Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Spacehawk by Basil Wolverton 272-page full-color 9.25" x 13" flexibound softcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-550-1 See Previews / Order Now Basil Wolverton is one of the greatest, most idiosyncratic talents in comic book history. Though he is best known for his humorous grotesqueries in MAD magazine, it is his science-fiction character Spacehawk that Wolverton fans have most often demanded be collected. The wait is over, as Spacehawk features every story from Spacehawk’s intergalactic debut in 1940 to his final, Nazi-crushing adventure in 1942. Spacehawk is the closest thing to a colorfully-costumed, conventional…
Pogo Vol. 2: Bona Fide Balderdash & Vols. 1-2 Box Set by Walt Kelly – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Pogo – The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips Vol. 2: "Bona Fide Balderdash" by Walt Kelly 356-page black & white/color 11.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-584-6 See Previews / Order Now While supplies last, customers who order this volume can also receive the box set slipcase for Vols. 1 and 2 at no extra charge! Even though Pogo had been in syndication for less than two years as this volume begins, Walt Kelly's long professional experience (including seven years creating Pogo stories for comic books) had him at the peak of…
Nancy Likes Christmas: Complete Dailies 1946-1948 by Ernie Bushmiller – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Nancy Likes Christmas: Complete Dailies 1946-1948 by Ernie Bushmiller 336-page black & white 8.5" x 8.5" flexibound softcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-599-0 See Previews / Order Now BARGAIN COMBO: Nancy Is Happy + Nancy Likes Christmas Gift Set Price: $51.98 $41.59 Order this book and receive this FBI•MINI comic shown here as a FREE bonus! Click here for details. Limit one per customer while supplies last. It's three more full years of Ernie Bushmiller's beloved comic strip, featuring nearly one thousand meticulously restored daily strips from its post-World-War II graphic high point…
Party People!
Visitors to the festivities at Fantagraphics Bookstore's 6th anniversary gala on Saturday are in for a treat. In addition to celebrating 30 years of Love & Rockets with Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, and music by cartoonist Geneviève Castrée's Ô Paon, we have a stellar line up of special guests in store. Dutch artist Femke Hiemstra (pictured above) is in town for a show at Roq la Rue with Blab cover artist Ryan Heshka. They'll attend the party with Roq la Rue proprietor Kirsten Anderson (who is also celebrating her birthday that night.) Peter Bagge will also be there. Look for…
Win a copy of Significant Objects!
Katelan Cunningham of Soul Pancake recently interviewed Rob Walker, editor of Significant Objects, on the value of story. Significant Objects takes oddball, flea market items and writers you know and will one day know added stories to the items. Editors Rob Walker and Joshua Glenn's social experiment then sold the items for eBay with the stories and lo and behold, used and broken items went for more money once a narrative enhanced their 'meaning.' Walker describes the spark of the project, "I broke a coffee mug. It was just a nothing souvenir mug, nobody would have paid any money…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 12/3-12/10
Thursday, December 6th • Seattle, WA: It's your last chance to see our exhibit for The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008 at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery! Prints are a ridiculously-cheap $25 each! (more info) Friday, December 7th • Seattle, WA: Dutch artist Femke Hiemstra debuts her latest collection "Let the Devil Wear Black" at Roq La Rue, with Blab #18 cover artist Ryan Heshka! (more info) Saturday, December 8th • Seattle, WA: The Love and Rockets 30th Anniversary Celebration comes to the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery with guests of honor Jaime & Gilbert Hernandez! We'll also have a special…
Presenting our Spring-Summer 2013 Catalog
We're pleased to bring you the rundown on our Spring-Summer 2013 season of upcoming releases by presenting the catalog prepared for our book-market distributor, W.W. Norton. Scroll through it in an embedded reader on this page, and download a better-quality 26.8MB PDF version here. As you read, please keep in mind that most of these books are still in development and all artwork, contents, prices, specs, and release dates (especially release dates) are preliminary and subject to change. With about 3 dozen new books and a fat handful of reprints and new editions of previous books, there's a lot to look forward…
We need a hero for Bill Everett’s Heroic Tales!
Work on Heroic Tales: The Bill Everett Archives Vol. 2 is nearing completion but we have two missing pieces of the puzzle and editor Blake Bell is putting out the call to all Golden Age collectors! We're looking for the following two stories: Silver Streak Comics #20 (Apr '42) – Rex Reed 8-page storyTarget Comics v1 #8 (Sep '40) – Chameleon 6-page story If you have copies of either of these comics, click here to find out how to contact Blake and what the next steps will be after that. Contributors will get a free copy of the book and credit in the acknowledgments!
Femke Hiemstra at Roq La Rue Seattle Friday!
Who knows what the devil will wear to the opening reception for Dutch artist Femke Hiemstra's latest exhibit at Roq La Rue, this Friday, December 7th! "Let the Devil Wear Black" is a collection of meticulously tight, jewel-like mixed media paintings and exquisitely-rendered black and white drawings, homes to a dark fairytale land where inanimate objects come to life and frolic with animal neighbors. The painting below is titled "OMG," for very, very obvious reasons! Femke will be joined by artist Ryan Heshka, cover artist for Blab #18! His own collection "Disasterama" debuts that night, as well. Both artists will…
Terry Zwigoff’s Packed Santa Sack (of a theater)
Last night, director Terry Zwigoff appeared at Central Cinema's sold-out showing of Bad Santa, produced/toured/small printed by The A.V. Club's Cult Canon Tour. The 2003 hit resonated with the parents, malcontents and former elves in the audience (thank you, Dallas Northpark Mall, for that hellish winter month). A charmingly nasal and articulate Nathan Rabin of The A.V. Club moderated the Q&A while Zwigoff opened with a slide show of amazing parodies, criminal copy cats and a slew of Santa photos through the ages, too amazing to not share at least one. Zwigoff went into detail about looking for the perfect…
