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Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Unlovable Vol. 3by Esther Pearl Watson 412-page two-color 5.75" x 5.75" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-737-6 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Unlovable Vols. 1-3 Gift Set Price: $68.98 $55.18 Summer vacation is here and Tammy Pierce is back with more sometimes ordinary, often humiliating, occasionally poignant, and usually hilarious exploits! Her hopes, dreams, agonies, and defeats are brought to vivid, comedic life by Watson's lovingly grotesque drawings, filled with all the eighties essentials — too much mascara, leg warmers with heels, and huge hair, etc. — as well as timeless…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Love Bunglersby Jaime Hernandez 112-page black & white 9" x 11.25" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-729-1 See Previews / Order Now "There are certain things about my family Mom always preferred to keep hush hush." The suppression of family history and the cumulative effects of these secrets are the initial threads that tie together this masterful graphic novel from Jaime Hernandez. Much like John Updike in his four Rabbit novels, Hernandez has been following his longtime heroine, Maggie Chascarillo, for several decades, all of which has seemed to build towards The…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Buz Sawyer Vol. 3: Typhoons and Honeymoonsby Roy Crane 232-page black & white/color 9.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-703-1 See Previews / Order Now A hurricane in the Caribbean! A typhoon in the South Seas! And a whirlwind of international intrigue as two-fisted Buz Sawyer is trapped behind the Iron Curtain! These are just some of the dangers that threaten to down our high-flying daredevil. Then the biggest challenge of all — Buz gets married! But Christy isn't just some ordinary dame. She's brave, bold, and beautiful — just the…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Buddy Buys a Dump: The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics Vol. 3by Peter Bagge 144-page full-color 6" x 9" softcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-745-1 See Previews / Order Now Slacker antihero Buddy Bradley returns for the first time in this sequel to the acclaimed classics Buddy Does Seattle and Buddy Does Jersey. Now married with child and his thirties, Buddy is forced to settle down and support his family. What better way than to buy the local dump? Torn from the pages of the legendary Hate comic books, with an…

"The Amateurs is great. Conor Stechschulte knocked it out of the park." – Sammy Harkham "Stechschulte just has an uncanny knack for merging the humor of awkwardness with bloody, visceral violence." – Rob Clough The Amateursby Conor Stechschulte 64-page black & white 6" x 9" softcover • $14.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-734-5 Due to arrive in about 2-3 weeks. Click the thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/theamateurs

This Thursday, April 24th, the Society of Illustrators will host an evening so fun you're sure to plotz! Get off your tuches and catch the panel discussion From the Borscht Belt to Seinfeld: The Evolution of Jewish American Comedy, and learn more about how Jewish humor grew out of Yiddish culture, defined New York City's character in the early 20th century, and filtered into our American culture, literature, art, film and television from the 1950's to the present. The event runs from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. Panelists include our own Drew Friedman, who will be joined by Edward Portnoy, Ph.D,…

Pat Thomas, the author of our critically acclaimed book Listen Whitey, is now working on Invitation to Openness, a book of previously unpublished jazz photos of the 1960s and '70s. We need a reasonably priced and experienced scanner to spend a few days in Baton Rouge, LA to scan about 300 black and white 8" x 10" photos and save them as print quality high-res TIFFs. A reasonable payment to be discussed. You need to have your own scanner, computer, etc. Please contact us with your bona fides if interested.

"Charles Schulz was an American treasure — an artist, philosopher, and keen observer of human life." – Bill Clinton "The Complete Peanuts has framed Charles Schulz’s enduring masterpiece about as well any lifelong fan could’ve hoped." – "The Best Comics of the '00s: The Archives," The A.V. Club "The Complete Peanuts confronts us afresh with what a brilliant, truly modern and totally weird idea it was to create a comic strip about a chronically depressed child…" – TIME "Fantagraphics has won numerous awards for this series and they deserve them all for creating such a wonderful archive of this American treasure….

With a National Cartoonists Society award, Eisner and Ignatz nominations, and best-of-the-year recognition from Entertainment Weekly, NPR, and The A.V. Club, Joyce Farmer's graphic memoir Special Exits was one of our most acclaimed books of 2010. Now we're going back to press for a new softcover edition, coming this Summer, featuring this new cover design. Stand by for more previews in weeks ahead; meanwhile, read all the praise and pre-order a copy right here.

Look for the Record Store Day exclusive Mudhoney On Top – a live recording of the band's historic set atop the Seattle's iconic Space Needle last summer. I hovered above in a helicopter accompanied by famed rock photographer Charles Peterson. Fantagraphics staffer Janice Headley can be seen wearing the Daniel Clowes Punky shirt in the photo and is thanked on the LP.    Have a listen at the Record Store Day after-party at Georgetown Records and Fantagraphics Bookstore where Sub Pop mastermind Bruce Pavitt will DJ, joined by two of the architects of the Seattle Sound, Jack Endino and Steve…