What’s in Store: Patrick Moriarity and special guest Dame Darcy

Join us on Saturday, March 9 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at Fantagraphics Bookstore for an exhibition of drawings, prints, and paintings from Patrick Moriarity’s spectacular new 3D anthology Deep Artwork, together with special guest Dame Darcy reading from her recent memoir Hi Jax & Hi Jinx. Moriarity relocated to Seattle from Minneapolis in 1991 to work as an art director at Fantagraphics Books. His popular series from that era, Big Mouth, illustrated stories by luminaries like Henry Rollins, Charles Bukowski, Harvey Pekar, R. Crumb, Dame Darcy and many more.  His latest project, Deep Artwork, adapts his cartoon imagery into…

What’s in Store: Flayed Corpse with Josh Simmons and Friends

Please join us in welcoming Josh Simmons back to Fantagraphics Bookstore on Saturday, April 14 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM for a book signing and exhibition of original art from his new short story collection Flayed Corpse. The show includes work by Simmons and contributors Eric Reynolds, Eroyn Franklin, James Romberger, Tom Van Deusen, Ben Horak, Pat Moriarity, and Tara Booth, among others. Many exhibiting artists will be present. The exhibition remains on view through April 3, 2018. Combining black humor, social satire, and surreal terror, Flayed Corpse collects more than two dozen of Josh Simmons’ signature horror stories. Together…

What’s in Store: Days to Remember

For the past decade, we’ve been privileged to share space with our retail partners at Georgetown Records. The shop specializes in vintage vinyl – everything from early punk, power pop, prog, soul, industrial, electronica, garage, psychedelic, rock n roll, and more. This Saturday, April 22 marks the 10th annual Record Store Day, a national celebration of record shops. To commemorate the occasion, Georgetown Records presents live music by two Seattle bands: the blue-eyed soul of Bonneville Power featuring our own Martin Bland on drums, and roots rockers Paper Dolls. The music starts a 4:00 PM, but drop by early to…

What’s in Store: Independent Bookstore Day

   This Saturday, April 30 is Independent Bookstore Day, when book lovers everywhere are encouraged to support their local bookstores. In Seattle alone, over 20 stores are offering consumers a rich variety of programming and incentives to make the rounds. Fantagraphics Bookstore is hosting a reception from 1:00 to 3:00 PM for Underground Seattle, a handsome minicomic produced exclusively for the occasion. The book includes stories by some of Seattle’s most accomplished cartoonists including Tom van Deusen, David Lasky, Eroyn Franklin, Peter Bagge, Ellen Forney, Kelly Froh, Robyn Jordan, Max Clotfelter, Laura Knetzger, Joe Garber, Tatiana Gill, Pat Moriarity, Seth…

What’s in Store: Art, Music, Comix and More!

Don’t miss the action this Saturday, April 23 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM with Simon Hanselmann and HTML Flowers. This promises to be a wildly entertaining evening of art, music, and comix action. You might want to arrive a little early. The following Saturday, April 30 is Independent Bookstore Day (like Record Store Day, only for bookstores.) To commemorate the occasion we published a 32-page mincomic, Underground Seattle, featuring stories by a crew of exceptional local artists including Tom van Deusen, David Lasky, Eroyn Franklin, Peter Bagge, Ellen Forney, Kelly Froh, Robyn Jordan, Max Clotfelter, Laura Knetzger, Joe Garber, Pat Moriarity,…

Danny Hellman & Co. at Fantagraphics Sept. 13

NOTORIOUS NEW YORK CARTOONIST DANNY HELLMAN AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE & GALLERY ON SEPTEMBER 13 Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to welcome storied New York cartoonist and illustrator Danny Hellman on Saturday, September 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Five accomplished local cartoonists who contributed to the new Hellman-edited alternative comics anthology TYPHON will join him at this festive signing. Danny Hellman has been making art for publication since 1988. His illustrations have appeared in TIME, NEWSWEEK, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, FORTUNE, FORBES, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, FHM, GUITAR WORLD, NEW YORK PRESS, and countless others. Ever the clever prankster, “Dirty Danny”…