Action! Adventure! Romance! Drugs! This week’s digital releases have it all and the artists span several generations of brilliant cartooning. Turn on those tablets because here’s what’s going digital today: Boy’s Club is Matt Furie’s deadpan comics showcase featuring roommates Andy, Brett, Landwolf, and the infamous Pepe in a series of hilarious vignettes combining laconic psychedelia, childlike enchantment, drug-fueled hedonism, and impish mischief. Need we say more? Catch this internet sensation on comiXology. In Highbone Theater, Joe Daly’s new graphic novel epic, Palmer — wallflower, mystic seeker, and paper mill worker — moves into a new…
What’s in Store: Pirates! Mice! Witches! Comix!
Be sure to join us at the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery on Sunday, June 5 for a rare public appearance by legendary Seattle cartoonist Shary Flenniken. Counterculture Comics and the Semiotics of Disney Icons will attempt to clear the apocryphal haze from one of pop culture’s most intriguing episodes. Flenniken was a central figure in the Air Pirates comix collective. After meeting at a rock festival near Seattle in 1970, the group took up residence in a prop warehouse owned by Francis Ford Coppola in San Francisco’s Mission District. They created a sensation by appropriating Walt Disney’s signature…
Something Digital for Everybody
Make sure those tablets are turned on because we’ve got a wide array of digital releases for you this Wednesday! Collecting the final year of Charles Schulz’s classic strip, The Complete Peanuts Vol. 25 also has a forward by none other than the President of the United States. Rerun become a comic artist, Snoopy’s playing pranks, and the Li’l Folks are here — Schulz’s precursor to Peanuts that ran in his hometown paper. Be a part of history and read Volume 25 through comiXology. Josh Simmons is undertaking a grand experiment . . . Drawing one page each…
Fantagraphics at TCAF 2016
The ever expanding Toronto Comic and Art Fest (TCAF) is Canada’s premier comic art show known for its special guests and debut books, and Fantagraphics will not disappoint! Special Guests Simon Hanselmann New York Times Best-Selling cartoonist Simon Hanselmann (Megahex) was born in Tasmania and currently resides in Seattle, WA. He spends his days meticulously watercoloring each page of comics he hand draws. Simon has found international success with his stoner witch comics, which have been translated into over a dozen languages. When not makes comics, Simon can be found smoking cigarettes and walking a one-eyed dog. He will be attending…
Fanta Artists at Heroes Con
June 17-19th, Charlotte. NC is once again home to one of the oldest and most beloved comic conventions in the country, HeroesCon. Billing themselves as a “America’s favorite convention since 1982, family friendly, laid-back, comics-oriented atmosphere; go ahead, ask anyone” we’ll take their word for it, and the word of hundreds of artists who’ve traveled to the South-Eastern city to have a good time with fans and friends. Perfectly bridging the gap between mainstream and indie, HeroesCon curates not only the main hall, but also a wonderful Indie Island that this year features Fantagraphics artists Charles Forsman, Rich Tommaso, and Ed…
What’s in Store: Free Comic Book Cake
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Saturday, May 7. We’ll be passing out free copies of a Love & Rockets sampler ahead of this summer’s reboot of the classic comic as a quarterly series. Come rediscover the beloved book that launched the alternative comix movement. Speaking of beloved… We’ll also indulge in this delicious cake commemorating Lucy Knisley’s graphic memoir Something New, documenting her recent nuptials. We took to calling this creation the Leaning Tower of Lucy, narrowly averting wedding cake disaster on a number of occasions. The experience allowed…
Joe Daly fans- get stoked for the release of Highbone Theater
Coming this summer and available for pre-order now: Highbone Theater by Joe Daly: Following a succession of some of the most quirky and outré graphic albums ever conceived, including the ongoing, award-winning RPG-inspired Dungeon Quest series, cartoonist Joe Daly has drawn his most ambitious stand-alone graphic novel yet — the 544 page Highbone Theater. Our protagonist Palmer — wallflower, mystic seeker and paper mill worker — moves into a new apartment with his outwardly self-assured and womanizing friend, Perry, and begins an epic struggle of love, hate, and self preservation. Events take a peculiar turn as Palmer befriends an iconoclastic co-worker,…
Billy Ireland Museum Opens Two Exhibits
Our wonderful friends at The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum are opening two new exhibits this June 4th, and running until October 23rd. Titled Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream and Good Grief! Comics and Children respectively, both exhibits feature pieces from the museum’s collection as well as new and original works from artists like Peter Bagge. From their press release: Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream Winsor McCay (186? – 1934) was one of the most significant American artists of the 20th century, known best for his groundbreaking newspaper comics and early animated films. Much of his most beloved work appeared in…
Digital Goodness
We’ve got such a diverse array of digital releases today, there’s guaranteed to be something for everybody to connect with. Or, if you’re like us, you love them all! Plug those tablets in because here they are . . . Issue #9 of Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Family Tree marks a new era in rap music as Beastie Boys assemble, Run DMC become superstars, and the Fat Boys make a name for themselves. Your favorite rapper’s favorite rappers are all covered in this bold installment of the award-winning, best-selling series. Find it at comiXology. Also, from the Fantagraphics vaults comes…
Free Comic Book Day 2016
This Saturday marks the 15th annual celebration of Free Comic Book Day. Fantagraphics has been a proud participant from its inception and this year you can pick up a classic collection of Love and Rockets material. Love and Rockets is one of the most acclaimed and beloved series in comics history, and this summer, Fantagraphics has announced that the series will be rebooted as a quarterly comic book series beginning with a new #1 in July! To celebrate, Fantagraphics is offering up this one-shot sampler featuring classic L&R material by the great Hernandez Brothers, including an all-new cover and several other surprises! A…
