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Wuvable Oafby Ed Luce 264-page black & white with color 7" x 10.5" hardcover$29.99 | 978-1-60699-816-8 Ships in: April 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Like Sex and the City but with adorable, ex-wrestler hairy gay men (or bears), Wuvable Oaf is Luce’s debut graphic novel. This book fills a romance comics hole by portraying a likeable gay male character that is both fully realized and relatable. Mostly playful, but sometimes serious, Wuvable Oaf captures the levity of loneliness. Luce delivers a rom-com that would leave Zack Galifianakis and Zooey Deschanel feuding over who got to play Oaf in…

Emerald City ComiCon is on the horizon and we're ecstatic to have so many special guests this year with fantastic new books, guests, panels about the books, cartoonists, the biz and even one on Fantagraphics' fantastic book design! Washington State Convention Center is the place to be on Friday, March 27th – Sunday, March 29th you can find all of the great comics at booth 308! Our debut books include the following:  • Wuvable Oaf  by Ed Luce The texceptionally hairy ex-wrestler Oaf lives in San Francisco, taking care of his 27 cats while looking for romance in the City by the Bay. Wuvable Oaf is a unique romance…

  The entryway to Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is currently undergoing a major renovation. When this project is complete on May 30, the historic Georgetown arts community will enjoy a spacious central plaza right outside the store – complete with pedestrian plazas, public art, improved lighting and other amenities.  (See artist rendering below.) In the meantime, the construction is creating a hardship for the businesses in close proximity. This weekend would be a great time to drop by and show your support. Both the bookstore and Georgetown Records will maintain normal hours throughout the construction. Vintage vinyl and comic books. What else is there?…

Black Riverby Josh Simmons 112-page color 6.5" x 8.5" hardcover$18.99 | 978-1-60699-833-5 Ships in: May 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Josh Simmons returns with his first full-length graphic novel since 2007's acclaimed House. A group of women, one man, and two dogs are making their way through a post-apocalyptic world in search of a city that supposedly still has electricity and some sort of civilization. Along the way, they go to a comedy club, take a drug called Gumdrop, and encounter gangs of men who are fools, lunatics, or murderous sadists. In other words, all manner of terrors….

Advance copies of Wandering Son Volume 8 hit our desks today, fresh from the printer. Another beautifully packaged volume of Shimura Takako's series of grade schoolers exploring their evolving gender identities, this book sees our intrepid protagonists entering the eighth grade, with new teachers, new friends, and new experiences and obstacles to navigate. Wandering Son Vol. 8 is due to hit bookstores in May. Pick yours up then, or save yourself the hassle of remembering release dates and pre-order it now! More previews forthcoming.

Next month's issue of Booklist will include reviews of recent releases by Fantagraphics cartoonists + creators, excerpted below: A Starred review for Displacement by Lucy Knisley "Knisley finds both the humor and the sadness in her grandparents' condition…Whereas Knisley's previous travel memoirs speak more to the young adult experience, Displacement is a timely and mature work that pairs perfectly with other elder-care titles, such as Roz Chast's Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant? (2014)." –Snow Wildsmith Love and Rockets: New Stories #7 by Jaime Hernandez & Gilbert Hernandez "Jaime's economically elegant cartooning and Gilbert's bold designs and imaginative characterizations-will leave fans satisfied and eager for next…

Another excellent volume of Carl Bark's cherished Duck tales is collected here in Walt Disney's Donald Duck: The Pixilated Parrot, out in May! Here's the beautiful final cover designed by our very own Keeli and highlighting the two stories "The Pixilated Parrot" and "Vacation Time"—the latter of which sees Barks cutting loose from his regular panel designs to deliver one of his finest stories. The Pixilated Parrot is available for pre-ordering now, and we'll have more previews in the coming weeks!

Just in time for spring training comes Casey at the Bat and Other Diamond Tales by Willard Mullin, now available digitally through comiXology. In 1953, legendary cartoonist Willard Mullin illustrated one of America's best-loved poems: Ernest Thayer's "Casey at the Bat." These images were then put on a series of drinking glasses that were given away as premiums at various major and minor league ballparks across America. The illustrations by Mullin were thought to have been lost, but were found at an auction in 2002. They have been meticulously reproduced to create this stunning edition. The book includes additional Mullin material like the "Fan's…

We're pleased to present the final cover image for the next volume in our award-winning Mickey Mouse series celebrating Disney artist Floyd Gottfredson! Volume 7, titled March of the Zombies, takes us to a time when our brave Mouse protagonist faced off against wartime foes and even the walking dead! These strips are restored from Disney's original proof sheets, and the book includes over a dozen of Gottfredson's stories as well as extra commentary and behind-the-scenes artwork. Pre-order your copy now to add this classic volume to your collection!

The Kurdlesby Robert Goodin 60-page color 8.75" x 12" hardcover$24.99 | 978-1-60699-832-8 Ships in: April 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now In the spirit of Hergé's Tintin or Carl Barks' Uncle Scrooge, The Kurdles is an all-ages comic spiced up with a teaspoon of strange. Sally is a teddy bear who gets separated from her owner while on a drive in the country. Desperate to find her way home, she stumbles upon Kurdleton, home to a most peculiar group of characters in the midst of a crisis; their forest house has grown hair, eyes, and a mouth! The creatures…