Say goodbye to the most influential anthology of all-time and hello to an exciting selection of backlist titles as we introduce our weekly digital releases. This is it. The most important cartooning collective delivers one last issue of their uninhibited, id-stroking mad genius in this farewell 80-page giant issue of Zap. Zap #16 is the only issue to feature all eight Zapsters under one cover and, at long last, a woman joins the boy’s club as Aline Kominsky-Crumb delivers biting and witty strips herself. This final blowout issue not only showcases each artist individually, but also includes three double-page jams…
Daniel Clowes presents Patience at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Daniel Clowes is among the most accomplished artists of his generation. Join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, March 12 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM as we celebrate the publication of Patience, perhaps his most ambitious graphic novel to date. Clowes came to prominence with his groundbreaking Eightball comic book series in the 1990s, which was characterized by biting social satire rendered with a singular graphic sensibility. Eightball also included several cinematic long form stories such as Ghost World, which was adapted to film in 2001 featuring Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch in the lead roles. Clowes received an Academy…
Soldier’s Heart by Carol Tyler, nominated for LA Times Book Prize
Congratulations to Carol Tyler, on her nomination for the LA Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels and Comics, for her book Soldier’s Heart: The Campaign to Understand My WWII Veteran Father: A Daughter’s Memoir. You can read the full list of finalists at the LA Times. Order your copy of this graphic masterpiece at Fantagraphics.com.
The wait for The Complete Crepax is almost over
Have you been patiently anticipating the release of The Complete Crepax: Dracula, Frankenstein, And Other Horror Stories? If you just can’t wait to get your hands on Valentina, we’ve got even more to entice you… We’re offering a Fantagraphics.com exclusive: The first 150 customers to order The Complete Crepax will 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 also delighted to present…
What’s in Store (International Edition)
Join us on Friday, February 26 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as we host an exhibition of international artists for the debut of Red Eye from Short Run Micropress. This event features a special appearance by Spanish cartoonist Ricardo Cavolo, signing copies of his bestselling book 101 Artists to Listen to Before You Die. Red Eye is best described as a curated chain letter. The publishers reached out to international artists whose work they admired and asked them to choose an artist from their community to contribute artwork to the book. The resulting handcrafted anthology…
Alvin
I haven’t wanted to post anything online until now about my friend Alvin Buenaventura, who unexpectedly passed away last Thursday. Alvin was a very private person and it felt unbecoming to mourn publicly. But over the weekend I shared some thoughts and memories with mutual friends, which felt good, and I feel like it’s time to share some of that with the rest of the world. I’ve known Alvin since 1994 or so. He was only a teenager at the time, but he stuck out because of his age and because he would routinely spend large sums of money on…
Today’s Massive Bulk of Digital Books
Is your personal reading device plugged in? Good, because it’s going to need all the juice to handle our digital offerings this week! First up is our next grisly gathering of EC stories by Reed Crandall. The High Cost of Dying and Other Stories captures Crandall’s fine line detail and collects stories such as “The Silent Towns,” a Ray Bradbury story about the last man and woman on Mars; “Carrion Death,” a stark horror story about man struggling through the desert with a corpse handcuffed to his wrist; and “Sweetie-Pie,” about a ghoul who sets up roadside hazards to procure…
#NewComicBookDay- free digital downloads, new Love & Rockets, the final issue of Zap and more!
Fans of The Hernandez Brothers will be delighted to learn that Love & Rockets: New Stories #8 and Comics Dementia from Gilbert Hernandez are both in stores now and available online at Fantagraphics. You can also pick up Beto’s recently released Blubber #2. Underground and Underworld Zap, the world’s most important and influential cartooning collective, delivers one last issue of their uninhibited, id-stroking, mad genius in this farewell 80-page giant – the biggest issue ever! Zap is the most historically and aesthetically important comics series ever published and Zap #16 is the only issue to feature all eight Zapsters under…
What’s in Store (Comix Are for Lovers Edition)
As Valentine’s Day approaches, nothing says love like comix. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is your gateway to romance, filled with exquisite gifts at affordable prices. We suggest the latest installment of Love & Rockets from Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez – always a sensual pleasure. For something more suggestive, check out Lust, featuring lurid personal ads from The Stranger, lovingly illustrated by Ellen Forney. Those rejecting the contrivance of this Hallmark holiday may find solace in the heartbreaking hilarity of Esther Pearl Watson’s Unlovable series or the charming allure of Jordan Crane’s The Last Lonely Saturday, available in limited…
New Comic Book Day: Beyond Time and Again
The latest release from Fantagraphics Books is Beyond Time and Again by George Metzger. In 1967, George Metzger began serializing his counterculture comic strip Beyond Time and Again in underground West coast newspapers, combining high fantasy with prescient views of science, climate change, and political authoritarianism. Faithfully reproduced, for the first time, from the original art, this comix collection brings Metzger’s exquisite craft and mind-bending imagination to a new generation. Check out a video preview below: A video posted by Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) on Feb 3, 2016 at 3:01pm PST
