Cheech Wizard’s Book of Me hits comic shops today in all its troops glory. Check out this preview video and order yours at Fantagraphics.com/wizardbookofme A video posted by Fantagraphics Books (@fantagraphics) on Dec 23, 2015 at 2:24pm PST
What’s in Store
At this time of year, as the attention of much of the world turns to events in Palestine 2,000 years ago, it’s instructive to revisit Joe Sacco’s masterwork of comics journalism, Palestine. The book illustrates his observations in Gaza and the West Bank (including the town of Bethlehem) on two trips to the region in the early 1990s. A current reading reveals little has changed in the nearly 25 years since Sacco’s visits. Here’s hoping the new year brings progress on the elusive promise of Peace on Earth. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery will be open on Christmas Eve until…
Cheech Wizard and Hip Hop Digitally
Cheech Wizard and hip hop have always made a perfect pair, so it’s fitting that they are the subjects of today’s digital releases. Once upon a time at two-thirty in the afternoon, on the enchanted island of York, lived a Wizard… a mild-mannered, lovable Wizard who wore a big hat to mask his true identity. But who is under the hat? Who is Cheech Wizard? Vaughn Bode created Cheech in 1956 and the character remained a constant companion for the rest of Bode’s life, surfacing in his college papers, underground comix, the National Lampoon, and in the world of graffiti…
Daniel Clowes “Patience” Book Tour
Arriving in March 2016 Daniel Clowes travels America to celebrate the release of Patience, the most anticipated graphic novel of 2016! Patience is the first all new, original graphic novel from Daniel Clowes (Ghost World) in over a half-decade, and also the biggest and most ambitious book yet in a storied career that includes multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards, a PEN Award, and an Academy Award nomination. Patience is an indescribable psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially “Clowesian,” and utterly unique in the author’s body of…
Josh Cotter at Comix Experience
Comix Experience in San Francisco boasts an impressive lineup of guests and books that have been a part of their monthly graphic novel club. Artists such as Liz Suburbia, Neil Gaiman, Fabio Moon & Gabriel Ba, and Ryan North have joined book club members either in store or via simulcast for a discussion and Q&A about their work. We’re very pleased that the February special guest will be Josh Cotter with his soon to be released, Nod Away. Cotter will be in store to do a public signing beginning at 6 PM, and then a private meeting for club members…
New Arrivals at the Warehouse
Fresh, shiny copies of Ronald Searle’s America, Cheech Wizard’s Book of Me and Crossing Eden by Monte Shulz have arrived at the Fantagraphics Warehouse. Order them from our store before you can get them anywhere else!
What’s in Store (Affordable Gift Edition)
If you’ve been procrastinating on your holiday shopping, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is the perfect place to painlessly complete this annual ritual. The store stocks a delightfully diverse selection of comix, graphics novels and badass books, with many exquisite gifts under $20. Among them… Fante Bukowski by Noah van Sciver is a wildly entertaining and cleverly conceived story by one of the masters of alternative American comix. Lucy Knisley chronicles her adventures on a European book tour in the engaging memoir Age of License. At under 10 bucks, Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking is the perfect stocking stuffer (and you’ll save an…
MOME Now Available on comiXology!
It is the holiday season and boy, do we have a gift for you! Every issue of MOME (all 22 of them) is now available on comiXology, each for the low price of $9.99. Every period of modern comics history has had its anthology that tapped into the zeitgeist and foreshadowed a new generation of cartoonists — Zap in the ’60s, Arcade in the ’70s, Raw and Weirdo in the ’80s. For the new millennium, there was MOME. This accessible, quarterly book put a spotlight on a regular cast of dozens of today’s most exciting cartoonists. Running from 2004 to…
Angouleme Official Selection 2016
Fantagraphics is proud to announce that the French editions of four of our very favorite graphic novels have been nominated for Angoulême’s Grand Prix Official Selection for the 2016 Festival International de la Bande Dessinee that will take place in Angoulême this January. Megg, Mogg, & Owl Magical Ecstasy Trip (aka some selections from Megahex) by Simon Hanselmann Fin (aka The End) by Anders Nilsen Doctors (aka Doctors) by Dash Shaw Arsene Schrauwen (aka Arsene Schrauwen) by Olivier Schrauwen Congratulations to all nominees, which you can check out here. The Angoulême International Comics Festival was founded by French cultural ministers Francis Groux…
In-Flight Entertainment for the Holiday Season
Traveling over the holiday season? If you happen to have a flight booked with Virgin Air, you can enjoy in-flight entertainment from Boing Boing TV, including an excellent interview with Eisner Award winner and Fantagraphics artist Ed Piskor. The video was shot on the Comic Book Resources Yacht at Comic-Con International and edited by Eric Mittleman, who produces videos for Boing Boing. Another fun way to pass the time between take off and landing? Digital comics! You can find ours on the following platforms: Comixology Sequential Google Play
