Re/Read is an occasional column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid examining books you may have missed or are worth another look. In the wake of the second annual woman’s march, we’ll focus this time on Last Girl Standing and other works by Trina Robbins. Last Girl Standing is a fascinating first person account of Robbins’ early years as a counterculture maven in the Hollywood folk rock scene, to her arrival in New York’s East Village as a fashion designer, boutique owner, and model, before becoming an influential member of the underground comix scene. The story chronicles her involvement with…
The End of The F***ing World – Reprinted!
Charles Forsman’s The End of the F***king World goes back to press in the wake of Netflix’s wildly popular live-action series adaptation. Before The End of the F***ing World was a genre-bending, international smash hit on Netflix and Channel 4, it was the 2013 critically-acclaimed graphic novel by Charles Forsman, published (without the asterisks) by Fantagraphics Books! Re-released this past fall in a new hardcover edition, the book flew off the shelves within 24 hoursof the hit series’ debut on Netflix last Friday (the YouTube trailer, which debuted the day before the series, has been viewed almost six million times as of this writing). As a result,…
What’s in Store: NOW: The New Comics Anthology
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, January 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as we present an exhibition of pages from Now: The New Comics Anthology. The event features work from emerging and established contributing artists and a talk by Fantagraphics Books associate publisher Eric Reynolds. Currently in its second issue, Now showcases an impressive array of national and international artists, cartoonists, musicians and filmmakers including Conxita Herrero (Spain), Tommi Musturi (Finland), Nick Thorburn (Canada), Dash Shaw, Gabrielle Bell, Sammy Harkham, Eleanor Davis, Sammy Harkham, Christian Rex Van Minnen, Noah van Sciver, Andrice Arp, and Joseph Remnant, among…
2017 in Pictures!
Enjoy some of our favorite snapshots from the past year: Ed Luce with Goteblüd at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Ezequiel Garcia signing Growing Up in Public at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery Cartoonist DJ Bryant and Eric Reynolds look over an early copy of Unreal City at the Fantagraphics Office Daniel Clowes with the cast of Silicon Valley at their Bay Area premiere of Season 4 Gary models the Hernandez Bros. bowling shirt created in collaboration with Pinup Girl Clothing CAKE 2017: A Gary Panter and Ron Regé Jr. jam session Gilbert Hernandez and family at San Diego Comic-Con…
Best of 2017 Lists!
As 2017 draws to a close, we’re compiling a list of Fantagraphics titles named “Best of” by various prestigious news outlets. Here are some of the highlights so far! My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris The only graphic novel on the New York Times Critics’ Top Books of 2017 Entertainment Weekly‘s Best Graphic Novel of 2017 Forbes calls it “…one of the 10, maybe 5, best graphic novels ever.” A Boston Globe Best Graphic Novel A Book Riot Best Book of 2017 House of Women by Sophie Goldstein #1 on of The Austin Chronicle‘s list of “Five Recent Graphic…
What’s in Store: Top Comix of 2017
It’s come time for Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid to name my choices for the best comix of the past year. This list is customarily limited to the top 10 publications plus a handful of honorable mentions. This being a banner year for contemporary comix, I’ve expanded my subjective selections to an even dozen, together with an equal number of alternatives – any one of which could be included among the best. 12. Chris Ware: Monograph This comprehensive collection of Ware’s art, comix, and ephemera does justice to the remarkable career of one of the most innovative…
Ho-Ho-Holiday Shipping Deadlines!
That’s right, folks! We want to get those brown paper packages in the mail on time, so be sure to look over our holiday shipping deadlines, detailed below. And don’t forget, it never hurts to include a note for our warehouse elves letting them know when you need your order to arrive by. Questions can be addressed to fbicomix@fantagraphics.com. Shipping Deadlines Regular Media Mail – December 4th International Shipping – December 4th Ground Shipping – December 11th 2-Day Priority – December 15th Ready to shop? Check out our Holiday Gift Guide here for some of our most highly recommended titles!
Celebrate Fantagraphics Bookstore’s 11th Anniversary with Charles Forsman, Dame Darcy & Frank Young!
Time flies when you’re having fun! Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore to celebrate our 11th anniversary with an evening of comix, music and more on Saturday, December 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. The festivities include guest appearances by Charles Forsman, Dame Darcy and Frank Young, as well as an exhibition of prints by Charles Burns and Jaime Hernandez from their recently released Fantagraphics Studio Editions. Charles Forsman returns to the bookstore to sign copies of his new graphic novel, I Am Not Okay with This. The book continues the cartoonist’s examination of adolescent alienation with his signature deadpan…
Re/Read: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson by Patrick Rosenkranz
Re/Read in a recurring column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid that examines backlist titles you may have missed or are worthy of another read. This week we’ll look at The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson, an ambitious 3-volume set by Patrick Rosenkranz. Comix historian Rosenkranz chronicles the life of legendary underground cartoonist/provocateur S. Clay Wilson in Pirates in the Heartland, Demons and Angels, and Belgian Lace from Hell. These books document his early years as an outlaw artist in the Midwest to his move to San Francisco where he became a founding member of the Zap Comix collective….
What’s in Store: Shabazz Palaces & Gillian Gaar
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Friday, November 24 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM for a special evening of comix, lit, and music with Shabazz Palaces and special guest Gillian Gaar. Seattle’s adventurous hip hop artists Shabazz Palaces will perform a DJ set and sign copies of their new illustrated album, Quazarz vs. The Jealous Machines, from Sub Pop Records and Fantagraphics Books. The full-color, hand-numbered book finds comix artist Joshua Ray Stevens working with the band to interpret the album’s tracks, creating a cohesive synchronization of music and imagery. A download code of the full album…
