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Fantagraphics Books President and Co-Publisher Gary Groth announced today at Comic-Con International that the Seattle-based publisher has entered into an agreement to publish The Complete ZAP Comix in Fall of 2012. ZAP remains the best-known and most influential underground comic of all-time, and in many ways is Ground Zero for the entire field of underground, alternative, literary and art comics that exists today. Created by Robert Crumb, it was one of the defining events in the counterculture of the 1960s and singlehandedly launched the “underground comix” era. “ZAP took comics from children to adults, crushing The Comics Code Authority in…

Last night, we were honored to receive the 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for "Best Reality-Based Work" and "Best U.S. Edition of International Material" for It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi!  It's a privilege to be able to bring Tardi's work to U.S. readers. Congratulations to all the winners and nominees!

Our weekly strips from Kupperman & Weissman. Our links to other strips from around the web will return next week (Comic-Con, you know). — Up All Night by Michael Kupperman (view at original size): Barack Hussein Obama by Steven Weissman (view at original size):

Thanks to everyone who came out for our first day of signings at the San Diego Comic-Con! And, guess what? We've just added THREE more artists to our already action-packed schedule!  On Saturday, we'll be joined by Zack Carlson from 3:00 to 4:00 PM, and he'll be signing copies of the epic tome he co-edited, Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punks on Film.  Stop by and try to stump him on punk movie trivia… YOU WILL NOT WIN!   Also on Saturday, from 1:00 to 2:00 PM, we'll be joined by Roger May, one of the contributors to…

It's exciting enough that we're debuting The Hidden by Richard Sala at San Diego Comic-Con. Now, Richard has made it even more spine-tingling by including this stunning limited edition, signed and numbered print — a FREE gift with purchase of The Hidden, while supplies last… and they won't last long!   You can pick up The Hidden at Booth #1718, but you better hurry as if a trail of monsters were hunting you to get your very own print!

Okay, we can't offer you the ninety-minute wait in ninety-degree weather outside the convention center, the greasy ten-dollar pizzas, the terrifying crush of Saturday afternoon attendees here to get an autograph from a Battlestar: Galactica co-star, or the sight of costumed attendees who apparently only chose the Flash costume because their more appropriate pick, Jabba the Hutt, was out. But what we can do is this! SORRY YOU WON'T GET THE EARLY BOOKS? The following books will have their world premiere in San Diego. If you order them directly from us we will have them sent to you directly from…

If you're near Seattle on Saturday, stop by the big Sidewalk Sale at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery. We'll join with Georgetown Records to offer a huge selection of comix and vintage vinyl at amazing discounts. Hard to find, out of print comic books by Fantagraphics favorites starting at 50 cents each. Love & Rockets collections for as little as 5 bucks. Crumb, Clowes, Bagge, Bros., Millionaire and more at half price or less. Not to mention hundreds of classic punk, ska, exotica, psyche, metal, industrial, goth, and rat pack platters on sale at Georgetown Records. Rain or shine, 11:30 to 8:00…

Cineplex Manager: What the hell is wrong with you? Enid : What? I was just joking around with the customers. It's my schtick. Cineplex Manager : Well, lose it! And why aren't you pushing the larger sizes? Didn't you get training about upsizing? Enid : Yeah. But I feel really weird. It's pretty sleazy. Cineplex Manager : It's not OPTIONAL! [he leaves her] Enid : [rolls her eyes] Jesus. [a customer comes up to the counter] Soda Customer : Hi, can I get a medium 7-Up? Enid : Medium? Why sir, do you not know that for a mere 25…