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"Fantagraphics has been the shining beacon of creativity in comic books for decades We are thrilled to release our magnum opus with the undisputed greatest and best comic book publisher in the world. Fantagraphics 4 life." With twists and turns including an insane (and timely, given the election-year) visit to the White House, a time machine, a space adventure,[...]

Channel 4 and Netflix's The End of the F***king World creator Jonathan Entwistle is taking on another  Charles Forsman microcomic series in I Am Not Okay With This. Co-created by series director Entwistle and series writer Christy Hall, the streaming service's eight-episode coming-of-age TV series is produced by Stranger Things director-executive producer Shawn Levy via 21 Laps. I Am[...]

Fantagraphics has another stable of graphic novels and collected editions coming your way this June Another installment of Disney Masters and Prison Pit are being released. Take a look back at Fab 4 Mania with Carol Tyler. Learn what it's like Living Without a Voice with Georgia Webber. More details below. APR181550 POOCHYTOWN HC WOODRING (C: 0-1-2) (W/A/CA) Jim Woodring Beginning with Congress of the Animals and again in Fran,[...]

This, the next collaboration between Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramski in Garlandia, and more is being released by Fantagraphics this May Details below. MAR181635 DISNEY MASTERS HC VOL 01 SCARPA MICKEY MOUSE DELTA DIMENSION (W/A/CA) Romano Scarpa When Floyd Gottfredson stopped creating new Mickey Mouse adventures in 1955, Romano Scarpa pick quickly proved himself a worthy successor, spinning out new Mickey action epics, most of which[...]

Manuele Fior and Andre Franquin are publishing comic collections through Fantagraphics this April Plus, Carl Barks is putting out a collection of Donald Duck cartoons More details below. Also, apologies for the lack of images The covers haven't come in yet. FEB181544 BLACKBIRD DAYS HC (MR) (C: 0-1-2) (W/A/CA) Manuele Fior Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Manuele Fior's Blackbird Days is a collection of ten[...]

Cannon, and old serial by Wally Wood is being reprinted in a collection for purchase by Fantagraphics in the coming March of 2018 Plus, We Ate Wonderbread is being put out by cartoonist Nicole Hollander. Plus, Mudbite, Land of the Sons, and more Read more details below. MUDBITE by Dave Cooper $19.99 / HC / 72 pgs / FC / 11.75 x 7.35 Eddy Table first[...]

Fantagraphics is leading with an ABC book by Ann Telnaes about the first six months of Donald Trump's presidency, as well as collected works of Eric Haven, Bernard Krigstein, Wally Wood, and Shaky Kane. TRUMP'S A B C by Ann Telnaes $12.99 / HC / 32 pgs / FC / Board Book / 6 x 6 The election of Donald Trump has inspired Pulitzer Prize-winning[...]

Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie recently launched a campaign to reclaim the character from its alt-right connotations, and Pepe enamel pins are on the way.

Titan Comics, Lion Forge, and Fantagraphics have all signed on, joining DC Comics, Dark Horse, Image, Archie, and others in hoopla's library of more than 10,000 titles available for free to library patrons. (PRNewsfoto/hoopla digital) "As comic book fans ourselves, we are working diligently to build our inventory of comic books and graphic novels With these agreements,[...]

Fantagraphics Books is debuting 15 new books at San Diego Comic-Con, before they are released in bookstores and comic shops You may need to take a very large bag to Booth #1721 to pick up what Fantagraphics describe as  "some of the only actual comics you'll find at Comic-Con." Bit of a straw man argument there,[...]

Comic artist Eleanor Davis was among eight people arrested earlier today while protesting the Georgia state university system's policies which, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Bar immigrants without legal status from attending five of the state's top universities and paying in-state tuition at its others."  Board members ended the meeting as the protest began, according[...]

With that in mind, comic book publisher Fantagraphics is the first entity to spin off its own currency to replace the U.S Dollar Called Fantabucks, Fantagraphics' money looks a lot like U.S dollars, except featuring characters from comics published by Fantagraphics on them instead of dead presidents: Fantabucks are a "fiat" currency, which means[...]

Fantagraphics is getting in on some of that sweet Nazi punching action to promote their upcoming book, Take That Adolf!: The Fighting Comic Books of the Second World War The 176 page full color softcover book by Mark Fertig collects over 500 restored comic book covers featuring superheroes taking on the top Nazi, Adolf Hitler There's[...]

Noah Van Sciver's 2015's runaway hit Fante Bukowski garnered him a 2016 Eisner nomination for "Best Writer/Artist," one of the major awards in the comics industry. Here's some more hipster treasures due out from Fantagraphics in Feburary: ALL TIME COMICS: CRIME DESTROYER #1 by Josh Bayer, Herb Trimpe and Ben Marra $4.99 / 36 pgs / FC / 6.625[...]

