Sunday, June 22nd Celebrate LA cartoonists at the opening reception for Beyond Baroque's first ever comic show, Going Graphic! Sponsored and organized by enthusiastic champion of the comic's medium, Comics Juice. Meet and mingle with artists Ron Rege Jr., Jordan Crane, Tom Neely, and others. Then settle in for laughs as the attending artists read pieces from their work. Beyond Baroque is a renowned literary and arts center/performance space/theatre/gallery/bookstore, located in the gorgeous old city hall building of Venice, CA. And they are pleased to be venturing into new territory with their first comic art gallery exhibit, highlighting LA's leading talent,…
Kim Thompson, One Year Later
From the Eric Reynolds archives: Kim Thompson hanging out with Eric, Rhea Patton, and Gary Groth, all celebrating Groth's 50th birthday. Kim passed away one year ago today. He still is and will always be missed by his family, friends, co-workers and the comics community.
Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 (Paperback) – Now in Stock
Shipping now from our mail-order department: Strange Suspense: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 1 (Paperback)by Steve Ditko 240-page full color 7" x 9.75" softcover • $28.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-739-0 See Previews / Order Now Over 200 Pages of Pre-Spider-Man, Pre-Comics Code Horror Comics by Steve Ditko "This book is chock-full of intense faces and monsters and colors. Strong blacks, horror comics, mean revenge, strange surgery…It's all horror comics from before Fredric Wertham illegalized good-time comic books." – Vice "The tales in this tome are sheer pre-Comics Code Authority horror, complete with stabbings, decapitations, mutilations, and disintegrations. …Ditko's talent jumps off the page…
Epilepsy Warning: 1000 Great Graphic Novels
In one of the cooler videos to hit the internet lately, comics enthusiast and scholar Allen Rubenstein created a video of the 1000 Greatest Comics of all Time AND set it to "Wipe Out" by the Sufaris (so already won a place in our hearts). At home on Comics Juice, Rubenstein's video contains some great heavyweights like Maus, Blankets and bunch of Fantagraphics' titles from Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller to the newer Eisner-nominated Good Dog by Graham Chaffee. Think you were able to see all the comics, like the Fanta-ones? Check the list and see if you won this game! And is there anything more…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events! 6/19-6/22
Friday, June 20th Charlotte, NC: Soak up some Southern charm at the 2014 Heroes Con! Known for being almost solely comics centered, there are too many amazing artists and writers attending for me to list them all. But here are some Fanta greats that'll be holding it down in the invitation only, Indie Island: Rich Tommaso! Noah Van Sciver! Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez! Plus so, so, so many others. The convention runs from June 20-22, with tickets still available! (More details) Saturday, June 21st Charlotte, NC: Continues through the weekend! Just as awesome as yesterday, maybe as awesome as tomorrow. Don't miss the…
New Comics Day 6.18.14
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. witzend by Wallace Wood and various artists 656-page black & white/color 9" x 12.5" x 2.75" two-volume slipcased hardcover set • $125.00 ISBN: 978-1-60699-744-4 "Boxed together in a deluxe two-volume set, here are the irascible voices of a medium far more outré than Hollywood blockbuster movies." –Carlo McCormick, Art News Bomb Run and Other…
Cork High and Bottle Deep by Virgil Partch – Now in Stock
Shipping now from our mail-order department: Cork High and Bottle Deepby Virgil Partch 184-page black & white with color 6.75" x 6.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-716-1 See Previews / Order Now The foamy formula of excess (C2H5OH + homo sapiens) has created a combustible concoction that has long fueled sleepless nights, great passions, artistic achievement, and regretful mornings, but never before has it produced such inspired hilarity. Collecting the top shelf of VIP’s drink-themed artwork including well-known favorites, this new book is sure to delight even the most rigid teetotaler (and perhaps cause them to reconsider). So batten down the…
Jeremy Eaton Studio Art Show Saturday, 6/21
Saturday, June 21 Celebrate the Solstice this saturday with a Jeremy Eaton art studio art show! From Noon-6 pm, Jeremy will be showing and selling twenty all new original found-object sculptures, and paintings inspired by comics and cartoons. With work featured in Mome, and Dirty Stories, Eaton always packs depth of experience into a few pages (or a canvas!) with humor and sympathy for his subjects. Fantastic weather is on the horizon for the rest of the week, and nothing says sunny day like great art. So come check out a Seattle great, and explore our vast art scene on a direct level. And…
witzend by Wallace Wood et al. – Now in Stock
Shipping now from our mail-order department: witzendby Wallace Wood and various artists 608-page black & white with color 8.5" x 11" hardcover • $125.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-744-4 See Previews / Order Now When the formulaic constraints, censorious nature, and onerous lack of creators' rights in mainstream comics got to be too much for the brilliant cartoonist Wallace Wood in 1966, he struck out on his own with the self-published witzend. It became a haven for Wood and his fellow professional cartoonist friends where they could produce the kind of personal work that they wanted to do, without regard to commercial demands —…
Biologic Show 0 by Al Columbia – A Friday the 13th Surprise
Holy cats! It's Friday the 13th, a full moon, and — we've just discovered 2 cartons of Al Columbia's Biologic Show #0 at our warehouse! Coincidence? I think not. If you're looking for some good old-fashioned twisted horror and beautiful, depraved artwork, look no further! Disclaimer: Fantagraphics is not responsible for any side effects from reading this comic, to include melting eyeballs, temporary insanity, or the sudden desire to turn on all the lights in your house. Stories in Biologic Show #0 include "Seymour Sunshine," "Extinction," "Grinding Larry," and a tale of Columbia's waif hero and heroine, Pim and Francie.
