Visitors to the sensational Sexytime exhibition of vintage porn posters opening this Saturday, February 9 at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will be treated to a free music performance by Poppet. A project of Olympia's Molly Raney, Poppet uses a keyboard, drum machine, loop pedal, and her own voice to create fully orchestrated electro-loop-pop. Weird pop for the post-apocalypse. Birds included. Spaceship recommended. Don't miss Poppet and other sexy surprises at the Valentine's edition of the lively Georgetown Art Attack, featuring visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. Romance awaits!
First Look: The Adventures of Jodelle by Guy Peellaert & Pierre Bartier
Our advance copies of The Adventures of Jodelle by Guy Peellaert & Pierre Bartier were delivered late last week and we couldn't be happier with our definitive English edition of this pop art classic! After much painstaking work this book is finally on its way to stores for an April shelf date. Containing the original comic, newly translated, restored and recolored in super-saturated, eye-popping tones, plus an extensive section — we can't even call it a "bonus" section because it stands on equal footing — on Peellaert's life and work of the period, it's a combination graphic novel and art book/monograph in…
Fantagraphics January 2013 New Arrivals Recap
Well folks, it's our first batch of 2013 releases and a swell batch it is. In the past month we've received the gorgeous new definitive edition of the '90s cult classic 7 Miles a Second; Tom Kaczyinski's acclaimed short story collection Beta Testing the Apocalypse; the mammoth new issue of The Comics Journal; a reprint of a Complete Crumb Comics volume loaded with Fritz the Cat classics (and a sweet deal on multiple volumes); Alexander Theroux's encyclopedic, entertaining rant The Grammar of Rock (with Crumb on the cover); true Tejas tales in Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost…
Nancy Every Sunday (the blog)
If you're impatient for us to start tackling Ernie Bushmiller's Nancy Sundays (we're just publishing the dailies right now), follow our pall Scott Allan's new Nancy Every Sunday blog for a regular fix. Above, Nancy's first Sunday appearance in Fritzi Ritz, 1933.
The Umpteen Millionaire Club: Discussion Questions for The Heart of Thomas
[The Umpteen Millionaire Club, our series which puts forth book club discussion questions for Fantagraphics titles, turns its attention to The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio. The Comics Journal interns Tom Graham, Nomi Kane and Jack McKean put together this set of questions. – Ed.] Summary: The Heart of Thomas is a manga by Moto Hagio about students in a German boarding school for boys. The boys deal with tragic death, romantic love amongst each other and have more lighthearted concerns about popularity, rumors and cliques. Questions: How does the story address gender conventions or stereotypes? How do the characters deal with complex emotions that…
The Umpteen Millionaire Club: Discussion Questions for The Heart of Thomas
[The Umpteen Millionaire Club, our series which puts forth book club discussion questions for Fantagraphics titles, turns its attention to The Heart of Thomas by Moto Hagio. The Comics Journal interns Tom Graham, Nomi Kane and Jack McKean put together this set of questions. – Ed.] Summary: The Heart of Thomas is a manga by Moto Hagio about students in a German boarding school for boys. The boys deal with tragic death, romantic love amongst each other and have more lighthearted concerns about popularity, rumors and cliques. Questions: How does the story address gender conventions or stereotypes? How do the characters deal with complex emotions that…
The Comics Journal #302 – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: The Comics Journal #302 edited by Mike Dean & Kristy Valenti; Gary Groth, Executive Editor 672-page black & white/color 7" x 8.5" softcoverISBN: 978-1-60699-603-4 See Previews / Order Now The newly formatted, 600+ page Comics Journal proved a resounding success with 2011’s edition. 2012’s Volume 302 is sure to prove just as essential and exciting to comics readers worldwide. This edition’s cover feature is a long, intimate interview-portrait with and of Maurice Sendak, the greatest and most successful children’s book author of the 20th — and 21st — century, the author…
Finder’s Fee for Bill Everett Archives Help!
Release of Heroic Tales: The Bill Everett Archives Vol. 2 has been delayed because editor Blake Bell is still searching for two stories to complete the book: Silver Streak Comics #1 (Dec '39) – text story with two illustrations by EverettTarget Comics v1 #8 (Sep '40) – Chameleon 6-page story Blake (and us) are offering a free copy of the book and credit in the acknowledgments to anyone who can direct us to someone who has an unslabbed copy of either of these comics. (The owners of the comics will also get comp copies and acknowledgement.) See Blake's blog for more info.
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 2/4-2/11
Wednesday, February 6th • Moscow, ID: Co-editor Crag Hill will be signing The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 at Bookpeople of Moscow! (more info) Thursday, February 7th • Seattle, WA: It's your last chance to check out our exhibit for Jim Woodring's Problematic: Sketchbook Drawings 2004-2012 at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery! (more info) Friday, February 8th-10th • New Dehli, India: Fantagraphics heads to the 3rd Annual Comic Con India at the Dilli Haat open-air plaza! (more info) Saturday, February 9th • Seattle, WA: The Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery examines the aesthetics of erotic movie posters with an exhibit for…
Undergroundhog Day Sale 2013 – 30% Off Underground Comix!
Take the plunge! Starting right now and running through Sunday, February 3, 2013, it's the third annual edition of our "Undergroundhog Day" Sale with at least 30% OFF almost every book and comic in our Underground Comix category, including books by R. Crumb, Kim Deitch, Joyce Farmer, Bill Griffith, Rand Holmes, Jack Jackson, Victor Moscoso, Spain Rodriguez, Frank Stack, Robert Williams and more! Yes, this includes new and recent books like Your Vigor for Life Appalls Me: Robert Crumb Letters 1958-1977, Jack Jackson's American History: Los Tejanos & Lost Cause, Malcolm McNeill's The Lost Art of Ah Pook Is Here, Diane Noomin's Glitz-2-Go, and…
