Maakies fans, let us unite to make Tony Millionaire rich! We all know that comics don't pay well but cartoons do: Tell everyone to watch the premiere of the official Drinky Crow Show series on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming. It debuts in just two weeks, so open a beer and hit those message boards! To make it easier for you, here are some ad banner thingies to post around. Tony will appreciate it, I assure you. By the way, I suspect that 12:15 am on Sunday actually means Saturday night. Sunday at 12:15 means Sunday night. Monday morning if…
Send good thoughts S. Clay Wilson’s way
S. Clay Wilson suffered a life-threatening injury over the weekend, and everyone at Fantagraphics is hoping and praying for the best. So should you.
Barack the Nerd
He collects Spider-Man and Conan comics. Huh.
Interviewed: Kerschbaum, Burns
CBR's Van Jensen talks to Petey & Pussy creator John Kerschbaum about, yup, you guessed it: PETEY & PUSSY! Meanwhile, part one of Brian Heater's interview with Charles Burns from The Daily Crosshatch.
Bill Griffith event images
A couple of things to watch out for in this set of photos and videos from Saturday night's Bill Griffith appearance and exhibit at our storefront: 1) the fan who gets her Zippy tattoo signed and hightails it out the door to the tattoo parlor down the street to have it inked in permanently; 2) our brand-new Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery canvas tote bags, available only at the store for the low price of $14.95. We love us a slideshow, and it's embedded above; click here if you can't see it and/or to view it in a new window, or…
“Rocky” by Martin Kellerman – #357
{mosimage} Fritz the Cat meets Jane Austen!?! This mostly autobiographical daily strip details the rudely hilarious travails of a young cartoonist and his layabout pals and neurotic girlfriends. Basically, it’s the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we’ve all come to love. A smash hit in its native Sweden, presented in English for the first time. Join us Monday through Friday for a new daily strip, with a rolling archive of a week’s worth of strips. “It’s being acclaimed as the funniest Swedish comic of our time, but it’s more than that. Rocky is the long awaited generation novel that no…
Now in stock: Comics Are for Idiots!: Blecky Yuckerella Vol. 3 by Johnny Ryan
Comics Are for Idiots!: Blecky Yuckerella Vol. 3 By Johnny Ryan The stupidest, ugliest, stubbliest girl in grade number two is back and so are the zits, boogers, guts, tumors, and turds in her third collection of riotously hilarious, eye-poppingly offensive four-panel gag strips. Co-starring the usual cast of Blecky's weirdo friends and enemies, plus jelly clones, morbidly obese Jesus, the Blumpkins, slug nuts, aliens, talking belches, the beloved New Character Parade and oh so much more. Over 100 pages of ridiculous absurdity, over-the-top grossouts, and scathing satire as only Johnny Ryan can deliver. 104-page black & white 6.5" x…
Now in stock: The Comics Journal #294
The Comics Journal #294 Edited by Mike Dean & Kristy Valenti; Gary Groth, executive editor Art speaks louder than words when the Journal interviews two cartoonists who have had success with “silence.” Norwegian Jason, who populates comics, such as Hey, Wait…, The Left Bank Gang and I Killed Adolf Hitler with deadpan anthropomorphic animals, muses on the thin line between tragedy and laughter and why B-movie creations continue to resonate with the 21st century public. Lio comic-strip cartoonist Mark Tatulli talks to the Journal about bringing kids and ghouls together on the Funny Pages in Lio, one of the most…
Now in stock: Rocky Vol. 2: Strictly Business by Martin Kellerman
Rocky Vol. 2: Strictly Business By Martin Kellerman To start things off, Rocky manages to wheedle himself a free trip to New York as a reporter covering a gaming convention; a glutton for punishment, he looks up the girl he knocked up in Rocky Vol. 1 and gets a BIG suprise! Rocky Vol. 2: Strictly Business is Fritz The Cat meets Jane Austen!?! Basically, it's the pottymouthed animal-headed Seinfeld-esque comic strip we've all come to love. Wont you join us for more? 112-page black & white 9" x 9" softcover • $12.95 Add to Cart • Read More…
Daily links: 11/7/08
• More APE photos, this time from Robert Goodin • PLAYBACK:stl looks at Tim Lane's Abandoned Cars • In The Patriot-News: Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 by the Hernandez Brothers prompts Chris Mautner to wonder if the comic book pamphlet format is dying
