Today, our January Book-A-Day Sale features a bittersweet, melancholy book by Jordan Crane—his first self-published graphic novel. The Last Lonely Saturday is a largely wordless, two-color book telling the story of an older man on the day he visits his departed wife's gravesite. In this evocative, romantic novella, told in a beautiful red and yellow palette, Crane's economical images waste not a line, and his narrative flows effortlessly from panel to panel in this heartwarming story of love and love lost. For today only, The Last Lonely Saturday is available at a 40% discount!
Don Rosa at Emerald City ComiCon 2015
Your favorite Duck artist is appearing at the local Seattle convention, ECCC just announced that Don Rosa will be appearing in person, in the flesh and definitely in the feather! Emerald City ComiCon runs from Friday, March 27th – Sunday March 29th and we have quite a burgeoning cartoonist line-up for you so far with Rosa, Knisley and Luce! More news and special guests here.
NEW ORLEANS: Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger at Wizard World
This weekend, amazing cartoonists Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger will be appearing as special guests at Wizard World: NOLA edition. Friday, Saturday and Sunday January 9-11th you can find them signing copies of their new graphic novel The Late Child and Other Animals, 7 Miles a Second plus other non-Fantagraphics work at the Ernest J. Morial Convention Center. Marguerite will be on a panel at WWII on Sunday. 3:30 – 4:15PM 1940: WORLD WAR II AND COMICS: THE JOKER, ROBIN, THE FLASH, CAPTAIN AMERICA, CAPTAIN MARVEL, AND THE SPIRIT! (ROOM 245)75 years ago, in 1940, as the Nazi conquest of Europe continued and the Battle of…
Woodring art show opens up this Saturday!
The time is drawing nigh! The Scott Eder Gallery is proud to unveil a new Jim Woodring art show You Drive! this Saturday, January 10th at their storefront (18 Bridge St. #2i) in Brooklyn. Should you be in attendance opening night, the reception will being at 6pm on the dot and Woodring himself will be there. More details here but you know you want to go and immerse yourself in his world. Can't make it out? You can always call the gallery and buy a/ALL the paintings (718.797.1100)! You can also enjoy his latest comics collection, JIM, currently garnering rave reviews.
Angry Youth Comix by Johnny Ryan – Excerpt
With this 21-page excerpt of our upcoming Angry Youth Comix, collecting all fourteen issues of Johnny Ryan's career-defining comic series, you'll get an appreciable taste of the glory that awaits. After the full table of contents, you'll be treated to 14 pages of "The Whorehouse of Dr. Moreau." Need we say more? Angry Youth Comix will be in bookstores by late February and is available for pre-order now!
Saint Cole by Noah Van Sciver – Photoset Preview
Saint Coleby Noah Van Sciver 116-page black & white 7.5” x 9.25” softcover$19.99 | 978-1-60699-817-5 Due to arrive in 2-4 weeks. Click on thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/saintcole
January Book-A-Day Sale: The Crackle of the Frost
Today's January Book of the Day is by acclaimed Italian illustrator Lorenzo Mattotti and Argentine comic writer Jorge Zentner. In The Crackle of the Frost, Mattotti's whirling, vivid, and emotionally charged images tell the story of Samuel, who fled his relationship with Alice after she expressed her desire to bear his child. A year later, he receives a letter from Alice announcing that she is pregnant, spurring him to visit her—to re-open, or perhaps close forever, that important chapter of his life The Crackle of the Frost is available today at 35% off! Check out our book page for previews and…
Dripping with Fear: The Steve Ditko Archives Vol. 5 – Cover Uncovered
Our fantastic designers have done it again! Here is the cover art for the fifth volume of our acclaimed series on the inimitable Steve Ditko. Titled Dripping with Fear, this volume features another 200-plus pages of meticulously restored, full-color, early Ditko work, including the beginning of Ditko's collaborations with renowned fetish artist Eric Stanton and an introduction by editor Blake Bell. We expect Dripping with Fear to be released by March 2015, and the book is already available for pre-order! More previews forthcoming.
NYC: Massive at McNally Jackson
Big, burly, lascivious, and soft around the edges: welcome to the hyper-masculine world of Japanese gay manga. Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is a survey introduction to a diverse and important group of men responsible for some of the most emblematic gay manga drawn for fellow gay readers. McNally Jackson Books of New York invites you to visit this world for a night on Sunday, January 18th when the editors and designers behind the anthology gather for release party. Join Anne Ishii, Graham Kolbeins and Chip Kidd when the fun and book signing starts at 7pm. The gang…
Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures: The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs – First Look
Our first look of 2015 is off to a great start with stacks of advance copies of Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures: The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbs. Smelling of fresh inks and new paper, this collection of Roy Crane's adventure comic strip is a delight to open on this grey, rainy Monday morning. Hurricane Isle is due out in February, and you can pre-order your copy right here, right now!
