Joshua Fry Speed: a man of charisma and friendship is the subject of Noah Van Sciver's second history lesson regarding Lincoln. Roommate and confidant to a young Abraham Lincoln, Speed plays a large role in Van Sciver's new graphic novel The Hypo. Find out more about the history of Speed on Van Sciver's blog and pre-order the The Hypo today!
Daily OCD 7/9/12
The new prepackaged Online Commentaries & Diversion: •Commentary: The Huffington Post made it over to the Robert Crumb exhibit called "Crumb: From the Underground to the Genesis" at the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville in Paris: "Never one to shy away from his love-hate relationship with women, Crumb invited the world into his most perverted fantasies, one which includes riding on his mother's boot." •Interview: Zachary Hunchar of Technorati questions Pete Bagge about a long life in comics. "People expect their entertainment to be for free now," said Bagge. "Musicians compensate for it by performing live more…
RIP, Ernest Borgnine
Man of our dreams. (Panel from Any Similarity to Persons Living or Dead is Purely Coincidental by Drew & Josh Alan Friedman.)
Fantagraphics at San Diego Comic-Con 2012: The Debuts!
Everybody wants to know: what new books will Fantagraphics be debuting at the San Diego Comic-Con? Well, attendees, get ready to be among the very first to feast your eyes on the following, most of these fresh from the printers! Find 'em all at Booth #1718! • The Adventures of Venus by Gilbert Hernandez A rare foray into all-ages work, “The Adventures of Venus” was Gilbert Hernandez’s contribution to the kids’ anthology Measles which he edited in 1999 and 2000. This super-affordable little hardcover collects all the previously uncollected “Venus” stories from Measles, plus a new story done just for…
No Straight Lines Book Release Party in San Francisco!
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics goes "full circle" with a book release party at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, where this collection first began as a show in 2006! Join our editor Justin Hall on Thursday, July 19th as he presents readings from Burton Clarke (Gay Comix), MariNaomi (Kiss and Tell), Robert Triptow (Gay Comix), and Mary Wings (Come Out Comix), plus keep your eyes peeled for other surprise guests. The Cartoon Art Museum is located at 655 Mission Street in San Francisco. This event goes from 7:00 to 9:00 PM, and is FREE and…
First Look: Dal Tokyo by Gary Panter
Seeing is believing! After a loooooooooong wait we're extremely excited to finally be able to hold Gary Panter's Dal Tokyo in our hands as our advance copies were delivered late last week. This green monster (measuring over 16" wide) collects the long-running punk/sci-fi strip in all its confounding visual and verbal richness in one giant volume. We're looking forward to showing you more — stay tuned for our full set of previews. The book is scheduled to hit stores in September — if you buy it via our mail-order you can be among the first to get it if you…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 7/9-7/16
Gee, sure is a slow week for events at Fantagraphics… cough. Monday, July 9th • Berkeley, CA: Our own Tim Kreider will be doing a reading at 7:00 PM at Books, Inc. (more info) Tuesday, July 10th • Brooklyn, NY: Join Michael Kupperman at Littlefield for another fine edition of his monthly comedy series The Crime Stoppers Club, with special guests Julia Wertz, James Adomian, Matthew Thurber, Annie Lederman, and special guest Adam Warrock! (more info) • New York City, NY: It's the launch party for Significant Objects, hosted by editors Joshua Glenn & Rob Walker at The Strand! Starting at…
Noah Van Sciver’s Lincoln Lesson #1
"Who was Miss Owens?" The talented and handsome cartoonist of upcoming book The Hypo, Noah Van Sciver, addresses some of the history in his graphic novel. Before Mary Todd, Abraham Lincoln was engaged to another! Find out more at Noah's blog and pre-order the book today.
Daily OCD 7/6/12
The greenest Online Commentaries & Diversion: •Review: Mark Frauenfelder of Boing Boing gushed about Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man. "[Carl Barks'] art is expressive and perfectly rendered. . . I think the best way to read Barks is via The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library, published by Fantagraphics." •Review: The New York Review of Books takes a look at Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons. Barry Moser: "[Flannery O'Connor] also said that a story—or a linoleum print, if you will—has to have muscle as well as meaning, and the meaning has to be in the muscle. Her prints…
Squa Tront back issues back in stock!
We rather inconveniently sold out of all of our back issues of Squa Tront: The EC Comics Magazine just before the brand new 13th issue came out, but we've just managed to get our hands on a limited supply of issues 10, 11 and 12! (And we mean limited: we have 2 copies of #12!) These are the last of 'em so get them while you still can!