Fantagraphics have just released the following statement on the matter: Fantagraphics Books and Matt Furie, the creator of the eternally chill comic book character Pepe the Frog, condemn the illegal and repulsive appropriations of the character by racist fringe groups linked to the alt right movement and the Donald Trump presidential campaign Furie's character has been[...]

Fantagraphics isn't the kind of comic book publisher that does San Diego Comic Con exclusives… but it does do debuts Here's what they are bringing to Booth #1721 this year… along with Daniel Clowes, Ed Luce, the Hernandez and  and Trina Robbins. Meat Cake Bible By Dame Darcy Dame Darcy is one of the sui generis artistic talents of[...]

Women make up the majority of nominees in seven categories: Best New Series, Best Publication for Early Readers, Best Publication for Kids, Best Adaptation from Another Medium, Best Graphic Album–Reprint, Best Coloring, and Best Academic/Scholarly Work. Fantagraphics tops the publishers with 17 nominations while Image has 14 plus 4 shared Individually Nate Powell and Ed Piskor[...]

Fantagraphics Books probably jumped for joy when they found out about Obama's interest in Charles Schulz' beloved Peanuts After all, how many publishers can say that the President of the United States wanted to write an introduction for a collected issue The 25th volume of the Complete Peanuts series will have just that. The series which[...]

The prestigious Angoulême Awards for 2016, the ost prestigious awards in the comic industry and awarded each year at the Angoulême Comic Art Festival in France, have been announced, based on their Official List announced last year. And there are some surprises, with two US winners – and one of them from Marvel Comics, the first time the publisher[...]

Just in time for the release of The Peanuts Movie, Boom! Studios and Fantagraphics have teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer $171 worth of Peanuts books for whatever you price you name A portion of the proceeds will be going to help support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and the Freedom of the Press[...]

Fantagraphics has teamed up with Humble Bundle to offer a downloadable collection of classic Peanuts comics Just in time for the holidays, these books make a great gift You'll get to name your price and donate to a worthy cause at the same time. For those of you who haven't participated in a Humble Bundle before,[...]

Today, Fantagraphics and ComiXology have launched four bundles by renowned cartoonists, including Jaime Hernandez, Chuck Forsman, Tony Millionaire and Peter Bagge , which will only be available for a limited time, however, a new bundle released every Friday Each cartoonist bundle will include an exclusive mini comic that is not available digitally anywhere else. Fantagraphics Associate[...]

Coming from Fantagraphics in December is something I really, really want Ronald Searle's America. RONALD SEARLE'S AMERICA by Ronald Searle; Edited by Matt Jones $85.00 / HC / 368 pgs, / FC / 10.75 x 13.75 During the early 60's, British illustrator Ronald Searle spent several years in the U.S covering everything from sports to politics, capturing the essence of[...]

By Jason Karlson For well over a decade now Fantagraphics have published the deadpan comics of Norwegian cartoonist John Arne Sæterøy, familiar to many by his pen name, Jason "I've been both surprised and grateful" explains Jason over e-mail at finding an audience outside of Europe "Originally, I expected foreign royalties to be sort of a[...]

Long time comics creator in the short form through mini-comics and anthologies, also acting as an editor of anthologies, Head is now releasing his first full length book through Fantagraphics this autumn: Chicago. It's the name of the city where he ended up at the age of 19, having left art school after a fairly[...]

Cartoons For Victory, out from Fantagraphics at the end of July has undergone a bit of an upgrade – but not accompanied by a rise in price Quite the opposite. Rather than being a partial colour 200 page book for $39.99, as solicited, it is now a full colour 240 page for $34.99. Here's the bumf…. This book[...]

Maxx's Super Awesome Comic Review Show is recorded at the one and only Astro-Zombies Comic Shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, hosted by Maxx MacLennan. They say: Foxi brought back John Morgan this week, one of our most beloved special guests, to break down all the options you'll have on May 2, 2015 for FCBD, and we give[...]

The Hip-Hop Family Tree books from Ed Kiskor, telling a history of hip hop music through the imagery of comic books of the time has been a successful and critically acclaimed series of graphic novels. But now Fantagraphics are "uncollecting" the books into a monthly comic book series featuring new material, with thirteen issues already in[...]

Coming from Fantagraphics Books soon… but coming from Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle even sooner. Where on Saturday 18th April from 6pm-8pm, he will be signing copies of The Complete Eightball containing issues #1-18 of the incredibly influential comic book… Maybe you could ask him what that 2016 project is all about.   [...]

Creator Ed Luce has the Wuvable Oaf collected hardcover coming out from Fantagraphics this month, collecting the first five years of his wildly entertaining comic The wuvable creator was on hand at WonderCon this past weekend and was nice enough to sit down and answer a few of my oafish questions. Cameron Hatheway: Tell me all[...]