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Collected Poemsby Alexander Theroux 672-page color 6" x 9" x 2" hardcover$39.99 | 978-1-60699-802-1 Ships in: April 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now The publication of Alexander Theroux’s Collected Poems, a gathering of more than 660 poems, an astonishing creative output, will be among the major literary events of the year. Here is a full cornucopia of sonnets, odes, ballads, free verse, triolets, pure, satires, narratives, dramatic monologues, fanciful meditations, flytings and harangues, ruminations on death and lost love, and no end of lyrics both beautiful and fierce. Taken altogether they contrive to make up a record of the…

Speaking of the EC Comics Library, here's some exciting news: with the release of our second slipcased box set, we are also printing a limited quantity of empty slipcases for those of you fine collectors who already own the four books. For a cool $20, you can pre-order your slipcase riiiiiiiiight here.

Our next EC Comics Library volume, Grave Business and Other Stories, continues to highlight the very best and ghoulish of "Ghastly" Graham Ingels' horror illustrations, with stories written by Al Feldstein.  Here is our finalized cover art showing off that classic, ominous Ingels linework. The book will collect over two dozen horror stories, along with our usual extras of commentary, essays, and biographical details from EC experts. Look for Grave Business in bookstores this coming April, and we've got the pre-sale up now!

Kinokuniya posted a 12 minute clip of the Massive talk from last Wednesday in New York City with editor Anne Ishii, designer Chip Kidd and moderated by Terence Irvins (comics and graphic novel buyer). They talk about how Massive came to be, how Anne Ishii and Chip Kidd met, The Passion of Gengorah Tagame from PictureBox and more.  Want more Massive? You're gonna get it! Cover artist and cartoonist Jiraiya will be in the states for an East coast/west coast tour this month. Check out all the stops and grab your copy NOW! Massive: Gay Erotic Manga and the Men Who Make It is sold…

Praise for Carl Barks: "I consider [Carl Barks's comics] to be the best form of storytelling I've read." – Jeff Kinney (Diary of a Wimpy Kid) "A priceless part of our literary heritage." – George Lucas Sheriff of Bullet Valley, Starring Walt Disney’s Donald Duckby Carl Barks 96-page full color 7.25" x 5.5" softcover$9.99 | 978-1-60699-820-5 Due to arrive in 2-4 weeks. Click on thumbnails for larger versions; get more info, see more previews, and pre-order your copy here: http://www.fantagraphics.com/bulletvalley

EC Comics Slipcase Vol. 2by Al Feldstein, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen 810-page color 7.5" x 10.5" hardcover$99.99 | 978-1-60699-821-2 Ships in: April 2015 (subject to change) — Pre-Order Now Included in this set: Fall Guy for Murder and Other Stories Child of Tomorrow and Other Stories Sucker Bait and Other Stories Zero Hour and Other Stories   Featuring: Johnny Craig's complete crime and horror stories from Crime SuspenStories and The Vault of Horror, twenty-five legendary horror stories from "Ghastly" Graham Ingels, Al Feldstein's solo science fiction from Weird Science and Weird Fantasy, and twenty-two EC science-fiction gems illustrated…

Cartoonist pioneer, Dash Shaw, is forever reaching beyond what we perceive and accept as comics. In the current issue of ArtForum, new on the stands this week, Shaw made a Top Ten list of his favorites in the art, publishing and just whole damn world. Here's a pic Dash took of the first page featuring Breakdown Press, a Quaker comic, a 3-D musuem artists use as a modern morgue (files of reference art), and our favorite Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum. Grab a copy at your local bookstore to read the rest of the Top Ten or visit the website! Dash is currently a…

Just arrived and shipping now from our mail-order department: Hurricane Isle and Other Adventures: The Best of Captain Easy and Wash Tubbsby Roy Crane; edited by Rick Norwood 320-page black & white 10.5" x 8.5" hardcover$39.99 | 978-1-60699-809-0 See Previews / Order Now Sate your wanderlust with a brick of slam-bang action, boisterous humor, dangerous villains, even more dangerous women, and the promised treasure in this collection of Roy Crane's classic Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy. Following our Eisner Award-nominated series of Roy Crane's Captain Easy Sunday strip collections, we have selected the very best of the indispensable daily comic…

Need some Monday night fun? James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook will be appearing at the United Citizen's Brigade Village East for Nat Townsen's Downtown Variety Hour! They'll be reading from The Late Child and Other Animals, taking the same stage as Janeane Garofalo, Cipha Sounds from Chapelle's Show, and comedian Brendan McLaughlin! Pictured below, comedian and native New Yorker Nat Towsen (VICE, CollegeHumor) welcomes hilarious comedians, local artists, and Village luminaries for a regular variety show in the eclectic tradition of the disappearing downtown Manhattan culture. Every show also features a "Downtown History" segment, music from classic local musicians, and free giveaways from…

Our printer copies of Black River have arrived, and the sun just disappeared behind a large, grey cloud.  Coincidence? Josh Simmons' newest long form work since his 2007 acclaimed graphic novel House is a post-apocalyptic tale that, at its core, embodies despair and the most basic, primal graspings of survival. Don't go looking for a happy ending here. Black River hits bookstores this May. Fans of Simmons, horror, and post-apocalyptic stories, pre-order this book here.