Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Walt Disney's Donald Duck: Lost in the Andes by Carl Barks 240-page full-color 7.5" x 10.25" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-474-0 See Previews / Order Now Carl Barks's Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge comics are considered among the greatest artistic and storytelling achievements in the history of the medium. After serving a stint at the Walt Disney studios as an in-betweener and a gag-man, Barks began drawing the comic book adventures of Donald Duck in 1942. He quickly mastered every aspect of cartooning and over the next nearly…
Pogo – Vol. 1 of the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips by Walt Kelly – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Pogo – Vol. 1 of the Complete Syndicated Comic Strips: "Through the Wild Blue Wonder" by Walt Kelly 308-page black & white/color 11.25" x 9.25" hardcover • $39.99ISBN: 978-1-56097-869-5 See Previews / Order Now Walt Kelly started his career at age 13 in Connecticut as a cartoonist and reporter for the Bridgeport Post. In 1935, he moved to Los Angeles and joined the Walt Disney Studio, where he worked on classic animated films, including Pinocchio, Dumbo, and Fantasia. Rather than take sides in a bitter labor strike,…
Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Oil and Water by Steve Duin and Shannon Wheeler 144-page black & white 7.75" x 9.75" hardcover • $19.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-492-4 See Previews / Order Now When ten Oregonians travel to the Gulf Coast in August 2010 to plumb the devastation wrought by the Deepwater Horizon spill, they discover that “Oil and Water” is just the first of the insoluble contradictions. Between the tarred sands of Grand Isle and the fouled waters of the Louisiana bayou, they come to find out that Gulf Coast residents are economically dependent…
Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery by Alexander Theroux – Now in Stock
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship to our mail-order customers: Estonia: A Ramble Through the Periphery by Alexander Theroux 352-page 6" x 9" hardcover with color illustrations • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-465-8 See Previews / Order Now Any journey with Alexander Theroux is an education. Possessed of a razor-sharp and hyperliterate mind, he stands beside Thomas Pynchon as one of the sharpest cultural commentators of our time. So when he decided to accompany his wife — the artist Sarah Son-Theroux — on her Fulbright Scholarship to Estonia, it occasioned this penetrating examination of a country that, for many, seems…
Daily OCD: 11/9/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Artists of vision toiling within the gears of a vision-suppressing machine, Carl Barks and Floyd Gottfredson drew and wrote great swathes of the best popular art of the twentieth century, mostly in the least auspicious venues available: comic books and comic strips credited to Walt Disney…. Fantagraphics is currently collecting the work of both artists: Barks's transcendent Donald and Scrooge McDuck comics, and Gottfredson's sprightly Mickey Mouse serials. To the publisher's credit, the books are gorgeous but designed for readability rather than coffee-table displaying. This is great art you can feel guilt-free perusing…
Get ready for the new catalog!
Our new Ultimate Catalog, arriving in mailboxes soon! Dig that glorious Floyd Gottfredson artwork. If you’re not already on our mailing list and like getting cool stuff in the mail, contact us to request your free copy. And if you want a tree-free version (although they're already all printed, so you wouldn't really be saving anything) we'll be making it available as a PDF download soon too.
Pogo Party!
(click image to enlarge) A fitting Pogo sentiment on a day after elections. The original art from this strip will be on display at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery along with 15 others for "Playing Possum: The Pogo Art of Walt Kelly." The show opens on Saturday, December 10 — the centerpiece of our festive 5th anniversary gala. Pogo party, indeed!
The Long & Short of the Short Run Small Press Fest
Seattle has always had a reputation for its strong underground comics scene, but dang it, how is it we haven't had our own small press show before? Well, that all changes this Saturday, November 12th as the Short Run Small Press Fest makes its debut at the Vera Project at Seattle Center, from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Fantagraphics won't have a table there ourselves, but many of our artists will be exhibiting, including Andrice Arp, Jim Blanchard, Jason T. Miles (with his distro Profanity Hill), Megan Kelso, Michael Dowers, Pat Moriarity, and Roberta Gregory. Afterwards, the Fantagraphics Bookstore &…
The Art of Problem Solving at Giant Robot
"HI, I'M ALFE. AND THIS IS MY ART SHOW." Hopefully you're already watching The Problem Solverz on Cartoon Network, and if you're not, then get on it. As previously reported on this here FLOG, it's the insane (emphasis on the word "insane") animated series from Ben Jones, featuring fellow Fantagraphics artists Jon Vermilyea and John Pham on staff. Our friends at Giant Robot will be hosting an art show featuring original artwork created in the style of the program and its characters, opening on Saturday, November 19th! Opening reception is from 6:30 – 10:00 pm at GR2 [2062 Sawtelle Blvd….
We’re on Google+
Are you on Google+? Now we are too! Join our circle, or +1 us, or whatever they call it… we're still figuring it out, but I think we're off to a fairly decent start. Don't forget we have lots of other ways for you to socially network with us too!
