Fantagraphics Blog

Get ready, Norway, 'cause the brilliant artist Jason is comin' home this month! On Thursday, September 12th, the Grafill Gallery [ Rosenkrantz Gate 21 ] in Oslo will debut a new exhibit of Jason's works, including pages from Lost Cat, alongside some new paintings, like this one of Bukowski. . An opening night reception begins at 6:00 PM, and the exhibit will be on display through October 4th. And then on Saturday, September 14th, join Jason at Tronsmo Bookstore [ Kr. Augusts Gate 19 ] at 2:00 PM for a signing. Along with his Fantagraphics titles, he'll also be signing…

Oh boy! Join Mickey and his pals (and foes) for his most colorful adventures from the pen of the great Floyd Gottfredson in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Color Sundays Vol. 2: Robin Hood Rides Again and the slipcased set of Volumes 1-2! Packed with carefully restored strips in crisp remastered color and overflowing with extra features, including Gottfredson's later non-Mickey strips for Disney (starring the Seven Dwarfs, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians and more!) along with the usual historical essays and rare artwork, it's a peerless package of Mouse-y mirth and mischief! These items are on their way for a late October-early November release…

"A detail-rich account of an unfathomably awesome childhood in the epicenter of 1960s – 1970s New York culture, and further evidence of the magnificence of the Friedman genes." – Daniel Clowes "I always wanted to know what it would be like to grow up with a famous dad. It sounds as awesome as i feared. I really enjoyed reading Kipp Friedman's stories and hating him for having dinner at Groucho Marx's house." – Joel Stein, Time magazine columnist "Barracuda in the Attic is a poignant and crackling good memoir… and this is coming from someone who doesn't like memoirs." —Ted…

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…

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 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…

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.

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…

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…