Ellen Forney begins her bestselling graphic memoir Marbles by describing in detail her full back tattoo designed by Kaz, who will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, February 13. We ran into Ellen at a meeting at the Seattle Art Museum this afternoon, where she informed us she found the perfect eveningwear for the event. Can’t wait to welcome Kaz on his first visit to Seattle and see Ellen’s ink for the first time.
New Comic Book Day: Hip Hop Family Tree #6 and Blubber #2
Hip Hop Family Tree #6 by Ed Piskor drops in comics shops today, including three variant covers. From left to right: Regular edition, Fantagraphics exclusive, AOD Collectables and Velocity Comics variants. Find them at your local store or order a copy from http://www.fantagraphics.com/hhftmonthly6 Gilbert Hernandez keeps things weird with Blubber #2. Catch a glimpse in the video preview below: A wtf glimpse of #newcomicbookday release Blubber No. 2 from Gilbert Hernandez A video posted by Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) on Jan 27, 2016 at 11:38am PST
Hip Hop Family Tree #6 and Blubber #2 Go Digital
It’s all hip hop and humanoids on your digital reading devices this week with new releases from two Fantagraphics favorites. First up is the sixth issue of Ed Piskor’s Hip Hop Famiy Tree monthly comic. This edition features the first hip hop movie, Wild Style, as Piskor breaks the film down and shows exactly how it fits into the wider pop culture landscape. Highlighting the people, places, and events that made Wild Style a cult classic, Hip Hop Family Tree #6 can be yours through comiXology. Today also marks the second volume of Gilbert Hernandez’s…
Fantagraphics Bookstore presents Underworld with Kaz
When not working as an Emmy-winning writer for animated series like Camp Lazlo, Phineas and Ferb, SpongeBob SquarePants, the cartoonist Kaz has been drawing his weekly Underworld comic strip since 1992. Come celebrate the first comprehensive collection of his clever creation on February 13 with a book signing and art exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood collects the most memorable strips from the 23 year lifetime of the strip, together with photos, anecdotes, and related Underworld ephemera. The strip, which enjoyed a long run in Seattle weekly The Stranger, chronicles a degenerate society populated by parodies of…
New Comic Book Day: Frank in the 3rd Dimension by Jim Woodring
This is your chance to see Frank as you’ve never seen him before. Not the stark black-and-white Frank. Not even the glorious fully-painted Frank. No, this is Frank in the third dimension: about as real as you can get him. Frank and Frank’s world are already hallucinatory, but seeing him in the most technologically advanced and artistically crafted 3-D ever produced is an experience that has to be savored to be believed. The 3-D process for Frank in the 3rd Dimension involves creating more than 150 layers per drawing in order to round and “sculpt” each image into full, volumetric…
The Book of Hope is Now Digital
An exploration into quotidian moments and timeless humor, the Fantagraphics debut of Finnish artist Tommi Musturi The Book of Hope is now available digitally. In a way that only the medium of comics can, The Book of Hope slows the reader down to the rhythms of the silent life of a retired couple living in a rural countryside. But behind the static, routine moments, something bigger takes shape — a flash of encroaching death starts to consume the husband leading to all-encompassing visions and important questions. The strong presence of silence and nature reflect the arctic exotica of Musturi’s native…
Sneak Peek: The Complete Crepax
The Complete Crepax is darkly sexy, surreal and erotic. We can’t wait for you to get your hands on this horror themed edition of Valentina stories. Coming this Spring and available for pre-order now at Fantagraphics.com/crepax
New Comic Book Day: Book of Hope
Book of Hope by Finnish cartoonist Tommi Musturi hits stores today. Check out a video preview and order your copy from Fantagraphics.com. Under the Radar gives Book of Hope by Tommi Musturi 7/10 in this review: “…filled with weird jokes, funny cartoon gags, and surprisingly poignant observations on aging, death, and—yes—hope…the books’ portrayal of the little scenes that make up life and lend it its meaning are uniformly lovely. The illustrations are beautiful, and without trying to spoil anything, the later chapters more than live up to the name of the book. It’s a nice, off-kilter story about…
Preview: Patience by Daniel Clowes
Advance copies of Patience by Daniel Clowes have arrived at the Fantagraphics office and they are glorious. Check out a preview below and pre-order your book at Fantagraphics.com/patience A video posted by Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) on Jan 13, 2016 at 12:38pm PST
What’s in Store (Wonderful Winter Edition)
Thanks to everyone who came out to the publication party for Jim Woodring ‘s sensational Frank in the 3rd Dimension on Saturday – an amazing array of luminaries from Seattle’s art, music, and comix communities. We sold out of the book at the signing, but have more copies in stock now. Come view this visionary work at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery through February 10.
