If you've ever wished you could get a glimpse into Jim Woodring's sketchbooks — and why wouldn't you? — your desires are soon to be fulfilled in spades as we present Problematic, a curated assortment of about 300 of the thousands of pages Jim has filled over the last 8 years or so in his pocket-sized Moleskine notebooks. Printed at larger than actual size in a chunky hardcover cleverly disguised as an actual sketchbook (complete with trompe l'oeil stickers on the covers), these drawings provide a previously unseen view into the creative mind of one of comics' great visionaries. Look…
The Last Vispo at Washington State University This Friday!
Join editor Crag Hill for "Visual Poetry, Visual Poetics: A Reading," featuring a reading of The Last Vispo Anthology: Visual Poetry 1998-2008! This event takes place tomorrow, Friday, November 2nd, in the Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, at the Washington State University in Pullman, WA, from 1:00-2:00 PM. Crag will be joined by graduate students Owen Williams and Sarah Thaller for a collaged reading of essays against a slide show of images from the anthology. The reading will stimulate dialogue about visual poetics and multimodal composition.
Ellen Forney Presents MARBLES at Seattle Public Library on November 10
One of Seattle's most notable artists, Ellen Forney, will discuss her courageous new graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me at the Seattle Public Library central branch on Saturday, November 10 at 7:00 PM. Her slide presentation in the Microsoft Auditorium will be followed by a book signing. Copies will available at the event. Admission is free. Ellen Forney has a long history of achievement as a cartoonist, visual artist, and charismatic figure in the Seattle's cultural community. Forney was recently anointed a "Genius" by alternative newspaper The Stranger. She's the featured public artist on the Capitol Hill light…
Ellen Forney Presents MARBLES at Seattle Public Library on November 10
November 1, 2012 – Seattle, WA. One of Seattle's most notable artists, Ellen Forney, will discuss her courageous new graphic memoir Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, & Me at the Seattle Public Library central branch on Saturday, November 10 at 7:00 PM. Her slide presentation in the Microsoft Auditorium will be followed by a book signing. Copies will available at the event. Admission is free. Ellen Forney has a long history of achievement as a cartoonist, visual artist, and charismatic figure in the Seattle's cultural community. Forney was recently anointed a "Genius" by alternative newspaper The Stranger. She's the featured public…
Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson Vol. 4 & Vol. 3-4 Box Set – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Vol. 4: House of the Seven Haunts by Floyd Gottfredson 280-page black & white/color 10.5" x 8.75" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-575-4 See Previews / Order Now Who says dead men tell no tales? When grim grinning ghosts come out to socialize, they’ll find fearless Mickey all ready to rumble — as soon as he’s done fighting gangsters, bandits, and international men of mystery, that is! From Africa to Eastern Europe, our favorite big cheese is in for terrifying thrills — and he’s bringing Goofy, Donald Duck, and…
Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking by Charles M. Schulz – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Charlie Brown's Christmas Stocking by Charles M. Schulz 56-page three-color 5.75" x 5.75" hardcover • $9.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-624-9 See Previews / Order Now During his fifty-year career, ninety-nine percent of Charles Schulz's creative energies went into the daily Peanuts comic strip. But once in a while he would create a special something else on the side, and this adorable little package collects two of his best "extras" from the 1960s: two Christmas-themed stories written and drawn for national magazines. Created in 1963 (two years before the Charlie Brown Christmas TV special) as…
Prison Pit Book 4 by Johnny Ryan – Now in Stock
Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Prison Pit Book 4 by Johnny Ryan 116-page black & white 6.5" x 8.5" softcover • $12.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-591-4 See Previews / Order Now 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. BARGAIN COMBO: Prison Pit: Books 1 – 4 Price: $51.96 $38.97 As always, a plot summary of the latest installment of Johnny (Angry Youth Comix) Ryan’s hugely popular sci-fi-prison-planet-gore-fest-slugfest-a-thon serial must, in order to be presentable to normal, decent human beings, be cut…
First Look: Delphine by Richard Sala
What timing! What better day than Halloween to be able to give you your first glimpse of Richard Sala's Delphine? This fairy tale-inspired creepfest turns the story of Snow White on its head, following "Prince Charming" on his search for the titular character, which rapidly descends into a nightmarish journey of creeping dread and outright terror! This awfully pretty hardcover collects all 4 issues of the acclaimed Ignatz comic with full-color chapter break artwork, and should be slithering its way into the world in January. Savor an 11-page excerpt and pre-order your copy right here.
God and Science meet thanks to comiXology
Fantagraphics and Jaime Hernandez release another Love and Rockets treasure via comiXology, this time the 2012 release of God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls. Dressing up as a superhero for Halloween? Then you can't miss this read while waiting for kids to ring your doorbell. Originally serialized in Love and Rockets: New Stories, “Ti-Girls Adventures ” managed to be both a rollickingly creative super-hero joyride (featuring three separate super-teams and over two dozen characters) that ranged from the other side of the universe to Maggie’s shabby apartment, and a genuinely dramatic fable about madness, grief, and motherhood as Penny…
Daily OCD Extra: November 2012 Book Review
This month's issue of Booklist reviewed a recent releases by Fantagraphics creators, excerpted below: Ralph Azham Volume 1: "Why Lie to Someone You Love." by Lewis Trondheim Ian Chipman writes, ". . . Now, English readers can dig into another fantasy series populated by [Trondheim's] distinctive anthropomorphized animals and distinguished by equal parts cutting humor and bizarre plot twists. . . What seems like a good, old-fashioned unlikely-hero tale in the making actually turns out to be more complex and slippery, as Ralph’s past gets sliced in bit by bit as we gradually learn about the world he inhabits, all…
