In all its glory, here is the signing schedule for Fantagraphics Books at SPX 2016! Find us hugging the wall at booth W56-61 on September 17-18th at the North Bethesda Marriott Hotel and Convention Center
SPX 2016: The Debuts
I wouldn’t want to spend a hot summer day in any other hotel and convention center, than the North Bethesda Marriott and Convention Center, because that means it’s time for the premiere Small Press Expo (SPX)! We’re kicking off our month-long lead up to SPX with our Debut Books, because they’re the reason we have these comic conventions in the first place. American Blood – Ben Marra Born from the crucible of 1980s trash culture and exploitation entertainment and focused like a laser through the prism of Marra’s brain comes this nasty brew of revenge, power, and passion. It is a…
Mayor’s Arts Awards
Fantagraphics is honored to be a nominee in the Mayor’s Arts Awards Legacy category. “Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books is celebrating its 40th year as one of the world’s leading publishers of comix, graphic novels, and badass books. Specializing in contemporary cartoonists, classic comic strips, foreign translations, and the history of the comics art form Fantagraphics is among our city’s most successful and colorful cultural institutions.” The winners will be announced at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony, on Friday, Sept. 2 at 12 p.m. at Seattle Center at the Mural Amphitheatre. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations…
San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Signing Schedule
Have we got the guests for you! Daniel Clowes, Trina Robbins, and Ed Luce are all special guests of the convention this year, and they’ll be joined by talents new and old at good ol’ Fantagraphics booth 1721 Thursday, July 21st 11-Noon — Trina Robbins 12:30-2 — Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez 2-3 — Ed Luce 3-4 — Lawrence Hubbard 4-5 — Simon Hanselmann Friday, July 22nd 11-Noon — Ed Luce & Simon Hanselmann Noon-1 — Gilbert, Jaime and Mario Hernandez 1-2 — Johnny Ryan, John Pham, Steven Weissman, & Sammy Harkham 2-3 — Daniel Clowes 3-4 — Lawrence Hubbard…
San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Staff Picks
We get it, there’s a lot of stuff to look at while you’re maneuvering your way through the San Diego Convention Center in search of exclusive legos and exclusive Pokemon. Even at the illustrious Fantagraphics booth there are a lot of books for your eyeballs to take in, some new and some old. Which is why the esteemed staff at Fantagraphics is committed to making your journey through SDCC 2016 as painless as possible with this handy guide to staff picks that you should be on the look out for this year. Britta Debut: Otherworld Barbara by Moto Hagio I must…
San Diego Comic-Con 2016: The Panels
Come and sit-in on one or more of these panels! Or hole up in the room waiting for a Pokemon panel happening afterwards. Either way, you’re learning about the amazing authors and books that we publish, and we couldn’t ask for anything more! Plus, our panels are so cool that they’ve been featured on Hollywood Reporter as panels to make sure you catch during the convention! Thursday, July 21st Love and Rockets: Past, Present, and Future Love and Rockets by brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez is one of the most influential comic series to ever be published. Rounding on 35…
San Diego Comic-Con 2016: The Debuts
Each week leading up to San Diego Comic-Con (July 20th-24th) we’ll be rolling out announcements on early bird debut books, special guests, panels, and signing schedules; all happening this year at the biggest comic and pop-culture convention in the country. Check back for updates so you don’t miss all the action! Meat Cake Bible By Dame Darcy Dame Darcy is one of the sui generis artistic talents of the past two decades — musician, actress, fortune teller, dollmaker, Gen X/feminist icon, and last but not least, cartoonist to the core — and has been bewitching readers for more than 20 years with her neo-Victorian…
Fantagraphics at CAKE 2016
A solid list of guests, pre-convention parties, panels, and of course books! Special Guests Trina Robbins – 9B Award-winning herstorian and writer Trina Robbins has been writing books, comics, and graphic novels for over forty years. She has written and drawn comics from Wonder Woman to Barbie. Her 2009 book, The Brinkley Girls: the Best of Nell Brinkley’s Cartoons from 1913-1940 and her 2011 book, “Tarpe Mills and Miss Fury,” were nominated for Eisner and Harvey awards. Her all-ages graphic novel, Chicagoland Detective Agency: the Drained Brains Caper, was a Junior Library Guild Selection. Her graphic novel, “Lily Renee: Escape…
Fantagraphics at LineworkNW 2016
Hot in it’s third year, Linework NW brings together top cartoonists and illustrators to celebrate the graphic medium we love so much. Located in the beautiful Norse Hall of SE Portland, Linework will take place May 21st & 22nd of 2016 and feature debut books, special guests and pizza from Sizzle Pie. Guests Matt Furie Matt Furie was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware in 2001. A Leo, he enjoys long walks in the park, bubble baths, and an occasional glass of wine. He currently lives in San Francisco. Matt Furie’s drawings come…
What’s in Store: Pirates! Mice! Witches! Comix!
Be sure to join us at the University of Washington’s Henry Art Gallery on Sunday, June 5 for a rare public appearance by legendary Seattle cartoonist Shary Flenniken. Counterculture Comics and the Semiotics of Disney Icons will attempt to clear the apocryphal haze from one of pop culture’s most intriguing episodes. Flenniken was a central figure in the Air Pirates comix collective. After meeting at a rock festival near Seattle in 1970, the group took up residence in a prop warehouse owned by Francis Ford Coppola in San Francisco’s Mission District. They created a sensation by appropriating Walt Disney’s signature…
