Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to present an international multimedia tribute to late Italian cartoonist Guido Crepax. The event features an exhibition of original art by contemporary American cartoonists including David Lasky, Peter Kuper, Benjamin Marra, Roberta Gregory, George Pratt, and Mark Wheatley, Spanish artists Javier Olivares, Sandra Hernandez and Pedro Espinosa, and Argentine artists Mister ED and Santiago Caruso, as well as reproductions from the Complete Crepax Volume 1. The opening on Saturday, April 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM includes film shorts by Brazilian artist Alex Korolkovas, a sound installation by Sérgio Rocha of Portugal, a limited…
What’s in Store (Affordable Gift Edition)
If you’ve been procrastinating on your holiday shopping, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is the perfect place to painlessly complete this annual ritual. The store stocks a delightfully diverse selection of comix, graphics novels and badass books, with many exquisite gifts under $20. Among them… Fante Bukowski by Noah van Sciver is a wildly entertaining and cleverly conceived story by one of the masters of alternative American comix. Lucy Knisley chronicles her adventures on a European book tour in the engaging memoir Age of License. At under 10 bucks, Charlie Brown’s Christmas Stocking is the perfect stocking stuffer (and you’ll save an…
What’s in Store
Fantagraphics Bookstore curator Larry Reid and colleague Martin Imbach of Georgetown Records have organized a fascinating exhibition for the Bumbershoot arts festival. Between Garage & Grunge: Glitter, Glam & Proto-Punk in Seattle’s Subversive 70s examines the seminal counterculture that laid the foundation for a movement that would later influence pop culture on a global scale. The show includes period posters, photos, zines, records, film, and flamboyant fashion from an amazing era. The Labor Day weekend festivities feature music by Faith No More, Babes in Toyland, Dead Moon, The Melvins, Brand New, Social Distortion, Neko Case, and many more. Free preview of…
