MARCH 4, 2015—SEATTLE, WA—Fantagraphics Books is proud to announce a 10-book series beginning November 2015 collecting the comics of Italian maestro Guido Crepax, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of his character Valentina. A composite of Louise Brooks, Anna Karina, and his wife, Crepax's depiction of Valentina's sensuality is so sophisticated that it undeniably legitimized erotic Eurocomics. Just as with Tom of Finland, he blew apart the boundaries of the medium. Crepax: Dracula, Frankenstein, and Other Horror Stories is the first book in the series. It features the artist's take on the eponymous literary works by Bram Stoker…
Five Inventive International Cartoonists at Fantagraphics Bookstore
For Immediate Release: Five Inventive International Cartoonists at Fantagraphics Bookstore: Simon Hanselmann, Michael DeForge, Lane Milburn, Conor Stechschulte, and Patrick Kyle appear on October 11 SEPTEMBER 30, 2014 – SEATTLE, WA. Fantagraphics Bookstore is pleased to welcome a crew of incredibly talented emerging cartoonists on Saturday, October 11 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Simon Hanselmann from Australia and Canadians Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle will join American artists Lane Milburn and Conor Stechschulte in presenting their imaginative new works to Seattle audiences for the first time. Simon Hanselmann developed an international following with his Girl Mountain Tumblr. The characters in…
Seattle Author Danny Bland in Conversation with Jonathan Evison at Fantagraphics Bookstore
For Immediate Release: SEATTLE AUTHOR DANNY BLAND IN CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN EVISON AT FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKSTORE SEPTEMBER 29, 2014 – SEATTLE, WA. Celebrated Seattle author Danny Bland will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Friday, October 10 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM, presenting his new book of haiku, I Apologize in Advance For the Awful Things I'm Gonna Do. Bland will engage in conversation with equally accomplished Northwest author Jonathan Evison, followed by a reading, book signing and reception. Bland's collection of haiku—from Seattle's illustrious Sub Pop label, where he once worked—follows on the heels of his acclaimed novel, In…
Fantagraphics Books Starts A Micro Publishing Imprint – Fantagraphics Underground (FU) Press
For Immediate Release: FU, Buddy!Fantagraphics Books Starts A Micro Publishing Imprint –Fantagraphics Underground (FU) Press SEPTEMBER 11, 2014 – SEATTLE, WA — Fantagraphics Books is launching Fantagraphics Underground Press (FU Press), a new micro imprint that will publish books and print projects appealing to a smaller, more rarefied readership. The Fantagraphics mission has always been to publish comics and cartoons that take risks and reflect the uncompromising vision of the artist. It's also crucial for us to put out books that will survive in an unforgiving mass market, but, what about work that doesn't quite fit into our standard business…
Film Noir Poster Exhibition at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery
August 29, 2014 – Seattle, WA. Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is pleased to host an exhibition of posters featured in the new book 101 Best Film Noir Posters from the 1940s-1950s. The show opens on Saturday, September 13 from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Editor Mark Fertig will be available to discuss the work and sign copies of the book. The exhibition continues through November 10, 2014. The film noir genre holds a special place in American cinema and the posters reveal a lot about mid-century aesthetics. As director William Friedkin observes in the book's introduction, "[t]he posters convey the style and…
Simon Hanselmann Hits the Road with Michel DeForge and Patrick Kyle
Cute Boys Alert! Book TourSimon Hanselmann, Michael DeForge, and Patrick KyleRoad Trip Across The U.S.A. What happens when three of the most popular emerging talents in comics go on a cross-country book tour together? Well, we're about to find out. Watch out America, Australia's Simon Hanselmann along with Canada's Michael DeForge and Patrick Kyle will be appearing at a bookstore near you! Celebrating the release of each of their own new comics, Hanselmann's Megahex (Fantagraphics Books), DeForge's Lose #6 (Koyama Press), and Kyle's Distance Mover (Koyama Press), the trio are traveling from coast-to-coast starting at Small Press Expo (SPX) in…
Fantagraphics punks out with Sacred Heart
Fantagraphics has forged through the digital wilderness and secured the international publishing rights to Liz Suburbia's popular webcomic Sacred Heart—which is about present day high-schoolers in an unholy land—as a one-shot graphic novel in Summer 2015. There's an absence of authority in the town of Alexandria, and the teens are trying to keep their makeshift society together until their parents return. But students keep dying mysteriously, local band The Crotchmen rock the nights away, freshmen palm readers and seers have lines out the door, and Ben Schiller has had it up to HERE with her sister Empathy's disappearing act. It's…
Vaughn Bodé’s Cheech Wizard Resurfaces With Fantagraphics
JULY 25, 2014, SAN DIEGO, CA — Cheech Wizard is the "Kilroy was Here" of the late 20th century: whether it's spray-painted on the wall of an abandoned building, splayed on the pages of an old comic book, exalted in a Beastie Boys song, or tattooed on the skin of a friend, everyone has been exposed to Vaughn Bodé‘s art in some form or another. But the comics in which Cheech Wizard first appeared have been out of print for years. In April 2015, Fantagraphics is proud to offer a newly designed, oversized Cheech Wizard omnibus: The Big Book of…
Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sunday, July 13
Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson at Fantagraphics Bookstore on Sunday, July 13 June 26, 2014 – Seattle, WA. Two of the country's most talented young cartoonists, Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson, will appear at Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery on Sunday, July 13, 2014, from 3:00 to 5:00 PM. The event includes a book signing and exhibition of original art, which coincides with the colorful Georgetown Garden Walk. Esther Pearl Watson returns to Seattle for the publication of UNLOVABLE Vol. 3. This series features the illustrated adolescent observations of Tammy Lee Pierce and was inspired by a 1980s diary…
Fantagraphics Welcomes Sophomore Graphic Novel From Noah Van Sciver
Fantagraphics Welcomes Sophomore Graphic Novel From Noah Van Sciver MAY 30, 2014, SEATTLE, WA — Fantagraphics has acquired the international rights to Saint Cole, the second graphic novel from critically acclaimed cartoonist Noah Van Sciver, coming in March of 2015. Serialized as a webcomic starting in 2013, this book highlights Van Sciver's ability to create dark portraits of contemporary twentysomething manhood. Saint Cole depicts four days in the life of a twenty-eight-year-old suburbanite named Joe, who works at a pizzeria to support his girlfriend, Nicole, and their infant child. When Nicole invites her troubled mother to move into their two-bedroom apartment until…
