We love Danish comics (so much so that we co-published an anthology of them, From Wonderland with Love, with Danish publisher Aben Maler, and our Scandinavian comics anthology Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now is coming soon), so we're especially pleased to learn that the Danish Comics Council and comics website Nummer 9 have announced the nominees for the 2012 Ping Prisen (Prisen = Prize) and that they include: "Nostalgia" by Johan F. Krarup, from Kolor Klimax: Nordic Comics Now: Best Danish Comic Mellem dyrene (Congress of the Animals) by Jim Woodring: Best International Comic in Danish Speedy Ortiz dør (The…
Angelman by Nicolas Mahler – page 7
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!
Up All Night by Michael Kupperman – Twain & Einstein in “Good Grief! Still More Wuthering Heights”
This weekly strip by Snake ‘n’ Bacon and Tales Designed to Thrizzle creator Michael Kupperman runs exclusively here on the Fantagraphics website.
Black Classroom by Steven Weissman – “Life Is Fair”
Each week we bring you a new strip from Steven Weissman, creator of the long-running series of “Yikes!” adventures. Chocolate Cheeks, the newest collection of the Yikes! gang’s adventures, is now available. Recent books by Steven Weissman (click covers for complete product details): {product_snapshot:id=1648,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=873,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=204,true,false,true,left} {product_snapshot:id=703,true,false,true,left} All books by Steven Weissman
Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-45 – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Action! Mystery! Thrills! Comic Book Covers of the Golden Age 1933-45 by various artists; edited by Greg Sadowski 208-page full-color 8" x 10.5" softcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-494-8 See Previews / Order Now Order this 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. When we contemplate a memorable old comic book, the first thing that comes to mind is its cover, and that was no accident. Publishers realized fairly quickly that if…
Daily OCD: 1/12/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Comics Bulletin names Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes the Best Archival Reprint of 2011, with Jason Sacks saying "Universally acclaimed as one of the finest reprints of Barks's works by even the most exacting Duckophiles, Lost in the Andes finally presents an English-language collection of Duck stores behind two hard covers and with the typical exacting standards for which Fantagraphics is justifiably famous. The good people at Fantagraphics outdid themselves with this reprint, which will undoubtedly be a treasure enjoyed by fans for many years." …and they also name Dave…
Nancy is in the building
Just arrived via FedEx this evening, the first advance copy of Nancy Is Happy: Complete Dailies 1943-1945 by Ernie Bushmiller! We're all pawing at it excitedly, admiring Jacob Covey's above-and-beyond design job. Wait'll you see it, folks, seriously.
Join Fantagraphics at the Seattle Graphic Novel Panel and After-Party!
Fantagraphics is proud to be one of the sponsors of the 2012 Graphic Novel Panel, held by our friends at the Seattle Graphics Arts Guild! On Saturday, January 28th, join us at the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown for a discussion on creating, publishing and marketing the graphic novel. And who better to be on this panel than longtime queen of the scene, our own Megan Kelso? She'll be joined by Matthew Southworth (Stumptown), Brandon Jerwa (Battlestar Galactica, Highlander, G.I. Joe), Emi Lenox (EmiTown), and Chuck Messinger (owner of Comic Evolution, Editor-in-Chief at Creative Edge Press). Led in conversation by…
Athos in America by Jason – Previews, Pre-Order
Athos in America by Jason 196-page full-color 6.5" x 8.75" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-478-8 Ships in: February 2012 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Another all-original collection of full-color graphic novellas in the format of Low Moon, Athos in America takes its title from the lead story, a prequel of sorts to the graphic novel The Last Musketeer, in which the seemingly ageless swashbuckler turns up in a bar in 1920 New York and relates the tale of how he went to Hollywood to play himself in a film version of The Three Musketeers. Another tie-in with a previous Jason…
Daily OCD: 1/11/12
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Atomic Books asked comics editor/publisher Ryan Standfest for his Top 10 Comics of 2011, a list which includes The Man Who Grew His Beard by Olivier Schrauwen… "A remarkable mélange of humor, silent interludes, beautiful pacing, coloration and composition. This is one to re-read." …The Cabbie Vol. 1 by Marti… "A reprint that reminds everyone of the neo-noir adventures of 'The Cabbie,' delivered with a great, black, deadpan sense of humor." …and Nuts by Gahan Wilson: "You want a great book that places you directly inside the psyche of a small boy confronting…
