Fantagraphics Blog

This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new title. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about it (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the link, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Wandering Son Vol. 2 by Shimura Takako 228-page black & white (with some color) 7" x 9.5" hardcover • $19.99presented in traditional right-to-left format; original Japanese title: 放浪息子 (Hourou Musuko)ISBN: 978-1-60699-456-6 "Well, I haven’t read the first volume yet, but everyone says that the transgender manga series Wandering Son is…

The first Online Commentary & Diversions post of the year might very well end up being the longest: • List: Humorist and television personality John Hodgman, asked to name his 5 favorite comics in an open Q&A session on his Tumblr blog, says "Love and Rockets: I don’t like to choose between brothers, but Jaime Hernandez is one of the greatest drawers of human faces and human want on the planet." • List: Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge: Only a Poor Old Man by Carl Barks is #39 on The A.V. Club 's list of "most anticipated entertainments of 2012": "Only…

Joe Sacco traveled to India in 2010 to report on rural poverty there for a French magazine; now New Delhi-based magazine The Caravan presents the story in English for the first time. (Via The Comics Reporter, who rightly warns of the former site's unwieldy reading interface.) [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]

Drew Friedman illustrated "Dave Barry's Year in Review 2011" for this past weekend's edition of the Washington Post magazine, with the cover and 8 spots (including H.R.H. Queen Rupert below) which can be seen in a slideshow on the WaPo website. [Follow our Tumblr blog for lots more Things to See every day.]

Surprise! One more sneak peek for you today, this time from ComicsAlliance, who present 8 pages from Tony Millionaire's latest book 500 Portraits, with a panoply of cartoonists and comics-related subjects.

The last of Robot 6's trifecta of sneak peeks of our upcoming books is comprised of 5 pages from our long-awaited collection of Joost Swarte comics Is That All There Is? Thanks to the Robot 6 gang for having us participate in their anniversary festivities!

Next up in Robot 6's anniversary previews parade, Glitz-2-Go, compiling nearly 40 years of Diane Noomin's DiDi Glitz comics — the first time these underground essentials have ever been collected! Read 5 pages here.

As part of their anniversary celebrations on Sunday, Comic Book Resources' indispensable Robot 6 blog ran exclusive previews of 3 of our upcoming releases. First up, Athos in America, the new collection of short stories by Jason. See 5 pages from the title story here.

Make it your New Year's Resolution to go out to more comics events! The Fantagraphics Flog can help! Thursday, January 5th • Portland, OR:  Floating World Comics proudly presents an art exhibit and a signing with Tony Millionaire! He'll be autographing his latest collection 500 Portraits, along with his other titles, from 6:00 to 10:00 PM. Heck, we've watched the man sign body parts before, so don't be shy! (more info) Saturday, January 7th • Seattle, WA: And it was at Tony's last signing at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery that we watched him sign someone's arm, who then headed…

Now that you've swept up all the confetti, put the empties in the recycling, and covered up whatever intoxicated indiscretions you got up to, we have one more New Year's cleanup task for you — helping us clear out our warehouse! We're pleased to announce our third annual New Year's Hangover Sale: all this week, take 20% OFF everything on our website (including our already-discounted clearance items and gift sets) Tuesday, January 3 through Monday, January 9, 2012! Just use the coupon code HANGOVER when you check out and you'll receive 20% off everything in your order. (If you prefer…