Guy Colwell, the seminal underground cartoonist who created Inner City Romance, has been constructing social realist pen and ink drawings for nearly half a century. Street Scenes collects his most moving drawings focusing on both the vile decay and inspirational vibrancy of city life in a series of 36 stand-alone plates. Each portfolio is signed and numbered. Check out this video preview: And individual prints from the portfolio:
National Cat Day
In honor of National Cat Day we’ve put together a list of Fantagraphics’ favorite felines. In no particular order, here are some of our top comics featuring cats: 1. Lost Cat by Jason Jason is a master of simplicity and subverting expectations. Lost Cat is a playful take on the classic detective story and a moving exploration of the unexpected ways people form connections. 2. Wuvable Oaf by Ed Luce While protagonist Oaf is indeed quite wuvable, his kitten companions are just as frequently endearing and adorable. Ed Luce gives troubled cats like Santino and Pavel genuine…
Digital Triptow and Even More Schulz!
This week’s digital releases features Robert Triptow’s highly-touted, underground-inspired Class Photo and two new Peanuts collections! Like any good writer, cartoonist Robert Triptow likes to invent stories. When he stumbled across a real-life class photo of an anonymous 1937 public school under a pile of garbage, his imagination took off. Several years later, the result is the utterly charming, completely original graphic novel Class Photo.
Best of the Northwest in November at Fantagraphics Bookstore
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present some of Seattle’s most compelling cartoonists throughout the month of November. On Saturday, November 14, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM, Tatiana Gill debuts her latest collection of revealing journal comix Omnibusted: Stories I Told Myself 1999-2009. Her work is characterized by courageously confronting issues of social anxiety and substance abuse in an accessible, often humorous fashion. This self-published book represents her most ambitious work to date. This event coincides with the entertaining Georgetown Art Attack featuring exciting visual and performing arts presentations throughout the historic neighborhood. The following day, Sunday,…
Kurt Cobain, creepy dolls, locks of hair and Dame Darcy
File Under: News headlines you were not expecting to read this morning. Memorabilia site Julien’s posted this auction listing: “A lock of Kurt Cobain’s hair given to doll maker and comic artist Dame Darcy by Courtney Love. In a comic book style letter of authenticity, Darcy explains that in the 1990s she sold her handmade dolls in the back of her comic book Meat Cake. Love became a client and commissioned a doll for her daughter Frances using Cobain’s hair. This lock was the hair that remained once the doll was made. Accompanied by both a black and white and…
Enjoy 20% Off All Peanuts Books
SALE: 20% Off All Peanuts Books The Peanuts Movie hits theaters this weekend and we’re celebrating with a sale on all of our Peanuts books! There’s something for everyone on your holiday shopping list.
Short Run Marathon Returns to Fantagraphics Bookstore on Friday
Come celebrate our amazing comix community on Friday, October 30 as Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery hosts Short Run Marathon III, a pre-fest reception and art exhibition. The show includes the work of Short Run featured artists Charles Forsman, Melissa Mendes, Jim Woodring, Krish Raghav, Bruce Bickford, and special guest Sam Alden, with live music by Lisa Prank.
New Comic Book Day: Class Photo
[twentytwenty] [/twentytwenty] For anyone who has ever wandered the aisles of thrift stores or explored estate sales and wondered, “What stories do these objects have to tell?”- Robert Triptow’s Class Photo is the answer. When he stumbled across a real-life class photo of an anonymous 1937 public school under a pile of garbage, his imagination took off. Several years later, the result is the utterly charming, completely original graphic novella Class Photo. Using the photo as a springboard, each student’s fictionalized life is depicted in one- page installments. Triptow weaves these imagined lives in and out like so many dedications in…
Fantagraphics at Short Run 2015
Ghosties and Ghoulies! The best holiday of the year is getting a comix takeover when Short Run comes to the Fischer Pavilion at the Seattle Center on the treasured All Hallow’s Eve. Special guest, Jim Woodring designed this year’s poster of a nightmarish hell-scape. These limited babies are available for purchase only to those who are brave enough to wander the haunted halls of the Seattle Center and find what comix and spirits may be lurking.
Oh, the horror!
We’ve hacked 20% off the prices of the prices of our most spook-tacular titles. Shop the sale now!
