Author Monte Schulz is bringing The Big Town to the big town of San Francisco on Tuesday, April 10th! A novel of the Jazz Age, The Big Town is the story of a failed businessman whose dreams of prosperity hinge on the secret proposition of a millionaire industrialist and a dangerous relationship he finds with a poor orphan girl chasing love in the great American metropolis. Join Monte for a signing, starting at 7:00 PM at the Modern Times Bookstore Collective [ 2919 24th Street ]. And, we're pleased to announce that Modern Times invests 10% of the total sales…
T Edward Bak Talking at the Portland Central Library!
I could listen to Mome-vet T Edward Bak talk for hours, and if you live in Portland, OR, you can have the less time-intensive honor on Tuesday, April 24th! The Portland Central Library is proud to present "Cartoonists Talking," an evening event in conjunction with the Stumptown Comics Fest! Bak (or "Tebs," as I like to call him) will deliver a presentation on WILD MAN: The Strange Journey and Fantastic Account of the Naturalist Georg Wilhelm Steller, which was serialized in Mome. The artist has conducted his own research in Southeast Alaska and the Aleutian archipelago, as well as St….
Ivan Brunetti at the Art Institute of Chicago!
The Art Insitute of Chicago is holding a panel on "Comic Art and Fine Art," and who better to speak on that than our own Ivan Brunetti! Join Ivan this Thursday, April 12th, along with fellow panelists Neal Adams, Geofrey Darrow, and J.J. Sedelmaier (YES! Saturday TV Funhouse!). They'll be discussing the history and future of this popular — and populist — art form. Richard Holland, co-founder of Bad at Sports podcast moderates. The panel starts at 6:00 PM in the Rubloff Auditorium of the Art Insitute of Chicago [ 111 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago ]. Free with museum admission…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events: 4/9-4/16
Tuesday, April 10th • San Francisco, CA: Author Monte Schulz is bringing The Big Town to the big town of San Francisco, signing at the Modern Times Bookstore Collective! (more info) • San Francisco, CA: And uncannily, editor Pat Thomas is also in the Bay Area that day, doing a signing and discussion of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975 at Booksmith! (more info) • Seattle, WA: This is your last day to check out the wonderful Real Comet Press retrospective at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, featuring original artwork by Lynda Barry, Michael Dougan, Art…
‘I’m seeing a lot of song titles’
So said the mighty and wonderful David Gedge (leader of one of my all-time favorite bands, The Wedding Present) leafing through the copy of Michel Gagné's Young Romance: The Best of Simon & Kirby's Romance Comics I gave him at their Seattle gig on Friday night. He opened right up to that page — I swear I didn't plan this moment! Being able to present our books to folks I admire is one of the best parts of my job. What an absolute thrill. By the way, David is not only an avid comics reader, he's published a comic book…
Listen, San Francisco! Pat Thomas at Booksmith on Tuesday!
Editor Pat Thomas is bringin' it all back home with a signing and discussion at Booksmith in San Francisco this Tuesday, April 10th! Pat was living in the Oakland area nearby when he began researching this project, and he discovered rare recordings of speeches, interviews, and music by noted activists Huey Newton, Bobby Seale, Elaine Brown, and others that form the framework of Listen, Whitey! The Sights and Sounds of Black Power 1965-1975. Their friends from down the street, Amoeba Music, will be on hand to sell copies of the companion soundtrack album on Light in the Attic Records!…
Paul Karasik Summer Workshop at the Center for Cartoon Studies!
Take a master class from a man of class this summer: our editor extraordinaire Paul Karasik is teaching at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont! During the week-long on-campus workshop, students will participate in lectures, collaborative exercises, book discussion sessions, events, and group critiques, with the goal of producing the first draft of a longer comics project. During the next 8 weeks, students will develop and refine their work through online collaboration with faculty and peers, and complete comprehensive final drafts of their projects. The Master Class in Comics Narrative is taught by Eisner-winning cartoonist and…
Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 19
We are proud and pleased to be publishing our first Nicolas Mahler book (a full-color hardcover, no less) in April 2012: Angelman. We are serializing the first quarter of the book with the rest of our weekly digital comics… at the end of which, you will be so absorbed in Angelman’s travails that you will have no choice but to pick up the book. Enjoy!
Cinema Panopticum (Softcover Ed.) by Thomas Ott – Now in Stock
Now in stock in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Cinema Panopticum (Softcover Ed.) by Thomas Ott 104-page black & white 6.5" x 9.25" softcover • $16.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-485-6 See Previews / Order Now T. Ott plunges into the darkness with five graphic horror novelettes: "The Hotel," "The Champion," "The Experiment," "The Prophet," and the story which frames it all, "The Girl," each executed in his hallucinatory and hyper-detailed scratchboard style. The first story in the book introduces the other four: A little girl visits an amusement park. She looks fascinated, but finds everything too expensive. Finally,…
Things to See (and Buy): Drew Friedman gets Muddy
I gotta say, Drew Friedman can do no wrong in my book, but there's something about this portrait of blues legend Muddy Waters that is especially electrifying. The expression, the black and muted green pallette, the evocative landscape… well done, Drew. And you can own it in the form of a limited-edition archival print. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]
