Stan Sakai’s epic tale of the ronin rabbit began at Fantagraphics three decades ago. Starting today, you can now read the first seven volumes of Usagi Yojimbo on your tablets! Usagi Yojimbo has garnered the reputation of being one of the greatest comic book series of all time, with Stan Sakai earning multiple Eisner Awards to date. Full of suspense, humor, horror, and most importantly, adventure, all of these books are now available for $9.99 on your personal reading device: Book 1: The Ronin Book 2: Samurai Book 3: The Wanderer’s Road Book 4: The Dragon Bellow Conspiracy Book 5:…
Dash Shaw’s directorial debut premieres in September
SEATTLE, WA—As reported in today’s Hollywood Reporter, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and New York Film Festival (NYFF) held press conferences today to announce their 2016 schedules, and each have accepted cartoonist Dash Shaw’s feature film directorial debut, My Entire High School is Sinking Into the Sea, starring Jason Schwartzman (who plays the “Dash Shaw” character), Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph, and Susan Sarandon. The animated feature, adapted from a short story originally published in Fantagraphics’ MOME anthology and later collected in Shaw’s book, The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century, will make its world premiere at TIFF…
Win It! Set of Public Enemy action figures designed by Ed Piskor
Kings of Hip Hop and inductees of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Public Enemy’s first action figure as a set features four of the central members from the 80’s: Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, and Terminator X. Both the dolls and the packaging are designed by Ed Piskor, author of the New York Times Best- Selling and Eisner Award winning comic series: Hip Hop Family Tree. These beauties created quite the buzz at our booth at Comic-Con and now they can be yours. For free. Before pre-orders ship to the general…
Look at ALL these digital releases!
If you like reading comics on your tablet, today is a big day. We’ve got books by the late, great Jack Davis, modern classics by Dame Darcy and Dash Shaw, and new collections and graphic novels from Spain and Argentina. The Living Mummy and Other Stories collects Jack Davis at his most eye-poppingly terrifying and gleefully gruesome. These vintage EC stories feature everything a horror fan could ask for — vampires, ghouls, revenge — all leavened with the pun-laced humor of scripter Al Feldstein and illuminated by the virtuoso brushwork of Davis himself. Find The Living Mummy on comiXology and…
Mayor’s Arts Awards
Fantagraphics is honored to be a nominee in the Mayor’s Arts Awards Legacy category. “Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books is celebrating its 40th year as one of the world’s leading publishers of comix, graphic novels, and badass books. Specializing in contemporary cartoonists, classic comic strips, foreign translations, and the history of the comics art form Fantagraphics is among our city’s most successful and colorful cultural institutions.” The winners will be announced at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony, on Friday, Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. at Seattle Center at the Mural Amphitheatre. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations…
Congratulations Eisner Award Winners!
Fantagraphics went home with an armful of Eisner Awards this year: Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips The Eternaut, by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano Lòpez, edited by Gary Groth and Kristy Valenti Best Writer/Artist Bill Griffith, Invisible Ink: My Mother’s Secret Love Affair with a Famous Cartoonist Best Comics-Related Book Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America, by Bill Schelly Hall of Fame Inductee- Jacques Tardi Shop them all…
Jack Davis 1924–2016
Jack Burton Davis Jr. (b. December 2, 1924, Atlanta, Georgia; d. July 27, 2016) defined mid-century humor cartooning with his inimitable, rubbery style, which ably satirized any genre. Incredibly prolific, the Navy veteran’s instantly recognizable comics and illustrations graced assorted EC comics, advertisements, TV Guide covers, film posters (such as the one for It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World). He also provided art to his alma mater the University of Georgia until his passing. Davis was one of the original artists behind Mad magazine, and was a contributor and ownership partner in other Harvey Kurtzman-edited humor magazines, like Humbug…
Digital Hip Hop and More Backlist Titles
All good things must come to an end and today marks the digital release of the final monthly issue of Hip Hop Family Tree. Ed Piskor’s monthly examination into hip hop music is coming to an end today, but not going out without a bang. Issue #12 features a collaboration between Rick Rubin and LL Cool J, the arrest of KRS-One, and Run DMC heading out on tour. Find this milestone issue on comiXology. A few more books from our backlist have also found their way on comiXology, and they include: Beasts and Priests by Jim Blanchard Jack Davis: Drawing…
What’s in Store: Peter Bagge’s Neat Stuff!
Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, August 13 for the debut of the Complete Neat Stuff by legendary Seattle cartoonist Peter Bagge. A limited number of advance copies of this two volume, slip case edition will be available for the artist to sign between 6:30 and 8:00 PM. Neat Stuff includes early work by Bagge introducing a cast of iconic characters that would populate his comix for decades. The Bradleys became a template for the dysfunctional American family, influencing the work of artists like Matt Groening, Mike Judge, Dana Gould, and countless others. This book collects the classic comix…
Book Trailer: Cosplayers by Dash Shaw
Check out the book trailer for Cosplayers by Dash Shaw, debuting at #SDCC2016. Music by Jesse Moynihan. Can’t make it to Comic-Con? Enjoy 20% off all Fantagraphics titles this week. Shop the sale now.
