School is back in session and the brilliant minds at The New School’s Parsons are taking comics education to the people with the Fall 2015 series of New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposiums. Check out the ones featuring Fantagraphics artists:
Throwback Thursday
R. Crumb in 1981, being a total Weirdo.
This Week’s Press Highlights
Praise for Hip Hop Family Tree #1 “Hip Hop Family Tree not only has a terrific story to tell, but it tells it with great style. The pages of the book are textured to look like an old, three color print comic, which has the visual effect of the pops and crackles on a vinyl record….It’s accessible and enthusiastic without ever being pedantic or condescending, to the reader or to the book’s subjects, coming off ultimately as exactly what it should be- a labor of love documenting an important and underrepresented portion of history in a way that almost any…
New Comics Out This Week
Now available at your local comic shop and bookstores:
Joan, Ed, and Jason
A U.S. debut, issue #1 of a new monthly comic, and a return from an old favorite — this week’s digital releases are by Fantagraphics’ heavy hitters!
What’s in Store
When visiting Seattle this summer, make a mandatory stop at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in the historic Georgetown arts community. Search for coveted single-issues of Eightball, Hate, JIM, Palestine, Love & Rockets, and other hard to find merchandise. Check out original art and prints by your favorite artists. This week you can pick up a copy of the new edition of Phoebe Gloeckner‘s Diary of a Teenage Girl along with a revealing 2004 interview by Gary Groth in The Comics Journal #261. The new film, featuring Kristin Wiig, Alexander Skarsgard and Bel Powley opens locally on Friday. Looks fascinating.
Ignatz Awards Nominations
The Small Press Expo announced the nominations for the annual Ignatz Awards- honoring excellence in independent comics. Many Fantagraphics artists and books made the list and we’d like to congratulate the nominees:
Black Cat Appreciation Day
We are celebrating #blackcatappreciationday by reading Charles Burns, Valentina and Wuvable Oaf. Comics + cats = awesome.
This Week’s Press Highlights
Exclusive Fantagraphics preview: Jason’s If You Steal presents off-kilter short stories “With his simplified art style and wry sense of humor, Norwegian cartoonist Jason has crafted some immensely entertaining stories.” Read more at A.V. Club Unshelved reviews Peter Bagge’s Buddy Buys a Dump, Lucy Knisley’sDisplacement and The Love Bunglers by Jaime Hernandez “Bagge’s humor is right out of a John Waters movie – loud, outrageous, sometimes transgressive.” Read more at Unshelved CBR TV: PETER BAGGE ON R. CRUMB, CRITICISM, WORKING FOR MARVEL & “FIRE!!” Watch at Comic Book Resource Praise for Hip Hop Family Tree “Ed Piskor continues to deliver…
Want to win a curated set of Fantagraphics books?
Attention Fanta fans in Seattle! TODAY only, you’ve got a chance to score a bundle of comics books, thanks to our friends at Uber Seattle. Take an Uber around town today for your chance to win! HOW TO ENTER: 1. Enter the promo code LOVE4SEA into your app. 2. Ride with Uber on the days featuring prizes you’d like to win. Winners will be selected at random each day, from August 3 – 30, 2015. More details here: https://newsroom.uber.com/seattle/2015/08/neighborhood-love-continues/
