Fantagraphics received a handful of nominations for the 2008 Harvey Awards, and to celebrate we're putting select titles on sale for 15% off through July 15, 2008! Click here to shop our nominated titles, and here's the rundown on our nominations: BEST DOMESTIC REPRINT PROJECT: The Complete Peanuts and Popeye BEST SINGLE ISSUE OR STORY: I Killed Adolf Hitler by Jason BEST BIOGRAPHICAL, HISTORICAL OR JOURNALISTIC PRESENTATION: The Comics Journal BEST ANTHOLOGY: Mome Vol. 8 Congratulations all!
Now in stock: Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko
Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko By Blake Bell Steve Ditko is best known as the co-creator, with Stan Lee, of Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, and other classic Marvel and DC characters. But, in the context of Steve Ditko's 50-year career in comics, his creative involvement with Spider-Man is merely the tip of the iceberg. Strange & Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is a coffee table art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, and his strict adherence to his philosophical principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages…
Now in stock: Hank Ketcham’s Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952 (Softcover)
Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace 1951-1952 (Softcover) By Hank Ketcham The first volume of Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis the Menace, collecting every single panel strip from 1951 and 1952, is now available in this handsome and affordable softcover edition. Dennis the Menace began on March 14, 1951 (four months after Ketcham's friend and colleague Charles Schulz started his own historic comic strip). He went on to become the second most popular cartoon kid in the world — after Charlie Brown, of course. Dennis the Menace first appeared in 16 American newspapers; by the end of 1951, he was appearing…
Bob Fingerman’s Connective Tissue
Bob Fingerman revealed this cover art for his upcoming book Connective Tissue (currently due from Fantagraphics in Spring '09) over on his "Art Blog Thinger," where he's also been posting some cute-n-gruesome art samples.
Art of Jim Flora: now a trilogy
Irwin Chusid unveils plans for a third volume of Jim Flora artwork, tentatively titled The Sweetly Diabolic Art of Jim Flora, currently slated for a late Summer 2009 release from Fantagraphics. Stay tuned to the Jim Flora art blog for sneak peeks!
Forney goes public
Ellen Forney reveals more of her Sound Transit station public art proposal on her blog. I really like the way she's designed her horizontal mural to relate to the other artist's proposed installation.
JORDAN DOES SEATTLE
Not long ago my old pal Jordan Crane visited Seattle for the first time. Here's some evidence… You've seen THIS , right?
Robert Pollard Book Release Party & Art Exhibition
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS & MERGE RECORDS PRESENT: TOWN OF MIRRORS: A Robert Pollard Book Release Party and Art Exhibition at the MERGE RECORDS HQ Friday, August 15, 6PM DURHAM, N.C. — The Merge Records HQ will be hosting Dayton, Ohio’s Robert Pollard on Aug. 15th for Town of Mirrors, an art exhibition and book release party celebrating the release of Town of Mirrors: The Reassembled Imagery of Robert Pollard, to be published in August by Seattle’s Fantagraphics Books. Town of Mirrors will be the inaugural art show in Merge’s downtown Durham office as part of Durham’s Third Friday, a monthly downtown…
Fantagraphics & Desert Island Celebrate Rory Hayes
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS & DESERT ISLAND present: WHERE DEMENTED WENTED: Celebrating the Comics and Art of RORY HAYES Join us for a book release party and panel discussion featuring: KIM DEITCH BILL GRIFFITH GEOFFREY HAYES and moderator DAN NADEL Listing information: WHAT: Book Release Party for WHERE DEMENTED WENTED: THE ART AND COMICS OF RORY HAYES, with panel discussion and Q&A WHO: Dan Nadel, Kim Deitch, Bill Griffith & Geoffrey Hayes WHERE: DESERT ISLAND • 540 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn, NY • 718.388.5087 • desertislandbrooklyn.com WHEN: Friday, August 8, 7PM (discussion begins at 8PM) FREE ADMISSION An exclusive, limited-edition Hayes silkscreen will…
Midwest in Paris this Saturday.
