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…
What’s in Store: Mita Mahato presents In Between
Hear Mita Mahato discuss her sublime new publication, In Between, from Pleiades Press this Saturday, November 11 from 6:00 – 8:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. The book employs cut paper collage techniques and emotive narratives to create a cohesive collection of experimental comics – by turns ephemeral, funny, and transcendent. Critic Paul Constant of Seattle Review of Books observes, “Mahato has finally figured out how to break her comics into the third dimension.” Rich Smith of the Stranger adds, “Some people use pens to write poetry. Mita Mahato uses a scalpel.” Visitors can view the stunning “Short…
Fantagraphics Holiday Gift Guide 2017!
Fantagraphics Holiday Gift Guide! Let us help you spend your gelt, stuff your stockings, and fill your brown paper packages. Find the perfect gift for everyone on your list! Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Prince Valiant by Hal Foster $175.00 – 160 pages – 17” x 23.25” – ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-897-7 These nearly 200 pages of stunning original art, scanned from the original color engraver’s proof sheets, capture every nuance of the legendary adventure strip. Fantagraphics Studio Edition: Black Hole by Charles Burns $150.00 – 160 pages – 14.5” x 19.5” – ISBN-13: 978-1-68396-048-5 One of the most iconic graphic novels…
Re/Read: Ghosts and Ruins by Ben Catmull
Re/Read is an occasional column by Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid examining backlist books you may have missed or are worth another read. As Halloween approaches, we’ll look at Ben Catmull’s haunting classic, Ghosts and Ruins. In Ghosts and Ruins, Catmull fashions fascinating tales of ominous architecture in the tradition of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. His exquisite renderings are accompanied by clever captions chronicling the sinister spirits that occupy these structures. Stories like “The Sculptor,” “Labyrinth of Junk,” and “The Order of the Shadowy Finger,” playfully illuminate the apparitions and occult phenomenon in his enchanting illustrations, providing a perfect gift for…
What’s in Store: Short Run Marathon!
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Friday, November 3 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for the 5th annual Short Run Marathon art show and pre-festival party. The exhibition features original works by an amazing array of artists including Emil Ferris, Leela Corman, Julia Wertz, Anders Nilsen, Jordan Crane, Gemma Correll, Tom Hart, nishat akhtar, Rebecca Artemisa, with presentations by Anders Nilsen & 2dcloud. The Short Run Comix & Art Festival has grown to become one of the country’s premier showcases of emerging contemporary cartoonists. As the titles suggests, the Marathon exhibition references the daunting challenges these artists confront…
Fantagraphics at CAB 2017
Hello, hello! Fantagraphics will be at Comic Arts Brooklyn this year, held at Pratt Institute on Saturday, November 11th. Come say hello at table A14 and stock up on books from the World’s Greatest Cartoonists! Provided below is a list of some not-to-be-missed programming and a few helpful links. Artist Talks/Panels Memorial Hall 12 to 12:45 pm – Chris Ware: Monograph 1 to 1:45 pm – Emil Ferris: Of Monsters and Secrets 2 to 2:45 pm – Bill Griffith, Peter Kuper, Paul Karasik: Pratt Alumni in the Comics World ARC Building 3 to 3:45 pm – Nicole Rifkin, V. Kenneth Marion,…
