartoonists, editors and team players will be on Thursday through Sunday at San Diego Comic Con. We love questions so don't feel shy at the panels. And check out all these people during their lovely signings at the table, booth #1718.   Thursday, July 24th 5:00-6:00 Spotlight on Eleanor Davis Eleanor Davis (How to be Happy) will do an autobiographical presentation that has something to do with finding truth in fiction & the strange passions inside an author/reader relationship.Room 9 6:30p.m. – 7:30p.m Indie Comics Marketing & PR 101Have a comic but don't know how to…

Today marks the start of a limited-time only Jason treasury bundle, featuring titles BRAND NEW to comiXology and on Sale! For a chill $99 you get 18 titles by Jason saving up to 52% on the books. It even includes several sold out print titles like The Living and the Dead, The Iron Wagon, Pocket Full of Rain and more. So fill up that digital shelf with as many Jason books as you can muster! Or exactly eighteen! Isle of 100,000 Graves • Werewolves of Montpellier • I Killed Adolf Hitler • Lost Cat • Athos in America • Hey, Wait • The…

  Now you know about the books you want to get but WHAT about getting them signed?! These cartoonists' hands have been certified by the State of California to touch black ink to paper and spin it around a bunch! Come get your books 'notarized' by these official cartonists and special guests at the designated times their 'offices' are open. Don Rosa, Eleanor Davis, Lucy Knisley and Drew Friedman are all Special Guests of SDCC (everyone else is just a Rad as Hell Guest). Find us at the usual spot booth #1718     Wednesday, July 23rd 6:30-8pm: Don Rosa Thursday, July…

This week's pink cotton candy goodness of Online Commentaries and Diversions: Review: How to Be Happy by Eleanor Davis "A mix of evocative, geometric watercolors and fluid pen-and-ink cartoons, How to Be Happy tells stories of sad people, lonely people, strong people, confident people, all trying to find a tiny bit of happiness in life…Davis’ clever and sometimes jaw-droppingly beautiful artwork makes those stories feel real." – Dan Kois, Slate Book Review "The use of Adam and Eve’s human bodies to communicate to one another, to seek the bliss that’s coming, to lift that weight, is the image Davis wants…

The London Film and Comic Con held its inaugural awards ceremony for the True Believer Awards over the weekend. The Secret History of Marvel Comics by Blake Bell and Dr. Michael J. Vassallo received an award for the Best Comics Related Book Category    Exposing the seamy underside of Martin Goodman's publishing empire, this never-before-told history of Goodman's pulps and scandal sheets and the Marvel artists who worked for them is chock full of unseen art. Blake Bell is also the editor for our sumptuous Steve Ditko Archives. Congrats!

  This is your official warning to bring your heavy duty bags and library book carts because here are our San Diego Comic Con graphic novel and comic debuts. Need a workout? Well, you're gonna get it by grasping our beautiful tomes to your chest as you happily leave, arms full from a fun time at Fantagraphics, booth #1718!   How to Be Happy is Eleanor Davis's first collection of graphic/literary short stories collecting the best stories she's drawn for Mome, Nobrow, and Lucky Peach, as well in her own self-published comics. Davis achieves a rare, subtle poignancy in her narratives that are at once…

Joe Sacco has long been known and praised for his work in comics journalism, with such titles as Palestine, Safe Area Gorazde, and The Fixer garnering widespread acclaim in The New York Times, TIME magazine, NPR, and The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Now, Sacco is returning to his satirist and underground cartoonist roots with the upcoming title BUMF Vol. 1: I Buggered the Kaiser. This in-your-face, no-holds-barred book is expected out later this fall. Feast your eyes on our downloadable 17-page excerpt (4.9 MB) here. And get ahead of the game — pre-order your copy now!

  Saturday, July 19th  To call this a mega signing might actually be selling this Meltdown Comic event short. Their week of preview events leading up to San Diego Comic-con is kicking off with a signing that literally has too many people to fit on a marquee, and they're not even done adding more comic super stars! But here are just a few of the people you can expect to chit chat with this Saturday: Jaime Hernandez, Gilbert Hernandez, Gerard Way, Becky Cloonan, Jim Mahfood, Eric Esquivel, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Felipe Smith, Hannah Partlow, Tom Pinchuk, and the best up-and-coming comic talent, Natalie…