We get it, there’s a lot of stuff to look at while you’re maneuvering your way through the San Diego Convention Center in search of exclusive legos and exclusive Pokemon. Even at the illustrious Fantagraphics booth there are a lot of books for your eyeballs to take in, some new and some old. Which is why the esteemed staff at Fantagraphics is committed to making your journey through SDCC 2016 as painless as possible with this handy guide to staff picks that you should be on the look out for this year. Britta Debut: Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio I must…
What’s in Store: Love and Loss
The Fantagraphics Bookstore family mourns the loss of our dear friend and colleague Geneviève Castrée Elverum, who succumbed to a year-long battle with cancer on Saturday. A talented musician, artist, and cartoonist, Geneviève appeared at the store to perform at the Love & Rockets 30th anniversary celebration in December of 2012. The following year the store hosted a book launch party for her graphic novel Susceptible with an art show, slide talk, and book signing. Together with her husband, musician Phil Elverum, she organized the Unknown Music Festival in her adapted hometown of Anacortes, Washington. They graciously invited our bookstore to participate…
San Diego Comic-Con 2016: The Panels
Come and sit-in on one or more of these panels! Or hole up in the room waiting for a Pokemon panel happening afterwards. Either way, you’re learning about the amazing authors and books that we publish, and we couldn’t ask for anything more! Plus, our panels are so cool that they’ve been featured on Hollywood Reporter as panels to make sure you catch during the convention! Thursday, July 21st Love and Rockets: Past, Present, and Future Love and Rockets by brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez is one of the most influential comic series to ever be published. Rounding on 35…
New Digital Releases from Piskor and Stein
Today we are proud to present new digital releases from two young artists on the cutting edge of comics — Ed Piskor and Leslie Stein. Hip Hop Family Tree Volume 4 continues Piskor’s award-winning, best-selling history of hip hop music. This new book charts the rise of Dr. Dre and Def Jam Records and introduces new branches of the “tree”: Will Smith, Salt-n-Peppa, Rakim, and Biz Markie. Find this book on comiXology and Google Play. Also from Piskor is the 11th issue of the monthly Hip Hop Family Tree series! Famed producer and DJ Rick Rubin graces the cover and…
Hip Hop history is American history
Hip Hop Family Tree not only explores the history of a musical genre, but also the socio-political climate from which it emerged. This latest volume explores the racial tensions between Black communities and government agencies in the mid 80’s- from the the war on drugs to the leveling of “crack houses” by LAPD militarized battering ram tanks. Ed Piskor (literally) illustrates how the famous hip hop lyrics “The roof is on fire” were elevated to anthemic status and connects it to the context of the oft-forgotten bombings by West Philadelphia police that destroyed the compound of MOVE activists; taking the lives…
LOVE AND ROCKETS: THE MAGAZINE returns!
Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez to revive their beloved series Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez’s beloved Love and Rockets will return this fall in the same magazine format that fans fell in love with during its original 50 issue run from 1982-1996. Love and Rockets has been Fantagraphics’ flagship publication since its initial magazine debut in 1982, and the new series (Vol. IV, for those keeping track) will launch on the eve of the title’s 35th anniversary in September 2016 and continue every four months thereafter. The new format and schedule comes after a decade of the Love…
What’s in Store: An Intruder Tribute
On July 9, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery pays tribute to the phenomenal Intruder comix tabloid on the occasion of its final issue. It’s hard to overstate the influence of this publication on the local comix community. Over the course of 20 issues, this resourceful collective of Seattle cartoonists has elevated the careers of a number of artists including editor Marc Palm, Max Clotfelter, Tom van Deusen, Ben Horak, Brittany Kusa, James Stanton, Seth Goodkind, Marie Hausauer, John Ohannesian, Darin Schuler, Brandon Lehmann, David Lasky, Scott Travis, Joe Garber, and Billis Helg, among many others. It has inspired several sister publications…
Patience is a New York Times Best Seller for 15 weeks and counting
Since it’s debut, Patience by Daniel Clowes has remained on the The New York Times Best Sellers list for 15 consecutive weeks and counting.
What’s in Store: More Clowning Around
Drop by Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Saturday, June 25 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM as Tatiana Gill hosts a clown coloring contest from her new book Down to Clown. We’ll have cool prizes and free corn dogs, cotton candy, caramel corn, and more! All entries will be exhibited through July 7. An added attraction at the Hot Off the Press book fair on July 9 is a rare show by seminal Seattle punk band Chinas Comidas led by literary artist Cynthia Genser, who will also give a spoken word performance. The band will play new material from their Songbook…
Drinky Crow Goes Digital
Today marks the digital debut of a brand new Maakies collection by Tony Millionaire called Drinky Crow Drinks Again. That, and more Millionaire madness in this week’s digital releases. Drinky Crow Drinks Again is the latest collection of Tony Millionaire’s weekly strip featuring a crow, a monkey, and many other inebriated weirdos. Millionaire’s Maakies is one of the longest running and most decorated comic strip in America and this book collects more than 200 weeks worth from the past half-decade for the very first time. Drinky Crow Drinks Again blends vaudeville-style humor and breathtaking linework and can now be found…
