The late Kim Thompson introduced the world to Stan Sakai in Fantagraphics' Critters anthology three decades ago. As Sakai's signature character Usagi Yojimbo nears its 30-year anniversary, the Baltimore Comic-Con honors this exceptional artist at the Baltimore Convention Center on Saturday. Sakai will greet fans at booth 1902 before appearing at the Usagi Yojimbo Celebration with Dark Horse editor Diana Schutz in room 301 from 2:00 to 3:00 PM. An exclusive Usagi Yojimbo tee shirt (pictured below) and yearbook featuring homages of the intrepid Samurai warrior by over 40 artists will be available at the convention. At 5:00 PM you can bid on the original art…
Charles Forsman TEotFW Signing in Mechanicsburg, PA!
Local boy does better than "okay" — rising star Charles Forsman returns to his hometown on Tuesday, September 17th for a signing of his debut graphic novel, The End of the Fucking World. Join Charles from 5:00 to 8:00 PM for an "evening of comics and awkward conversation" at Comix Connection, located at 6200 Carlisle Pike in the very specifically-named city of Mechanicsburg, PA. Will they let Charles return as a successful cartoonist, but failed mechanic? Find out later this month!
Maria M. Book 1 by Gilbert Hernandez – First Look
Maria M. Book 1 is the sensational story of a woman who runs from a shady past in Latin America, only to fall in with American gangsters and a new world of drugs, violence and sleaze. It is also a retelling of the classic Love and Rockets story "Poison River," adapted as a b-movie starring the protagonist's own daughter, Fritz (and presented in comics format, in two parts, with Book 2 due in 2015). It is also part of a larger narrative tapestry which has been unfolding for years and continues in the upcoming Love and Rockets: New Stories #6. This…
Dame Darcy Signing at Escapist Comics in Berkeley!
Berkeley! Prepare to be bewitched as alternative comix queen Dame Darcy descends upon The Escapist Comic Bookstore on Saturday, September 14th! Join her at 5:00 PM as she reads from her most recent work, Handbook For Hot Witches, and signs copies of her classic Meat Cake! Hopefully she'll have her handmade dolls and paperdoll books with her, too! Make an escape for The Escapist Comic Bookstore, located at 3090 Claremont Ave. in Berkeley.
Willard Mullin’s Golden Age of Baseball featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore starting Saturday, 9/14
With baseball’s pennant races heating up and the postseason fast approaching, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery looks back to an earlier era of the national pastime. Willard Mullin’s Golden Age of Baseball: Drawings 1934 – 1972 chronicles the game and its legendary players. The bookstore will display pages from the artist’s long career opening Saturday, September 14. As America’s premier sports cartoonist, Willard Mullin documented the game of baseball in a more genteel era. He was in New York to record the careers of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and Lou Gehrig. He witnessed Jackie Robinson’s historic integration of the game and the departure…
Barracuda in the Attic by Kipp Friedman – Now in Stock / Preview Slideshow
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Barracuda in the Attic by Kipp Friedman; cover illustration by Drew Friedman 208-page black & white 6" x 8.5" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-650-8 See More Previews / Order Now Whether shooting pool with the mobster Crazy Joey Gallo, attending a dinner party hosted by an aged but remarkably spry Groucho Marx, or simply playing doctor with a classmate in the former estate of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kipp Friedman led a colorful childhood. The youngest son of celebrated writer and satirist Bruce Jay Friedman, Kipp looks back fondly on the amusing and sometimes confusing…
Willard Mullin’s Golden Age of Baseball featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore starting Saturday, 9/14
September 5, 2013 – Seattle, WA. With baseball’s pennant races heating up and the postseason fast approaching, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery looks back to an earlier era of the national pastime. Willard Mullin’s Golden Age of Baseball: Drawings 1934 – 1972 chronicles the game and its legendary players. The bookstore will display pages from the artist’s long career opening Saturday, September 14. As America’s premier sports cartoonist, Willard Mullin documented the game of baseball in a more genteel era. He was in New York to record the careers of Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, and Lou Gehrig. He witnessed Jackie Robinson’s historic integration…
Wandering Son Vol. 5 by Shimura Takako – Photoset Preview
“Wandering Son… is a lovely, tactile-y rich object, but it’s also a sweet book in terms of content…. The characters are pleasant to spend time with, the art is emotive and expressive (embarrassment comes up a lot), and there is a gentleness to the whole project that is welcome.” – Hillary Brown, Paste “[Wandering Son] is a measured, sensible and sensitive series…. Part of Wandering Son’s hook is a distanced view at discomfort with one’s own body. The manga is written to evoke the feeling of being ill at ease in one’s own skin, such that everyone who has went through…
Feel Fizzy with Brian Ralph at Fantagraphics Bookstore!
Come to Fantagraphics Bookstore this Saturday as we welcome Brian Ralph on a rare visit to the Northwest. He'll present his new book Reggie-12 with a slide show, signing and reception. In a preview of the event, Paul Constant of The Stranger writes, "It's not for kids, but it feels as fizzy as a Saturday morning cartoon, in the best way possible. If you were raised on Astro Boy or Godzilla movies, you'll love the fuck out of this book." Brian will also sign copies of his alternative zombie adventure Daybreak, hailed by Entertainment Weekly as "A storytelling tour de force," and…
Atomic Books’ SPX-Plosion 2013
Our good friends at Atomic Books have released the deets on their 6th annual burnin-down-the-house party the night before SPX at their store in Baltimore, MD. This party features Peter Bagge signing his calvacade of new books from 6-7pm and then readings from 7-1opm. Iconic cartoonist, Hate-creator, Peter Bagge will be signing copies of his books, Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story (Drawn & Quarterly) and Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me and Other Astute Observations from us! The readings will feature these superb cartoonists and their new books:MICHAEL KUPPERMAN (Tales Designed To Thrizzle)SAM HENDERSON (Magic Whistle)T. EDWARD BAK (Island…
