More Mattotti coming soon! Here's a first glimpse of a recently-arrived advance copy of The Crackle of the Frost, our new English edition of 2003's El rumor de la escarcha by Lorenzo Mattotti & Jorge Zentner. Wait until you see the stunning full-color interiors… keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming previews! The book should be out around the end of August, maybe the beginning of September — you can be among the first to get it by pre-ordering it now.
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Please note Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, as well as our administrative offices and mail order department will be closed on Wednesday, the Fourth of July. Back in action on Thursday, July 5.
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 7/2-7/9
Friday, July 6th • Los Angeles, CA: Check out the opening of "Freak Scene," featuring Johnny Ryan, Mome-vet Jim Rugg, and our very own Jason T. Miles! This collection of underground comix opens at Synchronicity Space [ 713 N. Heliotrope ] (more info)
Harvey Awards Nominees: Ganges #4, Mickey Mouse & The Comics Journal
The nominees for the 2012 Harvey Awards were announced yesterday and we're pleased to share that we've received 3 nominations: Ganges #4 by Kevin Huizenga — Best Single Issue or Story Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse by Floyd Gottfredson — Best Domestic Reprint Project The Comics Journal — Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation Winners will be announced at a ceremony on September 8, 2012 at the Baltimore Comic-Con, as per tradition. Browse and order all of our 2012 nominated titles here, and see here for links to past years' award honorees. Congratulations to all the nominees!
Wandering Son Vol. 3 by Shimura Takako – Now in Stock
Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: Wandering Son Vol. 3 by Shimura Takako 224-page black & white/color 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-533-4 See Previews / Order Now SPECIAL OFFER: Order this volume and get Vol. 1 and/or Vol. 2 for $14.99 each; that's 25% off! Use the option menu when ordering. As shown in the first two volumes of this acclaimed series, Shuichi and his friend Yoshino have a secret: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy. But one day, abruptly,…
Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture (2nd Printing) – Now in Stock
Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: Jack Davis: Drawing American Pop Culture – A Career Retrospective (2nd Printing)by Jack Davis 208-page full-color 10.25" x 13.25" hardcover • $49.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-447-4 See Previews / Order Now Jack Davis arrived on the illustration scene in the euphoric post-war America of the late 1940s when consumer society was booming and the work force identified with commercial images that reflected this underlying sense of confidence and American bravado. Advertising agencies were looking for new ways to tap a rich and expanding market, and there was a vast array of media that needed…
Flannery O’Connor: The Cartoons – Now in Stock
Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons edited by Kelly Gerald 152-page two-color 10.25" x 8.5" hardcover • $22.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-479-5 See Previews / Order Now Flannery O’Connor was among the greatest American writers of the 2nd half of the 20th century; she was a writer in the Southern tradition of Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, and Carson McCullers, who wrote such classic novels and short stories as Wise Blood, The Violent Bear It Away, and “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” She is perhaps as well known for her tantalizing brand of Southern Gothic…
The Adventures of Venus by Gilbert Hernandez – Now in Stock
Just arrived and now shipping from our mail-order department: The Adventures of Venus by Gilbert Hernandez 96-page 7.75" x 7.75" black & white hardcover • $9.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-540-2 See Previews / Order Now Order this or any other Love and Rockets book and receive this FBI•MINI comic shown at left as a FREE bonus! Click here for details. Limit one per customer while supplies last. 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”…
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics – Previews, Pre-Order
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics by various artists; edited by Justin Hall (cover art by Maurice Vellekoop) 328-page black & white/color 7.75" x 10.25" hardcover • $35.00ISBN: 978-1-60699-506-8 Ships in: July 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Queer cartooning encompasses some of the best and most interesting comics of the last four decades, with creators tackling complex issues of identity and a changing society with intelligence, humor, and imagination. This book celebrates this vibrant artistic underground by gathering together a collection of excellent stories that can be enjoyed by all. No Straight Lines showcases major names…
Significant Objects, ed. by Joshua Glenn & Rob Walker – Previews, Pre-Order
Significant Objects edited by Joshua Glenn & Rob Walker 242-page full-color 6" x 8.25" flexibound softcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-525-9 Available with two different covers (book design by Jacob Covey) — make your choice when ordering. Ships in: July 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Significant Objects began in 2009 as a bold online inquiry into the relationship between narrative and the value of everyday objects. It has been the subject of speculation by everyone from NPR to litbloggers to The New York Times’ Freakonomics crew. Some theorized about the project’s hypothesis, others about its methods and results. Others just…
