King of the Flies Vol. 2: The Origin of the World by Mezzo & Pirus 64-page full-color 9" x 12.5" hardcover • $18.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-390-3 Ships in: January 2011 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now King of the Flies Vol. 1: Hallorave was named one of Amazon's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2010. Now, here is the second installment in Mezzo and Pirus’s creepily sexy suburban soap opera — a French Twin Peaks graphic novel as written by Stephen King and drawn by Charles Burns. Eric the fly-head-wearing teenager is back (as well as his hapless mother and her “fiancé”), as…
Now in stock: Special Exits by Joyce Farmer
Just arrived in our warehouse and ready to ship: Special Exits by Joyce Farmer 208-page black & white 8" x 10" hardcover • $26.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-381-1 Ordering Info & Previews Joyce Farmer’s memoir chronicles the decline of the author’s parents’ health, their relationship with one another and with their their daughter, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time of their lives. Elderly parents Lara and Rachel, who have enjoyed a long and loving married life together, are rendered in fine, confident pen lines. Set in southern Los Angeles (which makes for a terrifying sequence…
Destroy All Movies!!! tour finale trailer!
DESTROY ALL MOVIES trailer! (final) from Hadrian Belove on Vimeo. The book tour for Destroy All Movies!!! The Complete Guide to Punks on Film makes the final stops on its current West Coast leg over the next few days — Santa Cruz tonight, San Francisco tomorrow, and the big two-night finale in Los Angeles on Saturday and Sunday! Posted above is the very excellent trailer for the final L.A. stand at Cinefamily. Thanks to Mark Frauenfelder at Boing Boing for plugging the L.A. tour stop!
Daily OCD: 11/18/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Library Journal names It Was the War of the Trenches by Jacques Tardi as one of the Best Graphic Novels of 2010: "Originally inspired by his grandfather's first-person stories, Tardi has created not a formal history but a masterful graphic and visceral tone poem about war." • List: It's also #5 on the Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2010 list posted by Leeds UK comic shop OK Comics • Review (Audio): On the new episode of the Manga Out Loud podcast, host Ed Sizemore and guests discuss Moto Hagio's A Drunken Dream and…
Things to see: BAD SMELL – A Yikes! Cartoon (video)
Woo hoo, a new 'toon from Steven Weissman & co.! He says there should be a new one every week for a while. Yay!
Introducing Leslie Stein and the Majestic Creature
In Spring 2011 we'll be publishing Eye of the Majestic Creature, the debut book from the young cartoonist Leslie Stein. Her uniquely charming semi-autobiographical comics star a young woman named Larrybear whose day-to-day adventures are inflected with surreal and magical-realist elements — her best friend and roommate is a talking anthropomorphic guitar named Marshmallow, for instance. Leslie's comics have already earned praise from the likes of Peter Bagge, Gary Panter and Michael Kupperman. Get familiar with Leslie's warmly funny, idiosyncratic stories and rubbery, stippled cartooning at her recently-launched Majestic Creature blog, where she's posting new strips and stories.
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on The Littlest Pirate King
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about The Littlest Pirate King by David B., Fantagraphics' second Franco-Belgian kids' comic release, now available to order from us or at a comics shop near you. – Ed.] This is Fantagraphics' first full David B. book, right? Correct. We published the second issue of his Ignatz comic Babel (D+Q published the first one before wimping out on the whole Ignatz deal), and four of his short stories in Zero Zero and MOME (in fact, the three MOME stories will be…
FUC_ __U, _SS __LE: Blecky Yuckerella Vol. 4 by Johnny Ryan – Previews, Pre-Order
FUC_ __U, _SS __LE: Blecky Yuckerella Vol. 4 by Johnny Ryan 104-page black & white 5.5" x 7.25" softcover • $11.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-415-3 Ships in: January 2011 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now "'Fucussle'?! What's that mean?" "No, it's Fuck You, Asshole! by Johnny Ryan." Thus begins the fourth and final collection of comic strips starring the stupidest, ugliest, stubbliest girl in grade number two. Blecky and her "pals" are back and so are the fountains of blood, urine, and other bodily fluids (not to mention profanity) in these riotously hilarious, eye-poppingly offensive four-panel gag strips. Co-starring the usual cast of…
Editors Notes: Kim Thompson on The Littlest Pirate King
[In this installment of our series of Editors Notes, Kim Thompson interviews himself (in a format he's dubbed "AutoChat") about The Littlest Pirate King by David B., Fantagraphics' second Franco-Belgian kids' comic release, now available to order from us or at a comics shop near you. – Ed.] This is Fantagraphics' first full David B. book, right? Correct. We published the second issue of his Ignatz comic Babel (D+Q published the first one before wimping out on the whole Ignatz deal), and four of his short stories in Zero Zero and MOME (in fact, the three MOME stories will be…
Daily OCD: 11/17/10
Today's Online Commentary & Diversions: • List: Deb Aoki of About.com: Manga names A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio the Best New Manga of 2010: "Conjoined twins who share a painful co-existence. A young girl rejected by her mother who can only see her as an iguana. Ill-fated lovers who are doomed to be separated in several lifetimes. These characters came to life in this collection of smart, sensitive and thought-provoking short stories created by master storyteller Moto Hagio." • List: Drew Weing's Set to Sea is on YALSA's long-list of 2011 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Nominations:…
