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Today's Book-A-Day title comes from the same artist who drew King – A Comics Biography, a graphic depiction of civil rights advocate Martin Luther King. I Want to Be Your Dog is altogether another kind of beast and debuts Ho Che Anderson's foray into erotic storytelling. With a distinctive visual style and expert writing, Anderson tells the interlocking stories of submissive relationships set within Toronto's African-American community. This five-part thriller mixes in a healthy dose of sex and violence as it explores social and sexual politics in a visually stunning volume you'll turn to again and again! This edition contains over 30 new…

Bullets are flying in Bullet Valley! In other words, advance copies of our next Carl Barks book, Sheriff of Bullet Valley, have arrived at the Fantagraphics office, to much celebratory hollerin'. With such page-popping colors and wild wild west-style adventures, it's been impossible not to dig in. Sheriff of Bullet Valley, Starring Walt Disney's Donald Duck is due out in March, but you can get ahead of the game with a pre-order now! Get it now as an investment for the giggles and love of reading it will instill in your kids for years to come.

This collection has been a long-time coming! On Friday, February 27th cartoonist, painter and activist Guy Colwell will be at Pegasus Bookstore in San Francisco for the release of Inner City Romance. This blood-pumpin', needle-stickin' collection features comics on social politics like racial activism, harassment, prison, black culture, ghetto life, the and the sex trade. It portrays the unpleasant realities of life in the inner city, where opportunities were limited and being on the lowest end of the economic ladder meant that one's vision of the American dream was more about survival than lifestyle choices.  Colwell will be in conversation with author Bob Levin about his…

 Thursday, January 22nd New York, NY – Visual poetry is often description as the intersection of word play and art. But whether you approach the medium as a poet or an artist, the renderings are often moving, playful, and linguistically creative. Because this form of poetry IS visual, there's no better way to experience it than through the latest exhibition at the AC Institute in NYC. The exhibition, titled "The Future is Here Again" will run from January 22nd-Februrary 7th, but this opening night reception will feature music from the alternative chamber music string trio, Speed Bump. Currated by ACI director, Holly Crawford…

Starting with today's Book-A-Day sale title, we'll be starting a new theme: "Inside Your Locker." For the next seven days, delve deep inside Fantagraphics' locker for some sensual, decadent books to brighten your day and stimulate the senses. Dave McKean dipped his (vastly talented) artistic toe into erotic waters with his graphic novel, Celluloid, a 2011 Fantagraphics release about a woman's discovery of a film projector in an apartment, and the mysterious doorway it opens when the film burns out. As the artist says: "There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I’d rather not…

Continuing our highly praised series cataloguing and exploring Steve Ditko's extensive, decades-long portfolio of work, Dripping with Fear: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 5 features another 200+ pages of meticulously restored, full-color artwork, featuring the time period when Ditko began sharing a studio with fetish artist Eric Stanton. Our generous 21-page, downloadable excerpt includes the full 11-page introduction by editor Blake Bell and the complete first story, titled "Journey's End." Read on, then head over to our product page to place your pre-order for the book's February delivery!

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Michael Jordan: Bull on Paradeby Wilfred Santiago 200-page full color 5.75" x 7.5" hardcover • $24.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-711-6 See Previews / Order Now A thrilling, kinetic bio-epic about Michael "Air" Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time and most influential athlete in history, from the creator of the acclaimed and best-selling 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente. This tour de force explores Jordan's public successes and private struggles, with the depth of Santiago's passion for his subject shining through on every full-color page. Jordan became a national celebrity at the age…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Sam Zabel and the Magic Penby Dylan Horrocks 228-page full color 7" x 10" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-790-1 See Previews / Order Now Acclaimed cartoonist Dylan Horrocks returns with a long-awaited new graphic novel, the first since his perennial classic, 1998's Hicksville (new edition, VUP 2010). Cartoonist Sam Zabel hasn't drawn a comic in years. Stuck in a nightmare of creative block and despair, Sam spends his days writing superhero stories for a large American comics publisher and staring at a blank piece of paper, unable to draw a single line….

Today's January Book-A-Day Sale brings us back to beloved Norwegian cartoonist Jason's work. This time, we're offering the unique graphic novel The Left Bank Gang for 45% off! Starring four literary giants—F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Ezra Pound, and James Joyce—The Left Bank Gang is a deliciously inventive re-imagining of these four characters as not only typical Jason anthropomorphics, but…graphic novelists! Yes, in Jason's warped world, cartooning is the dominant form of fiction, and not only do these four work literary giants work in the comics medium but they get together to discuss pen vs. brush, chat about the latest graphic novels…

Do you want to see Simon Hanselmann in Europe? Get thee to the Kiss Kiss Bank Bank! For only 5 Euros you can get a 'French Kiss' from Simon or you can plunk down for the high-dollar item, a candelit dinner with Simon at Angouleme (let's be real, is there any other kind there?). Other rewards include signed books, pins and posters. Hanselmann is celebrating the release of his new Misma book, Megg, Mogg & Owl: Magical Ecstasy Trip, printed in French.  The money will get Simon aaaaalllll the way from Australia to Angouleme for the Festival de Bande Dessinee there in addition…