Moving to it’s new location in Midtown West, MoCCA has long been a staple of comics and cartooning in New York. This year is no exception with fantastic Fantagraphics special guests like groundbreaking cartoonist and animator R.O. Blechman, and a selection of Wimmen’s Comix contributors like Phoebe Gloeckner. Join us April 2-3rd for a fantastic weekend of comics! Special Guests R.O. Blechman An award-winning cartoonist, animator, and author, R.O. Blechman has been producing top tier work since the 1950’s, earning him an Emmy, BAFTA, and a Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award. Best known for his book The Juggler of the Lady, the…
Staff Picks for the Spring Cleaning Sale
Not sure what books to pick up during the sale? Browse our staff picks for suggestions: Anna But I Like It Before tackling the emotional and political quagmire that is Palestine, Joe Sacco hit the really hard topics in the early ‘90s – punk bands. While on European tour with the Portland based band, Miracle Workers, Sacco skewers fans, musicians, and critics with his classic hard-hitting wit and skillful cartooning. Music is my second life, which means I love watching the industry and people who take themselves too seriously get made fun of. Sacco never misses an opportunity to turn…
Check out THESE digital releases!
From an Italian innovator to an American stylistic treasure to modern musical history, today’s digital releases couldn’t be more different, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Italy’s Guido Crepax is one of the most acclaimed and innovative cartoonists of all-time and in the ’60s and ’70s, he created and chronicled the adventures of Valentina. Along with Valentina tales, legitimizing the erotic genre in comics at that time, Crepax’s unique take on the works of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley are also included in The Complete Crepax: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Other Horror Stories. These stories, many never before published…
Fantagraphics Bookstore Celebrates Guido Crepax
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present an international multimedia tribute to late Italian cartoonist Guido Crepax. The event features an exhibition of original art by contemporary American cartoonists including David Lasky, Peter Kuper, Benjamin Marra, Roberta Gregory, George Pratt, and Mark Wheatley, Spanish artists Javier Olivares, Sandra Hernandez and Pedro Espinosa, and Argentine artists Mister ED and Santiago Caruso, as well as reproductions from the Complete Crepax Volume 1. The opening on Saturday, April 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM includes film shorts by Brazilian artist Alex Korolkovas, a sound installation by Sérgio Rocha of Portugal, a limited…
What’s in Store (Decadent Delicacies Edition)
Thanks to everyone who attended the Daniel Clowes signing last Saturday and waited so patiently on line. Great fun with new and old friends. The new book is simply sublime, exceeding all expectations. If you don’t have Patience, get it now! Don’t miss the second annual Georgetown Bites: A Taste of Georgetown on Saturday, March 26 from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. This food festival celebrates the delightfully diverse culinary attractions and cafe culture in Seattle’s coolest neighborhood. Georgetown is home to Seattle’s oldest continuously operating beer hall, Jules Maes Saloon, as well as…
Fantagraphics Exclusive: Valentina Tribute Art Booklet
Order The Complete Crepax from Fantagraphics.com/crepax and receive a special, numbered, limited edition booklet featuring art created in tribute to the character Valentina, by an international coterie of over a dozen artists including Gilbert Hernandez, Richard Sala, George Pratt and many more! These 6″ x 9″ booklets are printed in full-color on satin finish paper. We’re sharing a few of the images here with quotes from the artists about the inspiration they take from Crepax’s signature character.
It’s Weissman Wednesday on comiXology!
Longtime fan favorite Steven Weissman has put out numerous books through Fantagraphics over the years and now some of the best are available to you digitally through comiXology. To go along with Weissman’s brilliant and surreal Barack Hussein Obama, we are now offering four books in his “Yikes!” series: Chewing Gum in Church Chocolate Cheeks Mean White Flower Day If you’re new to these comics or have been on the Weissman wagon for a while, make sure your personal reading device is stocked with these hilarious selections from the Fantagraphics backlist!
What’s in Store (The Virtue of Patience Edition)
We can’t wait for the Daniel Clowes signing this Saturday at Fantagraphics Bookstore from 6:00 to 9:00 PM in Seattle. While we have ample supplies of Patience and other titles on hand, we encourage patrons to arrive on the early side, as his books tend to vanish quickly at these events. We’ll provide complimentary refreshments while you wait patiently to engage the artist. The book is simply amazing on every level imaginable. Coming up next, on Saturday, April 9 is the book launch for volume 1 of the Complete Crepax with an exhibition of tributes by contemporary American cartoonists (Benjamin…
Buckle Up for More Backlist!
We’ve got no new digital releases today, but that’s not stopping us from delivering some more backlist Best-Ofs to you! Fire up your tablets because, for the very first time, these books will be available through comiXology: Out of the Shadows by Mort Meskin Buddy Does Seattle by Peter Bagge Buddy Does Jersey by Peter Bagge Pirates in the Heartland: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson Vol. 1 by Patrick Rosenkranz Demons and Angels: The Mythology of S. Clay Wilson Vol. 2 by Patrick Rosenkranz
The Complete Peanuts Gets Presidential Treatment From President Barack Obama
Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce that President Barack Obama has penned the introduction to the long-awaited 25th volume of the award-winning Complete Peanuts series! As announced in Monday’s New York Times business section (link), “Obama pays tribute to Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the Peanuts gang” in the latest volume of Fantagraphics’ beloved series, which began in 2004 and wraps up this year. “In his final strip, Charles Schulz wondered how he could ever forget the Peanuts gang,” President Obama writes in The Complete Peanuts 1999–2000 (Vol. 25), which covers Jan. 1, 1999, through Feb. 13, 2000, when the final…
