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…
Now in Stock: Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks
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….
January Book-A-Day Sale: The Left Bank Gang
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 French Simon Hanselmann?
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…
Sheriff of Bullet Valley, Starring Walt Disney’s Donald Duck by Carl Barks – Excerpt
In our next half-size, kid-friendly Donald Duck book, our feathered protagonist is determined to catch a gang of cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing the ranchers of Bullet Valley. Using his knowledge from watching Western movies, Donald sets out to catch the no-gooders red-handed. Our nine-page downloadable excerpt sets the stage for the book's titular storyline, with Donald convincing the sheriff that he has what it takes to take down these baddies with a string of Western movie plotlines. The foreshadowing is complete when he orders his nephews, Huey, Dewey, and Louie, to stay behind at a hotel. Will Donald's vast…
This Week in Fantagraphics Events 1/14-1/20
Wednesday, January 14th London, EN – Set primarly in England, this is a homecoming of sorts for the beautiful and provacative, The Late Child and Other Animals, the newest work from Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger. The pair will be at Gosh! Comics in London at 7 PM to guest host the comics discussion group, Process. Given the depth of topics explored in Late Child, processing might be an understatment, but there's not greater time and place to explore and digest this title-fight of a novel. (More Details) New York, NY – Tonight! Need to learn about a brilliant artist while also grabbing…
Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures by Roy Crane – Video/Photo Slideshow
Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures: The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbsby Roy Crane 320-page black & white 10.5" x 8.5" hardcover$39.99 | 978-1-60699-809-0 Ships in: February 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Sate your wanderlust with a brick of slam-bang action, boisterous humor, dangerous villains, even more dangerous women, and the promised treasure in this collection of Roy Crane's classic Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy. Following our Eisner Award-nominated series of Roy Crane's Captain Easy Sunday strip collections, we have selected the very best of the indispensable daily comic strip adventures of Easy and Tubbs. Featuring Wash…
New Comics Day 1.14.15
This week's comic shop shipment is slated to include the following new titles. Read on to see what comics-blog commentators and web-savvy comic shops are saying about them (more to be added as they appear), check out our previews at the links, and contact your local shop to confirm availability. Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks 228-page full color 7" x 10" hardcover • $29.99ISBN: 978-1-60699-790-1 "Like Hicksville, it's about comic book artists and the allure of comic books. And also like Hicksville, it, too, is worthy of an award." –Marc Frauenfelder, BoingBoing "Do yourself a favor and pick this book…
January Book-A-Day Sale: Baobab #2
Today's January Book-A-Day Sale features the beautiful work of Italian cartoonist Igort. This second issue of Baobab tells the story of two aspiring cartoonists who vow to create amazing works of fantasy and magic, even talking a retired local newspaper publisher into reviving his paper just for them. But just as he sees his big break and gets ready to launch what will eventually become his signature character, "Morvo," Celestine falls terribly ill, and even his doting sister's help can't get him back on track… In the Baobab series, Igort traces an alternate history of the very beginnings of the comic strip artform, with…
January Book-A-Day Sale: The Theatre of Cruelty
Today's Book-A-Day sale title comes from Montreal, where two Canadian artists Marc Tessier and Alexandre Lafleur collaborated on this debut graphic novel telling four striking stories. "The Sleeping Heart," "The Theatre of Cruelty," "The Lovers," and "To Chandra from Surya" filter autobiographical fragments through the dream world, plumbing the depths of the psyche, mining the mythology of our collective unconscious. Written and drawn over a five-year period, each tale in The Theatre of Cruelty is a rollercoaster ride through hell and heaven, fueled by a quest to capture the truth through the power of imagination. And, for today only, grab a copy…
