The year 2015 has seen some of the most dramatic federal and state challenges to the legal and safe access women have to reproductive and sexual healthcare. At the center of it, Planned Parenthood. A partially federally funded organization that provides specialized healthcare to men and women, and primarily of a lower income. Due to malicious and false attacks against Planned Parenthood, many politicians have sought to defund all of PP via legislative grandstanding and posturing. Even though the “charges” brought against PP’s legality has since been struck down, the damage has been done in many states where they have…
The Captivating Comix of Colleen Frakes at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Seattle cartoonist Colleen Frakes grew up on McNeil Island near Tacoma, Washington – the last functioning federal island penitentiary – where both of her parents worked in corrections. Her unorthodox adolescence is the subject of a new graphic memoir Prison Island. Frakes will sign copies of the book at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Small Business Saturday, November 28 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The isolation of a small island community magnified the complexities of adolescence. Employing a spare rendering style, it soon becomes clear the convicts weren’t the only people held captive on the remote prison island. Ordinary teenage activities…
The Eternaut: Video Preview
Some books are so handsomely designed that they really need to be observed in video to fully comprehend. Eternaut is one such book and this shiny new English edition will be a welcome addition to your bookshelf. The Eternaut Fantagraphics is proud to publish, for the first time in English, a graphic novel so powerful its main character’s image (much like Che Guevara’s) has become a potent symbol of the endless struggle against oppression; “Juan Salvo” appears on walls and in subways throughout Latin America to this day. This seminal Argentinian science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial…
New Comic Book Day!
Humpday is here! And that means shiny new comics are hitting stores right now. You can find the following just-released titles at a local comic book shop or online at Fantagraphics.com Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge Gift Box Set: “Only A Poor Old Man” and The Seven Cities of Gold” by Carl Barks Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3 by Charles M. Schulz The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld
More Peanuts for Your Digital Collection!
This week’s digital release is Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3: 1961–1965. Since their original publication, Peanuts Sundays have almost always been collected and reprinted in black and white. But many who read Peanuts in their original Sunday papers remain fond of the striking coloring, which makes for a surprisingly different reading experience. The early- to mid-1960s strips in our latest volume houses the first golden age of Peanuts Sundays in one gorgeous, full-color book. Linus, Charlie Brown, Pig-Pen, Shermy, Violet, Sally, Patty, and Schroeder are all present, but the rising star is undoubtedly Snoopy. Peanuts Every Sunday Vol. 3:…
Wizards and Lizards at Fantagraphics Bookstore
I’m like Vaughn Bodé, I’m a Cheech Wizard, Never quittin’, So won’t you listen. – Beastie Boys, “Sure Shot” The enduring influence of the late Vaughn Bodé is the subject of a fascinating exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery opening Saturday, December 12. The Cheech Wizard Show celebrates the store’s 9th anniversary and the debut of Cheech Wizard’s Book of Me, the most comprehensive volume to date of this amazing American artist. Special guest Mark Bodé will appear to present this important publication. Vaughn Bodé’s mystical motifs became ubiquitous in the underground comix and science fiction scenes of the 1960s…
New Comic Book Day: Dinomania, Ducks, and more!
Dinomania stomps into comic book shops today and it is truly a beast, weighing in at nearly 6 lbs! Winsor McCay fans will delight in the unearthed, never-before-published strip Dino. Author Ulrich Merkl also explores McCay’s influences from movie monsters like King Kong to Gertie the Dinosaur. This book has something for everyone fond of these fantastic creatures. Check out a great preview at Forbidden Planet and pick it up at your local shop or order it from Fantagraphics. Today’s shipment also includes a new volume of adventures from the Dona Rosa Library, “The Last of the Clan McDuck”…
Look ahead: Winter & Summer catalog previews
Curious about upcoming Fantagraphics releases? Check out our 2016 Winter & Summer catalogs, which include details about highly anticipated titles like Dan Clowes’ Patience, Boys Club by Matt Furie and comics anthology Kramer’s Ergot #9. Winter 2016 Summer 2016
Veteran’s Day
This Veteran’s Day we’re celebrating with special events and a sale. Fantagraphics fans in Florida enjoyed a reading from Carol Tyler at the Gainesville Civic Media Center today. Her book Soldier’s Heart is currently on sale for 20% off. These pre-orders also come with a limited edition bookplate, sketched and signed by the author and her veteran father. The Washington Post picked Cartoons for Victory as a top cartoon to read this holiday: “Warren Bernard’s thoughtfully curated collection of World War II cartoons features legendary G.I. artists like Bill Mauldin , fellow giants like Eisner and Kurtzman, and such comic icons as…
What’s in Store (Celebrity Edition)
Prepare for a wild weekend of art, music and mayhem in Georgetown. In the words of Seattle’s preeminent lit critic Paul Constant, “You might as well camp out in the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery all weekend long.” The action begins this Saturday with an appearance by Seattle cartoonist Tatiana Gill. Her comix chronicle the seemingly mundane circumstances of daily existence, but when taken together reveal a highly complex and appealing character. She’ll be signing three recent publications from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. This event coincides with the lively Georgetown Art Attack featuring visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic…
