It’s come that time when Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery curator Larry Reid chooses his favorite comix of the year. I customarily select about a dozen outstanding titles. This being a banner year for contemporary comix, I’ll be more expansive this time, listing my top twenty. This exercise is subjective by nature. I try to avoid the term “best,” preferring instead to name the books that most appealed to me. 20. Doukhobor Comics by Rose Driver. What’s not to like about an eccentric anarchist/nudist/arsonist religious cult that, with the help of Leo Tolstoy, made their way from Russia to the Pacific…
What’s in Store: Short Run Marathon Party!
Please join us at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery this Friday, November 2 for our 8th annual Short Run Marathon exhibition and pre-festival reception featuring original art by Short Run guests Ali Fitzgerald, Mimi Pond, Carol Tyler, Anna Haifisch, Olivier Schrauwen, Antoine Maillard, Melek Zertal, Rina Ayuyang, Eroyn Franklin, and November Garcia, with a special Beatles sing-a-long hosted by Carol Tyler. A wonderful opportunity to casually socialize with an amazing array of regional, national, and international artists. Complimentary refreshments and great fun! The following Saturday, November 10 we’ll host an appearance by Short Run co-founder Eroyn Franklin presenting new work…
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with Ellen Forney and Simon Hanselmann
Celebrate Free Comic Book Day at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery as Ellen Forney presents her latest project, Rock Steady: Brilliant Advice From My Bipolar Life, with an exhibition and book signing this Saturday, May 5 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Her appearance will be preceded by Simon Hanselmann signing copies of Fantagraphics’ free sampler, World’s Greatest Cartoonists, from 4:00 to 6:00 PM. Rock Steady is a sequel to Forney’s widely acclaimed graphic memoir Marbles, which addressed the artist’s experience with bipolar disorder. Her highly anticipated companion volume turns the focus outward, offering a self-help guide of tips, tricks, and tools by…
Two New Magnum Opuses Go Digital
This week’s digital releases include the English translation of The Eternaut and Carol Tyler’s Soldier’s Heart. That’s a lot to be thankful for! Fantagraphics is proud to present, for the first time in English, a graphic novel so powerful its main character’s image has become a potent symbol of the endless struggle against oppression — The Eternaut by Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López. This seminal Argentine science fiction graphic novel was originally released as a serial strip from 1957–59. Juan Salvo, its inimitable protagonist, along with his friend Professor Favalli and the tenacious metalworker Franco, face what appears…
