Last week, Amazon.com temporarily reduced the price of our $125 Gahan Wilson: 50 Years of Playboy Cartoons to a ridiculously low $30. Several prominent folks, including our old pal Neil Gaiman, tweeted and/or blogged about it, and at one point on Monday night, the book had risen to #16 on Amazon's sales charts for ALL books, and to #1 in the bargain books category. Somehow, this led to the following actual, real email exchange about the comic strip Dilbert. A week later, the debate rages on. In other words: Just Another Week at Fantagraphics Books. Kim Thompson wrote: That Bargain Books section is…
In the studio with Zak Sally – video & photos
Minneapolis comics maven Sarah Morean recently visited Zak Sally's studio with Tom Kaczynski and documented the occasion with a bunch of photos and the brief video above. O, the sights! View the full set of photos here.
Emerald City Comicon Spotlight: Peter Bagge
Peter Bagge could be doing a sketch for YOU! // This pic taken at SDCC 2010. Can you imagine?… getting your books signed by the great Peter Bagge?! You can make it a reality this weekend, Friday, March 4th – Sunday, March 6th, at the 9th Annual Emerald City Comicon! (Tickets still available at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Georgetown!) Swing by the Fantagraphics booth at space #808 on Saturday, March 5th from 10:00 am to Noon. Bagge will be signing copies of the latest Hate Annual #8, and additional works, such as Everybody Is Stupid Except for Me…
Tonight at Warwick’s in La Jolla, CA!
MONTE SCHULZ TOURS WEST COAST IN MARCH TO PROMOTE THE RELEASE OF THE NEW NOVEL, THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER SEATTLE, WA, FEB. 2, 2011 — This March, Fantagraphics Books will publish The Last Rose of Summer, a novel by Monte Schulz. To support the release, the author will tour several cities on the West Coast in late-February and March: Sat., Feb. 26, 4PM • Tecolote Book Shop, Santa Barbara, CATues., March 1, 7:30PM • Warwick's Books, La Jolla, CAThurs., March 3, 6:30PM • Bay Books, Coronado, CAFri., March 4, 6PM • Latitude 33 Bookshop, Laguna Beach, CASun., March 6, 5PM • Skylight Books, Los Angeles,…
Master French cartoonist Jacques Tardi featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Sat. Mar. 12
The work of French cartoonist Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences more than three decades ago. His work was championed by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, who included him in their prestigious RAW anthology in the early 1980s. For the remainder of the century, several North American publishers endeavored to draw attention to Tardi. Yet with the exception of the alternative comics cognoscenti, his work remained marginalized in the United States. Only with the persistence of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books — who have published no fewer than five Tardi titles in the past 2 years – has this acknowledged genius…
First RE-Look: Wandering Son Vol. 1 by Shimura Takako
Hey, remember that cover art for Wandering Son (Hourou Musuko) Vol. 1 by Shimura Takako that we were so excited to debut last week? Well it turns out we were a little TOO excited as the version we showed you was incorrectly cropped. Here's the corrected version above; we've also fixed it in the original post, which contains more information about the book. Sorry about that folks!
Master French cartoonist Jacques Tardi featured at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Sat. Mar. 12
March 1, 2011 – Seattle, WA. The work of French cartoonist Jacques Tardi was introduced to American audiences more than three decades ago. His work was championed by Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly, who included him in their prestigious RAW anthology in the early 1980s. For the remainder of the century, several North American publishers endeavored to draw attention to Tardi. Yet with the exception of the alternative comics cognoscenti, his work remained marginalized in the United States. Only with the persistence of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books — who have published no fewer than five Tardi titles in the past 2…
Things to See: 2/28/11 Roundup
• Michael Kupperman is stepping up the art posts on Twitter, with the "doodle" above and an older strip with the promise of new ones to come (!) • A couple of recent landscapey drawings by Gabrielle Bell (and they're for sale) • An older watercolor sketch (above) and an unused character by Leslie Stein • Album covers and undead Popeye by Tony Millionaire And more Things to See from the past week: • New illustrations from Matthias Lehmann at his Bloc-Notes blog • Odds, ends, outtakes and film reviews by Jason at his Cats Without Dogs blog • Steven…
Daily OCD: 2/28/11
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • Review: "Battling an administration that smugly created their own reality, even if (and sometimes, especially if) it flew in the face of reason, morality and/or common sense, [in Twilight of the Assholes] Kreider employed a vicious, scorched-earth set of tactics that matched the passionate intensity of the right, only imbued with a wicked and outrageous sense of humor to go with a keen sense of observation. Whether or not one agreed with all of Kreider’s observations about American culture…, the sheer relentlessness of Kreider’s attacks combined with the elegance and intensity of his line…
Things to See: Jaime Hernandez in The New Yorker
Jaime Hernandez had an illustration in last week's issue of The New Yorker (hopefully still on the stands), for an article on asteroid hunters. This is as big as I can show it to you without a subscription — hopefully you have one so you can check it out full-size!
